A New Game and Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 11th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Game and Apparatus therefor.
I, WILLIAM STRONG, Coach Builder 12 Lyppiatt Buildings, St. George near
Bristol, Gloucestershire do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates principally to a new game, and apparatus for playing the
same. The game may be played with marbles, or balls, of suitable size and
material, or any thing that may be found suitable to play the game in the manner
hereinafter set forth. The game may be played indoors or out, the apparatus may
be placed on an ordinary table or upon the ground or any surface suitable for its
reception.
The apparatus consists of a stand or what may be better termed a miniature
shooting gallery and a spring gun of simple construction and is represented by way
of example in the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. is a front elevation of stand or miniature shooting gallery. Fig. 2 is
end elevation of same, the upper portion A Figs. 1 & 2 is cut away at lino B,
underneath A a number of oscillating rods C, are suspended by means of pivots D
passing through the same these rods vary in size and may be numbered as shown
on Fig. 1. the number being over each rod as on A, the upper portion of rod C
passes into the holes E which are made for the reception of marbles or any other
articles which may be used for playing the game, these holes may be made any
suitable size or shape and are made on an inclipe as shown by dotted lines E Fig. 2
for the purpose of preventing the marbles or other articles which may be placed
therein from falling out while the game is being played, when the marble is placed
in hole E as shown by F Fig. 2 it presses back the upper portion of rod C against
the back of stand Fig. 1 thus throwing the lower portion forward as shown on
Fig. 2.
Figs. 3 & 4 represent a spring gun which consists of a hollow tube or barrel of
any suitable material preferably wood or metal with handle at end as shown by G
Figs. 3 & 4, the inside of barrel should be large enough for an ordinary marble
to be placed in it as shown by Fon Fig. 4, underneath this marble F Fig. 4 a slight
conical depression is made in the barrel of the gun in which the marble lodges, it
is thus prevented from moving, or rolling out before the gun is intended to be
discharged. The barrel is also provided with a slot the same being a suitable
distance from the end as on H Fig. 4, this slot may be made through top and
bottom of barrel if found necessary, inside of the barrel is also placed a spiral
spring with plunger I placed at front end as Fig. 5 through which a pin passes
the ends of which projects through slots in barrel as on Fig. 3, this pin also forms
the trigger J by which the marble F is shot from gun in the following manner.
When preparing to shoot, the trigger J has to be pulled back through slot H thus
forcing the plunger & spring back into the barrel, then the trigger is turned into a
notch made for its reception at end of slot, when about to discharge the marble
from the gun the thumb is placed against the trigger J and presses it out of the
notch, the spring thus released shoots or propells the marble with great force from
the gun.
Fig. 6 represents a plunger which has to be used when it is intended to put one
slot in the barrel only not two as in Fig. 3.
The game may be played by one or more persons in the following manner, for
example, before commencing to play a marble or any suitable article is placed in
holes E as F Fig. 2 the stand or miniature shooting gallery is placed a suitable
distance from the player, the lower portion of oscillating rods C being the targets

page_text: at which it is intended to shoot with marble or other projectile from the gun as
described and shown in Figs. 3 & 4 when the target C is struck it oscillates on
pivot D thus shooting marble F from hole E the player gaining points according
to number over the target struck as shown in Fig. 1, and loses a point every time
a target is missed.
The apparatus may be made to any size and of any suitable material more or
less ornamented as a whole or in its details according to the value it is wished to
give to it.
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WM. STRONG,
Applicant.
A New Game and Apparatus therefor.
I, WILLIAM STRONG of 12 Lyppiatt Buildings Saint George near Bristol in
the County of Gloucester, Coach Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this 1
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to a new game and apparatus for playing the same.
The apparatus consists of a stand carrying a number of levers so disposed as to
expel from suitable apertures, marbles, balls or other suitable articles with which 2
the game may be played when the levers are struck by a marble or shot to be
discharged by the player from a spring gun or cannon.
The apparatus is shown in the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the stand.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an ordinary spring cannon and
Figure 4 a spring gun.
The stand A is provided with a number of hanging levers C pivoted at D so
that their upper ends pass into the holes or apertures E which are made for the
reception of marbles, balls or other articles with which the game may be played. 3
The holes or apertures E made of any suitable size and shape incline as shown by
dotted lines in Figure 2 for the purpose of preventing the marbles or other articles
placed therein from falling out while the game is being played.
When a marble or other article F is placed in one of the holes or apertures E
it presses back the upper portion of a lever C against the back of the stand 3
throwing the lower end forward as shown in Figure 2. All the holes or apertures E
are to be filled with marbles balls or other articles to be played for and the stand A
is to be marked above each of the hanging levers C alternately in red and black
with numbers which are to be scored by the players who count points of one colour
and lose points for striking levers pointing to numbers of the other colour.
The hanging levers are to be struck by marbles or shot discharged from a spring
gun or cannon as shown in Figures 3 and 4. The cannon is provided with a spring
plunger S which discharges the marble or other article employed as a projectile
when pulled out and released. The gun has a spring plunger in which there is a
cross-bar K projecting through a slot H in the gun barrel having a depression at 4
its extremity in which the cross-bar K may be detained being raised therefrom in
use as a trigger when aiming at the hanging levers C.
The game is to be played as follows
The holes or apertures E are each to be filled with a marble or other convenient
article and the players are then in turn to fire at the hanging levers C by means 5
of the spring gun or cannon. The players choose their colour black or red. Those
who choose black count points according to the black numbers and lose points
according to the red numbers marked over any hanging lever they may hit and
vice versa those who choose red for their colour count points for red numbers and
lose points for black numbers and further each player loses one point for failing

page_text: to hit any of the hanging levers. The marble or other article F discharged from
the aperture E serves to ascertain which hanging lever has been struck.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A stand provided with hanging levers arranged so as to discharge an article
from an aperture when struck, the hanging levers denoting points to be counted or
to be lost by the players aiming at the hanging levers with a spring gun or cannon
substantially as described.
Dated this 11th dex of August 1901
AYRTON & THOMAS,
Agents for the Applicant.