An Improved Ball Puzzle suitable for Advertising Purposes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1889-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ball Puzzle suitable for Advertising Purposes.
I, CHARLES JUDSON of 19, Manchester Avenue Aldersgate Street, London,
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement and accompanying drawings:
This Invention consists of a 3 Ball Puzzle in which the achievement of the puzzlo
is to change the position of two outside Balls leaving the centre one still between the
other two.
I construct a cardboard Box of circular form on plan and about half an inch in
height one half of this is not connected with my puzzle and used for advertising
purposes only-the other half I form as follows.
Close to the circumference I form a hollow trough for half of the said circum-
ference of the whole circle of the puzzle, and in the centre of this trough in a line
with the diametrical centre of the whole puzzle I place a turnstile on a pin or pivot,
this turnstile has four arms and is so arranged that the semi-circular trough is divided
into two equal parts. I further enlarge the aforementioned trough to form a segment
of a circle at this position, so as to allow the turnstile just room to revolve between
the outer casing of trough and the sides of the segment of a circle before mentioned.
The pin upon which the turnstile revolves is secured at the base into the bottom
of the box and at the top it is held by an arm projecting from the top of casing—
the turnstile is made to revolve very easily when the Balls press against one of
the arms.
I place one Ball in one half of the trough, and another Ball in the other half of
the said trough and the third Ball I place anywhere between the other two. The
trough is just sufficiently wide to allow the Balls to pass easily along it, each Ball
has a distinctive colour or mark.
In order that the nature of my invention may be the more fully understood I will
now proceed to describe the figure in the drawing hereunto annexed which is marked
with the following letters of reference.
The drawing is a geometrical plan, looking down on my puzzle. A is the half
that I use for Advertising purposes only.-I also propose to use the parts marked B. B
and the sides and bottom of my puzzle for similar purposes.
C. C. is the semi-circular trough about half an inch deep and D is the four armed
turnstile that revolves on centre pin E.
F is the projecting arm to which the top of pin E is secured.-G. G₁ G" are the
three Balls with which the puzzle is worked, and the puzzle is, to so manipulate the
box from the outside so that the Ball G. may be made to occupy the half of
the trough in which the Ball G" is now placed, and the Ball G to occupy the half
of trough in which the Ball G is. The Ball G still remaining in between the
others.
As my improvements are capable of some modifications without departing from the
principle thereof I do not restrict myself to materials, dimensions or to the precise
form or placement of the parts thereof, and I may place two or more turnstiles in
my puzzle if I desire to do so.

page_text: Having now fully 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 Ball puzzle suitable for advertising purposes in which a revolving turnstilo is
employed all as herein before set forth in this Specification and illustrated by the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 18th day of July 1880
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.