A Novel or Improved Tov Puzzle
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 14th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
I, CHARLES WARD, of 62, Lee Smith Street, Headon Road, Hull, in the
County of York, Hand Driller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a toy puzzle designed to afford amusement the
puzzle consisting in detaching or unthreading two rings of peculiar construction
and hooking or threading them together again.
The puzzle consists of two rings of similar form and construction and the
form of each is something like a skip jack coiled into itself, that is to say that
each ring is formed by a wire doubled over to form two prongs which are
splayed out and bent round until the points and collar are brought together in
the form of a double wired open ended ring. This admits of the two rings being
hooked or threaded together and detached and unthreaded again from each
other in a manner the discovery of which constitutes the puzzle. In practice it
is preferable but not essential that the horse shoe or collar end of one ring be
smaller than that of the other. The two rings may be regarded as a working
ring and a stationary ring the working ring having the smaller collar.
To unthread or detach the rings take the working ring in the right hand and
the other ring in the left. Move the working ring round until one prong point
is carried over the corresponding prong point of the other ring then turn the
working ring partly round until the same point is carried over the other prong
point of the fixed ring, the two rings are then half unthreaded: lift the working
ring until the half round collar thereof passes over one of the prong points of
the other ring, then turn the working ring in the reverse direction the other
prong point being drawn under the two prong points of the fixed ring in
succession the rings are then wholly unthreaded. To thread or hook them
together the operation is exactly reversed.
I. CHARLES
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Novel or Improved Tov Puzzle.
WARD, of 62, Lee Smith Street, Hedon Road. Hull. in the
County of York, Hand Driller, 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:―
alatas to tav muzzle designed to afford amusement, the
I. CHARLES WARD, of 62, Lee Smith Street, Hedon Road, Hull, in the
County of York, Hand Driller, 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: —
alatas to tav muzzle designed to afford amusement, the
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page_text: puzzle consisting in detaching or unthreading two rings of peculiar construction
and hooking or threading them together again.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the annexed
sheet of drawings in which Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate in elevation and plan respec-
tively a puzzle threaded or hooked together and constructed in accordance with
my invention. Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive illustrate the action of detaching or un-
threading the puzzle as hereinafter described.
The puzzle consists of two rings a and b of similar form and construction, and
the form of each is something like a skip-jack coiled into itself, that is to say
that each ring is formed by a wire doubled over to form two prongs a u²
and respectively which are splayed out and bent round towards their respec-
tive collars a³ and until the points and collar of each ring are brought together
in the form of a double wired open ended ring. This admits of the two rings
being hooked or threaded together and detached or unthreaded again from each
other in a manner the discovery of which constitutes the puzzle. The two rings
may be regarded as a working ring a which is shaded for distinctness and a
stationary ring b, the stationary ring having its prong ends 162 splayed out
to a greater extent than the working ring and not extending so far past the end
of the collar 3 as in the working ring as shown more particularly in Fig. 2.
Referring to Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive in order to unthread or detach the rings,
take the working ring a in the right hand and the other ring in the left.
Move the working ring round in the direction indicated by the arrow until one
prong end a¹ is carried over the corresponding prong end and the half round
collar of the other ring as shown in Fig. 3; then turn the working ring partly
round until the same prong end a is carried over the other prong
end 62 and the half round collar b³ of the fixed ring as
in Fig. 4; the two rings are then half unthreaded. Lift the working
ring to the position shown in Fig. 5 until the half round collar a³ thereof passes
over the prong end 62 of the other ring, then turn the working ring partly round
in the direction indicated by the arrow, the other prong point a being drawn
under the prong point 61 and the half round collar 63 of the fixed ring in
succession as shown in Fig. 6; the rings are then wholly unthreaded.
thread or hook them together the operation is exactly reversed. If the collar
or bight of the working ring be made smaller than that of the stationary ring
the puzzle works more smoothly, especially if the ends of the prongs are pointed.
But it is cheaper in the manufacture to make both rings alike and not to point
the ends of the prongs.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
A toy puzzle consisting of two rings each formed by wire doubled over to form
two prongs which are splayed out and bent round until the points and collar
are brought together in the form of a double wired open ended ring substantially
as herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawing, the two
rings being adapted to be hooked or threaded together and detached or un-
threaded again from each other in a manner the discovery of which constitutes
the puzzle.