Year: 1886

page_text: I, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM CLARK, of 43, Hertford Road, Sparkbrook Worcester-
shire, Manufacturers' Manager, 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 :-
This Invention has reference to improvements in the manufacture of chess-men
of wood, bone, ivory, or other suitable solid substance or substances my object
being to so construct them that skilled labour is not required in their manufacture
and that they can be made of small pieces of or waste material.
I will particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention by
referring to the accompanying drawing on which, Fig. 1 represents in elevation
and plan a chess-man (a King) constructed according to my Invention; Fig. 2 is a
sectional elevation and sectional plan of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 represent parts
of the same separately and Figs. 5 and 6 respectively illustrate modified forms of
part of the same as hereinafter described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures.
Instead of turning a chess-man from for instance a single piece of wood which
generally requires a skilled workman I turn two or more simple sections having
central holes through which passes or into which is inserted a central core to
connect them together to form the complete chess-man.
On referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawing it will be seen
that the King therein illustrated consists of a top section a and a bottom section b
and several intermediate sections c¹, c³, c³, c, c and a central core d, the said
intermediate sections each having a central hole passing therethrough and the
top and bottom sections being bored .partly through. Each of these sections
(represented separately by Fig. 4) and the core d (represented separately by Fig. 3)
are all simple shapes and can be turned on an automatic machine. They are all
fixed together to form a complete chess-man by threading the intermediate sections
on to the central core and fixing the top and bottom sections to each end thereof
(see Figs. 1 and 2) glue or other adhesive substance being used if required. The
top and bottom sections may if desired be more firmly affixed by being screwed
on to the ends of the core d & the core d may if desired pass right through the
sections a and b

page_text: I sometimes dispense with a top section and form it in a piece with the central
core, for instance as illustrated by Fig. 5, in which the top section (marked a in
Figs. 1, 2 and 3) form part of the core d.
A further modification may be made by forming one of the intermediate sections
with the central core, for instance as illustrated by Fig. 6, in which the inter-
mediate section (marked in Figs. 1, 2 and 3) forms part of the core d³.
It will be evident that Queens, Bishops, Knights, Castles and Pawns can be
made in sections connected together by a central core as above described and
illustrated with reference to a King and that the form and number of the sections
and the shapes of the cores d³, d, can be varied according to the design of the
finished piece without departing from the nature of my Invention.
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:
1st The improvements in the manufacture of chess-men herein before described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, that is to say, making chess-men of
two or more sections connected together by a central core substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated.
2nd Making chess-men of a top section a, a bottom section b. one or more
intermediate sections and a central core d the central core & passing through the
intermediate section or sections and being fixed to the top and bottom sections
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing.
3rd Making chess-men of a bottom section b, one or more intermediate sections
and a central core d' having a knob at one end, the central core d¹ passing through
the intermediate section or sections and being fixed to the bottom section substan-
tially as herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
4th Making chess-men of a top section a, a bottom section b, one or more
intermediate sections and a central core d' the central core d' passing through
the intermediate section or sections and being fixed to the top and bottom sections
substantially as bereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 20th Jan of Inle 1000