Year: 1898

page_text: I, RICHARD MADDISON, 18, Albert Terrace, Middlesbro', Yorks. Cycle Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved puzzle, and in carrying it into effect I
proceed in or in about the following manner. I provide a circular box having a
glass cover supported at a suitable distance above the bottom by an upstanding
rim. The inner surface of the bottom of the box is provided with an outer groove
representing the rim and tyre of a wheel and an inner groove surrounding a
central projection representing the hub of the wheel. Radial grooves connect
the inner and outer grooves and represent the spokes. Below the glass cover and
free to run between it and the bottom of the box, are a number of steel or other
balls preferably in number equal to the number of grooves representing spokes,
and the puzzle is to arrange all the balls so as to occupy the inner groove and
surround the hub-like projection.
I, RICHARD MADDISON, of 18, Albert Terrace, Middlesbro', Yorks, Cycle Maker,
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:-
My invention relates to an improved puzzle and in carrying it into effect I
proceed in or in about the following manner making reference to the accompanying
drawings which represents a plan. I provide a circular box a having a glass
cover 6 supported at a suitable distance above the bottom by an upstanding rim.
The inner surface of the bottom of the box is provided with an outer groove o
representing the rim and tyre of a wheel and an inner groove d surrounding a
central projection e representing the hub of the wheel. Radial grooves f con-
nect the grooves c and d and represent the spokes of the wheel. Below the glass
cover and free to run between it and the bottom of the box I provide a number
of steel or other balls 9 preferably in number equal to the number of grooves f.
The puzzle is to arrange all the balls so as to occupy the inner groove and sur-
round the projection e. The box and the balls may be of any suitable material
or combination of materials and coloured or otherwise ornamented.

page_text: 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:
An improved puzzle provided for by a circular box having a transparent cover
kept at a suitable distance above the bottom of the box by an upstanding rim,
the upper surface of the bottom having a central projection and two concentric
grooves and a number of radial grooves the ends of which open into the concentric
grooves, the grooves forming the outline of a wheel, the puzzle being to arrange
in the groove surrounding the central projection a number of balls provided for
the purpose and free to run in any horizontal direction between the transparent
cover and the bottom of the box, the whole substantially as described in the above
specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 10th day of May 1898.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.