An Improved Game of Skill and Apparatus therefor, with Coin-freed Delivery of Articles or Tokens.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 12th July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Game of Skill and Apparatus therefor, with Coin-freed
Delivery of Articles or Tokens.
I, GARNET THOMAS GALLEY, of 181, Neville Road, West Ham, in the County of
Essex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
My invention relates to an improved game of skill, and apparatus for playing
the same, the object being to play the game with a coin of pre-determined value,
which is returned for further playing, lost altogether, or caused to release a token
or article under different conditions, of more or less success.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a case or box preferably with
a transparent or glazed front, a slit for the insertion of a coin being provided.
When said coin is inserted it falls by gravity upon an inclined plane, terminating
in a slit in the side of the box. The coin rolling towards this slit, partly pro-
trudes from it, the shape preventing it from issuing bodily. The other end of
the inclined plane rises to the top of the first of a series of vessels or chambers,
one or more of which is or are open at the bottom to a second inclined plane, of
less declivity opening into the slit before described, so that the coin falling into
such chamber or chambers may be again protruded. One of the chambers or
vessels farthest from the inclined plane is open at the bottom to a balanced lever
which is depressed by the weight of a coin, releasing a drawer which is normally
held in place by a spring in tension. Said drawer or slide communicates with a
vertical column of tokens or articles, so that when released in the manner thus
described, it may be pulled open against the tension of the spring, and the lowest
token or article is delivered outside the box or case. Certain diverging plates
or wings may be fixed inside the chambers or vessels to cause the coin dropping
in to assume a proper position for rolling, or releasing.
The manner of playing the game is as follows:-
The coin being placed in the entering slit falls upon the inclined plane and,
rolling down it, protrudes from the second slit, It is now smartly struck by the
finger of the operator, and if only so much force be imparted as to drive it up
the plane into the first or second chambers, it is returned by the lower incline
and protruded for another shot. If, however, the impetus be sufficient to cause
it to fall into the farthest chamber, the releasing lever is depressed, and the
drawer or slide may be withdrawn, and the token or article delivered, the same
action clearing the coin into the till or receptacle. If the original impetus im-
parted to the coin be great enough to cause it to pass over all the chambers, it
falls directly into the till and is lost, to the operator.
Thio 7th day of July 1808

page_text: An Improved Game of Skill and Apparatus therefor, with Coin-freed
Delivery of Articles or Tokens.
1, GARNET THOMAS GALLEY, of No. 181, Neville Road, Upton Park, in the County
of Essex, Engineer, 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 game of skill, and apparatus for playing
the same, the object thereof being to play the game with a coin of predetermined
value, which is returned for further playing, lost altogether to the player, or
caused to release a token or article under different conditions of more or less
success in manipulation.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have appended the
accompanying two sheets of drawings, in which Figure 1 Sheet 1 is a front eleva-
tion of the complete apparatus, Figure 2 Sheet 2 is a side elevation of the check
drawer or slide, and Figure 3 a plan view of the same. Similar letters of refer-
ence indicate corresponding parts, throughout the several views.
In carrying my invention into effect, I construct a case or box A preferably
with a transparent or glazed front, a slit a for the insertion of a coin being pro-
vided. When said coin is therein inserted it falls by gravity upon an inclined
plane shown by the dotted outline 6 Figure 1, terminating in a slit c in the side
of the box A. The coin rolling towards this slit partly protrudes from it, as
shown by the drawings, Figure 1. The lower slit c is guarded so that a portion
of the coin as aforesaid protrudes, but cannot be withdrawn therefrom. The other
and raised end of the inclined plane b rises to the top of the first of a series of
chambers or vessels marked A B C on the drawings A and B being open at the
bottom to a second inclined plane d of less declivity opening into the guarded
slit c, so that a coin falling into the chambers A B may be again protruded to
be eligible for a second operation. The chamber C is open to a coinfreed slide
or drawer D which is shown in plan and elevation by Figures 2 and 3, and the
coin drops upon a balanced lever e, between two cheeks g g¹, a cross piece f form-
ing part of said lever retaining the coin. Said lever e is fulerumed at and the
first depression, due to the coin causes it to release a slide i with a handle j, said
depression being controlled by a tapered guard k, so as to clear the first stop / of
the slide i. By continuing the movement of said slide the tapered guide k by
pressing upon the inclined edge of the lever e which is indented to receive it or
recessed, causes said lever to be further depressed to clear the stop of the slide i.
Then the coin is carried by the cheeks gg¹ beyond the cross piece f, and falls
into the till or other receptacle, and at the same time a slide m attached to the
main slide and moving with it, pushes the lowest of a series of tokens arranged
in the form of a column n into a shoot o whence it is delivered upon a shelf or
bracket upon the slide or drawer D. And at the same time, and with the same
movement the fixed link g attached to the fixed portion of the device causes the
pivotted lever with its counterweights to tilt, by contact with the pin y, v being
pivotted above this pin and follow the falling coin, and by closing the orifice
between the cheeks gg during the withdrawal of the slide i prevent any fraudu-
lent manipulation. A spiral or other spring is used to return the slide or drawer i
to its normal position. The dotted outline indicates the second position of the
slide when drawn out.
The manner of playing the game is as follows:-
The coin being placed in the entering slit a falls upon the inclined plane 6 and

page_text: partly protrudes from the lower slit c. It is now smartly struck by the finger of
the operator and if only so much force be imparted as to drive it up the plane b
into chambers AB it is returned by the lower incline d and protruded through c
for another shot. If, however, the impetus be sufficient to cause it to fall into
chamber C, the releasing levere is depressed and the drawer or slide D may be
withdrawn and a token or article delivered, the same action clearing the coin
into the till or receptacle. If the impetus imparted to the coin be sufficiently
powerful, it may pass over all the chambers, and fall directly into the till or like
receptacle, and thereby lost to the operator.
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:-
First. In an improved game of skill, the arrangement whereby a coin drops
into position for shooting by hand power upon its periphery up an incline, and
returning to shooting position, being passed into a till or receptacle, or releas-
ing a device for the delivery of a token or article, substantially as herein described
and shown by the appended drawings.
Second. In an improved game of skill as referred to in the preceding claim the
combination of parts whereby the game may be played with the coin inserted,
and said coin to be lost or to release a token or article substantially as herein
described.
Third. In an improved game of skill the combination of a slide or drawer, re-
leased by the impact of a coin, and in passing said coin into the till or receptacle,
delivering a token or article, and closing automatically the opening between the
moveable cheeks of the slide to prevent fraudulent manipulation, substantially as
herein described and as shown by the appended drawings.
Fourth. The combination of parts as herein described for playing a game of
skill with a coin-released reward-
-as set forth and shown by the appended
drawings.
Data in three of th: 1800
FREDK. WALKER,
73, St. Stephens Road, Upton Park, London, E.,
Agent for the Applicant.