A New or Improved Game Stop, specially applicable for Use in Cover Shooting.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 27th S pt., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Game Stop, specially applicable for Use in
Cover Shooting.
I, JAMES MITCHELL of The Lodge, Gwernyfed Park, Three Cocks Junction,
Breconshire, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved game stop which would be found
specially suitable for use in cover shooting and has for its object to provide a
mechanical contrivance to replace the boys which are now generally stationed
around a cover and on the rides in same, as the latter are frequently injured by the
gun shots.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I construct a figure of wood,
metal, or other suitable material and painted so as to roughly represent a human
form, the arms being loosely pivoted to the shoulder and which are retained in
their raised position by means of a suitable pin or peg, and one or both hands may
be furnished with a small flag, while the legs are so pointed at the extremities so as
to be conveniently driven into the ground.
These figures are placed in and around the cover in the various positions hitherto
occupied by the boys, and further the arms of those employed within the cover may
be connected by means of a cord, wire, or the like, so as to be capable of being
kept in continual motion by a person pulling at the end of the aforesaid cord,
wire, &c.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Game Stop, specially applicable for Use in
Cover Shooting.
I, JAMES MITCHELL of The Lodge, Gwernyfed Park, Three Cocks Junction,
Breconshire, Gentleman, 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 a new or improved game stop which would be found
specially suitable for use in cover shooting and has for its object to provide a
mechanical contrivance to replace the boys which are now generally stationed
around a cover and on the rides in same as the latter are frequently injured by the
gun shots.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I construct a figure of wood, metal
or other suitable material, and paint it so as to roughly represent the human form,
the arms being loosely pivoted to the shoulder and which are retained in their raised
position by means of a suitable pin or peg, and one or both hands may be furnished

page_text: with a small flag, while the legs are so pointed at the extremities so as to be
conveniently driven into the ground.
These figures are placed in and around the cover in the various positions hitherto
occupied by the boys, and further the arms of those employed within the cover may
be connected by means of a cord, wire, or the like so as to be capable of being
kept in continual motion by a person pulling at the end of the aforesaid cord,
wire, etc.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a cover with several of my improved devices
placed in and around same,
Fig. 2 is a front view of the device with the arms extended at right angles, one
of them being furnished with a flag, and
Fig. 3 is a rear view of the device showing the means employed for raising
the arms.
Fig. 4 is a view on a reduced scale showing the method of connecting two or
more figures together.
My improved device consists of a figure ƒ so shaped and painted as to roughly
represent the human form and which is furnished with legs the ends of which
are pointed and may be cased or sheathed in iron or other suitable material. The
arms a are pivoted at p to the part of the figure representing the shoulder while
the ends are provided with sockets s so that flags may be attached thereto if
required.
In order to keep the arms in motion they are furnished at the shorter ends with
knobs or pulleys p²and with a pulley placed near the centre of the figure, a guiding
pulley for the purpose of leading the cord or wire w being placed near the
extremity of one leg.
My device is operated in the following manner:
One arm of the end figure is provided with a knob n only to which the wire, cord
or the like is attached in any suitable manner, it then passes round the central
pulley p' and over the pulley of the other arm from whence it is finally let
down to the guiding pulley p³ where it continues to the next figure as shown in
Fig. 4.
These figures are intended to be placed around a cover and within the rides of
same as shown in Fig. 1 in which c represents the cover surrounded by my improved 3
devices ", those within the rider of same being connected together as shown in
Fig. 4 or in any other suitable manner and actuated by a person B placed within
the centre of same.
With regard to the figures placed outside the rides or in cases where the arms
are not required to be kept in motion, the cord, wire or the like can be dispensed 4
with, while pegs passing through the holes a' (Fig. 2) serve to keep them at right
angles, the said holes being conveniently placed for this purpose or they may be kept
at any other angle with the assistance of the rows of holes b formed down each side
of the figure, while these holes also serve to keep the said arms from falling too low
during the working.
The guide pulley p³ is shown as placed near the end of the leg in order that the
figures may not be pulled out of the ground while they are being operated,
but it is obvious that it may be placed in any other suitable and convenient
position.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven- 5
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The new or improved device consisting of the figure of having pivoted arms a
capable of being kept in continual motion in any suitable manner or extended at
any desired angle substantially as herein described and shown and for the purposes
specified.

page_text: 2. The new or improved device arranged and constructed substantially as herein
described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 19th day of September 1894.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.