Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 17th May, 1895-Accepted, 15th June, 1895
I, GEORGE HARRY MASON, of Roxburg House, Old Hill, in the County of
Stafford, Nail Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to
be as follows:-
My invention has for its object a new or improved puzzle which is compact in
size, cheap to manufacture and while not being too difficult to solve is sufficiently
intricate to be interesting.
My puzzle consists of a wire rod which is bent into large eyes at each end and
upon this rod two wire loops are hung by each end being bent into a large eye
which encircles the wire rod but is rather smaller than the eyes at the end of the
rod so as to prevent the said loops from being removed. Hanging from these loops
is a double V-shaped wire the top bend of each side of the V engaging with the
corresponding bottom of the loops. The puzzle is to remove the double V-shaped
wire pendant from the loops to effect which the V-pendant is raised and the inside
eye of one of the loops is passed through one of the arms of the pendant which
brings the one side of the pendant on to the bar after which the said arm is passed
through the outer eye of the loop and after the eye of the rod has been passed.
through, the arm is withdrawn from the eye and is free. The other arm of the
pendant is then treated in the same way which thus releases the V-pendant
altogether. For putting on the pendant again the action simply has to be
reversed.
Dated this 16th day of August 1894.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
I, GEORGE HARRY MASON, of Roxburghe House, Old Hill, Staffordshire,
Nail Manufacturer, 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 relates to a new or improved puzzle which is simple in construction
and cheap to manufacture.
Reference being had to the drawing hereunto annexed, 1 refers to a preferably
stout piece of wire formed with circular loops 2, at its ends.
U-shaped loops 4, 5, having rings 6, 7, 8, 9, are suspended upon the wire 1, and
from these loops, the link 10 is suspended.
The puzzle consists in the manipulation of the link 10 in such manner as to
separate it from the loops 4, 5 and the wire 1.
The manner of operating the puzzle is as follows:-The corner 11 of the link 10
is passed through the rings 6 of the loop 4. The loop 2 of the wire 1 is then
passed through the link 10 and the end il of the link 10 is drawn through the
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page_text: ring 6 of the loop 4. The other ring 7 of the loop 4 and also the ring 8 of the
loop 5 is then passed through the link 10. The corner 12 of the link 10 is then
passed through the ring 9 of the loop 5 and the ring 3 of the wire 1 is drawn
through the link 10. The corner 12 of link 10 will then rest on the wire 1.
corner 12 of the link 10 can then be drawn through the ring 9 of the loop 5 and
the link be detached.
The
By reversing the operation, the link 10 can be again suspended upon the loops 4
and 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The herein described puzzle, consisting of the wire or bar 1 formed with loops or
rings 2, 3, at its ends, the loops 4, 5 formed with rings 6, 7, 8, 9 adapted to be
suspended upon the wire or bar 1 and the link 10 suspended from the loops 4, 5,
all substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in
the drawing bereunto annexed.
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1000
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for Applicant.