An Improved Puzzle Appliance.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th June, 1893-Accepted, 12th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Puzzle Appliance.
I, DANIEL M° PHUN, of 19 Carstair Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire,
Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has reference to and comprises an improved puzzle appliance,
which shall be a source of interest and amusement to children and adults.
The improved appliance under one arrangement consists of a basement solid or
hollow frame preferably of cylindrical shape. Over this frame would be fitted a
vertical standard with a horizontal projecting short arm at top, and on this arm
A central hollow
would be placed one or more wire or other loops or catches.
vertical stem would be screwed into or project up a short distance from the
basement frame, and in this would be loosely placed a light portable wire or rod
having its upper end formed of a book shape and fitted with a cork or other light
pea ball near its central part, which would act as a stop and rest over the top of
the stem. When the basement frame is made solid an airtight radial horizontal
hole or channel would be formed from its outer surface to the central hollow stem,
and a hollow projecting mouthpiece would be fitted in this hole. The puzzle
consists in placing the mouthpiece within the human mouth and blowing to raise
by air blast pressure the central pea ball stem through the aerial vertical space to
place its top hook to catch and hang over the loop or loops on the projecting arm
of the vertical standard.
This improved appliance may be made of wood, sheet metal, or other like
material, and may be modified in construction to suit various designs of projecting
by air blast pressure the hook stem through the intermediate air space on to the
upper loop catches.
Dated the 12th Sontember 1892
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Puzzle Appliance.
I, DANIEL MCPHUN of 19 Carstair Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Timber Merchant, 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 and comprises an improved puzzle appliance,
which shall be a source of interest and amusement to children and adults.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 represents a perspective elevation of one arrangement of my improved
puzzle appliance.
Figure 2 is a similar view showing the appliance as being operated on by the
air blast pressure of the mouth, and
Figure 3 is a view showing a modified arrangement of the improved appliance.
Referring to these drawings:-The improved appliance under one arrangement
consists of a basement solid or hollow frame A preferably of cylindrical shape.

page_text: Over this frame is fitted a vertical standard A' with a curved or horizontal pro-
jecting short arm A2 at top, and on this arm is placed one or more wire or other
loops or catches a. A central hollow vertical stem B is screwed into or projects
up a short distance from the basement frame A, and in this is loosely placed a
light portable wire or rod b having its upper end formed of a hook shape and
fitted with a cork or other light pea ball near its central part, which will act as
a stop and rest over the top of the stem B. When the basement frame A is made
solid an airtight radial horizontal hole or channel A' is formed from its outer
surface to the central hollow stem B and a hollow projecting mouthpiece B' is
fitted in this hole A³. The puzzle consists in placing the mouthpiece B' within
the human mouth as shown in Figure 2 and blowing to raise by air blast pressure
the central pea ball stem through the aerial vertical space to place its top
hook to catch and hang over the loop or loops a on the projecting arm A³ of the
vertical standard A' as shown dotted in Figure 1.
In the arrangement shown in Figure 3, two portable standards A are used so
that they can be shifted to any desired length within the hollow socket tubes A."
to regulate the height which the loop a shall be from the stem B and consequently
the distance which the pea stem will require to be raised by the air blast
pressure of the mouth.
This improved appliance may be made of wood, sheet metal, or other like
material, and may be modified in construction to suit various designs of projecting
by air blast pressure the hook stem b through the intermediate air space on to the
upper loop catches a.
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 :-
First. The improved puzzle appliance herein described in reference to and shown
in the accompanying drawings.
Second. A puzzle appliance in which a portable pea stem or organ is raised by
the air blast pressure of the mouth to hook on to an upper loop or retainer,
substantially as set forth.
Dated 12th June 1893.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.