An Improved Marker for Card Games.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1899
An Improved Marker for Card Games.
I, HENRY FREDERIC BROWN, of 11, Hubert Road, Haydon's Lane, South
Wimbledon, in the County of Surrey, Draughtsman, 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:--
In carrying out my invention I employ shaped folded paper, cardboard, ivorine,
gelatine, metal, celluloid, or some such like material, which I place one over
the other, thus forming three stratas or layers, which I call bottom, middle,
and top.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1, is the bottom; Fig. 2, is the middle,
and Fig. 3, the top. Fig. 4, is the marker complete with the layers in position.
The bottom strata or layer is a shaped oblong, stamped out of which, are
six round holes, one in each corner, marked a Fig. 1, and two, at a distance
from the edge of the longer side of the strata marked 6 Fig. 1.
My middle strata is composed of a series of shaped pieces,-four quadrants
marked C Fig. 2, and two circles marked D Fig. 2.
In the corner of each quadrant I stamp a round hole, and print, on one, a
diamond, on another a heart, on the third, a club, and on the fourth a spade.
In the centre of each circle I stamp a round hole. On one circle I print 1-2-
3-4-5 leaving a space between the 1 and the 5.
On the other circle I print, six, 7--8-nine, and 10, leaving a space between
the six and the 10.
My top strata is an oblong, stamped, cut, and shaped the same as the bottom
strata, but with the additions of two shaped holes radiating from the centre
holes, and a printed cluster of hearts in one corner, of diamonds in another,
of spades in the third, and of clubs in the fourth as shewn in Figs. 3 and 4 to
indicate the position of the heart, diamond, spade and club, of the quadrants,
when these are shut in between the top and bottom layers.
To build up my improved card marker I take the four quadrants and place
them over the four corners of the bottom strata so that the round holes cor-
respond with those made in the bottom layer.
I then take the circles and place them over the bottom strata so that the
holes correspond with the centre holes of the bottom strata.
I then take the top strata and place it over the middle and bottom stratas,
so that the round holes correspond with those in the middle and bottom stratas.
I then pass through the six corresponding holes, and fix eyelets, rivets, or some
such suitable fastenings, so that the circles will revolve and expose the printed
figures thereon, through the sector-shaped holes in the top strata, and the
quadrants can be drawn out to expose the trump printed thereon.
Having now particularly described and
ascertained the nature of my
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. In a card marker, quadrants hinged at the corners, capable of being with-

page_text: drawn to expose the trump desired, substantially as set forth and described
in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a card marker having quadrants, miniature clusters at the corners to
indicate the quadrant to be withdrawn to expose the trump desired, substan-
tially as set forth and described in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of November 1899.
HENRY FREDERIC BROWN.