An Improved Playing Board or Table.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 29th Apr., 1899
An Improved Playing Board or Table.
I, AUGUST HERMANN WEISS, of No. 85, Vereins Strasse, Hamburg, in the
German Empire, Innkeeper, 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:-
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The present invention refers to an improved playing board or table adapted
for playing the game of skittle-billiards thereon and having a plurality of
running tracks for the ball which by their particular construction afford means
for a very interesting game.
This skittle-billiard board or table may be of any size, from a table billiard
board upwards.
An example of one way of carrying out the invention is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section of a skittle-
billiard board or table constructed according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1 and
Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same as illustrated in Fig. 2 this skittle-billiard
board or table is fitted with two complete running tracks for the ball.
The skittle-billiard board or table consists in its essential part of the base la
to which the partitions or walls b c and d are fitted.
As is shown in Fig. 1 the partition or wall which forms the outer boundary
of the first track is on a level. plane; the partitions or walls c and d forming
the boundaries of the second track, being erected on an inclined plane e increasing
in height from the front to the rear of the skittle-billiard board or table.
There must be sufficient space provided between the partitions or walls b, c
and to permit an unimpeded running of the ball, whilst the curved por-
tions f, gconduct the ball round the curves, so as respectively to enter the
second track, and to leave same in the direction of the skittles i. Portions of
the partitions or walls b, c, d are erected on a level plane, while the track
between the walls c and d at the rear of the board or table is erected on the
rising and descending surface e, which is arranged in such a manner that at
the rear the second track is above the first so that a tunnel is formed for the
passage of the ball when at the curved portion of the first track at the rear of
the board or table as shown in Fig. 1. To increase the difficulties of playing
the game indentations g', as illustrated in Fig. 3, may be provided in the
second track.
The use of the board or table for playing the game is as follows:--
The ball is placed at the starting point h and set in motion by means of a
cue or any other mechanical starting device; it will then follow the line as
indicated in Fig. 2 by the arrow. heads, thus running between the partition
walls and c and through the tunnel under the raised surface e; the curved
portions of the partition or wall conducting it into the second track when
it continues its course between the partitions or walls c and d ascending and
descending the raised surface e, if sufficient force has been exercised in starting
the ball, so that it is finally conducted by the curved portion 7 of the partition

page_text: or wall in a direction for knocking down the skittles placed at the rear of
the base of the board or table. The arrangement of the raised surface e
increases the difficulties of playing the game, as a certain effort will be necessary
for starting the ball to play the game successfully.
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;-
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1. In a skittle-billiard playing board or table the arrangement of a plurality
of partly raised running tracks for the ball as set forth.
2. A skittle-billiard playing board or table with a plurality of partly raised
running tracks for the ball, the whole arranged, constructed and adapted to
operate substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of February 1899.
F. W GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.