New or Improved Apparatus for Games or Pastimes, applicable also for Advertising Purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1898-Accepted, 1st June, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Apparatus for Games or Pastimes, applicable also
for Advertising Purposes.
I, JOSEPH GARRATT GRIMSLEY, of Halford Street, Leicester, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to new or improved apparatus for games or pastimes
applicable also for advertising purposes. The apparatus may be made in various
forms, vertical or horizontal and suitable for indoor or outdoor purposes, it being
immaterial within reasonable limits what the size may be. The apparatus in its
vertical form may consist of a cylindrical base, having on its interior a flange,
upon which the lower edge of a conical or other shaped chamber may be revolved
by any suitable means.
Arranged round the interior of the base may be a series of spring controlled
levers or equivalent means, their inner ends adapted to engage, at desired intervals,
the lower ends of rods depending from supports arranged in any convenient
manner preferably at the top of the apparatus. The revoluble chamber before
mentioned may be divided vertically, for instance, into four parts, the meeting
edges of the several parts arranged to form slots or guides for any desired part of
the length of the chamber and a suitable bottom may be arranged to the latter.
Inside the said chamber, vertical guides, fixed top and bottom, are arranged.
the whole length of the said chamber and at the top of the latter, pulleys or the
like may be mounted for a purpose hereinafter mentioned.
The depending rods may be carried or supported from the top of the chamber
as before mentioned, and their lower ends have a free movement in slots in the
bottom of same, and the said rods are provided with a series of projections formed
upon them in any convenient manner.
The said projections will come upon the depending rods at irregular intervals
for effecting a purpose hereinafter described.
Supported by cords, chains or the like passing over the pulleys on the top of the
chamber and free to work up and down the slots or guides before mentioned may
be a set of toys or figures preferably one to each slot.
The said toys or figures may be of any suitable character and their weight would
be counterbalanced by weights secured to the other ends of the cords or chains
supporting the several toys or figures. The counterbalance weights move down
upon the vertical guides before mentioned and rest upon the projections formed
upon the depending rods.
The bottom ends of the latter as before stated may be drawn outwards by means
of the spring controlled levers and at such times, should a weight be resting thereon
it would drop slightly on to a projection on an adjacent rod, whilst the toy or
figure to which the counterbalance weight is attached would rise correspondingly
higher.
The apparatus may be operated as follows:-If there were four players and

page_text: the apparatus were arranged with four toys or figures and, say, twenty
spring controlled levers with a corresponding number of depending rods,
each player would be entitled to depress the five levers adjacent to the toy
or figure chosen. In turn, each player would depress a number of their levers.
It will be readily seen that by depressing say, the whole of their five levers, the
corresponding depending rods would be drawn forward and the counterbalance
weight would fall from a projection on one lever to a projection on one of the
adjacent levers.
By these means the toys or figures would be gradually worked up to the top
of the chamber, the player whose toy or figure reached the top first, winning the
game.
To start a fresh game it would only be necessary to pull the toys or figures down
to the bottom of their respective slots, the weights rising correspondingly and
finally resting upon a projection on a depending rod. The said weights may be
conical in shape to allow of being more readily raised.
Before starting a fresh game, however, it would be necessary to give each player
a fair chance, to give the chamber a slight turn to bring the depending rods into
contact with a different series of levers.
In utilizing the apparatus for outdoor games or pastimes, exhibitions or fairs,
or in any way requiring a larger form of apparatus, arrangements may be made,
when necessary, to move the depending rods by cams, screws, worms or other
suitable means and the chamber turned by any suitable gearing, driven by power;
in such apparatus instead of the toys or figures being used as in the smaller apparatus,
baskets or cages may be arranged capable of containing one, two or more people,
suitable provision for safety being made.
Although the apparatus has been described in its vertical form, it will be under-
stood that it may be readily adapted to a horizontal form without departing from
the spirit of the invention, also that the chamber instead of being cylindrical,
may be square, hexagonal or any other desired shape, and the before mentioned
depending rods may be arranged otherwise than hung from the top.
For advertising purposes, any part of the exterior of the chamber may be utilized
and the toys, figures or baskets in their progress up the slots, may be arranged to
actuate means to project through the said slots devices bearing advertisements or
other matter upon their faces.
Advertisement devices may also be arranged on the top of the vertical guides,
and caused to ascend above the top of the chamber, actuated by the winning toy
or figure.
New or Improved Apparatus for Games or Pastimes, applicable also
for Advertising Purposes.
I, JOSEPH GARRATT GRIMSLEY, of Halford Street, Leicester, Engineer, 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 apparatus for games or pastimes
applicable also for advertising purposes. The apparatus may be made in various

page_text: forms, vertical or horizontal and suitable for indoor or outdoor purposes, it being
immaterial within reasonable limits what the size may be.
The invention will be understood by reference to the drawing accompanying
this specification, wherein Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of an apparatus con-
structed in accordance with my invention, the remaining figures being detail views
referred to hereinafter.
The apparatus in its vertical form, as in Figure 1 consists of the base A, having
on its interior a flange A¹, upon which the lower edge B¹ of a chamber B may be
revolved by any suitable means, the said chamber in plan being round, square,
hexagonal or any other desired shape.
Arranged round the interior of the base A is a series of spring controlled levers C,
their inner ends C₁ engaging, at desired intervals the lower ends D' of rods D
depending from the ring D³ fixed to the top of the chamber B.
The chamber B is divided vertically into four parts, W, X, Y and Z (sec
Figures 3 and 4,) the meeting edges of the several parts forming slots E for any
desired part of the height of the chamber B, the bottom F being secured to said
chamber by screws F¹.
Inside the said chamber B vertical guides G, fixed at their top ends to the ring D³
and at their lower ends to the bottom F, pass through the whole length of said
chamber and at the top of the latter, pulleys H are mounted for a purpose herein-
after mentioned.
The rods D are carried or supported from the ring D³ and their lower ends D¹
have a free movement in the slots F2 in the bottom plate F, the said rods being
provided with a series of projections 12 formed upon them in any convenient
manner and at irregular intervals, for effecting a purpose hereinafter described.
Supported by cords, chains or the like K passing over the pulleys H on the top
of the chamber B and free to work up and down the slots E formed at the meeting
edges of the parts W, X Y and Z a set of toys or figures L are arranged preferably
one set to each slot. The said toys or figures L may be of any suitable
character and the weight of each toy or figure is counterbalanced by a weight L¹
secured to the other end of the cord or chain K supporting it.
The weights L move upon the guides G before mentioned and rest upon a pro-
jection D formed upon one of the rods D. As will be clearly seen in Figure 4
each balance weight L³ covers the projections on five of the rods D, but as the said
projections are arranged at irregular intervals it will intermittently rest upon any
of the said projections.
The bottom end D1 of the rods 1), as before stated, may be drawn outwards by
means of one of the levers C, and at such time should a weight be resting on the
rod so moved, it would drop on to a projection on one of the adjacent rods, the
toy or figure to which the weight is attached rising correspondingly higher.
The apparatus may be operated as follows:-With four players one to each
division W, X, Y, Z as shown in the drawing with five rods to each division and a
lever C to each rod, each player would be entitled to depress the five levers C which
actuate the rods to operate the toy or figure chosen. In turn each player would
depress one or more of their levers as agreed upon. It will be readily seen that
as each balance weight L' only covers the projections D2 on five rods D, when the
players depress the ends C* of the levers C the corresponding rods D with their
projections D will be drawn out of the path of a weight L' which will fall from a
projection on one of the rods upon which it is resting to another projection on one
of the adjacent rods.
The toys or figures L would therefore be gradually worked up to the top of the
chamber B, the player whose toy or figure reached the top first, winning the
game. To start a fresh game it would only be necessary to pull the toys or figures L
down to the bottom of their respective slots, the counterbalance weights L rising
correspondingly and finally resting upon a projection D³. The said weights Li
are approximately conical in shape to allow of their more readily rising. Before
starting a fresh game, however, it would be necessary to afford each player a fair

page_text: chance, to give the chamber a slight turn to bring the rods D into contact with
a different series of levers C.
For outdoor pastimes, exhibitions or fairs, or in any way requiring a larger
form of apparatus, the rods 1) may be moved by the apparatus shown in Fig. 5
and 6. The eccentric pulley N is secured to the shaft N which is carried in the
bearings 001 and the pulley P actuated by the belt Q runs loosely upon the said
shaft. The loose pulley P is coned at P1 to engage the horizontal coned pulley R
which is cammed at k¹ to engage the lower ends D' of the rods D. It will be
readily seen that the pulleys PR will be revolved irregularly to actuate the rods D.
With the apparatus just described instead of the toys or figures L as in the
smaller apparatus, baskets or cages may be arranged capable of containing one
or more persons.
For advertising purposes any part of the exterior of the chamber may have
advertisements painted thereon and the toys, figures or baskets L in their progress
up the slots, may be arranged to actuate or project through the said slots devices
bearing advertisements or other matter upon their faces.
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Advertisement devices may also be arranged on the top of the chamber and
caused to ascend clear above the top thereof by a toy or figure as seen in Figure 1
wherein the flags M provided with poles M which rest in the slots E are
arranged that toys or figures L will come into contact with the bottoms of the said
poles M¹ and elevate the flags M to the position shown by the dotted lines.
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:-
:-
1. An apparatus for a new game or pastime, consisting of a chamber having rods
therein provided with projections at irregular intervals, said projections being
movable into and out of the path of counterbalance weights of toys, figures or the
like, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing.
2. The combination with the apparatus described of means for advertising sub-
stantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of February 1898.
JOSEPH GARRATT GRIMSLEY.