Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Playing a Game of Chance, such as Dice.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Playing a Game of
Chance, such as Dice.
A communication from Richard SCHNEIDER, of 105 Rue du Verger, Antwerp..
in the Kingdom of Belgium, Manufacturer.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,.
Chartered Patent Agent, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to avoid the errors which creep into the games
such as games of dice, to prevent cheating and to employ the apparatus as an
advertising device.
The object, principles, and method of the game are hereinafter described with.
reference to the accompanying drawings;-
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Fig. 1 is a view from above showing the dial provided with three small openings.
in which are displayed the figures that come out ;
Fig. 2 is the plate underneath the dial of Fig. 1, with its three rotating plates,.
each rotating plate being subdivided into six compartments showing the several
numbers of the game of dice, from one to six, one for each compartment; or
otherwise, according to desire, any designs or inscriptions whatsoever. The plates
may be subdivided into any number of compartments more or less than six; and
there may be more or less than three rotating plates, with the same system in.
accordance with the size of the dial and the desire of the user.
The rotary plates are set in motion by pinions c (see Fig. 3) one to each; and
these are actuated by pawls d secured to the end of the springs b, which are set in
motion in their turn by the lever-handles a to which the springs b are themselves.
secured. The impulse is given by pushing the little lever-handle a away from the
contiguous stay E, and in this manner the plates may be caused to rotate, in either
direction; and they may be stopped and reversed by the same lever handles being
moved back. The opposite movements of those shown may be made to occur by a
suitable change in the internal arrangements.
Fig. 3 is a view of the underside of Fig. 2, the discs being kept apart by suitable.
stays E.
This figure shows perfectly the various parts for operating the devices shown in.
Figs. 1 and 2 by the parts b c and d respectively.
It is absolutely necessary to make clear that the object of this application is not
merely based upon the drawings, except for the principle of the system and
mechanism; inasmuch as this " game may be made of all dimensions and forms,.
and the dial may be provided with more or less than three openings for exhibiting
the points, figures or designs which may be applied to the rotating plates.
The otherwise empty space of the said dial may be utilised in whole or part for
the purposes of advertising.
The dial shown in Fig. 1 is put on top of what is shown in Figs. 2 and 3; it may
remain uncovered i.e. without any casing, or mounted on a stand of pedestal, or
suspended by hooks, and the like. It may be made of any material whatever so as
to have an artistic appearance, and be decorated in any suitable manner.
The working parts are made of metal, but the dial preferably in card-board;
while, as has been stated the whole may be constructed out of any other suitable
material that may be preferred.

page_text: The dial is surrounded by a ring and covered by a sheet of glass, but it may, if
preferred, be left bare.
The object of the invention may assume any desired form, e.g. that of a sleeve
stud, a medallion, a locket, and the like, so as to be applicable to jewellery; while
the dial may be devoted to advertising purposes.
Fig. 4 shows a side elevation of the principal parts of the general arrangement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is ;-
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The subject of the invention substantially as described and as shown in the
accompanying drawings as well as all modifications based upon the same principles
as and within the scope of this invention of the same and all other forms and
dimensions and suitable for similar purposes.
Dated this 14th day of June 1895
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.