Improvements in Card Games, and Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Jan., 1895
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Complete Specification Left, 26th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1895
Improvements in Card Games, and Apparatus therefor.
I, WALTER EDWARD BENNETT, of Condover, Shrewsbury, in the County of
Shropshire, Piiblisher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention 'to be as
follows:-
:
My invention, relates to cards and apparatus for playing a new game. The cards,
of which there may be any number in each pack, bear the representation of the
face of a clock each one having the hands denoting a different time. A convenient
number of cards for a pack is 60, the minute hand on each pointing to a different
minute so that the complete set of 60 indicates the 60, minutes of the hour, while
the hour band points to the same hour in every five cards being 12 divisions of the
60 cards.
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A convenient method of marking the cards is to mark them with an interval
of 12 minutes in each hour with an interval of 13 minutes between each of the
hours except between 11 and 12 when there is only space of one minute; thus
the cards representing the first two hours from the twelfth hour will be as
follows:-12-0,12-12, 12-24, 12-36, 12-48, 1-1, 1-13, 1-25, 1-37 and 1-49, while
the eleventh hour will be marked 11-11, 11-23, 11-35, 11-47, and 11-59, so that
it will be seen that thore is just one minutes difference between the corresponding
cards of the hours, thus 11-47, 12-48, 1-49 etc.
Each card also marked-preferably above the dial-with the time as indicated
in railway time tables thus "11-47," while beneath the dial the time is given in
the ordinary reading thereof, thus "13 minutes to 12."
Several games of chance and skill may be played with these cards, and I some-
times provide dial cards with movable hands to score the games, while with another
game I use a spinning, jenny consisting of a balance wheel or lever capable of being
rotated by the player and actuating the two hands of a clock dial through suitable
mechanism. One game which may be played with this spinning jeany is for the
jenny to be spun and the player who holds the card nearest to the time at which
the hands stops, to discard the said card, the one who is able to first discard all his
cards being the winner.
In another game, the whole pack of cards are dealt equally amongst all the
players one of whom leads off by playing down a card, the others playing down
cards in rotation at the predetermined intervals at which the cards are marked in a
similar manner to a game of dominoes, the one who is the first to play out his hand
winning the game..
In another game 4, 6 or 8 persons may play as partners, the game being 15 or 30
up, 5 cards being dealt to each player. The cards are played by their value, thus
if the cards are marked as hereinbefore set forth 12-48 will be the highest card
and 1-1 the lowest card. The cards are played in a similar manner to whist, the
highest card taking the trick, there being no trumps.
Many other gumes-may be played with these cards which are specially instructive
for children as it teaches them to quickly read off and tell the time of day.
Dated thin li do of Tun 1905
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Card Games, and Apparatus therefor.
I, WALTER EDWARD BENNETT, of Condover, Shrewsbury, in the County of
Shropshire, Publisher, 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:-
My invention relates to cards and apparatus for playing a new game.
Figures 1 and 2 are views of two of the cards by way of example.
Figure 3 is a front view of a scoring card.
Figure 4 is a sectional view thereof, and
Figures 5 and 6 are views in plan and sectional front elevation respectively of a
'spinning jenny.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The cards, of which there may be any number in each pack, bear the representa-
tion of the face of a clock each one having the hands denoting a different time.
A convenient number of cards for a pack is 60, the minute hand on each pointing
to a different minute so that the complete set of 60 indicates the 60 minutes of the
hour, while the hour hand points to the same hour in every five cards being
12 divisions of the 60 cards.
A convenient method of marking the cards is to mark them with an interval of
12 minutes in each hour with an interval of 13 minutes between each of the hours
except between 11 and 12 when there is only, a space of one minute; thus the cards
will be as follows::-

page_text: from which it will be seen that there is just one minutes difference between the
corresponding cards of the hours, thus 1-37, 2-38, 3-39, 4-40, 5-41, 6-42, 7-43,
8-44, 9-45, 10-46 11-47 and 12,48.
Each card is also marked-preferably above the dial-with the time as indicated
in railway time tables for instance "11-47," while beneath the dial the time is
given in the ordinary reading thereof thus " 13 minutes to 12."
Several games of ohance and skill may be played with these cards, and I some-
times provide dial cards such as A with movable hands and a to score the
games, the minute hand a being used for scoring the points and the hour hand-a¹
for scoring the games, while with another game I use a spinning jenny as illustrated
by Figures 5 and 6 consisting of a balance wheel or weighted lever B capable of
being rotated by the player and actuating the two hands c and c' of a clock dial C
through suitable mechanism X contained in a case Z. One game which may be
played with this spinning jenny is for the jenny to be spun and the player who
holds the card nearest to the time at which the haud stops, to discard the said card,
the one who is able to first discard all his cards being the winner. The spinning
jenny may also be used in some cases for scoring the games played.
In another game, the whole pack of cards are dealt equally amongst all the
players one of whom leads off by playing down a card, the others playing down
cards in rotation at the predetermined intervals at which the cards.aro marked in a
similar manner to a game of dominoes, the one who is first to play out his hand
winning the game.
In another game 4, 6 or 8 persons may play as partners, the game being 12 up,
5. cards being dealt to each player. The cards are played by their value, thus if
the cards are marked as herein before set forth 12-48 will be the highest card
and 1-1 the lowest card. The cards are played in a similar manner to whist, the
highest card taking the trick, there being no trumps.
Many other games may be played with these cards which are specially instructive
for children as it teaches them to quickly read off and tell the time of day.
It will be understood that other divisions of time may be used than those herein-
before indicated, either longer or shorter thereby making the pack contain more or
less cards respectively.
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 :-
(1.) A pack of cards each bearing a representation of the face of a clock, the
time denoted by the cards varying from each other in a predetermined manner, as
and for the purpose set forth.
(2.) The combination with a pack of cards as claimed by the first claim, of a
Scoring apparatus consisting of a card bearing a representation of a clock dial and
of hands which are capable of being rotated on their pivots, as set forth.
(3.) The combination with a pack of cards as claimed by the first claim; of a
spinning jenny consisting of a clock dial and loose hands connected together by a
suitable train of wheels, and of a weighted lever adapted to actuate the recording
bands as set forth
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Dated this 24th day of September 1908.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicaut.