Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating the Score of Games such as the Game of Cricket.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 25th June, 1894-Accepted, 28th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating the Score of Games such
as the Game of Cricket.
We, HERBERT HISCOTT, of Nos. 56 and 57, Aldermanbury, in the City of
London, Export Merchant and HENRY HISCOTT of No. 1, Poet's Road, Highbury
New Park, in the County of London, Furrier, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for indicating the score of games such as the
game of cricket the object of the invention being to provide a cheap and portable
apparatus particularly adapted for use by small clubs.
According to this invention the stand is formed in two parts one adapted to slide
within the other drawerwise; the upper or sliding part is provided with arms which
in their normal position lie side by side parallel with the upper part of the stand
but arranged to be turned at right angles to the stand in which position they are
held by rins adapted to fall into position when the upper part of the stand is pulled
out from the lower part in which extended position the two parts are held by any
suitable means such as a screw. The arms are provided with suitable hooks to
receive the ordinary plates bearing numerals such hooks being so arranged as to be
capable of being turned to take into cut away portions of the arms and lie.flush
therewith when the apparatus is not required for use.
The lower part of the apparatus is provided with a hinged plate adapted to be
fixed to the ground and also with a lid or cover so that when the upper part
carrying the arms is slid into the lower part the lid.can be fastened and the hinged
plate folded over so that the whole will form a light package which can be easily
carried by hand from place to place.
The upper part of the stand is advantageously provided with partitions to form
compartments to receive the pins or the like for fixing the apparatus to the
ground.
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1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating the 'Score of Games such
as the Game of Cricket.
We, HERBERT HISCOTT, of Nos. 56 and 57, Aldermanbury, in the City of
London, Export Merchant, and HENRY HISCOTT, of No. 1, Poet's Road, Highbury
New Park, in the County of London, Furrier, 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 apparatus for indicating the score of games such as the
game of cricket the object of the invention being to provide a cheap and portable
apparatus particularly adapted. for, use by. small clubs.
In order to enable the invention to be fully understood we will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved apparatus for indicating the score of
the game of cricket.

page_text: Figure 3 is a front elevation of the upper part of the stand drawn to an enlarged
scale :
Figure 4 is a horizontal section of Figure 3:
Figure 5 is a front elevation of a portion of one of the arms hereinafter described
drawn to an enlarged scale.
Figure 6 is an inverted plan of Figure 5:
Figure 7 is a transverse section of Figure 5 shewing one of the parts in a different
position.
Figure 8 is a side view of the apparatus in its closed position.
Figure 9 is a longitudinal section of Figure 8.
Figure 10 is a longitudinal section of Figure 8 taken at right angles to the section
shewn in Figure 9.
Figure 11 is a transverse section taken on line x-x of Figure 9.
The stand is formed in two parts the upper part a being adapted to slide in the
lower part band be held in its extended position by a screw c.. The upper part a,
is provided with pivotted arms d, which in their normal positions lie side by side
parallel with the upper part a as shewn in Figure 9 but can be turned into a
position at right angles to the stand as shewn in Figure 1 when the apparatus
required to be used for indicating the score. The upper part a is provided with
loose pins or bolts e shewn clearly in Figures 3 and 4, having projections to prevent
them passing entirely out of the upper part of the stand. The arms d are provided
with hooks from which the usual plates bearing numerals are suspended; these
hooks are screwed to the underside of the arms d and are adapted to be turned
inwards flush with the arms d when the apparatus is not required for use, the turned
up part of the books f, passing into openings g, formed in the undersides of the
arms as indicated clearly in Figures 5 and 6. Figure 7 shews one of the hooks f
turned outwards and carrying a plate f
The lower part of the stand b is provided with a double-hinged plate
by which
the stand can be fixed to the ground by means of pins i. The upper part a is
provided with a lid or cover; adapted to be fastened to the lower part 6 of the
stand by any suitable means, such as a hook and eye as shewn in the drawing
so that, when the upper part a with the arms d is slid into the lower part 6 and the
lid fastened and the hinged plate h folded over, the whole will form a light
package (as shewn in Figure 8) which can be easily carried by hand from place to
place. The upper part a is also formed with receptacles & to hold accessories such
as the pins i.
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When the apparatus is required for use the upper part a is drawn out of the
lower part 6 and fixed in position by the screw c as shewn in Figure 1; the arms d,
are then turned into the horizontal position also as shewn in Figure 1 and the
hooks turned outwards, then the pius e are caused to project from the upper part a
to support the arms in the horizontal position. The stand is fixed to the ground by
the pins as above described and the apparatus is then ready for use.
It will be obvious that our improved apparatus may be used for indicating the
score of other games such as lawn tennis, golf, bowls, &c. by varying the number
and position of the arms, hooks and supporting pins according to the requirements
of the particular game the score of which is to be indicated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. An apparatus for indicating the score of games such as the game of cricket,
lawn tennis and the like consisting of a stand formed in two parts one part adapted
to slide within the other and provided with pivotted arms having pivotted hooks for
supporting plates bearing numerals and means for holding the arms in a horizontal
position substantially as herein before described.
2. The improved apparatus for indicating the score of games such as the game of

page_text: cricket substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying:
drawing.
Dated the 25th day of June 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.