APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING GAMES AND POINTS, ALSO INDICATING THE TRUMPS, FOR THE USE OF CARD PLAYERS
Year: 1884

page_text: ABRAHAM ELLIS, 118 Hartington Road South Lambeth London, S.W. 'Engineer'
I do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for " APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING
GAMES AND POINTS, ALSO INDICATING THE TRUMPS, FOR THE USE OF CARD
PLAYERS" to be as follows:-
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An arrangement of four sets of Figures, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, each in a circle,
on a foundation of cardboard or other suitable material, about the size of an
ordinary playing card, each set of Figures to be covered with a flat disc turning on
a centre, with a hole in large enough to show only one Figure at a time, as the
disc is turned round. The disc's to be used in pairs, one of each pair for registering
games, and the other for points, or one can be used for units and the other for tens,
or one for tens and the other for hundreds, which makes it suitable for most games
of cards, and can be used by two, three, or four players.
Also by an arrangement of a larger disc underneath foundation, turning on a
centre, can be shown through a hole in foundation, one Figure at a time, of each of
the four kinds of cards used, to indicate what kind are trumps.
. I beg to claim for my Invention, that I believe it will fill a known want in these
kind of games, also its compactness, being about the size of an ordinary playing
card, which will make it a suitable and convenient accompaniment to a pack of
cards, also its correct and decided indication, and its non liability of accidental
alteration during the game, as is often the case when coins, or cards, are used as
counters.
I now beg to leave this description of my Invention to your kind consideration,
praying that you will grant me my request for Provisional Protection for it.
Dated this Fourth day of February 1884.

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ABRAHAM ELLIS of 118 Hartington Road Sth Lambeth London, S.W. "Engineer"
I do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING
GAMES AND POINTS, ALSO INDICATING THE TRUMPS, FOR THE USE OF CARD
PLAYERS," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
An arrangement of four sets of Figures, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, each set in a
circle, on a foundation of cardboard or other suitable material, about the size of an
ordinary playing card, each set of Figures to be covered with a flat diec, turning on
a centre, with a hole in large enough to show only one Figure at a time as the disc
is turned round. The disc's to be used in pairs, one of each pair for registering
games, and the other for points, or one can be used for units and the other for tens,
or one for tens, and the other for hundreds, which makes it suitable for most games
of cards, and can be used by two, three, or four players.
Also by an arrangement of a large disc underneath foundation, turning on a
centre can be shown through a hole in foundation, one Figure at a time, " of each
of the four kinds of cards used in these games to indicate which kind are
trumps.
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I propose to make the above, in the form of a card box, to hold a pack of
cards inside, the top side of box to form the game and point register, also trump
indicator.
The compactness and utility of my Invention, also its correct and decided
registering, and non-liability to accidental alteration during the game, will I believe
claim for it, that it will fill a known want in these kind of games.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:
1. The method of registering and exhibiting the scores made in the game of cards
by means of revolving discs, substantially as herein described.
2. The method of indicating the "trumps" in the game of cards by means of
revolving disc, substantially as herein described.
Dated this Fourteenth day of May 1884.