A New or Improved Amusing Toy, applicable also to certain Games.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr., 1835
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Amusing Toy, applicable also to certain
Games.
We, ADOLPH Tuck, of the Firm of Raphael Tuck & Sons, of 72 and
73 Coleman Street, in the City of London, Fine Art Publishers, and WILLIAM
HENRY ELLAM, of The Studio 11, Foulser Road, Upper Tooting, in the County
of Surrey, Artist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to a new decorative and amusing contrivance capable of
affording much pleasure and which may also be applied for the purpose of playing
a certain game, or games, and comprises a miniature "merry-go-round," constructed
substantially in the manner hereinafter indicated.
A sheet of pasteboard, or paper which is to be afterwards mounted on pasteboard
or the like, is printed with the representation of a number of horses, or boats,
preferably with riders and preferably with each rider represented in clothing of
distinctive pattern or colours, such horses being arranged in a circle with the heads
of the riders towards the centre of the circle and the legs of the horses away
from it.
These figures are afterwards cut (preferably stamped) out round the outline of
the figures, but so as to leave each one attached to the central portion.
These figures are then bent over so as to be set at right angles to the surface of
the central portion and so that when the central portion placed horizontally the
horses and riders are in the erect position.
The central portion is thus by the bending over of the figures or the pieces
attaching them made polygonal in shape with as many sides as there are horses.
To the centre of the polygon I attach a centre piece which may consist of an
upward extension which forms a handle by which the arrangement may be operated
and a point or a cup shaped portion intended to rest on the top of a support, and
revolve thereon.
The support may consist of a vertical stem having at its upper extremity a
rounded, or blunt, point, or a cup-shaped or hollow top, and at bottom, a broad foot
which supports the whole apparatus.
In order to make a racing game of it the foot may be extended to the diameter of
the polygon, or preferably, somewhat larger and a series of numerals may be added,
arranged round the outer edge of the foot, or on a piece attached to the foot or to
the stem, and so that such numerals, or groups of figures, may correspond in number
with the number of horses or double the number or otherwise and when the apparatus
is at rest each numeral or group of numerals or each alternate one or otherwise may
correspond with or be under or nearly under, or opposite, one of the .horses.
The players will, when using the toy, each select one of the horses, and in turn,
each seize the upwardly projecting handle from the centre of the toy, and cause the
card carrying the horses to rotate rapidly, and allowing it to spin until it comes to
rest, will note the numeral, or group of numerals, over which his selected horse stops,
and will record that number as the result of that spin-and thus each player will
do the same, turn following turn, continuously until the sum of the numbers
obtained by some one of the players amounts to say one hundred, or other agreed
number, and the person so first reaching that number will be declared to be the
vinner.

page_text: It will be obvious that the apparatus is in itself complete and a source of
amusement to young people and an ornament in a room besides which it can be used
in the game above described and is also applicable to other games, in fact almost
any game which depends on numbers found by spinning a tee-to-tum, or throwing
dice, may be played with this apparatus.
The ornamental character of the riders clothes and the representations of the
different horses will give great interest to this toy among young people, to whom it
will be a source of almost endless gratification and amusement.
Dated the 21st day of November 1801
A New or Improved Amusing Toy, applicable also to certain
Games.
We, ADOLPH TUCK, of the Firm of Raphael Tuck and Sons, of 72, and
73, Coleman Street, in the City of London, Fine Art Publishers, and WILLIAM
HENRY ELLAM, of The Studio, 11, Foulser Road, Upper Tooting, in the County
of Surrey, Artist, 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 :-
Our invention relates to a new decorative and amusing contrivance capable of
affording much pleasure and which may also be applied for the purpose of playing
a certain game, or games, and comprises a miniature "merry-go-round" constructed
substantially in the manner hereinafter described.
In the drawings
Fig. 1, is a perspective representation of the toy ;
Fig. 2, is an elevation of the foot and central stem, and
Fig. 3, is a plan of the principal piece before it is folded or bent over as herein-
after described.
A sheet of pasteboard, or paper which is to be afterwards mounted on pasteboard,
or the like, is printed with the representation of a number of horses, or boats, such
as a, preferably with the riders; and preferably with each rider represented in
clothing of distinctive pattern or colours, or a name, or title, attached to each
horse, or boat, such horses being arranged in a circle with the heads of the riders
towards the centre of the circle and the legs of the horses away from it.
These figures a, a. are afterwards cut (preferably stamped) out round the outline
of the figures, but so as to leave each one attached to the central portion in one or
two places, such for instance as by the stem c and the heads of the riders at d.
These figures are then bent over so as to be set at right angles to the surface of
the central portion and so that when the central portion is placed horizontally the
horses and riders are in the erect position as shown in Fig. 1.
The central portion e is thus by the bending over of the figures, or the pieces
attaching them, made polygonal in shape, with as many sides as there are horses as
shown in Figs. 1 and 3.
To the centre of the polygon we attach a centrepiece which may consist of an
upward extension which forms a handle by which the arrangement may be operated
and a point or a cup-shaped portion intended to rest on the top of the support and
revolve thereon.
This support may consist of a vertical stem 9 having at its upper extremity a
rounded, or blunt point h, or a cup-shaped or hollow top, and at the bottom, a broad
foot which supports the whole apparatus.

page_text: In order to make a racing-game of it the foot may be extended to the diameter
of the polygon, or preferably somewhat larger and a series of numerals may be
added arranged round the outer edge of the foot, or on a piece attached to the foot
or to the stem, and so that such numerals, or groups of figures, may correspond in
number with the number of horses or double the number or otherwise and when the
apparatus is at rest each numeral, or group of numerals, or each alternate one, or
otherwise may correspond with or be under, or nearly under, or opposite one of the
horses.
The players will, when using the toy, each select one of the horses, and in turn
each seize the upwardly projecting handle from the centre of the toy f and cause
the card e carrying the horses to rotate rapidly, and allowing it to spin until it
comes to rest, will note the numeral, or group of numerals over which his selected
horse stops, and will record that number as the result of the spin--and thus each
player will do the same, turn following turn continuously until the sum of the
numbers obtained by some one of the players amounts to say one hundred, or other
agreed number, and the person so first reaching that number, will be declared to be
the winner.
Although pasteboard is mentioned as the material of which these toys may be
made, it will be obvious that other materials such as tin, or other sheet metal, may
be used, especially when greater strength is desired.
It will be obvious that the apparatus is in itself complete and a source of amuse-
ment to young people and an ornament in a room besides which it can be used in
the games above described and is also applicable to other games, in fact almost any
game which depends on numbers found by spinning a tetotum or throwing dice,
may be played with this apparatus.
The lifelike movement of the whole scene will give great interest to this toy
among young people, to whom it will be a source of almost endless gratification and
amusement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :
1. A new or improved amusing toy or miniature "merry go round" substantially
as hereinbefore described.
"
'merry go round" adapted for
2. The herein before described toy representing a
playing certain kinds of games substantially as set forth.
3. A toy, or game, comprising a revolving table e, a handle f, suspended
figures a, a; and a vertical stem g with point h and foot i, all substantially as
described and shown in the drawings and for the purposes set forth.
Dated the Fifth day of March 1895.
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicants.