IMPROVEMENTS IN SCORE OR OTHER REGISTERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I DONALD BARNS MORISON of 9 South Crescent Hartlepool in the County of
Durham Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN SCORE OR OTHER REGISTERS, to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to Improvements in Score or other Registers, such as are
used for recording numbers or words in Cricket-Tennis,-Football or other
similar purposes.
My Invention consists in the employment of cylinders, or discs, mounted on
tubes so that each will rotate independently on the same axis.
One or more cylinders being enclosed in a case, having openings to expose a
portion of the surface of each cylinder, any part of each cylinder, may be brought
opposite the opening, by twisting the particular tube on which it is mounted.
If figures are marked on the surface of each cylinder, any particular figure on
each cylinder may be exposed.
The cylinders are preferably hollow, and metallic, with the outer casing, also
metallic-In registering the games in "Tennis," one cylinder and case may be
mounted on the top of each pole upon which the net is hung-or there may be one
Scorer with two cylinders, one cylinder being for each of the two sets of players.
Instead of cylinders, prisms may be used. When discs are used they are
preferably made of thin sheet metal-and if more than one-of increasing
diameters so that in the case of figures being marked near the periphery-any
figure on each disc may be brought in a line with any figure on each of the other
discs, thus exposing any combination.
If it is required to work the Scorers from a distance, the necessary motion may
be.communicated by cords, or wires to pulleys on the tubes upon which the
cylinders, or discs are mounted.

page_text: I DONALD BARNS MORISON of 9 South Crescent, Hartlepool, in the county of
Durham, Engineer 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 improvements in score registers such as are used for
recording numbers or words representing the scores when playing the games of
cricket, tennis or football or for other similar purposes.
My invention consists in the employment of cylinders or discs mounted on tubes
in such a manner that each cylinder or disc can rotate independently of the others
on the same axis; or a single cylinder or disc arranged to rotate in a case or box.
In carrying out my invention where more than one cylinder is employed the
cylinders are enclosed in a case having openings to expose a portion of the surface
of each cylinder to view; by this means any part of any one or more of the
cylinders can be brought opposite the openings of the respective cylinders by
rotating the tube on which the particular cylinder is mounted and if figures be
marked on the surface or periphery of each cylinder any required figure on any
cylinder can be exposed to view.
The cylinders are preferably hollow and made of metal the outer casings being
also made of metal. In registering the scores when playing the game of tennis
one cylinder and case can be mounted on the top of each pole upon which the net
is usually hung or I may employ one scorer with two cylinders one cylinder being
for the use of each of the two sets of players. Instead of cylinders, prisms may be
used. When discs are employed they are preferably made of thin sheet metal and
if more than one disc be employed I make them of increasing diameters so that the
figures being marked near the periphery any figure on any disc may be brought in
a line with any figure on any of the other discs thus exhibiting any required
combination of figures.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1, is a front
elevation and figure 2 a vertical transverse section of a score register constructed
according to my invention and having cylinders mounted on independent vertical
tubes the figures being marked on the cylinders; figure 3 is a horizontal section on
line A, B, of figure 1; figure 4 is a similar view to figure 1 but shewing the cylinders
arranged to operate canvas wound thereon the figures being marked on the canvas;
figure 5 is a vertical transverse section on line C, D, of figure 4 and figure 6 is
a horizontal section on line E, F, of figure 4; figure 7 is a horizontal section of an
apparatus in which the canvas is passed over intermediate guide rods in order to
economize space; figure 8 is a front elevation shewing the cylinders bearing the
figures mounted on horizontal tubes; figures 9 and 10 are a transverse vertical
section and a horizontal section taken on the lines G, H and I, J, respectively of
figure 8; figure 11 shews a slightly modified arrangement of the cylinders and
tubes; figure 12 is a front elevation of an apparatus formed of a single cylinder
and case and suitable for scoring in the game of tennis; figures 13 and 14 are a

page_text: detached elevation and plan respectively of the cylinder, and figures 15 and 16 are
similar views of the case; figure 17 is a front elevation of an apparatus provided
with two separate cylinders and cases. Similar letters in all the figures represent
similar parts.
Referring to figures 1, 2 and 3 a, a¹, represent the cylinders which are here
shewn placed vertically and b, 61, are the tubes on which the cylinders a, a¹, are
mounted; c, is the case of the apparatus and d, d², represent the openings in the
case c, through which a portion of the cylinders a, a¹, are exposed to view; the
inner tubes b, to which the cylinders a, are fixed, pivot in the top of the frame at e,
and pass down through the partition f, and out at the bottom of the frame C, their
lower ends being provided with knobs or buttons g, to allow of the tubes and
cylinders being rotated; the outer tubes b¹, carrying the cylinders a¹, rotate freely
over the inner tubes b, and have a bearing at their lower ends only in the bottom
of the case c; g¹, gl, are the knobs or buttons by which the cylinders a¹, and
tubes b', are rotated; the bottoms or ends of the cylinders a, and a', rest on the
partition f, and the bottom of the case c, respectively.
By this construction it will be readily understood that any of the cylinders a,
and a', can be rotated independently of the others so as to expose to view any
portion of the surfaces of the cylinders through the openings d, and d², and thereby
exhibit any required figures to register the scores as illustrated in figure 1.
The apparatus shewn in figures 4, 5 and 6 is suitable for scoring in the game of
cricket and is similar in construction to that herein before described when referring
to figures 1, 2 and 3 with the exception that the figures for registering the scores
instead of being marked upon the cylinders are marked upon strips of canvas or
other suitable material h, wound around the cylinders two cylinders and tubes
being required for each set of figures. In apparatus for this purpose three rows of
figures are necessary and therefore three sets of cylinders a, a, a, tubes b, b¹, b*,
having knobs g, g³, g³, and openings d, d¹, d², are employed. To operate the
apparatus one of the cylinders of the required set of figures is rotated so as to
wind or unwind the canvas from the other cylinder and thus change the figure
exhibited to view through the corresponding opening in the case c.
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In figure 7 the canvas h, is shewn passed over intermediate guide rods i, i, by
which means a larger surface of canvas can be exposed to view through the
openings d d and the space between the figures can be thereby considerably
decreased; the operation is the same as that just described with reference to
figures 4, 5 and 6 and the apparatus therefore needs no further description.
In the horizontal arrangement of cylinders and tubes as shown in figures 8, 9
and 10, the inner tube b, carrying the cylinder a, has its bearing at e, in the case c,
and passes through the partition f, in a similar manner to that hereinbefore
described and shewn in figure 2, but the outer tube b, carrying the cylinder a¹,
has a bearing upon a boss 7, fixed to the partition f; one cylinder is prevented
from rotating whilst the other cylinder is being operated by means of springs k, k,
fixed to the case c, and bearing upon the surfaces of the cylinders a, a¹, so as to
produce friction thereon as will be well understood.
The arrangement shewn in figure 11, is the same as that shewn in figures 8, 9
and 10 except that the boss j, is dispensed with the bearing at that end of the
tube b1, being upon the inner tube b.
In figures 12 to 16 which illustrate a scoring apparatus suitable for registering
the scores in the game of tennis, a, is the single cylinder and c, is the case in which
the cylinder is rotated so as to bring the required figures on the cylinder opposite
the opening d, in the case a; l, is a pin on the case a, to allow of the apparatuses
being fixed one on the top of each of the poles to which the usual net is attached
one apparatus being for the use of each of the two sets of. players. Or a double
apparatus such as that shewn in figure 17 can be employed for this purpose.
It will be obvious that the number of the cylinders shewn in the various
apparatus illustrated in figures 1 to 11 can be increased or diminished according to

page_text: the purposes for which the score or other registers are to be used and if it is
required to operate the scorers from a distance the necessary motion can be com-
'municated by cords or wires to pulleys on the tubes upon which the cylinders or
discs are mounted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A score or other register constructed of a series of cylinders or discs mounted
on tubes in such a manner that each cylinder or disc can be rotated independently
of the other or others on the same axis substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described.
2. The improved score or other registers hereinbefore described and represented
in figures 1 to 11 of the accompanying drawing.
3. The improved score or other registers hereinbefore described and represented
in figures 12 and 17 of the accompanying drawing.