Improvements in Apparatus suitable for Scoring in Games.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 15th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1900
Improvements in Apparatus suitable for Scoring in Games.
We, THOMAS DE LA REE & COMPANY, Ln., of 110, Bunhill Row, London, E.C.,
Manufacturers, and Louis CHARPIAT, of 107, Devonport Road, Shepherd's Bush,
London, W., Pianoforte Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the apparatus described in the
Specification No. 11935 of 1897 and its object is to enable two different lengths
of each tongue to be caused to protrude from the board so that each tongue may
score two numbers.
For this purpose two pins or push buttons are provided for each tongue and the
slot in the tongue is made longer than before. The front end of the slot has a
circular enlargement as in the former specification to receive the front pin
whilst near its middle it has a longer enlargement to receive the back pin
which when the tongue is not protruded is situated at the front end of this
enlargement. When the front pin is pressed the tongue is protruded by its
spring until it is arrested by the rear end of the long enlargement coming
against the rear pin and if the latter be subsequently depressed the tongue is
further protruded until it is arrested by the rear end of the slot coming against
the rear pin.
.
Unless the pins be placed at an inconvenient distance apart the front pin is in
the long enlargement of the slot and therefore free to rise when the tongue is
fully protruded and the tongue could not be pressed home again unless means
were provided for depressing the front pin whilst it was passing from one
enlargement to the other. For this purpose the sides of the slot between the
two enlargements are bevelled, the underside edges at the rear being as wide.
apart as the width of the enlargement whilst at the front their distance apart is
only equal to the width of the slot. When the tongue is pressed back the inclines
so formed ride up over the flange of the pin and press the latter down.
Dated this 16th dow of March 1800
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus suitable for Scoring in Games.
We, THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LD., of 110, Bunhill Row, London, F.C.,
Manufacturers, and LOUIS CHARPIAT, of 107, Devonport Road, Shepherd's Bush,
[Price 8d.]

page_text: London, W., Pianoforte Maker, 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 improvements in the apparatus described in the
Specification No. 11935 of 1897 and its object is to enable two different lengths
of each tongue to be caused to protrude from the board so that each tongue may
score two numbers.
Figure 1 is a part plan, Figure 2 a front elevation and Figure 3 an end eleva-
tion of a scoring board constructed according to this invention.
Figure 4 is a horizontal section and Figure 5 a vertical section and Figures G
and 7 and 8 and 9 are similar views with the tongue more or less protruded.
Figure 10 is a plan, Figure 11 an underside view and Figure 12 a side elevation
of one of the tongues.
Two pins a with push buttons are provided for each tongue c and the slot
in the tongue is made longer than before. The front end of the slot has a
circular enlargement d as in the former specification to receive the large por-
tion a' of the front pin a whilst near its middle it has a longer enlargement c
to receive the large portion of the back pin 6 which when the tongue is not
protruded is situated at the front end of this enlargement. When the front
pin a is pressed down against its spring a³ until the large part is below
the tongue the latter is protruded by its spring until it is arrested by the rear
end of the long enlargement coming against the large portion of the rear
pin and if the latter be subsequently depressed against its spring until 6¹
is below the tongue the latter is further protruded until it is arrested by the rear
end of the slot coming against the rear pin b.
Unless the pins be placed at an inconvenient distance apart the front pin a
is in the long enlargement of the slot and therefore free to rise when the
tongue is fully protruded and the tongue could not be pressed home again unless
means were provided for depressing the front pin a whilst it was passing from one
enlargement to the other. For this purpose the sides of the slot between the
two enlargements are bevelled as shown in Figures 10 to 12, the underside
edges at the rear being as wide apart as the width of the enlargement whilst
at the front their distance apart is only equal to the width of the slot. When the
tongue is pressed back the inclines so formed ride up over the large portion' <<¹
of the pin a and press the latter down.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
Apparatus suitable for scoring in games substantially as described and illus-
trated in the drawings.
Dated this 7th day of December 1899.
THOMAS DE LA RUE AND COMPANY. LIMITED.
W. THOя. SHAW,
THOS. DE LA RUE,
W. AULD.
Secretary.
Directors.
LOUIS CHARPIAT.