Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 20th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 26th Nov., 1898
We, ALFRED SHEPHERD and ALFRED ALBERT SHEPHERD, both of 57, Constitution
Hill, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object a new or improved puzzle which is as follows:-
We make in card-board metal or any suitable material the representation or
drawing or outline of a face whether of man or beast or the drawing of any body.
We then cut or sever it into a number of parts or sections which so fit together as to
constitute one whole the lines or divisions following marks on the face or other
object so as not to be clearly seen at a glance. We then make a box or case of
timber card-board metal or other material having a recess in the bottom of the box
or case into which the head or other representation easily fits so as to hold the
several parts together. The box or case is then covered and sealed with a glass or
transparent front sufficiently above the representation or representations, for their
may be several, to allow the parts to move about freely. When the several sections
or parts are in confusion in the box the puzzle is to put them or bring them into
orderly arrangement without opening the box.
GEORGE BARKER,
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.
We, ALFRED SHEPHERD and ALFRED ALBERT SHEPHERD, both of 57, Constitution
Hill, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of our said 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 has for its object a new or improved puzzle which is as follows:-
We make in cardboard, metal or any suitable material the representation or
drawing or outline of a face. Whether of man or beast or the drawing of any body.
We then cut or sever it into a number of parts or sections which so fit together as to
constitute one whole, the lines or divisions following marks on the face or other object
so as not to be clearly seen at a glance.

page_text: We then make a box or case of timber cardboard metal or other material having a
recess in the bottom of the box or case into which the head or other representation
easily fits so as to hold the several parts together. The box or case is then covered
and sealed with a glass or transparent front sufficiently above the representation or
representations, for there may be several, to allow the parts to move about freely.
When the several sections or parts are in confusion in the box the puzzle is to put
them or bring them into orderly arrangement without opening the box.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practical effect we have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which we have illustrated two examples of our new puzzle.
Figure 1 is a view of our puzzle shewing the parts which form the figure brought
together and fitting in the recess formed in the box A so as to form the complete
figure.
Figure 2 is a view shewing the parts or sections which form the figure shewn by
Figure 1 in confusion in the box.
Figure 3 is a cross sectional view taken through the line x-y in Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 1 shewing a different figure divided into
different sections.
Figure 5 is a view shewing the parts or sections which form the figure shewn by
Figure 4 in confusion in the box.
In carrying our invention into practice we form the figure B by cutting or stamp-
ing it out of a blank sheet of cardboard, metal or other material by suitable press
tools or by other means. We then cut or sever this figure into a number of parts or
sections as shewn at Figure 2 which when fitted together constitute the one whole
figure as shewn at Figure 1. The lines or divisions following marks on the figure so
as to be as little perceptible as possible.
We then make the box or case A of cardboard wood metal or other material in the
bottom of which we fit the blank b¹ from which the figure B has been cut so that
when this figure is placed in position it exactly fits the recess or space b² in the
bottom of the box-that is to say-the recess or space 62 being shaped to exactly
correspond to the outline of the figure B holds the several parts together when
placed in their respective positions. It will be evident that we may cut the recess b²
in the bottom of the box instead of fitting the blank b¹ into the bottom of the box.
This box or case is then covered or sealed with the transparent front a¹ which
stands sufficiently above the figure B so as to allow the several parts to move freely
about. When the several parts or sections which compose the figure B are in con-
fusion in the box as shewn at Figure 2 the puzzle is to bring them into their
respective positions so as to form the complete figure as shewn at Figure 1 without
opening the box.
At Figures 4 and 5 we have shewn the figure D which represents a cricketer
standing at the wickets ready to receive the ball. This figure is only divided into five
parts and is made in the same manner as the figure shewn at Figures 1 and 2 so as
to fit into the space d². It will however be evident that either the figure B or the
figure D may be divided into a greater or less number of sections and also that
instead of having one figure there may be several figures or representations the puzzle
being to place or bring the several sections of each figure or figures into their respective
positions so as to form one complete figure or figures.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-

page_text: whole being enclosed in a box or case having a transparent lid or cover in the manner
substantially as herein set forth and as shewn upon the accompanying sheets of
drawings.
ALFRED SHEPHERD.
ALFRED ALBERT SHEPHERD.
By George Barker,
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agents for Applicants, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.