AN IMPROVED CARD PLAYING MARKER
Year: 1884

page_text: TRUTINIONAL
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
CARD PLAYING MARKER" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a card marker for registering the number of points and
the number of games played and indicating the trump suit.
The Invention consists in a game-register and trump-indicator constructed with
a central plate having an aperture and edge recesses, and provided with two circles
of numerals upon the face, and having a disc provided with the four card-
characters upon its face pivoted to one side, and two apertured disc's pivoted to the
other side over the circles of numerals.
The central plate, would preferably be of the exact size of the cards of the pack,
To its under side at the centre is pivoted, by a tubular rivet or other suitable
means, a disc of a diameter about equal to the width of the plate and bearing at
equal distances from the centre and from each other, a single representation of the
four suits and constituting the trump suit indicator. In the central plate in such a
position as to be in the path of the characters upon the disc when the said diso is
rotated, is formed an aperture, of such a size that the characters upon the disc can
be readily seen through it.
The register for the games and points consists of a pair of disc's pivotted to the
opposite side of the central plate to the trump disc. Upon the central plate beneath
the disc's are printed the nine digits, arranged in circles, and in each disc is formed
an aperture, in such a position that the said digits will be seen distinctly and
successively through the said apertures as the said disc's are rotated.
In the side edge of the central plate directly opposite the trump disc, and in the
end edges of the said plate, directly opposite the game and point disc's, are formed
recesses so that the finger of the player can come in contact with the edges of the
disc's to revolve them,

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I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
CARD PLAYING MARKER" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this Invention is to provide a simple and convenient means of
registering the number of points made and the number of games played, and
indicating the trump suit.
The Invention consists in a game register and trump-indicator constructed with
a central plate having an aperture and edge recesses, and provided with two circles
of numerals upon the face, and having a disc provided with the four card-characters
upon its face, pivoted to one side, and two apertured discs pivoted to the other
side over the circles of numerals, as will be hereinafter fully described.
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Reference is to be had to the accompanying Drawings, forming part of this
Specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the Figures.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement. Figure 2 is a sectional elevation
of the same, taken through the line a x, Figure 1. Figure 3 is a plan view of the
centre plate, the discs being detached. Figure 4 is a plan view of the lower disc.
A represents the centre plate which would preferably be made of the exact size
of the cards of the pack.
To the under side of the plate A, at its centro is pivoted, by a tubular rivet or
other suitable means, a disc B, of a diameter about equal to the width of the plate A
and upon the disc B at equal distances from the centre and from each other, are
represented the four suits as shown in Figure 4.
In the plate A at one side of the centre and in such a position as to be in the
path of the characters upon the disc B when tho said disc is rotated, is formed an
aperture, C, of such a size that the said characters upon the disc B can be readily
seen through it.
To the end parts of the plate A, upon the opposite side from the aperture C,
are pivoted two discs, D E, in such positions that their edges will be flush with the
end edges of the plate A.
Upon the plate A, beneath the discs D E, are printed the nine digits, arranged
in circles, as shown in Figure 3, and in each disc D E is formed an aperture, F, in
such a position that the said digits will be seen distinctly and successively through
the said apertures as the said discs are rotated.
In the side edge of the plate A, directly opposite the disc B, and in the
end edges of the said plate, directly opposite the discs D E, are formed recesses G,
as shown in Figures 1 and 3, so that the finger of the player can come in contact
with the edges of the discs B D E to revolve them.
With this construction by adjusting the disc.B at the beginning of each game,
the trump will be indicated; by adjusting the disc E as the game progresses the
number of points made can be registered, and by adjusting the disc D at the close
of each game a registry can be kept of the number of games played.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and the manner of performing the same, I declare that what I claim is:
1st A game register and trump indicator constructed substantially as herein
shown and described, and consisting of the central plate A, having aperture C, and

page_text: provided with recesses G in its edges and with two circles of numerals upon its
face, the pivoted disc B, having the four card-characters upon its face, and the
pivoted discs D E, having apertures F, as set forth.
2nd In a game-register and trump indicator, the combination, with the central
plate, A, having aperture C, edge recesses G, and two circles of numerals, of the
pivoted disc B, carrying the card-characters, and the discs D E, having apertures F,
substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the trump can be indicated
and a registry made of the points made in the game and the number of games
played, as set forth.