Improved Puzzle and Toy or Game.
Year: 1894

page_text: Late of Application, 15th Jan.. 1894-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Puzzle and Toy or Game.
WILLIAM GIBBIN Junior of 21 to 24 Pickering Place Bayswater, W. Builder
and Contractor, 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 an improved puzzle and toy or game which I intend to
designate "The Bisley Range Puzzle" and consists of a box about 12 inches long
by 3 inches wide and 3 inches high. The top, two sides and half of the cannon
end may be of clear glass while the target end and remainder of box is of cardboard
except the mounting for the cannon which is of wood.
The target is constructed with a small central bullseye or opening behind which
is placed a small gong bell. The cannon consists of a small tube working centrally
on a ball and socket bearing, the ball being cast on the lead tube and working in
the wood bearing. The tube has inside a small brass spring which has a pull
coming through at the back and finishing with a small knob. Ordinary lead shots
are employed which run up a slightly inclined plane towards the loading end. The
puzzle consists in being able to get the shot into the mouth of the cannon by
manipulating the box, the said cannon being of sufficient length to allow the end of
same to rest upon the inclined plane but not of sufficient length to touch the sides
of the box. When the operator has succeeded in getting the shot into the cannon,
the knob is pulled out (which gives him control over the cannon) and aim is taken
at the bullseye by glancing along the sight, through the glass at the firing end of
the box, and upon the shot passing through the bullseye or opening the gong is
immediately sounded. The lower part of the partition may be furnished with a
slot at the bottom of same to facilitate the removal of the shots from the inner
chamber when they are required for re-loading the cannon.
The box being sealed all round it is impossible to get at the shots or load
the cannon otherwise than by manipulating the said box, thus affording a game
and puzzle difficult to accomplish and requiring a certain amount of skill and
dexterity.
I do not restrict myself to the exact number of shots employed but two or
three will generally be found sufficient.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is
a plan of my improved puzzle and toy or game, Fig. 2 is an end view of same,
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line a 6 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a cross section
along line ed of the same figure.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
My improved puzzle and toy or game consists of the rectangular box g near
one end of which is placed the partition or target p furnished with a central
hole or perforation p¹ behind which is placed the gong or bell g'.
At the other end of the box is placed the cannon C furnished with a bulged
portion and mounted between the semi-circular recesses in the standards h h¹
the end passing through a circular opening in the firing end of the box and is
further provided with a draw knob n. The box is furnished with an inclined
bottom upon which the shots are free to move up and down. The cannon
having been loaded as hereinbefore described, it is manipulated, by means of
the ball and socket joint, until it is in a proper position for firing at the target,
which is effected by drawing back the knob n and allowing same to fly back
suddenly (a spring cannon of well known description being employed) and upon

page_text: the shot passing through the hole in the target audible warning will be imme-
diately given to the operator owing to the shot striking the gong placed at the
rear thereof, and in order to more conveniently remove the shots from the
chamber wherein the gong is placed, a small slot p² is formed in the bottom of
the target or partition p.
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 :-
The new or improved combination toy or game and puzzle, arranged, constructed,
and operated, substantially as herein described and shown.
Dated this 8th day of February 1894.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.