Improvements in Marking Boards for Billiards, Dart, and other Games.
Year: 1888

page_text: TRUVIDIONAL DI BOLTIVATION.
Improvements in Marking Boards for Billiards, Dart, and
other Games.
I, HUGH WRIGHT BECKTON of No. 10, Commercial Street, Middlesbrough-on-Tees
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
My invention for improvements in marking boards for Billiards, Dart and other
Games comprises a board and slide or slides with numbers figured on board and
slides equally divided into 101 spaces on the board the numbers reading 101, on
the left hand of the board and decreasing to 0, at the right hand of the board. The
numbers figured on the slide or slides are reverse to those on the board, as they
commence with 0, on the left hand and increase to 50, on the right hand so that the
numbers read in opposite direction to those on the board which enables the players
to see at a glance the number got on the slide and the corresponding number
required for game on the board. Fig. 1. shows the position of the slide at the
commencement of the game the 0, is opposite 101, say 10, has been got then
opposite 10, on the slide B, is the corresponding number 91, required for game on
the Board A, the 0, on the slide B, is then moved to 91, as shown on Fig. 2. and is
ready to indicate the next number got by the player-this operation is repeated to
the end of the game.
Dated this 1st day of March 1888.

page_text: Improvements in Marking Boards for Billiards, Dart, and
other Games.
I, HUGH WRIGHT BECKTON of 34 St. Paul's Road Middlesbrough in the County
of York, 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 for improvements in Marking Boards for Billiards Dart and other
Games comprises a board and slide or slides equally divided into, 101, spaces on the
Board the numbers reading, 101, on the left hand of the board and decreasing to, 0,
on the right hand of the board-The numbers figured on the slide or slides are reverse
to those on the board as they commence with, 0, on the left hand and increase to, 50,
or any other number as may be required on the right hand so that the numbers read
in opposite direction to those on the board which enables the players to see at a glance
the number got on the slide and the corresponding number required for game on the
board.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure, 1. shows the position of the slides, B, at the commencement of the game
the, 0, is opposite, 101, say, 5, has been got, then opposite, 5, on the slide, B, is the
corresponding number, 96, required for game on the board, A, the, 0, on the slide B,
is then moved to, 96, as shown in figure, 2, and is ready to indicate the next number
got by the player, this operation is repeated to the end of the game.
Figure, 3, shows another application of my invention to Billiard Boards arranged
to count to any number desired. A. tappet, C, is fixed on the endless sliding bands, B,
which move the indicator wheels, D, each time the endless sliding bands go round the
numbers got by the players are indicated by the first number on the left hand side of
the board on each of the endless sliding bands, B, each row of figures may be
arranged either to add up or to substract from the game.
Figure, 4, shows another modification of my invention with the figures on the board
and slide running in the same direction which adds up the game as it proceeds.
1 would have it fully understood that I do not bind myself rigidly to the exact
details herein shown and described as variations may be made without departing
from the peculiar character of my invention, which mainly consists in the employ-
ment of sets of figures arranged either to add up or substract from each other
through any suitable mechanism for the purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination of figures for marking Boards for Billiards, Dart and other Games
with reference to the accompanying Drawings.
I also claim the several modifications of the same apparatus shown in and described
with reference respectively to Figs. 1. 2. 3. and 4. of the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this First day of December 1888
HUGH WRIGHT BECKTON.