Improvements in Bagatelle Tables.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1895-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bagatelle Tables.
I, ADRIEN GUSTAVE BRANDELET. of 57, Rue de Lille, Croix, in the
Republic of France, Manufacturer, 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 relates to an improved bagatelle table of the labyrinth type which may be
made either horizontal, vertical, or inclined. The table may be made of wood or any
other suitable material of any suitable shape or size, and either covered with a
cloth or other suitable material or left uncovered.
The table is made with a series of undulations and bands parallel, concentric or
spiral, provided with the usual holes, points, slopes, labyrinths etc.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates this invention:
Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a horizontal table.
Figure 2 is a view in elevation of the front of a vertical table.
Figure 3 is a similar view of the back of the said table, and Figure is a view
in longitudinal section thereof on line y-y of Figure 2 and Figure 5 is a view in
transverse section on line x-x of Figure 2.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The vertical table is enclosed in a suitable frame or case D and is covered with
a sheet of glass r. Behind the table, which is pierced with, a suitable number of
round holes V to provide for the passage of the balls, is a plate M adapted to slide
in suitable guides in the table. This plate is pierced with a series of holes which
coincide with those in the table when it is drawn down by means of a handle or
button such as G. The plate is kept in its normal position-so that the holes in
it do not coincide with the holes in the table-by means of a spring such as S.
In the back of the table are two cups E and T, the former for placing the
coloured ball on the fixed point R and the latter for introducing the playing balls
into the groove whereby they are operated one at a time by the striker C through
the handle or button O. After the balls have been played the plate M is drawn
down until the holes in it coincide with those in the table, thereby allowing the balls
which have lodged in the holes V in the table to fall down into the drawer or box P
in the bottom of the case.
The horizontal table as shown by Figure 1 stands on four legs and has a slight
inclination towards the playing end. It is furnished with a border D and on one
side with a spring striker of the usual type actuated by a handle or knob O.
The table has a number of recesses or holes V the approaches to which are
defended by ranges or series of vertical pins so disposed as to differentiate the
chance of the ball lodging in the said holes or cavities.
On pulling the handle or knob O which terminates the spring striking rod and
then letting it go an impulse is given to the ball, which is placed in the groove or
passage through the hole T, which places it in the game and makes it roll into one
of the cavities V on the table or into one of the boxes ranged along the interior
wall of the front edge, the divisions being marked by the indentations on the part
of the casing or receptacle from which the balls are recovered.
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 :-
A horizontal, vertical or inclined bagatelle table of the labyrinth type in which

page_text: the playing balls are struck by means of a spring cue or its equivalent and lodge
in different compartments on the table representing different values after travelling
through the obstacles on the table; the vertical table also being provided with a
spring plate pierced with holes corresponding to those in the table to provide for
the return of the balls, and also of two cups for placing the balls in position on the
table, as set forth.
Dated this 24th day of July 1895.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Associate Agent.