Apparatus for Deciding the Partners and the Order of Play in Games.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1898-Accepted, 23rd July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Deciding the Partners and the Order of Play in Games.
FERDINAND HEINRICH DORUS CAHNBLEY, Engineer, at Altona, near Hamburg,
Waterloostrasse 36, Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The object of the present invention is an apparatus designed for indicating in
social games the composition of the parties and the succession of the partners,
warranting by its management complete impartiality.
The annexed drawings represent the apparatus, showing in
Fig. 1 a front view of the apparatus; in
Fig. 2 a horizontal section following the line A-B of Fig. 1.
The handling and working of the apparatus is very simple. A number of
balls A, equal in number to that of the persons partaking in the game and of so
many different colours as there are rival parties are introduced into the receptacle b
through a hole a and thereupon well mixed by means of the stirrer c
connection with a revolving button d; this operation having been performed, the
ringe is turned with its handle f so as to cause the hole g in the nethermost part
of the receptacle 6 to correspond with the opening e' of the ring e and the opening
of the glass-tube h thus allowing the balls to fall into it.
being in
The whole apparatus is fitted on a common basis j. The balls A superposed one
above the other in the glass tube h will correspond exactly with the little sign-
boards of the partners each of them carrying their corresponding names, whilst
the colour of the balls shows to which party they are to belong. With a view of
facilitating survey the little boards carrying the names of the partners are arranged
in the list so as to move either way, thus marking the separation of the parties.
The figures marked on the balls indicate the succession of the corresponding
partners within the rival parties.
When the game is finished and a new distribution is wanted, the balls are caused
to roll back into the receptacle b the opening g is closed by means of the ring e and
after duly stirring the balls as above, they are reintroduced in the described manner
into the glass-tube h through its opening.
It is evident that in consequence of this purely mechanical method the distribu-
tion of the partners is exclusively determined by chance, thus obviating any
partiality which otherwise might obtain by the superiority of rival or allied
partners.
By the sole modification of, instead of using balls of different colours, taking
balls of a single colour, the apparatus may also be used for horse-races, regattas,
etc. etc.
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:-
An apparatus for determining the composition of the rival parties and the
succession of the partners in social-camos ahornotorized he a vortioul class tube. 1

page_text: fitted with a scale i into which out of a mixing receptacle b located above it, roll
the differently coloured balls A, provided with corresponding figures, substantially
as described and for the purpose set forth.
Dat H004
1000