Improvements in or connected with Race Games and Coin Freed Mechanism for use in connection therewith, what
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left 8th Nov 1800 Accented 23rd Dec
1800
"Improvements in or connected with Race Games and Coin Freed
Mechanism for use in connection therewith,
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I, JOHN DUNDON, of 11, Glenview Terrace, Ballyhooly Road, Cork, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a race game of the kind described in my former
Patent No. 20153 of 1897 the object of my said invention being to provide
means whereby the competing figures will be allowed to go a limited number
of laps or rounds for a penny.
„A suitable arrangement for carrying out my invention is as follows:-
.
Firstly A metal plate, or other material about two inches wide and as long
as a race table is wide. This plate is provided with an axle on each end and
hung on bearings across table at right angles with the belts. It lies imme-
diately beneath the upper portion of belts and on a level with floor of tunnels
through which belts pass. This blade is heavier at one side of axle than at
the other so that when no outside pressure is bearing on it the light edge ascends,
catches hold on belts and prevents them going further. 2nd. In order to free
belts the light edge of blade is pressed downwards in the following way
A lever about 16 inches long is set on upper surface of table slab directly
over this blade. A spur or projection of this lever rests on light edge of
plate. The free end of lever is provided with receptacle or cage which holds
one penny. When left to itself this lever is so weighted that free end ascends
until money cage comes in contact with cover of glass shade which covers. all
the table. It will then be pointing upwards at an angle of 45. When in this
position the spur of lever does not rest on plate consequently belts are cought.
To set them free one penny has to be dropped through slot in roof of glass
shade into money-cage. The weight of penny brings lever to horizontal position
the spur on which now presses light edge of blade downwards and tunnels
are open for passage of belts. The penny is knocked out of the cage,in the
following way
An axle with a short crank at its middle is hung on bearings across the
table a few inches beneath its slab or leaf. This is provided with pulley wheels
on which belts play causing axle to revolve. The crank on axle works a piston
which is geared into a toothed wheel. At every revolution of the axle the
piston forces on the toothed wheel by one tooth wheel comes upwards through
slot in table slab, comes in contact with money cage and overturns. penny
into slot in in table-slab by which it is conveyed to money box set immediately
beneath. The lever thus lightened ascends to roof of glass shade and plate
before mentioned thus freed from pressure of lever ascends and stops passage
of belts.
JOHN DUNDON, .
G. F. Redfern & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Race Games and Coin Freed
Mechanism for use in connection therewith.
I, JOHN DUNDON, of 11, Glenview Terrace, Ballyhooly Road, Cork, in the
County of Cork, Ireland, 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 relates to a race game of the kind described in the Specification
of former Letters Patent granted to me No. 20153 of 1897 wherein the compet-
ing figures are mounted on endless belts or chains carried upon a series of
pulleys or wheels adapted to be independently operated by two or more persons
playing the game, the object of my invention being to provide means whereby
the competing figures will be allowed to go a limited number of laps or rounds
for a coin of given value.
In carrying out my invention I mount the pulleys or wheels carrying the belts
or chains on shafts provided with handles whereby they can be operated and
I provide a plate or catch extending across the race table at a right angle to
the said belts or chains and beneath the upper portions thereof. The plate is
heavier at one side of its pivot than at the other so that normally one edge
engages with projections on the belts and prevents them being moved. In
order to disengage the plate from the belts I provide a lever connected at one
end to the plate or catch, the free end of the lever being provided with the
receptacle or cage for the reception of a coin. By placing a coin in the recep-
tacle or cage the lever will be moved and disengage the plate or catch from
the belts or chains. To dislodge the coin from the receptacle or cage I provide
a shaft having a crank or eccentric.
This shaft is provided with pulley or chain wheels connected to it by ratchet
mechanism and engaging the belts or chains herein before described. The
crank or eccentric operates a driving catch which engages a toothed wheel the
latter being provided with a pivoted arm which as the toothed wheel revolves
comes into contact with a lever on the money cage which arm dislodges the
coin from the said cage and allows the cage lever to move the plate or catch
herein before described into the path of the projections on the belts or chains.
In some cases I pivot the coin receptacle so that when moved by the weight
of a coin, it will by coming into contact with an obstacle discharge the coin.
As this arrangement, however, would allow of the premature return of the cage
to its normal position I provide the cage lever at its free end with a jointed
leg which when the lever is moved by the coin will assume a vertical position
and support the cage lever until moved away by a projection on a belt or chain
moved by one of the operators.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can
be carried into practice, by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of race game apparatus constructed according
to my invention and designed for use by four players:
Figure 2 is a horizontal section of part of the same:
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3,3 Figure 1 drawn to a larger scale:
Figure 4 is a section on the line 4,4 Figure 3:
Figure 5 is a view of the coin cage and the means for dislodging the coin
therefrom also drawn to an enlarged scale:
Figure 6 is a longitudinal section of my modified form of apparatus and
designed for use by two players:
Figure 7 is a section on the line. 7, 7 Figure 6, drawn to a larger scale:

page_text: Figure 8 is a view drawn to an enlarged scale illustrating the supporting
lever for the coin cage lever.
Similar reference letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
a is the case of the apparatus and b,b are the belts or chains carrying the
competing figures c, c which chains pass around wheels d, d operated by the
handles e, e through the medium of the shafts f,f as in my former specification.
g is the pivotted plate or catch extending across the race table at a right
angle to the belts or chains b,b and weighted at one end as at g' so that the
other end can engage with projections b₁ on each of the belts. h is the lever
carrying at one end the coin receptacle h¹ and connected at the other end by
a link h² to the plate or catch g. By inserting a coin through the slot a in
the case a it will pass into the receptacle and move the lever hand plate
or catch g from the position shewn in full lines to that shown in dotted lines
in Figures 1 and 6, that is to say, it will disengage the said plate or catch
from the projections b¹ on the belts b. The belts are now free to be moved
by the handles e, e.
In order that the competing figures shall only be moved a certain number
of laps for each competition, I provide for keeping the lever h in the dotted
position and consequently the plate or catch 9 out of engagement with the
projections b until the last lap is being performed. This is effected in the
arrangement shewn in Figures 1 to 5 by retaining the coin in the receptacle /¹
until this time so as to hold the parts in position. For dislodging the coin
during the last lap, i is the shaft 1 provide having pulley or chain wheels j, j
with which engage the belts or chains b, beach of the said pulleys or chain wheels
being provided with a pawl engaging with a ratchet wheel 2 on the shaft i
as shewn in Figures 3 and 4. This ratchet mechanism while allowing the
positive movement of the shaft by any one of the wheels j yet allows of their
independent movement due to the different speeds at which the belts or chains
kis the eccentric (or
may be actuated by the operators as will be obvious.
crank) on the shaft i and the driving catch operated thereby and engaging
the toothed wheel m. n is the pivoted arm on the wheel m which is weighted
to cause it to normally assume a vertical position and during the last lap comes
into contact with one end of the lever pivoted on the coin receptacle (the
other end of which projects within the receptacle behind the coin as indicated
in Figure 5) and moves it so as to dislodge the coin from the said receptacle
into drawer ? the lever hand plate g then returning to their normal positions
under the influence of the weight g
By having the arm n pivoted it assumes a more or less angular position when
operating the lever due to the resistance of the latter and when the coin
is dislodged the arm again assumes a perpendicular position to the left of the
lever o so that the next time the coin receptacle descends with a coin the arm n
cannot come into contact with the said lever until the wheel m has made nearly
another revolution. m³ is a detent pawl for preventing any backward movement
of the wheel m.
t is
In the arrangement illustrated in Figures 6, 7 and 8 the coin receptacle h¹
which is in the form of a platform for the coin to lie on, is pivoted to the lever h
so that as it descends under the weight of the coin an angular projection q
on its under side impinging against a pin r causes the receptacle to turn
on its pivot and discharge the coin down a chute s. into the drawer p.
the leg which I joint to the free end of the lever h, which leg when the lever
is moved by the coin assumes a vertical position due to its weight as shewn
by the dotted lines in Figure G and supports the lever h on a platform u until
moved away by a projection v, Figure 8, on a belt or chain w running on
pulleys or chain wheels w¹. The belt or chain is actuated from one of the
shafts through the medium of pulleys or wheels a, y and belt or chain z.
63 is a detent or catch against which the projections 6' will impinge and be
stopped if the belts or chains be moved backwards.

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In order to avoid damage to the parts when the projections on the belts
or chains come against the plate or catch g I arrange the connection between
the operating handles e, e to be a frictional one so that the handles can be
moved although the 'belts or chains are held stationary. This I effect by arrang-.
ing the said handles free on the shafts ff and providing them with springs e¹,
Figure 2, which bear against discs & fixed to the said shafts. The pressure
of the springs can be adjusted by "nuts screwing on the shafts f.
Although I have shewn the plate or catch y arranged to engage with the
belts or chains carrying the competing figures it will be obvious that I can
arrange it to engage with parts in operative connection with the said belts or
chains.
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
. 1 claim.is:-
1. In apparatus for playing a race game the combination of endless belts or
chains, figures carried thereby, pulleys or wheels carrying the belts or chains,
means for enabling two or more persons to impart independent movement to
the belts or chains, means for normally locking the belts or chains against
movement in one direction and coin-freed mechanism for disengaging the said
locking means, substantially as described.
2. In apparatus for playing a race game the combination of endless belts or
chains, figures carried thereby, pulleys or wheels carrying the belts or chains,
means for enabling two or more persons to impart independent movement to
the belts or chains, a weighted plate or catch for normally locking the belts or
chains against movement in one direction and coin-irced mechanism for
removing the plate or catch from the belts or chains, substantially as described.
3. In apparatus for playing a race game the combination of endless belts or
chains, figures carried thereby, pulleys or wheels carrying the belts or chains,
means for enabling two or more persons to impart independent movement to
the belts or chains, a weighted plate or catch for normally locking the belts
or chains against movement in one direction, a lever, connected to the plate
or catch and a coin receptacle carried by the said lever, substantially as
described.
4. In apparatus for playing a race game the combination of endless belts or
chains, figures carried thereby, pulleys or wheels carrying the belts or chains,
means for enabling two or more persons to impart independent movement to
the belts or cliains, means for normally locking the belts or chains against
movement in one direction, a lever connected to the plate or catch, a coin
receptacle carried by the said lever and means whereby the belts or chains
are not locked till the said figures have gone a predetermined number of laps,
substantially as described.
5. In apparatus for playing a race game, the combination of endless belts or
chains, figures carried thereby, pulleys or wheels carrying the belts or chains,
means for enabling two or more persons to impart independent movement to
the belts or chains, a plate or catch for normally locking the belts or
chains against movement in one direction, a lever connected to the plate
or catch, a coin receptacle carried by the said lever, additional pulleys
or chain wheels engaging the belts or chains, a shaft carrying them,
ratchet mechanism for operating the shaft from the said pulleys or wheels, an
eccentric or crank, a driving catch operated by the eccentric or crank, a toothed
wheel operated by- the driving catch, a weighted arm on the toothed wheel
and a lever on the coin receptacle for discharging the coin, substantially as
described.
6. In apparatus for playing a race game, the combination of endless belts or
chains, figures carried thereby, pulleys or wheels carrying the belts or chains,
means for enabling two or more persons to impart independent movement to

page_text: the belts or chains, means for normally locking the belts or chains against
movement in one direction, a lever connected to the plate or catch, a coin
receptacle pivoted to the said lever, a pin against which the receptacle impinges
and is tipped to discharge the coin, a leg at one end of the lever and a travel-
ling belt or chain having a projection thereon operated from one of the handles,
substantially as described.
7. The improved apparatus consisting of the parts constructed and combined
substantially in the manner herein before described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings and operating as, and for the purposes, set forth.
.
1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street,. Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street,. Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.