Improvements in or relating to Card Tables or the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Card Tables or the like.
We, JOHN CRONE, DAVID CRONK TAYLOR and HARRY CLAYTON SHAW all
of Sutton Oak, near St. Helens in the County of Lancaster, Chemical Manure
Manufacturer, Chemical Manure Manufacturer and Manager respectively. do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a card table which shall provide all the
necessary accessories for the players such as playing cards, ash trays, cigar holder,
match box and striker, holders for tumblers and bottles, cash boxes, whist markers,
pool, candlesticks, gong for calling waiter, etcetera, and thus be complete in itself.
Furthermore it is so designed that it shall not have any projections which are
liable to foul a card or interfere with the play. The invention has been designe
more especially for use in clubs, though it is equally applicable for use in private
residences, on board ship, or in other situations.
In carrying our invention into effect, the plan we prefer is to provide a table of
any suitable construction, either square, round, hexagonal or any other suitable
shape. This table is provided with drawers or slides, one for each player, this
drawer or slide holding an ash tray and cigar holder, match box and striker,
holder for a tumbler and bottle, also a device comprising a pipe podger, pipe
scoop and cigar holder, and a cavity for cards. The drawer or slide containing
these appurtenances is so arranged that it can be drawn out or slid out when
required for use, or pushed back out of sight when play is finished. The table is
provided in suitable positions with cash boxes for each player with divisions for
gold and silver, also with whist markers, and a central bowl with removable top
for use as a pool, said bowl being removable or fast as preferred. In suitable
positions round the table projections or depressions may be provided for holding
candlesticks. A loose bracket may be fixed to any corner of the table for a clock,
also a gong is fitted in a convenient situation for calling the waiter. The table is
covered with baize, leather or other material, and all the parts are preferably
arranged to be flush or not project above the table covering so as not to have any
projections which are liable to foul a card or interfere with the play. The lid of
the cash box aforesaid is preferably arranged to receive a registration card for
registering the games, this card being clipped on the top of the lid, and the lid
provided underneath with a reservoir for storing a supply of tablets or cards.
One or more of the legs of the table may be provided with an attachment to
hold a decanter or bottle. The whist markers may be removable and adapted to
fold in and out.
...
We have described one way in which our invention may be carried into effect,
but it is obvious that once given the general idea alterations in the special
arrangement of the parts may be made without departing from the principle of our
invention. Thus for example the table may be of any suitable shape or pattern to
accommodate any number of players, also the table may be arranged to fold up
when not required for use, and furthermore we do not limit our invention strictly
to card tables as it may be applied to tables used for playing other games of skill
or chance.
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page_text: Improvements in or relating to Card Tables or the like.
We,
JOHN CRONE, DAVID CRONK TAYLOR and HARRY CLAYTON SHAW all
of Sutton Oak, near St. Helens in the County of Lancaster, Chemical Manure
Manufacturer, Chemical Manure Manufacturer and Manager respectively 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 has for its object a card table which shall provide all the
necessary accessories for the players such as playing cards, ash trays, cigar
holder, match box and striker, holders for tumblers and bottles, cash boxes, whist
markers, pool, candlesticks, gong for calling waiter, etcetera, and thus be complete
in itself. Furthermore it is so designed that it shall not have any projections
which are liable to foul a card or interfere with the play. The invention has been
designed more especially for use in clubs, though it is equally applicable for use in
private residences, on board ship, or in other situations.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawing, which shows a general view of the table aud its
appurtenances.
The
In carrying the invention into effect, we provide a table of any suitable con-
struction, either square, round, hexagonal or any other suitable shape. This
table is provided with drawers or slides A, preferably one for each player, this
drawer or slide holding preferably some or all of the following, namely-an ash
tray B and cigar holder, match box and striker C, holders D and E for a tumbler
and bottle, card receptacle F, pipe podger, pipe scoop and cigar cutter.
drawer or slide A containing these appurtenances is so arranged that it can be
drawn or slid out when required for use, or pushed back out of sight when play is
finished. The table is provided in suitable positions with cash boxes H for each
player with divisions for gold and silver, also with whist markers G and a central
bowl H with removable top for use as a pool, said bowl being removable or fast
as preferred. In suitable positions round the table screwed sockets may be
provided for holding the candlesticks I. A loose bracket may be fixed to any
corner of the table for a clock J, also a gong is fitted in a convenient situation
for calling the waiter. The table is covered with baize, leather or other material,
and all the parts are preferably arranged to be flush or not project above the
table covering so as not to have any projections which are liable to foul a card or
interfere with the play. The lid of the cash box H aforesaid may be arranged to
receive a registration card for registering the games, this card being clipped on
the top of the lid, and the lid provided underneath with a reservoir for storing a
supply of tablets or cards.
In the drawings two arrangements of cash box lid are shown, in one arrangement
the lid is simply hinged so that it can be lifted up to expose the cash bowl, in
the other it is adapted to slide horizontally outwards to expose the cash bowl,
and then by means of a hinge to fold down so as to lie fat against the side of the
table as shown. By this arrangement the lid lying flat against the side of the
table does not project, or get in the way of the players. To close it all that is
necessary is to lift the lid into a horizontal position and then slide it inwards so
as to cover the cash bowl.
One or more of the legs of the table may be provided with an attachment to
hold a decanter or bottle. The whist markers may be removable.
We have described one way in which our invention may be carried into effect,
but it is obvious that once given the general idea alterations in the special
arrangement of the parts may be made without departing from the principle of our

page_text: invention. Thus for example the table may be of any suitable shape or pattern
to accommodate any number of players, also the drawers may be located at the
corners of the table or in any other suitable position and furthermore we do
not limit our invention strictly to card tables as it may be applied to tables used
for playing chess, draughts, dominoes and certain other games of skill or chance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is —
1. The manufacture of card tables or the like with drawers or slides, preferably
one for each player, each drawer provided with means for holding accessories for
players such as a pack of cards, tumbler, soda water bottle, matches or other
appurtenances and so arranged that they can be drawn out when required for use
or slid back again out of sight when finished with substantially as described.
2. A card table or the like in which means are provided for holding all the
necessary accessories for players, such as playing cards, ash trays, cigars, match
boxes, match strikers, tumblers, bottles, cash boxes, whist markers, pool, candle-
sticks, gong for calling waiter, etcetera, the table being so formed that it will not.
have any projections liable to foul a card or interfere with the play, substantially
as described.
3. In playing card tables or the like, having cash boxes for the players, forming
said boxes either with the lids h hinged so as to be lifted up to expose the cash
bowl, or with lids h¹ adapted to slide horizontally to expose the bowl and then
fold down so as to lie flat against the side of the table substantially as and for the
purpose described.
4. The general arrangement of parts forming the improved card table and its
appurtenances substantially as described.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.