An Improved Game and Apparatus to Enable such Game to be Practised.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 13th May, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Game and Apparatus to Enable such Game to be
Practised.
I, JOSEF FEIX, of Gablonz an der Neisse, in the Empire of Austria, Manufacturer,
to 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 relates to a game to be known as "Reform ball-game," and which
is played on a table, the balls being prevented from falling off the latter by means
of a sheet-iron band, placed on or round the table, thus forming a flange of the
height required for preventing the balls from jumping over it.
The balls are pushed by means of cues towards a goal consisting of a hollow
truncated pyramid, placed in the middle of the table, and having at its top a cup
shaped recess into which the balls are intended to fall. The sides of the pyramid
are provided with holes cut into them, constituting obstacles.for the balls running
up said faces, siuce, if a ball is caught in one of these holes, it falls into the hollow
inner part of the pyramid instead of reaching the cup at the top of same.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings,
Figure 1 is a vertical section of part of the table and of the pyramid used as a
goal, of which latter Figure 2 is a plan.
Figure 3 shows a cue.
Figure 4 is a plan of the table prepared for playing.
As shown, the table a is encompassed all round its periphery by a sheet-iron band b
closed at 6', forming a flange of sufficient height to prevent the balls from falling off
the table. In the centre of the table is erected the hollow pyramid c used as a
goal, having a cup c¹ formed at its top, and holes in its sides. The balls e pushed
by means of cues d towards the goal run up the sides of the pyramid, and either
fall through one of the holes c², or fall into the cup c', or pass beyond the whole
pyramid, or run back without having reached the top of the pyramid.
Each player receives an equal number of balls, of different colour for each one;
the rules of the game are determined from the value attributed to the various
results of each stroke: balls within the pyramid, balls in the cup, balls on this or
on the farther side of the pyramid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. The improved game herein set forth, and apparatus consisting essentially of a
goal formed by a hollow, truncated pyramid a placed in the centre of the table, and
provided at its top with a cup-shaped hollow e' to receive the balls, and with holes c*
in its lateral faces, through which holes the balls may fall through, substantially as
described and shown.
2. In a ball-game, a sheet-iron band b, put round or upon the table a in order to
prevent the balls from falling off said table, substantially as described and
shown.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Josef Feix.