Improvements in Game Apparatus.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1896--Accepte 1, 24th Oct., 1896
Improvements in Game Apparatus.
1, CHARLES FREDERICK FOWLER, of 48, Lombard Street, Liverpool in the-
County of Lancaster, Whitesmith, 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 new target game.
It consists essentially of a
board A, set forth in oblique view in Figure 1, hanging up against the wall or
placed in any convenient position vertically. On this is a series of angle plates B
with their numbers or valnes C written below or upon them. These angle plates
have a hinged flar D, preferably the head of some animal or other thing painted
thereon. They may be even cut out to the shape of that animal or the simple
number may be placed on the flap instead of down below. To use this invention, a
gun is employed set forth in Figure 3. It consists of a wire E bent round some-
thing in the shape of a gun, and having clipped to it by clip F a trigger G.
Sliding on this gun is the bullet H. This bullet is perforated through the centre to
fit the wire barrel of the gun. Round this wire is a coiled spring 1. The bullet is.
shown on a larger scale in Figure 2. It has a nick J having a little piece of steel
or other metal K to prevent wear.
The mode of action is as follows-
The bullet is placed on the gun and pressed back against the spring, compressing
the same until the trigger hook L can fall into the notch J. It is then held.
by friction. By pressing the end M of the trigger, the trigger is released and the
spring sends the bullet flying out. If the guu be pointed towards the target and it
strikes one of the flaps marked with animals' heads, this flap being hinged to the
angle plates B falls down and thus indicates the particular animal which has been
struck. It is obvious that instead of the animals' heads or other targets being.
hinged to the angle supports, they can be otherwise arranged, so that their being
struck by the bullet shall cause them to fall down, thus they can be little images or
pins of suitable material tied to and otherwise mounted on the support so that they
will be knocked over when struck and yet be held by the support, so that they can
be immediately replaced instead of being lost.
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-
1. In a target game, the combination of a shooting device and a board carrying
a series of targets, so arranged that if any target be struck with a bullet from the
gun, it will fall and thus indicate which target has been struck.
2. In a target game, a series of targets formed to represent different animals, and
so arranged as to fall down when struck and yet be held by the board, so that they
can be immediately replaced instead of being lost.
3. In combination with a target game the combination of a wire gun and coiled
spring, with a perforated bullet having a notch armed with hard metallic material,.
whereby the notch is prevented from wear substantially as described.
4. The apparatus as a whole substantially as herein set forth.
Dated thie 15th day of
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents..