An Improved Measuring Peg or Marker suitable for Playing Quoits, and for other purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 11th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 16th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Measuring Peg or Marker suitable for Playing Quoits,
and for other purposes.
I, FLEMING AUGUSTUS O'BRIEN BEDINGFELD of Northwood House, Mutford
Beccles in the County of Suffolk Inventor do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a peg or marker either with or without a cap which peg
or marker is fitted with a measure that can be drawn out or returned at will or such
measure may be made to wind up automatically.
Dated thig 19th day of March 1801
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Measuring Peg or Marker suitable for Playing Quoits,
and for other purposes.
I FLEMING AUGUSTUS O'BRIEN BEDINGFELD of Northwood House, Mutford
Beccles in the County of Suffolk Inventor 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 consists of a com' ination measuring peg and marker either with
or without a loose cap which combination peg and marker, is fitted with a
suitable measure that can be drawn out or returned at will, or such measure
may be made to wind up automatically.
And in order that my said invention may be better understood and readily carried
into effect, I will now with the aid of the accompanying drawings, whereon
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, proceed more particularly
to describe and ascertain the same.
Figure 1 shews a sectional elevation of one of my improved combination
measuring pegs and markers which consists of a tubular peg a, having a shoulder b,
and a fixed hollow top c, which latter is threaded internally at its upper end
and fitted with a perforated screw nut d. Or the screw thread may be dispensed
with and the nut may be made to fit in the top like a plug or in any other con-
venient manner. Such peg contains a length of chain, or other suitable measure e
fitted at its lower end with a swivel f, and plug g, and at its upper end, which passes
through the screw nut, with a button or its equivalent. A loose cap i fits over
the top of the peg.
In playing quoits the peg is put in the ground and the loose
cap placed over the top, as shewn in the drawing, to prevent injury thereto; and
when it is desired to ascertain the distance to any given point, the chain or other
measure is drawn out sufficiently to take the required measurement. When the
chain or other measure is drawn out to its full extent as shewn in Figure 2, the
swivel allows it to be moved round the peg in any direction without twisting, while
the plug prevents its lower end escaping through the perforated nut; and when
the chain or other measure is returned into the peg, such plug acts as a weight to
draw the chain or other measure down, while the button prevents it passing through
the nut into the body of the peg. Figure 2 shews a detail view in elevation of the
head of the peg, with the loose cap removed and the chain urawn out. Figure 24
shews a detail view of the plug g and swivel f the latter being rivetted to the case
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page_text: of a spring measure so that the measure winds up automatically. Figure 2B
shews a screw thread formed on the top of the swivel f and a threaded socket e
formed on the case of the spring measure into which screw socket the threaded end
of the swivel fits. In this figure the measure is shewn as drawing out laterally.
Or the swivel or plug may be attached to the case of such spring measure in any
other convenient manner.
Figure 3 shews in side elevation a modification of my invention which consists in
making the peg a solid, with a shoulder b, and fixed head c having a recess c
therein, and a draw-out hole in the top. Fitted in such recess is a spring
measure e, the outer end whereof is passed through the draw-out hole d, and
furnished with a loop e', whereby the measure can be drawn out to any desired
length. The head or top e is fitted with a loose cap in a similar manner as
already described with reference to Figure 1, such cap being shewn in dotted
outline. A groove ², is formed in each side of the recess c¹.
In these grooves
the central stud or pin Figure 4 of the spring winder rests thus holding the
measure in position; while the recess is made sufficiently narrow to keep such
central stud or pin depressed, so as to allow the measure to wind and unwind easily.
Figure is a sectional front elevation of the head or top of the peg c, shewing
in dotted outline one of the grooves in the recess c¹ with the spring measure e
fitted therein. Or the measure may be mounted in or on the head or top of the
peg in any other convenient manner.
Figure 5 shews in elevation a second modification of my invention which
consists in making the peg a with a loose top c, that fits over a pin k, which
projects from a collar 1, formed on the peg just above the shoulder b. This collar
forms a seating for such loose top, which is shewn raised and immediately over the
pin ready to be fitted thereon. The loose top is recessed and perforated, and fitted
in any convenient manner with a suitable spring or other measure. m is a hood
formed over the draw-out hole d, to prevent the measure being pulled out in the
wrong direction, which in the case of a metal tape would cause it to kink and so
prevent its being again wound up by the spring action. The top is provided with
a loose cap, (not shewn in the drawing,) in the same manner as already described
with reference to the previous figures. In this form of my invention the loose top
revolving on the pin allows the measurement to be taken in any direction without
twisting the measure.
Figure 6 relates to a variation in detail of the last described modification and
shews in front elevation one method of mounting the measure 66 on "instead of
"in "the top of the peg. In this arrangement the loose top c is furnished with two
lugs or arms n between which the spring measure e is mounted and pivotted, thus
dispensing with the recess and draw-out hole above described. The measure may
however be mounted on such top whether loose or fixed in any other convenient
manner. In all other respects the construction shewn is substantially similar to that
hereinbefore described with reference to Figure 5.
For deck quoits I substitute for the peg a, a base plate o, Figure 7, made of
wood, metal or other suitable material, and furnished with a pin k, over which the
loose top c, and the cap i, fit, as shewn in the drawing; and whereon the loose
top c, revolves, in a similar manner to that already described with reference to
Figure 5.
Figure 8 shews a sectional elevation of an arrangement whereby the measure is
unwound laterally and without removing the loose cap from the peg. In this
arrangement the top c is dispensed with and the peg a is fitted with a loose cap i,
which takes its seating on the shoulder b formed on the peg in the manner already
described and shewn. A suitable recess a¹ is formed in the top of the peg in which
recess a plug 9 revolves. Mounted on such plug is a spring measure e which is
drawn out through an aperture 2' made in the side of the loose revolving cap i thus
allowing the measurement to be taken in any required direction without removing
the cap from the peg.
My improved measuring peg and marker can also be used as a measuring peg

page_text: only and when so used the loose cap i may be dispensed with, the chief utility of
such loose cap being to protect the peg from being injured by the quoit.
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. Making a combination measuring peg and marker tubular, and forming or
fitting the same with a suitable shoulder, and a hollow top fitted with a suitable
perforated nut, all substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
2. Fitting such combination measuring peg and marker with a chain, tape, or
other suitable measure, furnished with a swivel and plug, and also with a button or
its equivalent, all substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
3. Forming or fitting a combination measuring peg and marker with a projecting
shoulder, and with a loose cap which takes its seating on such shoulder, all
substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
4. Making a combination measuring peg and marker with a fixed head or top,
wherein a spring or other suitable measuring apparatus is mounted, all substantially
as hereinbefore described and shewn.
5. Making a combination measuring peg and marker with a collar and pin, and
fitting the same with a loose top furnished with a suitable measuring apparatus, all
substantially as herein before described and shewn.
6. Fitting a combination measuring peg and marker with a loose top having two
lugs or arms, between which a suitable measuring apparatus is mounted and pivoted
all substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
7. Fitting a combination measuring peg and marker with a loose revolving cap
having a lateral aperture, through which the measure is drawn out laterally without
removing the cap from the peg all substantially as hereinbefore described and
shewn.
8. As a new article of manufacture a combination measuring peg and marker
fitted with a suitable measuring apparatus, and either with or without a loose cap,
all substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
Dated this 11th dox of December 1901
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London, Agents for Applicant.