An Improved Toy Puzzle Box.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Toy Puzzle Box.
I, CHARLES HAY TRAISE BIKKER, Junior, of 53, Charlotte Road, Birmingham
Warwickshire, Engineer, 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 consists of the improved toy puzzle box herein described with
nce to the accompanying drawing on which
Figs. 1 and 2 are general views of one form of my improved puzzle box and
Fig. 3 shews parts of the same separately, Figs. 4 and 5 are plans and Fig. 6 is a
sectional elevation of another form of my improved puzzle box and Fig. 7
represents a part of the same separately.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of my drawing.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 it will be seen that the said
puzzle box consists of a glass topped box A divided into compartments one of which,
marked 6 contains sweets, marbles, or other like small articles c preferably of a
globular or other round shape so that they will roll or move about readily when the
box is shaken. In the partition d which divides this compartment from the rest of
the box there is an outlet hole e large enough to admit one of the sweets etc. c.
Outside this partition d there are one or more loose partitions or slides such
as fff which are shorter than the box and fit loosely therein between the
partition d and another fixed partition g. Each of these moveable partitions has or
may have a hole such as h to allow a sweet c to pass through and there is a similar
hole i in the fixed partition g and there is a similar hole j in the compartment of the
box beyond the partition g. The puzzle is to extract one of the sweets etc. c out of
the compartment b. This is done by shaking the box until the partitions or
slides ff uncover the hole e (as shewn in Fig. 1) and allow one of the sweets c to
roll out into the compartment between the partitions d and g. The box has then to
be shaken again until the opening i in the partition 9 is uncovered by one of the
partitions fffƒ³. The sweet c can then be rolled out through the opening i and
through the outlet hole j. It will be seen that this puzzle can be used to teach
children simple subtraction.
It will be evident that the shape of the box A and the number and arrangement
of the compartments and partitions may be varied without departing from the
nature of my invention; for instance as shewn in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 the box A and
the partitions may be of circular form. In this example of my invention the fixed
partition d encloses the sweets c in the central part of the box and fitting very
loosely around this fixed partition d there are two moveable partitions marked
respectively ff the outer one (f) of which is shewn separately by Fig. 7. The
ends of this partition are bent outwardly as shewn a short distance apart so as to
enclose one sweet c between them. When the box has been shaken until the
openings h come opposite the opening e as shewn in Fig. 4 a sweet is rolled therein
and the box is then shaken until the ring f5 has turned and brought the sweet over
the outlet hole j.
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 toy puzzle box and in combination with a compartment therein for
containing sweets marbles or other small articles, the use of one or more moveable
nartitions
arranged that be shaking the box the nartition or partitions can be

page_text: caused to open or close an opening to the said compartment and allow a sweet or
other article contained therein to escape therefrom and be retained by the partition
or partitions until by again shaking the box the said partition or partitions can be
caused to move and allow the sweet or other small article to escape from the box,
substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The improved toy puzzle box hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2
and 3 of the accompanying drawing and the modification thereof shewn by
Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 furnished with compartments and moveable partitions arranged
and the latter operating in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein-
before described and shewn on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 6th day of February 1892.
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CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant..