An Improved Puzzle.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th May, 1892-Accepted, 2nd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Puzzle.
We, WALTER TYRRELL JAQUES, Engineer and GEORGE EDWARD JAQUES,
Clerk, both of 257 Crystal Palace Road East Dulwich S.E. do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists in constructing a puzzle' in the form of a castle or tower
with a moat and bridge, the puzzle being to get five, seven or any number of
coloured balls up an inclined plane and across the bridge into the castle or tower;
each ball to rest upon a square the same colour as itself. The bridge is made with
two hinged and weighted flaps so that a ball cannot rest thereon as the bridge opens
with the weight of the ball.
Dated this 4th day of May 1892.
WALTER TYRRELL JAQUES.
GEORGE EDWARD JAQUES.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Puzzle.
We, WALTER TYRRELL JAQUES, Engineer, and GEORGE EDWARD JAQUES,
Clerk, both of 257 Crystal Palace Road East Dulwich S.E. 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 :-
Our invention consists in constructing a puzzle in the form of a castle or tower
with a moat and bridge, the puzzle being to get five, seven or any number of
coloured balls up an inclined plane from the moat and across the bridge into the
castle or tower each ball to rest upon a square the same colour as itself. The
bridge is made with two hinged and weighted flaps, so that a ball cannot rest
thereon, as the bridge opens with the weight of the ball.
We will now proceed to more particularly describe our invention by aid of the
accompanying drawings, reference being had to the letters marked thereon.
In Fig. 1. A A is the box containing the puzzle, B is the moat, C the inclined
plane by means of which the balls d, e, f, g, hare rolled from the moat C on to the wall
or terrace D D D; EE is the bridge having two hinged and weighted flaps F F,
across which the balls have to be rolled one at a time, until all the balls are at rest
upon the squares i, k, l, m, n in the castle or tower G each ball resting upon a
square of a like colour to itself.
Fig. 2. shews the bridge in elevation in which oo are the hinges and H H are
the weights by means of which the flaps are kept balanced until disturbed by the
weight of a ball. The puzzle is covered by a sheet of glass attached to the box
at rrrr. The puzzle can be made of cardboard, wood, or any other suitable
material. The squares and balls can be lettered or numbered or marked with any
device instead of being of different colours.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. A puzzle consisting of castle or tower, moat, inclined plane, terrace or wall,
bridge, squares and balls substantially as described,

page_text: 2.—In a puzzle a bridge having two hinged and weighted flaps substantially as
described.
Dated this 26th day of Mov 1800
WALTER TYRRELL JAQUES.
GEORGE EDWARD JAQUES.