US2106128A - Game - Google Patents

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Jan. 18,1938. -n-r-r 2,106,128

GAME

Filed March 6, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l WITNESSES INV'ENTOR MM Jinzy J? 57172? Jan. 18, 1938. J $T|TT 2,106,128

GAME

Fil d March 6, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 wifNEssEs N NTOR Heruy Patented Jan. 18, 1938 PATENT OFFICE GAME 7 Henry J. Stitt, New York, N. Y.

Application March 6,

10 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved game, and particularly to a game of amusement adapted to be thrown on to a screen.

An object of the invention is to provide an 51; improved game structure which is in the form of a slide whereby it may be placed in a projecting machine so that a portion thereof may be projected on to a screen and coact with cards carried by the audience looking at the screen.

Another object of the invention is to provide a game including a slide for a projecting machine formed to have a plurality of pointers and coacting members which cooperate with cards held by persons in the audience.

An additional and more specific object of the invention is to provide a game having a slide for a projecting machine wherein a plurality of rotating indicating members are presented and actuated by intermittent b-lows or impulses from 29 manually actuated impelling means.

In the accompanying drawings- Fig. 1 is an elevation of a slide disclosing an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through Fig. 3 ap- 25 proximately n the line 2 -2;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through Fig. 1 approximately on the line 3-3, the same being on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation showing cer- 3) tain indicating members mounted on a transparent plate and disclosing certain features of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a side view of one of the rotating members shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view through Fig. 5 approximately on the line 66;

Fig. '7 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but showing a second rotating member formed of transparent material; 7

Fig. 8 is a sectional view through Fig. 7 approximately on the line 8--8;

Fig. 9 is an elevation on anenlarged scale of part of the plate shown in Fig. 4 with the inner indicating members arranged thereon; and I Fig. 10 is a plan view of a card coacting with the structure shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numeral, l indicates a slide and 2 a card. The slide l is adapted to be placed on a projecting machine of any desired kind and then the thumb member 3 operated to cause certain of the parts to rotate as the light from the-projecting machine throws the rotating parts and other indicating members on the screen as hereinafter fully described. Each member of the audience is pro- 1937, Serial No. 129,311

vided with acard 2, or at least as many of the audience as are playing the game.

Upon the actuation of the thumb member 3 as hereinafter fully described, the various pointers 4, 5 and 6 will rotate and will naturally stop at certain points. For instance, if the pointer 5 stops at the segment H and the pointer stops at the indicationon the graduations or scale T, the person holding the card shown in Fig. 10 will be the winner of the game. The pointer 6, as hereinafter more fully described, will indicate the prize which he won.

As illustrated more particularly in Fig. 3, the slide I is provided with a frame 8 which may be wood, metal, or other material, and which is preferably rectangular. Transparent plates 9 and I0 and opaque plates 9' and ID are secured to the frame 8 and form the two outside surfaces of the slide I. The plates 9 and I0 may be glass, Cellophane, porcelain, or other transparent material, and may be secured in place by adhesive or inany desired manner. Arranged centrally between the plates 9 and I0, there is provided a central plate ll formed in part of metal II and in part of glass, Celluloid, Cellophane, or other transparent material. The plate I l is preferably held in place by having the perimeter thereof extend into a suitable groove in the frame 3.

The slide, as above mentioned, is adapted to be placed in a projecting machine, and in order to limit the passage of light through a certain part of the slide, the side plates are covered with opaque coverings l2 and I3. These coverings may be-paint, Cellophane, or other material, and may be heldin place by adhesive or otherwise. These covering plates are cut away at M and I5 so, as to expose certain parts hereinafter more fully described. As shown in Fig. 3, there are provided rotating elements l6 and H, the element l6 being of metal or other desired material and provided with teeth l8 as shown in Fig. 5. The teeth and parts adjacent thereto form a ring l9 to which is connected a cross bar 20. If desired, the cross bar 20 could be integral with the ring l9. A hub 2| is either formed integral with the bar 20 or rigidly secured thereto, and carries the respective pointers 4 and 5, whereby these pointers rotate with the rotating element IS. The element I6 is mounted in a chamber 22. 50 while element I1 is mounted in a chamber 23. Element H, as shown in Fig. '7, is formed from a transparent substance, as, for instance, Cellophane, porcelain, glass, or the like, and is provided with a hub 24, which may be metal or 55 other desired material and which accommodates the journal pin 25, which pin also extends through a journal 26 carried by the member 3 and through the hub 2| forming part of element I6. The elements l6 and H are independently rotatable upon pin 25 so that one element may rotate faster than the other and also one may stop before the other.

As indicated by the numerals I and 26, graduations and indicating members are supplied to the inner surface of the plate 9. Preferably these indicating members and graduations are painted or applied to the plate in any desired manner.

smaller graduations 29 for dividing the larger graduations up into tenths. 'The indicating ring I is spaced a short distance from the indicating ring 26, and the indicating ring 26 is formed more particularly as shown in Fig. 9, but it will be evident that the specific numbers and words may be changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

As shown in Fig. 9, there are provided in the various blocks or spaces 30, legends 3i and 32 opposite the indicating legends 33 and 34. The

legend 3| indicates the sum of money to be paid to the winner after the sum indicated by legend 32 has been dictated and paid to a general fund, otherwise kriown as a bank. Incase the pointer 6 should come opposite any of the legends 3!, that would indicate the sum won. However, the sum indicated by the legend 32 would be taken out of the amount and placed in the bank before the winner would receive his winnings. In case the pointer 6 comes opposite any of the sections 35, the winner would take whatever was indicated in the particular section 35 at which the pointer 6 stopped. The blocks or sections could'be difierently arranged and other rules used without departing from the spirit of the invention, but the essential portion of this part of the device is that the indicating ring 26 contain the information as to what a winner actually wins.

The pointer carried by the element 16 moves over and stops'opposite one of the segments 36 which are painted or otherwise applied to the element [1. The segments 36 are of different colors andiare more or less transparent so that light from the projector will pass through these segments as well as the body of the element l1, forprojectingthese elements on to the screen. Each of the'se'gments 36 is provided with a'letter or other legend 31 for identification purposes. For instance, when playing the game, if the pointer 4 stopped opposite, the graduations 65 on the indicating ring 1 and the pointer 5 stopped opposite the letter fH, the holder of the card 2 shown in Fig. would be the winner. He would know What he won by glancing at the pointer 6 which would stop at some point on the indicating ring 26. i

It will be understood that the ring 26 is sta tionary and also ring 1 is stationary, while the segments 36 rotate with pointer 6. Usually the elements l6 and I1 rotate at different speeds though they are both given the same impulse by the respective impellers 38 and 39. As these impellers are identical and function the same way, the impeller 3 9,shown in Fig; 2 will be described and the description will also apply to the other impeller. As indicated in Fig. 3, these impellers both form part of a central hub 49 having a squared projection 4| for receiving the As-Q' indicated in Fig. 4, the indicating ring 1 is formed. of large graduations 21 having certain numbers 28, and adjacent the larger graduations 21'-ar e,

thumb member or key 3. Each of the impellers as shown in Fig. 2, is provided with a number of impelling blades 42 which are resilient. These blades are of such a length that after passing or flipping by the abutment or post 43 they will strike one of the teeth of the rotating element and give the same a rotating movement. If desired, the thumb member 3 may be actuated only once, or a number of times before allowing the rotating elements to stop. When theelements have stopped, the person in the audience having the card which is indicated by the pointers 4 and 5lwill be the winner and may collect the amount indicated by the pointer 6.

It will be understood that various rules for playing the game may be provided and used, but thestructure remains the same, namely, with a pair of impellers as shown in Fig. 2 adapted to impel or rotate by a whirling motion the respective rotating members l6 and I1. When the slide 1 is 'moved in the projector and the light turned on, the light will all be blocked off except that part adapted to pass through the cutaway portions or openings I4 and [5. This will cause all of the indications shown in Fig. 4, together with the three pointers, to be projected on to the screen. As the parts are rotated the projection on the screen will naturally rotate and may be seen by all the audience.

The game may be-played any desired length oftime, as, for instance, ten or fifteen minutes, or may be played until ten or some other number of prizes have been awarded.

I claim:

1. A slide apparatus adapted to be used in a projecting machine, comprising a rotatable ringlike wheel having a pointer carried thereby, an impeller independent of the ring-like wheel but formed with resilient protuberances adapted to strike the ring-like wheel so as to cause the ringlike wheel to rotate, means for causing each of said protuberances to be bowed and then released to strike and spin said wheel upon each actuation of said impeller, and a hand-operated member for actuating said impeller.

'2. A slide apparatus adapted to be used in a projecting machine, comprising a ring-like wheel having a pair of pointers carried thereby, a disk wheel of transparent material carrying a single pointer, means for independently rotatably mounting said wheels with their Spinning axes in alinement, each of said wheels being provided with projecting portions on the periphery, a handoperated impeller for each of said wheels for independently impelling the wheels, each of said impellers having resilient protuberances adapted to strike the respective projections on said wheels to rotate-the wheels, and means for bringing the protuberances under tension immediately before they are released to strike the wheels.

3. A slide apparatus comprising a casing hav--v ing transparent side members and a transparent central plate, said central plate and said side members forming two parallel chambers, a wheel mounted in each of said chambers, said wheels being independently rotatable, a pair of concentric annular scales-arranged on one of the side members and concentric with said wheels, one of said wheels being provided with a pair of pointers and the other with a single pointer, one of said wheels being provided with segmental shaped blocked off portions, one of said pointers indicating over said segmental shaped blocked portions and'the other two pointers indicating respectively over the remaining two scales,'impelling means Cal adapted to rotate said Wheels, said impelling means including a rotatable central member, a resilient arm extending from said central member, and means for bringing said arm under tension before it is released to strike the periphery of said wheels, and a manually-actuated member for rotating the impelling means.

4. A slide apparatus, comprising a casing having transparent side members and a transparent central plate for dividing the casing into two compartments, a wheel arranged in each of said compartments, a common supporting pin supporting each of said wheels so that the wheels may rotate independently, an annular scale mounted on one of the side members and concentric with said wheels, one of said wheels having an annually series of segmental areas arranged concentric of said pin and a pointer projecting beyond said blocks, the other of said wheels being provided with a cross bar, a pair of pointers carried by said cross bar, one pointer being longer than the other so that one pointer will indicate over the outside annular scale and the other pointer over said annularly arranged series of segmental blocks, and impelling structures adapted to rotate said Wheels.

5. A slide of the character described, comprising a pair of transparent supporting plates and a transparent center plate, a cover for each of the first-mentioned supporting plates, said cover having a cutout on each side so as to permit light to be projected through only at the cutout portions, a wheel member on each side of the center plate rotatably supported thereby, each of said wheel members having teeth on the periphery, an impelling structure for rotating said wheel members, said impelling structure having a central manually actuated hub, a plurality of resilient blades connected with said hub on each side of said center plate, each of said blades being of a length to strike the teeth on said wheels when moving past the wheels, and an abutment for bringing the blades under tension immediately before they strike said teeth, whereby said wheels will be given a quick spinning movement.

6. A game apparatus of the character described,

including three annular scales, the two outer scales being stationary and the inner scale being rotatable, a rotatable transparent wheel carrying the inner scale, transparent means carrying the outer scales, a pair of oppositely extending pointers adapted to move over the outermost scale and the innermost scale, a third pointer adapted to move over the intermediate scale, and manually actuated means for causing all of said pointers and the innermost scale to rotate.

'7. A slide structure of the character described,

comprising means forming a pair of chambers, said chambers having outer transparent walls arranged in alinement, a transparent center plate, a journal pin carried by said center plate, a wheel rotatably mounted adjacent each end of said pin, said wheels being independently rotatable, one of said wheels carrying an annular segmental ring and a pointer projecting beyond the ring, the other of said wheels carrying an innerpointer adapted to indicate over said segmental ring and an outer pointer, a pair of stationary indicating graduations arranged on one of said transparent walls, the inner graduations being positioned to have the first-mentioned pointer travel thereover and the outer graduations being positioned to have the longer pointer pass thereover, and manually actuated means for independently rotating said wheels.

8. A slide structure having a pair of outer transparent walls and a center transparent plate, said outer walls being covered except at one area so as to provide a window in each wall, said windows being in alinement, means on one of said outer walls presenting inner and outer rings of graduations, said center plate dividing the structure into a pair of chambers, a ring-like wheel rotatably mounted in one of said chambers and formed with a short pointer and a longer pointer adapted to move over the outer of said graduations, a transparent wheel rotatably mounted in the other of said chambers and provided with a segmental ring and a pointer projecting beyond said ring, said last-mentioned pointer being adapted to travel over the innermost of said first-mentioned rings of graduations, the shorter of the pointers on the first-mentioned wheel being adapted to travel over said segmental ring, and a manually actuated flipping structure for causing said wheels to rotate independently.

9. In a slide structure of the character described, a pair of rotatable wheels, one wheel presenting a ring-like structure having teeth on the periphery, a transverse bar, and a doubleheaded pointer carried by said bar, and the other of said wheels being transparent and formed with teeth on the periphery, a ring of colored segments, and a pointer projecting beyond said segments.

10. A slide structure of the character described, including a pair of wheels, both of said wheels having teeth formations on the periphery, one of said wheels having a double-headed pointer and the other of said wheels having a colored segmental ring spaced inwardly from the periphery,

and a pointer projecting from the outer edge of said ring.

HENRY J. STITI.

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