Untitled record

Application filed March 25,1892. Serial No. 426,372, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, Harry J. Saxton, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 5 in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in io “games;” and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and designated in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective 15 view of my complete invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.

The object of my invention is to construct an improved apparatus for playing dice and similar games, and in place of shaking the 20 dice in the usual and well-known manner I place the same in a hermetically-sealed receptacle filled with liquid and placing in said receptacle dice or similar devices. I also place in said receptacle wires or similar devices for 25 striking and turning the dice as the receptacle is revolved, to be more fully hereinafter described.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the stand for the receptacle, which is composed 30 of legs 2 of the construction as illustrated in Fig. 1. The standard portion 3 of said legs are provided with knobs or projections 4, on which the receptacle is mounted in a manner as will be more specifically hereinafter de35 scribed. Mounted in one of the legs 2 is a clamping device 5, which normally holds the receptacle 6 in a vertical position. Said clamping device 5 is provided with a concave portion 7 similar in contour to the external sur40 face of the receptacle 6.

Having given a description of the supporting mechanism for the receptacle 6,1 will now proceed to describe the receptacle itself. Said receptacle is composed of a transparent sub45 stance, or at leastthe ends 8 of the same should be transparent, so that the dice 9, located in the same, can be seen. Said receptacle is filled with any liquid desired and is hermetically sealed in any suitable and mechanical 50 manner. Said receptacle 6 is pivoted in the stand 1, as illustrated in the drawings, where in the said receptacle is shown provided with circular depressions 10, formed therein, in which the projections 4 are adapted to snugly fit. However, I do not wish to limit myself 55 to this construction of pivoting the receptacle 6 in the stand 1.

Located in the receptacle 6 are wires 11, which pass at right angles, as illustrated in Fig. 1, for the purpose more fully hereinafter 60 described.

The dice 9 are constructed of any suitable material of less specific gravity than water or the liquid contained in the receptacle, and no matter what end of the receceptacle 6 is up 65 the dice 9 will float to the top and can be seen through the transparent ends 8. When the receptacle 6 is revolved, the dice 9 will come in contact with the wires 11 and will be turned over. This operation may be repeated as 70 often as desired. In other words, the dice 9 are to be “shaken” by the revolution of the receptacle 6. I desire to state in this connection that I may use any number of wires, such as 11, or any other device, adapted to 75 turn the dice when receptacle 6 is revolved. In place of iising dice I may use the invention, as described, for playing similar games. The receptacle 6 may be also constructed out of any material. The only necessary require- 80 ment, however, in the construction is to have the ends transparent, so that the dice maybe seen through the same.

The method of playing dice or any similar game in accordance with the principle of my 85 invention is as follows: After the dice have been located in the hermetically-sealed receptacle 6, and if the same be in a vertical position, the dice will float toward the transparent ends 8—or that is, the end that is turned up— 90 and can be readily read through said ends, and by revolving said receptacle the dice will pass to the opposite end and will show faces provided with the different number of dots to that peviously shown. In this manner the 95 game is played. In other words, in place of shaking the dice in the ordinary way they are shook.in.a hermetically-sealed vessel filled with liquid, which is presumed prevents all cheating and tricks in the game. 100