Game apparatus.

(Application filed Mar. 14, 1900.) (No Model.)

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. 0. C

United States Patent Office.

LOUIS C. HEIDINGER, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION- forming· part of Letters Patent No. 696,735, dated April 1,1902.

Application filed March 14, 1900. Serial Ko.'8,615. (No modek)

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, Louis G. Heidinger, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belleville, in the county of St. Clair and State of 5 Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in game apparatus; and it consists in the novel i o combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my complete invention. Fig. 2 is a 15 vertical central longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the paddles which I employ in carrying out my invention.

The object of my invention is to construct 20 a novel and simplified construction in a game apparatus; and it consists in the employment of a wheel adapted to be rotated and composed of a series of concentric dials the outer surfaces of which are provided with suitable 25 numbers, formed thereon in any practical manner and arranged in a manner hereinafter described, said concentric dials being arranged a suitable distance from one another, the outer surfaces of which are provided with 3° projecting pins, an upright or support to which the said wheel is movably secured and provided with a horizontal projecting arm, and plates of variable lengths secured to the said horizontal arm, the free ends of which 35 cooperate with the pins projecting from said dials, said plates being in yielding contact with said pins.

My invention further consists in the employment of paddles or chips upon which 4° numbers are placed corresponding to the numbers upon the wheel, which are adapted to be.distributed among the persons taking part in the game, all of which will be more specifically described.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a portable upright which is supported upon a base 2, and fixed to and projecting from one side of the said upright is a spindle 3, upon which the wheel 4 is adapted to rotate. The 50 wheel referred to is composed of a series of circular plates, preferably three in number, which are concentrically arranged and rigidly secured together, thus varying in circumference as to size in order that the outer faces thereof may be clearly exposed to view, said 55 circular plates being separated a suitable distance apart or in a step-like form, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Forming a continuation of the upright 1 is a horizontal forked extension 5, to which is secured the 60 upper ends of three spring-plates 6, the number of which corresponds to the number of circular dial-plates 7 forming a part of the wheel 4, the lower free ends of the springplate 6 cooperating with the pins 8, secured to 65 and projecting from the outer faces of each of the circular dial-plates 7.

Arranged upon the outer surface of the largest circular dial-plate 7 and between the pins projecting therefrom are numbers ar- 70 ranged in consecutive order from “1” to “20,” inclusive. Upon the adjacent circular dial-plate and arranged in a like manner are numbers from “21” to “36,” inclusive, and upon the remaining or smaller circular dial- 75 plate are arranged likewise numbers from “37” to “44,” inclusive.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a paddle such as may be used in carrying out my invention, the number of which will be similar to the 80 number of numbers upon the wheel 4. However, it is evident that checks or other devices maybe used running in consecutive order or numbers formed thereon from “1” to “44,” inclusive. gMy invention is especially adapted as an educational device by distributing paddles having numbers of different denominations among the persons taking part in the game, and by the particular arrangement of the fig- 90 ures or numbers upon the concentric dials and the arrangement of the latter in respect to one another three numbers can be added together when the wheel comes at rest, the person having a paddle with the number cor- 95 responding to one of the numbers on any one of the dials being allowed to add together the three numbers and subtracting from the total amount the number upon the paddle so held, or the three numbers of the dials may be ico added together, as well as the number upon the paddle, as may be found most desirable^

696,735 thereby providing a machine which will teach children to add and subtract, the arrangement of the machine and its operation rendering an amusement at the same time.

Having fully described my invention, what