US2523911A - Rotatable disk chance device - Google Patents

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Sept. 26, 1950 G, w, MGKAY 2,523,911

ROTATABLE: Disk CHANCE DEVICE l xfiledmay 1K5, 1946 A. INVENTOR. GEORGE W. MC KAY ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 26, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This invention relates to games and is particularly adapted to be played by the player as if he were firing a machine gun.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a rotating wheel with numerical values printed on the face of the wheel, said Wheel being mounted upon the end of a frame representing a pistol operated by a trigger for rotating the Wheel, the wheel coming to a stop with a pointer indicating the numerical values of the stop.

These and other incidental objects will be apparent in the drawings, specification and claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear view of the game particularly illustrating the frame for holding a revolving disk, said disk having numerical values printed thereon.

Figure 2 is a side view of the game, parts broken away for convenience of illustration.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary rear view of the disk illustrating the method of revolving the same.

Figure 4 is a View of the plate operated by the trigger for revolving the disk.

Figure 5 is a fragmentaryA detail of the method of mounting the disk to the frame of the game.,

In the drawings:

My new and improved game consists of a frame I having a hand grip 2 at its rear end and a disk 3 rotatably mounted to the shoulder bolt 4. The shoulder bolt l is threaded into the downwardly extending projection 5 oi the frame I at B. The bolt has a shoulder'l which cinches up against the portion 5 permitting the disk 3 to revolve freely thereon.

A second disk 8 of smaller diameter is mounted to the disk 3 and has lips 9 punched out of its surface, the object of which will be later described. A plate I is rotatably mounted on the bolt 4 and has a tongue iI extending from the point I2 forming an arc of a circle. Threaded into the tongue II is a bolt I3 which is in alignment with the lips 9 of the disk 8, these lips being arranged in a circle concentric to the bolt 4 and evenly spaced on said'circle.

A spring I4 has one of its ends anchored Within the hole I of the body portion I' and its opposite end anchored to the plate I9 at I6. The spring is wrapped about the extension Il on the end of the bolt 4, the object of which is to keep the 5 spring in alignment. The spring forces the plate I0 to the position shown in Figure 1 against the action of the flexible cable I8. One end of the cable I8 is anchored at I9 to the plate I' and 2 Claims. (Cl. 273-142) the frame I at 2l. The cable extends through the channel 22 and is secured to the trigger 23 at 24. The trigger 23 is pivotally mounted at 25 to the main frame I.

I will now describe the operation of the game. When the trigger 23 is pulled it pulls the cable I8 over the pulley 20, moving the plate Ill to the position sho-wn in Figures 2 and 3. When this happens the inner end 26 of the bolt I3 engages the lips 9 of the disk 8 and rotates the disk in the direction of the arrow, also the disk 3, which is secured to the disk 8 by any suitable means, as a screw 2l. The pull on the trigger being sudden speeds up the rotation of the disk 3 and When the full travel of the trigger has been made the disk 3 will continue to free-wheel or rotate the lips 9 ratcheting over the end 26 of the bolt I 3.

The tongue I`I is made from a, springy material so that the ratcheting of the end 26 of the bolt over the lips 9 may take place. The disk 8 may be eliminated as the lips 9 may be formed on the disk 3, or inclined notches could be formed in said disk for the ratchet screw I3 to engage. When the trigger 23 is pulled the end 28 of the sight rod 29 moves towards the revolving disk 3 pointing out the numerical valueiwhen the disk comes to a stop. When the trigger is released as stated above the spring Hi will return the plate Il), tongue I I and the ratchetbolt I3 to the starting position ready for the next operation of the trigger. i

I do not wish to be limited to the exact mechanical structure as other mechanical equivalents may be substituted still coming within the scope of my claims.

I claim:

1. A game device comprising a pistol-shaped body including a hand grip having a barrel portion extending therefrom, a disc rotatably mounted on the front end of said barrel portion and on an axis parallel with said barrel portion, game indicia on said disc, a trigger member pivotally mounted to said body in front of said hand grip, actuating means extending longitudinally of said barrel portion and operatively connecting said trigger member and said disc to rotate said disc upon actuation of said trigger member, and a sight rod slidably mounted on said barrel portion and operatively connected with said trigger member for movement toward said disc upon actuation of said trigger member to identify the particular indicia to be selected. y

2. A game device comprising a pistol-shaped body including a hand grip having a barrel porpasses up over the pulley 20 journalled within 55 tion extending therefrom, a shaft carried by said barrel portion and parallel therewith, a disc rotatably mounted on said shaft in front of said barrel portion, ratchet means on said disc and surrounding said shaft, a pawl member rotatably mounted on said shaft and cooperative with said disc ratchet means, a spring anchored to said barrel portion and biasing said pawl member to turn around said shaft, a trigger member pivotally mounted to said barrel portion in front of said hand grip, a bore longitudinally through said barrel portion, pulley means on the front of said barrel portion and in front of said bore, cable means extending through said bore and around said pulley means and operatively connecting said trigger member and said pawl member to rotate said pawl member in opposition to said spring and drive said disc upon actuation 4 of said trigger member, and a sight rod slidably mounted on the top of said barrel portion and pivotally connected with the upper end of said trigger member for movement toward said disc upon actuation of said trigger member to identify the particular indicia to be selected.

GEORGE W. MCKAY.

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