No. 819,472, PATENTED MAY 1 1906, J. C. . THOU WEREY. EXERCISING APPARATUS, APPLICATION FILED 00T, 31, 1905,

w TNESSES - INVENTOR, JEAN CHARLEs August in HouVEREY, % 2 2%-4- " -Sets:f- Y S AT to fr UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. JEAN CHARLES AUGUSTIN THOUVEREY, OF ST. LO, FRANCE. exercisiNG APPARATUs. No. 819,472. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 1, 1906. Application filed October 31, 1905, Serial No. 285,316. To all whom, it may concern: justment, joints and the holes for the Beit known that , JEAN CHARLESAUGUS-bolts or studs have sufficient play to allow TIN THOUVEREY, a citizen of the Republic of the board b to oscillate on the ball or pivot l, France, and a resident of St. Ló, Manche, and consequently allow the blade g to take 5 France, have invented new and useful Im- every position or inclination which the fencer 55 provements in Exercising Apparatus, of may require, whether vertical, horizontal, or which the following is a specification. oblique. These different positions allow the The automatic apparatus which forms the fencer to make all the different strokes or subject of this invention consists of a device movements required in fencing. The re Io by which fencing can practiced by a fencer sistance to the bladeg may be varied by oo alone in any room. varying the number of springs. In order to thoroughly comprehend the ar- Having now Fictly described and as rangement and operation of the apparatus, certained the nature of my said invention it is illustrated in the accompanying draw- and in what manner the same is to be per I5 ings, in which- formed, I declare that what I claim is- 65 Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section 1. In an exercising apparatus, a hollow through the line AB in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a body, as a padded cover upon said body and front view and section through the line CD leaving an opening thereinto, a movable piece in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view, on a smaller within the body, springs sustaining said piece 2O scale, of the entire apparatus. in desired position within the body, and a 7o The apparatus consists of a metal cylinder foil or blade carried by said piece and pro a, fixed upon a plate or board b, and a solid jecting outwardly from the body and through wooden cylinder c, covered with a thickness the opening left by the padded cover afore of metal d. said. 25 On the inside of the cylinder a and on the 2. In an exercising apparatus, a hollow 75 outside of the cylinder c d are fixed several box secured upon a base, a padded cover rows of studs or rivets e, (three rows being upon said box and leaving an opening there shown in the drawings,) the studs of one row into, a movable piece centrally located with being placed alternately with regard to those in the box, springs sustaining said piece in 3o of the neighboring row and those on a being said position, and a foil or blade carried by 8o in line with those on cd, so as to retain be- said piece and projecting outwardly from the tween them springs f. - body and through the opening left by the The springs being fitted in their places, the padded cover aforesaid. cylinder c is naturally held centrally in the 3. In an exercising apparatus, a box se 35 cylinder a and receives a blade or foilg, which cured upon a base, a padded cover having a 85 is firmly fixed in it. " . central opening therethrough and secured The cylinder a is partly closed by a mov- upon the front of the box, a movable piece able cover h, which has a central hole i, Fig. 1. centrally located within the box, springs be The remainder of the cover contains a circu- tween said piece and the inner walls of the 4o lar cushion k in order to deaden the shocks of box for sustaining said piece in desired posi- 9o the blows when the fencer lunges. A ball l, tion, and a foil or blade carried by said piece screwed to the inside of the back of the board and projecting outwardly through the cen b, allows all required inclinations to be given tral opening in the padded cover aforesaid. to the foil or bladeg. 4. In an exercising apparatus, a base, a 45 The ball rests against a supporting-board foil or blade supporting piece, springs sus- 95 m, exactly like that, b, already described, and taining said piece in place in relation to said the board m, is hung on the wall and carries base, a second base, and supports comprising four bolts or studs in, passing through the a ball or pivot between the bases, and studs d board b, which can be adjusted as desired by or bolts provided with winged nuts for ad- Y. So the winged nuts . In order to allow this ad- I justably engaging both bases. Iod v. 2 819,472 5. In an exercising apparatus, a base, a In testimony whereof I affix my signa foil or blade supporting piece, springs sus-ture in presence of two witnesses. taining said piece in relation to said base, a second base, a pivotal piece between the JEAN CHARIES AUGUSTIN THOU WEREY. 5 bases and secured to one of them, and studs Witnesses: adjustably engaging both bases and provided EMILE COUCHOUD, With locking means. EDMOND LECOUTURIER.