Improvements in Billiard Cue Tips, and Studs or Bars for Boots, also applicable to Furniture and as a Door Stop.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1894-Accepted, 4th Aug., 1894
COMPLETE SIMITATION.
Improvements in Billiard Cue Tips, and Studs or Bars for Boots,
also applicable to Furniture and as a Door Stop.
I, CHARLES THOMAS KEMPTON of 4 Portland Terrace West Thurrock, Grays,
Essex, Engine Driver, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what
manner the saine is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:—
This invention relates to improvements in leather studs or tips and in means for
fixing the same to boots, billiard cues, and furniture. The object of the invention
is to provide devices of this description which can be easily fitted in place and
which will not present a surface of other material than leather.
A disc or other suitably shaped piece of stout leather is cut and pierced with a
small hole which may be tapped and slightly tapered. A thin strip of leather is
cut and pressed into a round tapered stalk, formed with a screw thread of suitable
pitch.
This is screwed tightly into the perforation of the disc as far as it will enter, and
the upper projecting part is then cut off close to the face of the disc, and given a
heavy blow with a hammer, making it flush with the disc and forming a rivet head,
firmly fixing the stalk in the leather disc.
When used as a billiard cue tip the disc is placed in a lathe and turned or
rounded off to a suitable shape. The projecting stalk is screwed into the end of
the billiard cue fixing it securely in place.
The stud is fixed in a similar manner to the floor when used as a door stop, and
to the bottom of the legs of tables, chairs and other articles of furniture when used
as a floor protector.
A modified arrangement especially applicable to studs and bars for football
boots, consists in employing a double stud or strip. One of these is furnished with
nails or spikes by which it can be fitted to the boot or article of furniture, and the
other is placed on top of it. Both studs are pierced with a hole, and the pressed
leather stalk is screwed in until the two parts are firmly fixed together. The
projecting portions are then cut off and riveted as above mentioned, forming a solid
stud or protector. The two parts may be cemented together in addition to this
fixing, to render the joint more secure.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood reference is lad to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 shows a billiard cue tip according to my invention,
Fig. 2 a floor protector,
Fig. 3 a door stop and
Figs. 4 to 7 are views of the double studs or protectors.
Referring to Fig. 1 the tip A is pierced at the centre with the hole a tapped or
plain, and the slightly tapered stalk B is screwed into this hole, projecting through to
form a screw pin, which can be screwed into the end of the cue C. The top of the
stalk is cut off and given a blow slightly spreading out the upper end and forming
a rivet.
The floor protector A' and door stop A² are formed in the same manner and
similarly fitted to the leg C' of the table or chair, or floor C³.
Fig. 4 shows the method of preparing the double protector. The stud or strip A
is formed with the hole a and provided with spikes or nails a' by which it can be
fixed to the boot or other article. The screw stalk B as shown is screwed through
both the unner stud 4 and the lower A³ fixing them together It is then cut off

page_text: and riveted as before described. The stud is then finished as shown in Fig. 6 and
can be fitted by means of the spikes a'.
Fig. 7 is a plan of a leather strip or bar for football boots prepared in this
manner.
With these arrangements leather only is visible and can come in contact with
the ball, floor or other object, while at the same time a secure means of fixing is
provided.
In the case of floor protectors and door stops, woodite or rubber may be used
fitted with the leather screw in the same manner, and similarly fixed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) An improved tip for billiard cues consisting of a leather stud with central
perforation, through which a screw threaded stalk of pressed leather is screwed,
cut off, and the top pressed or hammered flush with the stud, riveting it in place,
fitted to the cue substantially as described and shown in Fig. 1.
(2) An improved stud suitable as a door stop and floor protector formed from a disc
of leather or like material, perforated, and provided with a screw threaded stalk of
pressed leather, screwed tightly into the disc, cut off, and hammered flush with the
disc riveting it in place substantially as described and shown in Figs. 2 & 3 of the
drawings and for the purposes specified.
(3) An improved stand or bar formed from two leather discs or strips one having
a number of spikes or nails the other being placed on top. covering the heads of
the nails, fixed together by a screw threaded stalk of pressed leather screwing
through the discs, cut off, and riveted by a blow, substantially as described and
shown and for the purposes specified.
(4) The improved studs or bars for football boots constructed substantially in
the manner described and illustrated in Figs. 1 to 7 of the drawings and for the
purposes specified.
Dated this 1st day of Mov 189.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.