Improvements in Billiard Tables.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th May, 1896-Accepted, 13th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Billiard Tables.
I, FREDERICK ROBERT WRIGHT, of No. 162 Westminster Bridge Road, in the
County of Surrey, Billiard Table Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the pockets of billiard tables and it consists in
constructing the lower part of the pocket separate from the upper part and so
arranged that it can be turned outwards upon a hinge, away from the upper part
of the pocket, and thus allow the balls to be removed from such lower part without
requiring to pass the hand down through the upper part.
For this purpose the lower part of the pocket, which may be of network or other
suitable material, has its edge attached to a metal ring that is pivotted at one point
to a pin projecting down from the side frame of the billiard table, which pin may
conveniently form a continuation of the bolt that secures the top bar to which the
upper part of the pocket is attached. A helical or other suitable spring is con-
nected on the one hand to the pin and on the other hand to the ring of the pocket,
so that when this is turned outward on the pin for removing a ball, the spring will
cause it to resume its original position again when released by the hand, a suitable
stop being provided for the ring of the pocket to bear against when in the inward
position.
The lower end of the upper part of the pocket is attached to a curved bar so as
to be held open thereby over the hinged part of the pocket.
Dated this 12th day of August 1895.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Billiard Tables.
I, FREDERICK ROBERT WRIGHT of No. 162 Westminster Bridge Road, in the
County of Surrey, Billiard Table Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to the pockets of billiard tables and it consists in con-
structing the lower part of the pocket separate from the upper part and so arranged
that it can be turned outwards upon a hinge away from the upper part of the
pocket, and thus allow the balls to be removed from such lower part without
requiring to pass the hand down through the upper part.
For this purpose as shewn in the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 being an
elevation with pocket closed and Fig. 2 being a plan looking from below shewing
the pocket open, the lower part A of the pocket, which may be of network or other
suitable material, has its edge attached to a metal ring B which is pivotted at
one point to a pin C projecting down from the side frame of the billiard table,
which pin may conveniently form a continuation of the bolt that secures the top
bar D to which the upper part of the pocket is attached. A helical or other
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page_text: suitable spring E acts upon the ring B of the pocket, so that when this is turned
outward on the pin C for removing a ball, the spring E will cause it to resume its
original position again when released by the hand, a suitable hook stop F being
provided to receive and sustain the ring B when the pocket is in the inward
position. A stop G limits the motion of A. The lower end of the upper part of
the pocket is attached to a curved bar H so as to be held open in coincidence with
the lower part A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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Constructing a pocket of a billiard table in two parts, the lower part hinged
-on a vertical axis, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 11th day of Mo 1896
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.