Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 5th July, 1887.
I, HORACE MILES BENYON BEEVOR, of Penistone House, St. Lawrence, in the
County of Kent, Gentleman 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:-
The object of my invention is to provide an improved chalk-holder for billiards and
bagatelle.
The chalk-holders now in general use consist of small blocks of wood hollowed out
to receive the chalk and formed with an arm or projection through which is passed a
screw for securing the holder to the under-side of the billiard-table. These holders
are usually secured in such a manner that they may be turned upon their pivots and
made to project from the side of the table to enable the chalk to be readily taken out
and replaced. The said holders are, consequently, frequently left projecting from
the table by a player after he has used and replaced the chalk; thereby causing
considerable inconvenience and annoyance and, in some instances, danger, as the said
holders, when thus projecting, are apt to catch the dress or person of a player whilst
in the act of moving around the table.
By my invention 1 provide a chalk-holder which will be as readily accessible as the
ordinary pivotted holders, and will, at the same time, be free from the defects inherent
in the said pivotted holders.
My improved holder is to be fixed beneath the table and is not pivotted like the
ordinary holders; it is, moreover, designed to be secured to the table in such a
position that it will not project beyond the side thereof and will therefore not be
liable to catch the dress or person of a player.
My improved holder is preferably made of metal; it has a pocket for holding the
chalk and a plate or bracket whereby it may be secured by means of screws or other-
wise to the underside of a billiard-table.
In the accompanying drawing, I have shown one form of my improved chalk-
holder.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the said holder.

page_text: Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same, showing also a part of the billiard table to
which it is secured.
Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line a, a, Figure 2.
a is the plate or bracket which is secured by means of screws a¹ to the underside of
the table b, c is the pocket for holding the chalk; this pocket is formed in one piece
with the plate or bracket a and is made in the shape of a quarter of a sphere. It
may, however, be of any other suitable shape.
My improved chalk-holder may be advantageously manufactured by casting the
same in brass or other metal.
It is evident that, when the said holder is secured to a billiard table as shown in
Figures 2 and 3, the chalk can be readily removed therefrom and replaced therein.
The said holder can, moreover, be secured in any desired position to the underside of
a billiard-table.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it understood that I claim :-
The improved chalk-holder consisting of the pocket and the plate or bracket, substan-
tially as herein before described, for the purpose specified.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.