Improvements in Appliances to be Applied to Ordinary Tables to Convert same into Billiard Tables.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1846
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Oct., 1896-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances to be Applied to Ordinary Tables to
Convert same into Billiard Tables.
I. MARSHALL HALEY, of Alma Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax, in the County
of York, Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in tables and appliances to be used in
combination therewith, whereby ordinary dining or other oblong tables can readily
be converted into billiard tables, on which various games cau be played. The
invention consists of improved frames for carrying the rubber cushions, and frames
for supporting the pockets, also to improvements in the method of and means
employed for attaching the various parts together and to the table.
According to this invention, I employ wooden frames, in the face of each of
which is cut a dovetail recess, and in the recess the rubber forming the cushion is
forced, and held at each end by screw or clip. Each frame is secured to the top of
the table by means of thumb screws, which pass through holes in the top of the
table into chased bushed holes in the underside of the franes. The cloth covering
the table is held between the frames and the table top, and can be stretched the
requisite amount before fixing. The frames for the pockets are made of stout
wire, the outer ends are flattened and have boles and slots formed in them by which
they are connected to studs or pins on the ends of adjacent frames; the lower parts
of the wire frames rest against the outer edge of the table and are supported
thereby, and the whole is rigid.
The bushes to fit in the holes in the frames are chased or screwed both inside
and outside, so that they are firmly fixed in the frames, and the thumb screws are
readily fixed in the bushes.
Dated this 3rd day of January 1896
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bauk Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Appliances to be Applied to Ordinary Tables to
Convert same into Billiard Tables.
I, MARSHALL HALEY, of Alma Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax, in the County
of York, Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in tables and appliances to be used in
combination therewith, whereby ordinary dining or other oblong tables can readily
be converted into billiard tables on which various games can be played. The
invention consists of improved frames for carrying the rubber cushions and frames
for supporting the pockets, also to improvements in the method of and means
employed for attaching the various parts together and to the table.

page_text: Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which:-
Fig. 1 is a sectional end elevation of part of a table shewing the improved frame
and cushion, and the means of attaching the frame to the table.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of part of the table and the frame for carrying one of the
corner pockets.
Fig. 3 is an end view of a frame shewing the method of fixing the cushion
therein.
Fig. 4 is a front elevation of one of the frames for carrying a side pocket, with
the method of fixing same to the cushion frame.
Fig. 5 is a similar view of a corner pocket frame.
Fig. 6 is an end elevation of one of the pocket frames.
According to this invention, I employ six wooden frames 1 in the inner face of
each of which is cut a dovetail recess 2, and in the recess the angular shaped
rubber 3 forming the cushion is forced and held at each end 4 by screw or clip 5.
Each frame is secured to the top of an ordinary table 6 by means of thumb
screws 7 which pass through holes & in the top of the table 6, and into chased
bushed holes 9 in the underside of the frames 1. The cloth covering the table is
nipped and held between the frames 1 and the table top 6, and can be stretched
the requisite amount before fixing. The frames 10 for the pockets are made of
stout wire, the outer sides being Hattened or having brackets or lugs 11 fixed to
them, and holes 12 and slots 13 formed in them by which they are connected to
studs or pins 14 on the ends of adjacent frames 1, 1, the lower parts 15 of the wire
frames 10 rest against the outer edge of the table 6 or frames 1, and are supported
thereby, and the whole is rigid.
The bushes 9 which fit in the holes in the frames 1 are chased or screwed both
inside and outside, so that they are firmly fixed in the frames 1, and the thumb
screws 7 are readily fixed in the bushes 9.
The frames 1 can be fixed to any ordinary table, or a special table can be used,
in which the leaves or sections of the table slide one from under the other, and
when opened out the sections or leaves are flush or level, such tables being well
known under the name of "Slide" or "Universal" tables."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts constituting
the improved appliances for converting ordinary tables into billiard tables as herein
described, and substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
(2) The frame 1, rubber cushion 3, screwed bush 9, thumb screw 7, and table 6,
all in combination, as and for the purpose herein described, and substantially as
illustrated by Fig. 1 of the annexed drawings.
(3) The wire frames 10 with lugs or brackets 11, slotted holes 12, and supporting
pieces 15, all in combination, as and for the purpose herein described, and
substantially as illustrated by Figs. 2, 4, 5, and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of September 1896.
MARSHALL HALEY,
By his Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.