Improvements in Billiard Cues.
Year: 1895

page_text: MUNICATION
Improvements in Billiard Cues.
FREDERIC WILLIAM GARRARD 3 Adelphi Place Lower Brook Street,
Ipswich, Suffolk Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention consists of the herein described improvements for simplyfying &
making more perfect certain parts of a billiard cue for which Letters Patent were
granted me No. 16789, 1888, & has reference in part to the arrangement for
holding in check the ene tip. For this purpose instead of placing the ferrule on
the outside of cue as in the above Specification I now bore or recess the end of
the said cue to receive a ferrule, which goes the entire length of the recess and the
bottom of this recess is bored in such a way that while allowing the bottom end of
ferrule to take a bearing the centre part of the bottom of recess of cue projects
into the inside of ferrule by this means a solid connection is formed to the
said cue.
The ferrule is secured in position in the cue by a pin going through the wood of
the cue & bottom end of the ferrule this same pin passes through a looped end of a
spiral spring which spring is placed inside the ferrule & is encased in a fabric to
prevent metallic vibration between spring & ferrule from this loop of spiral spring
& extending forwards & being part of it are several coils & at the end of these
coils is another loop also being part of the same spring & beyond this loop a hook or
eye to engage with the cue tip having a hook or eye. The forward loop between
the coils & hook or eye is to enable the insertion of a pin through this said loop &
across the top of ferrule-when this spring is extended by hand for the purpose of
attaching or detaching a tip-by this device the spring is held up & the hook at the
end of spring is exposed enabling the tip to be easily attached or detached.
this pin is withdrawn the compressing action of the spring pulls the tip down tight
on to the ferrule & the serrated top of the ferrule coming into contact with the soft
substance of the tip keeps it firmly in position. It being advantageous to have
several tips in readiness when required this said cue can be made at the butt end in
two parts, one part hollow so as to hold one or more tips, this hollow part of the
butt end can also be utilized for weighting to suit the user.
Dated this 9th day of February 1895.
When
FREDERIC WILLIAM GARRARD.
Improvements in Billiard Cues.
FREDERIC WILLIAM GARKARD Adelphi Place Lower Brook Street
Ipswich, Suffolk Engineer. I 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 improvement consists in simplyfying & making more perfect certain parts
of a billiard cue for which Letters Patent were granted me No. 16789, 1888 & has
reference in part to the arrangement for holding in check the cue-tip. For this
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page_text: purpose instead of placing the ferrule on the outside of cue as in the above
Specification-I now bore or recess the end of the said cue to receive a ferrule
which goes the entire length of the recess & the bottom of this recess is bored in
such a manner that while allowing the bottom end of the ferrule to take a bearing
the centre part of the bottom of recess of cue projects into the inside of the ferrule
by this means a more solid connection is made to the said cue. The ferrule is
secured in position in the cue by a pin going through the wood of cue and bottom
end of ferrule, this same pin passes through a looped end of a spiral spring which
spring is placed inside of this ferrule and is encased in a fabric to prevent metallic
vibration between spring and ferrule from this loop of the spiral spring and
extending forwards and being part of it are several coils and at the extremity of
these coils is another loop also being part of the same spring, & beyond this loop a
hook or eye to engage with a tip having a hook or eye. The forward loop between
the coils and hook or eye is to enable the insertion of a pin through this said loop
and across the top of ferrule, when this spring is extended by hand for the purpose
of attaching or detaching a tip, by this device this spring is held up and the hook at
the end of spring is exposed enabling the tip to be easily attached or detached.
When this pin is withdrawn the compressing action of the spring pulls the tip
down tight on to the ferrule and the serrated top of the ferrule coming into contact
with the soft substance of the tip keeps it firmly in position.
It being advantageous to have several tips in readiness when required this
said cue can be made at the butt end in two parts-one part hollow so as to hold
one or more tips this hollow part of the butt end can also be utilized for weighting
according to the wishes of the user.
In order that my said improvements may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in each figure & are
longitudinal sections.
Fig. 1. shows the bored & recessed end of the cue A to receive a serrated capped
ferrule B which goes the entire length of the recess & the bottom of this recess is
bored in such a manner C that while allowing the bottom end of ferrule B to take
a bearing the centre part D projects into the inside of ferrule B.
Fig. 2 shows the ferrule B secured in position in the cue by the pin E which
goes through the wood of cue A and the bottom end of ferrule B.
Fig. 3 shows the attachment of the bottom end of spiral spring F with the fabric
surrounding it.
Fig. 4 shows the said spiral spring F extended & held in position by a detachable
pin G ready to connect the tip H.
Fig. 5 shows the pin G withdrawn & the tip H fixed in its place.
Fig. 6 shows a detachable piece I at the butt end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
The general construction of billiard cues substantially as described & shown in
the drawings.
Dated this 7th day of November 1895.
FREDERIC WILLIAM GARRARD.