Improvements in or connected with Billiard and other Cues:
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1891,
Complete Specification Left. 7th Nov. 1891-Accepted. 12th Dec. 1891.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION:
[Communicated from abroad by REGINALD BEAN, of. Bahia, Brazil, Merchant.]
Improvements in or connected with Billiard and other Cues:
I, CHARLES ARTHUR BEAN, of Sutton, in the County of Chester, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Under this invention the tips of cues are, secured to the cues by means, chiefly, of,
a wire or wires, or band or bands which pass through the tip and lie on or over
the end of the cue. Over, these wires or bands there is passed a metallic ring by.
means of which said wires or bands are pressed onto the surface of the cue and
held, the taper of the cue serving as a means of causing the binding of the holding;
wires or bands, and the surface of the cue. This means or mode of attaching tips
to cues, practically, provides for secure attachment without causing any hindrance.
to the users. And it is specially designed to overcome the well known defects of
glued tips. It may however, be used in combination with the cement or glue if
desired,, or there, may be provided between the end of the cue and the tip an
elastic pad.
The invention is not confined to any particular mode of fixing the wires or bands
or the form of, said wires or bands or the cue end, and therefore these, may be.
modified in various ways, and degrees.
Dated this 7th day of February, 1891.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Billiard and other Cues.
I; CHARLES: ARTHUR BEAN, of, Sutton, in, the County, of Chester, Merchant,
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:―..
Under this invention the tips of cues are secured to the cue by means, chiefly,
of a wire or wires, or band or bands which pass through the tip and lie on or over,
the, end of the cue. Over these wires or bands there is passed a metallic ring by.
means of which said wires or bands are pressed onto the surface of the cue and
held; the taper of the cue serving as a means of causing the. binding of the holding,
wires or bands, and the surface of the cue. This means or mode of attaching tips.
to, cues particularly provides for secure attachment without causing any hindrance,
to the users. And it is specially designed to overcome the well-known defects.of
glued tips. It may, however, be used in combination with the cement. or glue, if;
desired; or, in some cases, there may be provided between the end of the cue and
the tip, a pad.
In the drawings which serve to illustrate the invention, are, shewn, several
examples,and, modifications wherein these improvements are employed. In these
figures, the, same, or equivalent; parts are marked with the same letters or figures of
reference, wherever, they occur.
Figure 1 is an elevation; and Figure 2 a side view shewing one means of fixing
cue-tips to cues, according to this invention.
Figure 3 illustrates another means, under my invention, for fixing. cue-tips...

page_text: Figure 4 shews another means of fixing cue-tips, the connecting parts being in
section; and
Figure 5 is a sectional plan of Figure 4.
Figures 6, 7, and 8 are details in section shewing modifications of constructions of
parts illustrated in Figures 3, 4, and 5.
Referring now to the drawings,
a is the cue; b is the tip; c is the part or device by which the tip is coupled to
the cue; and d is the ring which slips over the part or device c and binds c with
the cue a.
These four parts exist in all cases, and make up the combination.
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In the arrangement shewn in Figures 1 and 2, the part or device c consists of a
wire, the connection of it with the tip being effected by passing it through a
hole e therein. In the modification shewn in Figure 3, flat bands c are used in lieu
of wires as in Figure 1, and passed through the holes e in the cue-tip b; whilst in
the arrangement shewn in Figures 4 and 5, the coupling c is carried all round the
cue a (see Figure 5), the connection of it with the tip being made by the
inwardly turned upper edge c¹, which fits in an annular recess e in the cue-tip and
grips it. The form of the device c in this last modification, is clearly seen in
Figure 5, that is to say, it is in the form of a split spring band, the split or open
part being shewn at the bottom of same in this figure.
To cause the parts or devices c to bind with the wood of the cue a, when the
ring d is pressed down over it, the lower edges or parts of the connecting device c
may be turned inwardly, so that the pressure exerted inwardly upon them by the
act of pressing down the ring d, will cause them to be slightly embedded in the
wood. These inwardly turned parts are shewn in Figures 4, 6, 7 and 8, and are
designated c². In the form of part or device c in these figures, this gripping
part may consist of several claws standing inwards of the metal.
A further means of obtaining a binding surface, may consist in roughening or
providing projections or an irregular surface on the interior of the parts or devices c.
One of such means is shewn in Figure 8, and consists of annular ridges c³ formed
upon the interior of the part or device c, by punching holes therein. A similar
effect may be obtained by indenting the metal of the parts c.
To fix a tip on to a cue, the part c is applied to the tip and then placed over the
end of the cue, and after this, the ring d is slipped over the tip and parts c and
pressed down until the parts c are firmly and thoroughly pressed onto the surface
of the cue.
The modification of means of fastening shewn in Figure 7, consists in providing
a thread upon the part c, and a corresponding thread upon the ring d. As these
parts will be of thin metal, the thread may be easily formed in them in the process
of manufacture, or subsequently, by pressing same therein, by stamping, or by
equivalent means.
In the arrangement shewn in Figure 4, a pad or lamina fis shewn, provided
between the cue and the tip. The object and effect of this is mainly to form an
even seat or joint between the tip and the cue. This pad or lamina f may be made
of rubber or rubber compound, leather, cement, glue, or other suitable material.
By this invention, not only is a means provided by which cue tips may be easily
and rapidly fixed to cues, but it affords the advantage, that in hot climates, or in
hot rooms,
the liability of becoming disconnected which exists in ordinary glue-
tipped cues, is obviated; and whether it be glued to the cue, in addition to the
fastening herein described, or not, its security is independent of the glue.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, it is to be stated in conclusion
that the invention is not confined to the particular form or construction of the parts
herein specified, but what is claimed in respect of this invention is :―
1. The herein described improvements in or connected with billiard and other
cues, that is to say, the fastening or securing of the cue-tip to the cue by a
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page_text: coupling or connecting part, (such as c), and a binding ring or part (such as d) by
which the connecting or coupling part is pressed onto the cue, or caused to be
equivalently connected with it.
2. In means or devices such as herein above referred to or described, a connecting
or coupling part or device, such as c, having upon it gripping or connecting
provisions, such as, or the interior thereof formed or constructed as described.
3. The particular cue-tip fastenings set forth respectively with reference to
Figures 1 and 2; Figure 3; Figures 4, 5, and 6; Figure 7; and Figure 8.
Dated this 6th day of November 1891.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.