An Appliance for Automatically Supplying the Tips or Ends of Billiard Cues with Chalk.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 13th Nov., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Automatically Supplying the Tips or Ends of
Billiard Cues with Chalk.
I, GOTTFRIED WOLFF, of 121, Amalienstrasse, Dessau, Germany, Manufacturer
of Patented Novelties do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an appliance or apparatus for automatically chalking
the tip ends of billiard cues and thus dispensing with the unpleasant and unclean
operation of chalking them by hand.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a general view of the new apparatus.
Figure 2 is a sectional view of the box or holder designed to receive the chalk.
Figure 3 shows another mode of constructing the chalk box or holder.
As clearly shown in Figure 1, the appliance consists of a bracket i screwed or
otherwise secured by the aid of the foot plate & to the floor of the billiard room;
this bracket carrying a longitudinal metal box f. This metal box which is closed
on all sides contains a spiral spring through which passes axially a guiding pin d
inserted through a hole formed at the bottom h of the small box f and the upper
end of which is terminated by the screw c of slow pitch and of sufficient length.
This screw c is guided by the cover or upper end g of the metal box which has the
form of a nut and it carries at its upper end a small metal plate forming the
bottom of a box or receiver ab consisting of two parts and designed to contain
chalk. The lower part 6 of this box has a conical perforation wherein is placed
the likewise conical piece of chalk. This piece of chalk m is held by the second
part a of the box which is screwed upon' the upper screw-threaded part n of the
first and lowermost part b, and the upper end of which has a funnel shaped mouth
to allow for the easy insertion in the latter of the billiard cue.
The apparatus operates in the following manner: The tip end of the billiard
cue is introduced in the mouth of the receptacle ab and is firmly pressed or
pushed downward, whereby the screw c is driven through the nut g and compresses
by means of the small plate fixed to the lower end thereof the spiral spring placed
in the small box f. By thus driving the screw c into the nut g the first is obviously
made to turn thus causing the chalk receptacle ab to turn similarly, so that the
chalk is rubbed automatically upon the tip end of the cue pressed against the
same and the latter is conveniently chalked. When the cue is subsequently with-
drawn from the chalk receptacle, the latter is automatically raised again by the
spiral spring enclosed in the small box f. The arrangement shown in Figure 3
represents a chalk receptacle of different form which differs from the former by
placing therein a piece of chalk cut with facets and edges so that it may not be
caused to turn, the receptacle thus not needing to be made in two parts or pieces.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is: :-
CLAIMS.
First. An appliance for automatically supplying the tip ends of billiard cues
with chalk, characterized by a chalk holder or receptacle such as ab for instance
supported by a long pitched spring screw e guided in a straight line in such a
manner as to be turned by the latter when depressed by the billiard cue.
Second. An appliance for automatically supplying the tip ends of billiard cues
with chalk such as above claimed wherein the chalk holder or receptacle is made
of two parts combined in such a manner that the latter extends beyond the free
upper side of the chalk piece and thus prevents the latter from falling.
Dated this 24th day of August. 1897.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.