Improvements in Modified Billiards and Bagatelle and in Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1889

page_text: Cate of Application, 5th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1889.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Modified Billiards and Bagatelle and in Apparatus
therefor.
We JOHN HOLLAND 21 Westbourne Grove, Coatham, Redcar Telegraph Superin-
tendent and WILLIAM SHAW 2 Station Road, Coatham, Redcar, Accountant do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An oblong Board about 4 feet 6 inches in length by 2 feet 3 inches.in width, the
side frames are parallel, the top takes a convex form and the bottom somewhat
lower than the sides, forming a rest for the balls out of play and for the hand of
the player. The Board can be made any size.
The top and side frames are fitted with India Rubber Cushions, the same as
ordinary Bagatelle or Billiard boards, with the addition of a movable obtuse
Cushion, about 2 inches diameter, also fitted with India Rubber same as sides, and
end.
The board is fitted with pins capped or encased with India Rubber, and recesses
through and in which the scoring occurs.
The pins are arranged on each side of the board diagonally, their position being
calculated from an imperceptible square, formed by taking a given distance from the
bottom and sides, leaving a centre division for playing room.
There are other pins falling obliquely from the inside pins on each side towards
the recesses.
The recesses on each side are fixed at right angles to the side frames, leaving a
sufficient space for the ball when, played from the movable Cushion to pass through
the oblique pins or fall into the recesses.
The Board is portable and arranged so as to fit easily, an ordinary table to act as
a stand, the board being raised by a projection from the under side at the convex
end, so that when placed in that position for play, the balls will always return home.
The game is played with three balls of different colours, which count the strokes
by moving from left to right of the player. An ordinary Cue or Cues is used and
the game takes the form of either billiards, bagatello or other games at the will of the
players.
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Dated this 4th day of April 1800.
JOHN HOLLAND.
WILLIAM SHAW.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Modified Billiards and Bagatelle and in Apparatus
therefor.
We JOHN HOLLAND, 21 Westbourne Grove, Coatham, Redcar, Telegraph Superin-
tendent, and WILLIAM SHAW 2 Station Road, Coatham, Redcar Accountant, 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:-
An oblong board, 5 feet. long by 2 feet 4 inches wide, more or less, the bottom of
which is made of Slate, wood or other material, the surface is covered with cloth;
the side frames are parallel and about three inches high from the surface of the
board, the top end is formed by a convex Cushion in the centre with a concave on
each side forming a radius to the parallel sides, the bottom end is lower and about
one and half inches high, so as to give free play to the Cue and act as a rest for the
balls out of play. The top and side frames are fitted with India-rubber cushions
measuring three eighths of an inch in thickness or more, in keeping with the size
of the board, and fixed the same as in ordinary bagatelle or billiard boards. There

page_text: is also a movable obtuse piece made of lead or other heavy substance and encircled
with India-rubber at the same height as the cushion at the top and sides. The piece
is of sufficient weight to be immovable by the ball when in play.
The board is fitted with metallic pins capped or encased with India-rubber having
a bulb or thick part also corresponding with the height of the cushions. Below these
pins are recesses into which the ball falls to score as it also does through the
divisions between the pins, which are shewn at D and C on the plan respectively.
The pins are arranged on each side of the board diagonally their position being
calculated from an imperceptible square formed by taking a given distance from the
bottom and sides, according to the size of the board giving an angle as shewn at C.
on the plan.
There are pins also shewn at C obliquely from the inside diagonal pins towards the
recesses or cups through which scoring also occurs.
The recesses or cups on each side are fixed at right angles to the side frames and
in shape as shewn at D. on the plan.
There is a spirit level fitted in the convex part for the purpose of proving the board
true previous to play as shewn at E on the plan.
The board is portable and arranged so as to be complete in itself, and made to
rest upon an ordinary table or an improvised table to act as a stand for it. It is
raised from a projection on the underside as shewn at G. in the sectional drawing, so
that the game can be played either from the projection which gives the board a fall
of from about four inches or more the balls in this case, to score, falling through
the pins and into the recesses or cups, or if played on the level, the balls remain
stationary at the expenditure of the force given them.
In a line with the base of the recesses or cups is a thin strip of wood or other
material to form a rest for the balls when the game is played with the board falling.
To the board is fixed white slates or other recording substance for shewing the
progress of the game when so marked by the players.
The game is played with balls of different colours which count the strokes by being
placed from right to left or left to right of the player as they have been disposed of
or played with.
An ordinary cue or cues is used and the game takes the form of either bagatelle
or billiards at the will of the players.
The board can be made larger or smaller, the sizes of accessories also varying.
In order that our invention may be fully understood we will refer to the accom-
panying drawings in which A A A is the convex and concave cushion, B the obtuse
movable piece shewn in section and in one of its positions on the plan, C. C. the
diagonal and oblique metallic pins capped with India-rubber. D, the recesses or
cups E, the spirit level, F F the slates or recording substance, G section of board
shewing projection for raising.
Having now particulary described and ascertained the nature of our
inven-
tion and by what means the same may be carried into effect, we declare that what
we claim is
Firstly. The convex formed cushion, which gives angular movements to the ball
from either side of the convex.
Secondly. The two concave cushions in combination with the convex, one on each
side.
Thirdly. The obtuse movable piece to cannon from or to.
Fourthly. The ready portability of the board and its completeness in itself; with
the accessories named for either level or falling play.
Fifthly. The system of scoring between the pins and the play from either side of
the board, and the combination of play on both sides, using the movable piece as a
further aid to the ganie.
Dated this 26th day of Dothan 1000
JOHN HOLLAND.
WILLIAM SHAW.
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