An Improvement in the Construction of Billiard Tables and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 8th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Construction of Billiard Tables and
the like.
I, JAMES SAMUEL BURROUGHкя, of 19 Soho Square, London, Billiard Table
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of billiard tables and
the like with the object of enabling the cloth to be fixed and strained over the cushion
without danger of causing a separation between the rubber block and the cushion
frame, and of ensuring a smooth and even surface upon the upper face of the
cushion.
In billiard tables of ordinary construction it is usual to form a groove or recess on
the upper side of the rubber block at its junction with the cushion frame, the cloth
being in that case tightened or strained over the rubber block by forcing it into the
groove by means of a wedge-shaped slip of wood.
In this method of construction however, the defect occurs that the force necessarily
exerted in driving in the wedge-shaped slip into the recess will probably disturb or
loosen the attachment of the cushion frame to the table thus prejudicially affecting its
rigidity which is an indispensable property.
"In order to overcome this defect I form a recess or groove on the top of the cushion
frame in the solid wood, at a sufficient distance behind the rubber block to avoid
contact with the cushion or interferonco with the attachment of the latter to the frame.
This groove or recess is preferably made semi-circular at the bottom for greator
strength but may be made of any desired section and extent.
The outer edge of the cloth is then strained over the groove and secured therein
by driving it down vertical by means of a wooden or other slip, by which method the
rigidity of the cushion upon its frame is not affected.
The rubber blocks may be secured to the cushion frame by means of cement or
screws or in any other suitable manner.
An Improvement in the Construction of Billiard Tables and
the like.
I, JAMES SAMUEL BURROUGHES, of 19 Soho Square, London, Billiard Table
Manufacturer, 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 invention relates to an improvement in the construction of billiard tables and

page_text: the like with the object of enabling the cloth to be fixed and strained over the cushion
without danger of causing a separation between the rubber block and the cushion
frame, nud of ensuring a smooth and even surface upon the upper face of the
cushion.
In billiard tables of ordinary construction it is usual to form a groove or recess on
the upper side of the rubber blook at its junction with the cushion frame, the cloth
being in that caso tightened or strained over the rubber block by forcing it into the
groove by means of a wedge-shaped slip of wood.
In this method of construction however, the defect occurs that the force
necessarily exerted in driving in the wedge-shaped slip into the recess will probably
disturb or loosen the attachment of the cushion-frame to the table, thus prejudicially
affecting its rigidity which is an indispensable property.
In order to overcome this defect I form a recess or groove on the top of the
cushion-frame in the solid wood, at a sufficient distance behind the rubber block
to avoid contact with the cushion or intorforence with the attachment of the
latter to the frame. This groove or recess is preferably made semi-circular at the
bottom for greater strength, but it may be made of any desired section and extent.
The outer edge of the cloth is then strained over the groove and secured therein
by means of a wooden or other slip, by which method the rigidity of the cushion
upon its frame is not affected.
My improvement may be applied to all billiard- and the like tables in which the
cloth is strained over the cushion and secured by means of a wooden or other slip of
wood.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents the invention applied to the
frame of a table fitted with a cushion constructed in accordance with the Specification
of Letters Patent No. 16328 of 1886. a is the cushion cloth, 6 the rubber cushion,
c the rubber block, da steel block, the wooden slip securing the cloth a in the
groove formed in the cushion-frame f.
Figure 2 illustrates the improvement applied to the frame of another form of
cushion. a is the cushion cloth, 6 the rubber cushion, the wooden slip, f the
cushion-frame, g a diaphragm of canvas or other material and h is a stool angle-
piece.
In this case the wooden slip e secures both the canvas strip or diaphragm g and
the cushion cloth a within the cushion-frame f.
The cloth, and when used the canvas or other strip g, may be secured in the
groove in the cushion-frame by the wedge or slip e in any suitable manner.
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. In the construction of billiard- and the liko tables, forming a groove in the
cushion-frame for the purposes and as described.
2. In billiard tables and the like, securing the cushion cloth to the upper side
of the cushion-frame by means of a wedge or slip arranged to be driven into a
groovo or recess formed in the oushion-frame, as and for the purposes specified.
Dated this Sixth day of January 1897.
Dated this Sixth day of January 1897.
For the Applicant,
GEDGE & FEENY,
60 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Chartered Patent Agents.