Improvements in or relating to the Cushions of Billiard, Bagatelle, and analogous Tables.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Cushions of Billiard, Bagatelle,
and analogous Tables.
I, JAMES ALFRED WILSON, of 7, Stoke Grove, Guildford, in the County of Surrey,
Cycle Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in the method of and means
for attaching pneumatic and analogous cushions to billiard tables and the like,
whereby the cover of the cushion can be readily attached or removed for repairs
or renewal when necessary; and without the employment of glue or like adhesives
as the fixing medium.
According to my invention, as applied to pneumatic cushions, I provide an [ shaped
bar, the edge of the horizontal portion being turned over or formed with a flange.
The vertical portion is formed with screw holes through which screws are inserted
into the sides of the table. Between the bar and the table one edge of the cover-
ing material is placed which, on the bar being screwed up to the table, becomes
clamped between the bar and the table. A - shaped bar is fitted beneath the F
bar and is connected to the sides of the table by screws. These bars are arranged
relatively one to the other so that they are capable of gripping the two edges of a
pneumatic tube which is reduced in diameter at the corners of the pockets whereby
the latter is held in place and rendered air tight.
The ends of the tubes are preferably connected to the frames of the pockets,
which are made hollow, whereby the whole of the cushions are connected together
and capable of inflation through one valve.
The covering material is passd over the pneumatic tube, suitable packing or
edgeings being provided to ensure a proper shape, and the edges secured to the
sides of the table, one edge as previously described, the other edge being clamped
by a flat bar suitably fixed to the sides of the table.
It will thus be seen that by liberating the flat bar the cover can be thrown back
thus exposing the cushion to view, and by liberating the shaped bar, the tube
can be removed similarly, by loosening the г bar, the cover can be detached from
the table.
Improvements in or relating to the Cushions of Billiard, Bagatelle,
and analogous Tables.
I, JAMES ALFRED WILSON, of 7, Stoke Grove, Guildford, in the County of Surrey,
Cycle Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
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page_text: the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in the method of and
means for attaching pneumatic and analogous cushions to billiard tables and the
like, whereby the cover of the cushion can be readily attached or removed for repairs
or renewal when necessary, and without the employment of glue or like adhesives
as the fixing medium. And in order that my said invention may be particularly
described and ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawing
on an enlarged scale, illustrating my invention in section, as applied to pneumatic
cushions.
Bars 1, 2 and 3 of the sections shown in the drawing, are attached to the sides
of the table between the pockets, the sides 4 being fixed to the table 5 in the usual
manner.
The vertical portion of the bar 1 is provided with screw holes through which
screws 6, 7, and 8 are inserted.
The bar 2 is secured to the bar 1 by screws 7 and 9 the screws 7 passing through
slots in the bar 2. The outer ends or edges of the bars 1 and 2 are formed so as
to grip the pneumatic tube 10, which is formed with flanges 11 of quadrantal
section, whereby the two edges of the tube are secured and the tube is rendered
similar purpose. 12 is
air-tight, a flap 15 being also provided for
a pad of rubber moulded
otherwise attached to the pneumatic
tube 10, as shewn. 13 (shaded black) shews the covering material,
in section, one edge being clamped between the bar 1 and the side 4, and the other
edge being clamped by the bar 3, as shewn.
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When using pneumatic tubes the frames of the pockets are made hollow, and
the tubes are reduced at their junctions therewith and connected with the hollow
pocket frames, whereby the whole of the pneumatic tubes are connected and
rendered capable of inflation through one valve.
On liberating the bar 3 the cover 13 can be thrown back, thus exposing the
cushion to view, and by liberating the bar 2 the tube 10 can be removed. Similarly,
by loosening the bar 1 the cover can be detached from the table.
When using solid or other cushions instead of the pneumatic tubes the junction
tubes are unnecessary, and the pad 12 may in such cases be formed integral there-
with.
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:-
1. The improvement in or relating to the cushions of billiard, bagatelle and
analogous tables, substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. In cushions for billiard, bagatelle and analogous tables, the combination of
bars 1, 2 and 3, pneumatic tube 10, or analogous cushion, pad 12, and cover 13;
the pneumatic tube or tubes being connected by junction tubes, substantially as
described.
3. In cushions for billiard bagatelle and analogous tables constructed as described
the substitution of solid or or other cushions for the pneumatic tubes substantially
as described.
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents.