An Improved Game of Billiards.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 2nd July, 1895-Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1895
DI BULTIVATION.
An Improved Game of Billiards.
I, NICOLAS REDLER, of 95 Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris, in the Republic of
France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved game of billiards.
This game comprises a table of round or other suitable form having at its
periphery a rim of any material, but principally clastic material. Such a table is
provided near its periphery with a certain number of holes or pockets.
Each of the players being placed opposite one of the pockets must try to
introduce a ball adapted to roll upon the billiard table into one of the pockets
defended by his opponents. For displacing the ball each player has at his disposal
a blower, pear-shaped indiarubber ball or other device adapted for producing a
current of air.
The extremity of this device engages with a movable support mounted upon the
rim of the billiard opposite the pocket to be defended.
Suppose four players to be placed opposite as many pockets and a cork ball to
roll upon the table. One of the players seeks to send into any one of three pockets
the ball which the other players try to send back by means of their blowers.
When the ball enters a pocket the person in charge of this pocket marks a point
lost.
The extremity of each blower engages with a support which, as before stated, is
movable so as to enable the player to place his blower in any desired direction
according to the direction in which comes the ball sent towards him by another
player. I may give to these supports any suitable forms.
It will be understood that in order to play this game it is necessary that the
table slab should always be exactly horizontal. I may adapt adjusting screws to
the feet of the billiard table, in order that the latter can be placed horizontal
wherever the table may stand.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1894
An Improved Game of Billiards.
I, NICOLAS REDLER, of 95 Boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris, in the Republic of
Frauce, 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 improved game of billiards and is heroinafter
described with reference to the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 is a plan of the apparatus for playing the improved game.
Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same on the line A-B and
Figure 3 is a perspective view thereof.

page_text: This game comprises a table of round or other suitable form having at its periphery
a rim of any material, but principally elastic material. Such a table is provided'
near its periphery with a certain number of holes or pockets 1, 2, 3, 4.
Each of the players being placed opposite one of the pockets 2, 3, 4 must try
to introduce a ball adapted to roll upon the billiard table into one of the pockets
defended by his opponents. For displacing the ball each player has at his disposal
a blower, a pear-shaped' indiarubber ball or other device adapted for producing a
current of air.
The extremity of this device engages with a movable support mounted upon the
rim of the billiard opposite the pocket to be defended.
Suppose the apparatus is as shown in the drawing designed for four players
placed opposite as many pockets and a cork ball arranged to roll upon the table.
One of the players endeavours to send the ball into any one of three pockets while the
other players try to send the said ball back by means of their blowers. When the
ball enters a pocket the person in charge of this pocket marks a point 'lost.
The extremity of each blower engages with a support a which, as before stated,
is movable so as to enable tlie player to place his blower in any desired direction
according to the direction in which the ball is moving which has been sent towards
him by another player. The above mentioned supports may be of any suitable form
or construction.
It will be understood that in order to play this game it is necessary that the
table slab should always be exactly horizontal. For this purpose I may provide
the feet of the billiard table with adjusting screws in order that the latter can be
placed horizontally notwithstanding the irregularities of the floor or place on which
the table is stood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what mauner the same is to be performed, I declare that, what I
claim is :-
A new game comprising a table of appropriate shape provided with a flange, or
rim either capable of being removed at will or fixed thereon; said table being
provided with holes or pockets arranged near the periphery at equal distances apart
from one another; each hole or pocket being protected by one player, who by
means of a blower or other appropriate device endeavours to prevent the ball
rolling along the slab of the table from falling into the hole or pocket he is
defending.
1005
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.