IMPROVEMENTS IN BILLIARD RESTS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN WILLIAM REFFITT of Kirkstall Road Leeds in the County of York
do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BILLIARD
RESTS" to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to construct a rest in which various disadvantages
of the ordinary rests are avoided. When ordinary rests are used, a considerable
amount of friction is produced between the rest and the cue rendering it difficult
for the player to judge the required strength for the stroke with accuracy, this being
a very important feature in billiard playing.
In my improvements I employ the ordinary stick or rod. At the end of this
I attach a carrier on which is mounted a swivel frame having by preference two
vertical projecting horns. Between these horns is mounted in suitable bearings a
grooved roller, so that it is capable of rotating freely when required. The
Bwivelling frame is provided so that the player can use the cue as it rests on. the
grooved roller in any required direction or at any angle. A rest of this construction
can be laid by the player close to any cushion consequently he can play a ball close
to or touching the cushion.
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By my arrangement of rest the ball can be played or struck when situated
between two other balls, or when it is in advance of one that cannot be temporarily
removed.

page_text: I JOHN WILLIAM REFFITT Dyer Kirkstall Road Leeds in the County of York
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BILLIARD
RESTS and in what manner 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 construct a rest in which various disadvantages
of the ordinary rests are avoided. When ordinary rests are used a considerable
amount of friction is produced between the rest and the cue rendering it difficult
for the player to judge the required strength for the stroke with accuracy, this being
a very important feature in billiard playing.
In my improvements I employ the ordinary stick or rod as handle, at the end of
this I attach a carrier on which is mounted a swivel frame having by preference
two vertical projecting sides or horns; between these horns is mounted in suitable
bearings a grooved roller so that it is capable of rotating freely when required. The
swivelling frame is provided so that the player can use the cue as it rests on the
grooved roller in any required direction or at any angle. A rest of this construction
can be laid by the player close to any cushion, consequently he can play a ball close
to, or touching the cushion of billiard table.
By my arrangement of rest the ball can be played or struck when situated
between two other balls or when it is in advance of one that cannot be temporarily
removed.
And in order that my invention may be better understood reference is given to
the accompanying drawings and to the letters and marks thereon.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a front elevation and Fig. 3 is a plan.
A. is a hollow tube or ferule in which a stick or handle is inserted. B. is a
metal frame attached to the ferule A resting on two rounded feet hollowed out for
lightness. C is a swivel frame carrying a V grooved roller D, made of vulcanite,
ivory or other suitable material. In the groove of roller D the billiard player uses
bis cue
The sides of the swivel frame C. project vertically above the roller
forming a guard to prevent the cue being jerked off the roller. The frame C.
with its roller D, swivels automatically on a steel pivot E fixed perpendicularly on
frame B.
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 the application of a grooved roller in a swivel frame as an improvement
upon the ordinary billiard rest.