Improvements in or connected with Billiard Cues.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Billiard Cues.
I, JOHN HENRY FRENCH of High Street, Stony Stratford, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with billiard cues and
refers more particularly to an improved construction of tips therefor, the object
being to provide a tip that can be quickly and easily secured in position without
the use of cement or other adhesive substance being necessary for fixing it in
place.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I attain this result by forming
or constructing the tip of a disc of leather having formed integrally therewith or
secured to same in any suitable manner, a stem or shank which may be either
round, square, triangular or of other convenient shape in cross section.
The end of the billiard cue is formed with a hole or recess corresponding in
shape to the aforesaid stem or shank so that in order to secure the tip in position
it is only necessary to press the aforesaid stem or shank into the hole or recess
designed to receive it when the cue is ready for use.
As a slightly modified form of my invention the tip may be constructed of a
disc of metal or other suitable material having a stem or shank designed to enter
the hole or perforation in the end of the billiard cue, while upon the said disc is
cemented or suitably secured a covering of leather or the like.
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F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.,)
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in or commented WIE Ds
I, JOHN HENRY FRENCH of High Street, Stony Stratford, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with billiard cues and
refers more particularly to an improved construction of tips therefor, the object
being to provide a tip that can be quickly and easily secured in position, and by

page_text: the use of which a considerable economy in time and labour in fixing, is effected,
as compared with the present method employed.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the end of a billiard cue with the tip in position:
Fig. 2 being a similar view with the tip drawn to an enlarged scale with the
parts separated.
Figs. 3 to 7 inclusive are underside views of the tip illustrating modified forms
of the shank or stem.
Fig. 8 is an elevation of the end of a billiard cue partly in section and drawn to
an enlarged scale.
Fig. 9 is a plan of the billiard cue.
According to my invention my improved tip comprises a circular disc a
furnished centrally with a downwardly projecting stem c which may be either
round, square, triangular, or other suitable shape in cross section as illustrated in
Figs. 3 to 7.
The end of the billiard cue C is bored with a hole or recess h corresponding in
form to that of the stem c which it is designed to receive. Upon the top of the
disc a is cemented or secured in any suitable manner a covering disc of leather
or other suitable material as is the case with ordinary billiard cue tips.
In order to apply the tip to a billiard cue, the stem c is pressed into the hole
or recess designed to receive it which firmly secures it in position, while for
additional security any suitable cement may be employed between the meeting
surfaces.
The disc a and stem c may be constructed of any material suitable for the purpose,
while the covering disc may be also of suitable material such as now employed
for forming the outer surface of billiard cue tips.
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 improvements in or connected with billiard cues comprising the construc-
tion of a tip having a projecting stem of round, oval, square, triangular, or other
suitable form, and designed to enter a correspondingly shaped hole or recess
formed in the end of the billiard cue, substantially as herein described and shown,
and for the purposes specified.
2. The improvements in or connected with billiard cues substantially as herein
described and shown, and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 12th day of October 1907
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F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.,)
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.