An Improved Receptacle for Billiard Chalk.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 6th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 7th Oct., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
'An Improved Receptacle for Billiard Chalk.
We, ALBERT EDWARD WILSON, of Somerville, Margate, in the County of Kent,
Gentleman, and WILLIAM HENRY BOWCHIER, of No. 7, Irene Terrace, Margato,
aforesaid, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention consists in a receptacle for billiard chalk adapted to be attached
to a wall or other upright surface and so constructed that pieces of billiard chalk
of ordinary size and shape may be secured in the said receptacle in such manner
that they may be conveniently used for the purpose of chalking billiard cues
without removal of the pieces of chalk from the receptacle and without detach-
ment of the receptacle from such surface.
A receptacle for billiard chalk constructed according to our invention consists
of a box in which are mounted spring supports for the required number of blocks
of chalk the front of which box has formed in it or carries a plate having formed
in it apertures which admit of cues being brought into contact with the said
blocks and chalked as required by passing their ends through the said apertures.
Adjacently to one of the said apertures and on the interior of the front of the box
or of the plate carried thereby we mount a roller for guiding a cue and keeping
it in contact with the chalk when it is inserted for the purpose of chalking the
shaft thereof. The chalk in the other holders which is intended for chalking
the tips of the cues is pressed against the inner face of the front or front plate
by the springs of the holders. We provide for attachment of the appliance to
a wall or other surface by means of a board or slab or plate to which we connect
the said box by hinges and we arrange a spring between the said board or slab
or plate and the said box which hinges and spring admit of ready variation of
angle of the box relatively to the surface to which it is attached and thus in con-
junction with the yielding of the springs of the supports containing the chalk
obviate objectionable resistance to insertion and withdrawal of a cue or render
insertion and withdrawal thereof at any particular angle unnecessary. We pre-
fer to make the sides of the apertures in the front or front plate of the box
inclined or conical for the purpose of guiding or directing the cues when being
inserted and we prefer to make the aforesaid box of such shape that when
attached to a wall or other upright surface the front of the said box is inclined
forward and downward.
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page_text: An Improved Receptacle for Billiard Chalk.
We, ALBERT EDWARD WILSON, of Somerville, Margate, in the County of Kent,
Gentleman, and WILLIAM HENRY BOWCHLIER,, of No. 7, Irene Terrace, Margate,
aforesaid, Builder, 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 :-
:
Our invention consists in a receptacle for billiard chalk adapted to be attached
to a wall or other upright surface and so constructed that pieces of billiard chalk
of ordinary size and shape may be secured in the said receptacle in such manner
that they may be conveniently used for the purpose of chalking billiard cues
without removal of the pieces of chalk from the receptacle and without detach.
ment of the receptacle from such surface.
A receptacle for billiard chalk constructed according to our invention consists
of a box in which are mounted spring supports for the required number of blocks
of chalk the front of which box has formed in it or carries a plate having formed.
in it apertures which admit of cucs being brought into contact with the said
blocks and chalked as required by passing their ends through the said apertures.
Adjacently to one of the said apertures and on the interior of the front of the box
or of the plate carried thereby we mount a rolier for guiding a cue and keeping
it in contact with the chalk when it is inserted for the purpose of chalking the
shaft thereof. The chalk in the other holders which is intended for chalking
the tips of the cues is pressed against the inner face of the front or front plate
by the springs of the holders. We provide for attachment of the appliance to
a wall or other surface by means of a board or slab or plate to which we connect
the said box by hinges and we arrange a spring between the said board or slab
or plate and the said box which hinges and spring admit of ready variation of
angle of the box relatively to the surface to which it is attached and thus in con-
junction with the yielding of the springs of the supports containing the chalk
obviate objectionable resistance to insertion and withdrawal of a cue or render
insertion and withdrawal thereof at any particular angle unnecessary. We pre-
fer to make the sides of the apertures in the front or front plate of the box
inclined or conical for the purpose of guiding or directing the cues when being
inserted and we prefer to make the aforesaid box of such shape that when
attached to a wall or other upright surface the front of the said box is inclined
forward and downward.
We will further describe our invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings Figure 1 of which is a front view and Figure 2 a side view of a recep-
tacle for billiard chalk constructed according to our said invention showing the
same in the position in which it is intended to be placed or suspended for use.
Figures 3 and 4 are sections of the said receptacle taken respectively on the
lines 1, 1 and 2, 2 Figure 1 and Figure 5 is a front view of the same showing
the front opened as required to admit of acciss to the interior for the purpose of
inserting and replacing the blocks of chalk. In the following description the
several parts of the said drawings are referred to by the letters marked thereon.
The same letters of reference are used to indicate the same parts in all the
figures.
bare respectively the back and sides and top of the box or case of the
apparatus. is the front thereof which is connected to the lower part of the
back by hinges ee and provided at the upper part with hook and eye fastenings ff.
g is the board or slab to which the said box or case is hinged at ¾ 3 and a

page_text: are plates connected to the said board or slab g to admit of the apparatus being
secured to a wall or other upright surface for use. is the spring between the
said box or case and the board or slab g which spring is connected to the latter.
kare the blocks of chalk for chalking the cue tips which blocks of chalk are
supported in sockets Z Z secured to blocks m m fixed within the case at the angle
formed by the junction of the top c and back a thereof and contain spiral springs
against which the blocks of chalk bear one of which springs is shown in Figure 3
and marked n. • o are the blocks of chalk for chalking the cue shafts which
blocks are secured by a cramping screw p in a holder supported by the free
end of a spring which is secured at its other end to a block fixed to the lower
part of the back a of the case aforesaid. s is the front plate carried by the front d
of the said case and tu are the apertures therein through which the cues to be
chalked are passed the edges of which apertures are curved inward as shown in
Figures 3 and 4 and is the roller which serves as a bearing for the cue when
passed through the aperture u for the purpose of chalking the shaft the said
roller being carried by brackets ** on the inner side of the plate s.
My means of the springs in the sockets the blocks of chalk k k are kept in
contact with the inwardly turned edges of the apertures tt in the front plate s
and by the spring r the chalk oo is pressed against the cue shaft with sufficient
force to chalk the latter which is guided by means of the roller v while being
inserted and moved up and down in contact with the chalk. Owing to the case
of the apparatus being hinged at the upper part to the wall plate or slab 9 and
owing to the elasticity of the spring between the latter and the back of the
said case the apparatus has such freedom of motion that no strain on the cue is
produced by variation of angle while it is being inserted and moved upward and
downward to chalk the shaft of it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:
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An appliance for holding billiard chalk consisting of a case in the front of
which are apertures and within which are arranged receptacles for supporting
blocks of chalk in such positions relatively to the said apertures as to admit of
both the tip and shaft of a cue being conveniently chalked by insertion thereof in
the said apertures the chalk for chalking the shaft of the cue being supported
in a spring holder in juxtaposition to a roller so arranged as to act as a guide for
the cue when inserted for the purpose of chalking it and the said case being
adapted to be supported against a wall or other upright surface so that the angle
of the said case relatively to such surface is capable of ready variation on varia-
tion of angle of the cue while being chalked substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.