Improvements in Billiard Tables, to enable them to be Constructed Cheaply, and to be Used in the Open Air.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 18th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1390
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Billiard Tables, to enable them to be Constructed
Cheaply, and to be Used in the Open Air.
I, FRANCIS HAWKE of Spire Hollin House, Glossop in the County of Derby, Estate
"Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the construction of billiard tables and it has for its object
to enable the tables to resist the action of the weather so far as to permit them to be
left and used in the open air; it has further for its object the construction of cheap
billiard tables for general use.
In carrying out my Invention, I form the bed of the table preferably in sections of
slate, marble, concrete, coment, Seyssel asphalte, or other similar and suitable material,
and make its upper surface as smooth as is practicable, or coat it with enamel or
similar composition. The raised edges and sides of the table are formed of a similar
material or of wood or metal, and the cushions are preferred to be formed of india-
rubber or of leather in rolls but are not covered with cloth: A variety of indiarubber
which has been vulcanised and which freezes at a low temperature should be employed..
The bars or supports from which the pocket nets are suspended are formed of tough.
wood, bronze, or other suitable inoxidisable material. The pocket nets are treated
with a solution of cupro-ammonium by the well known "Willesden process" or are
otherwise similarly treated to prevent their rotting by exposure to the weather. The
table may be permanently mounted upon wood or upon metal supports, or it may be
placed upon a strong carriage to enable it to be removed from place to place, and it
may be provided with elevating screws and spirit levels to enable it to be accurately
adjusted.
Dated this 19th day of March A.D. 1889.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Billiard Tables, to enable them to be Constructed
Cheaply, and to be Used in the Open Air.
I, FRANCIS HAWKE of Spire Hollin House, Glossop in the County of Derby, Estate
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner tho
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This Invention relates to the construction of billiard tables and it has for its object
to enable the tables to resist the action of the weather so far as to permit them to be
left and used in the open air; it has further for its object the construction of cheap.
and durable billiard tables for general use.
In carrying out my Invention, I form the surface of the bed of the tablo of slate or
marble or preferably of concrete, cement, plaster, Seyssel asphalte, or of other similar
and suitable material, and I make its upper surface as smooth as practicable by
rubbing down and polishing or by coating it with enamel or similar material. The
raised edges and sides of the table are formed of a similar material to that of which
the bed is constructed or it may be formed of wood or metal. The cushions may be
similar in form construction and material to the cushions of ordinary tables, or they
may consist of indiarubber tubing or of rolls of leather but neither the cushions nor
the bed of the table are covered with baize or cloth. If indiarubber be employed in
the construction of the cushions a variety which has been vulcanised and which freezes
at a low temperature should be employed.
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The bars or supports from which the pocket nets are suspended, are constructed of
tough wood, of bronze, or of other suitable inoxidisable material. The pocket nets are
treated with a solution of cupro-ammonium by the well known "Willesden process
or are otherwise similarly treated to prevent their rotting by exposure to the
weather.
The table may be mounted upon suitable wood or metallic legs or supports or it
may be placed upon a strong carriage or truck to enable it to be removed froin place
to place, and it may also he provided with levelling screws and spirit levels to enable
it to be accurately adjusted.
When the table is used in the open air, a trellis work mat or mats of wood may be
placed around the table for the players to walk on.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) Billiard tables constructed substantially as and for the purpose liereinbefore
described.
(2) In billiard tables, constructing the bed and preferably the sides also of cement,
concrete, asphalto, or similar material substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described.
(3) A billiard table having its bed constructed of cement, concrete, asphalte, or
similar material, and mounted upon a strong carriage or truck substantially as herein-
before described.
Dated this 17th day of January A.D. 1890.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.