Improvements in Billiard Cues
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 24th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 6th Dec., 1887
Improvements in Billiard Cues.
A communication to me from abroad by BRUNO EDUARD DRESS and BRUNO HUGO
WEBER, both of Freiberg, in the Empiro of Germany.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and Engineers'
of 35 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In billiard cues as made at present every player requires a cue the length and
weight of which suit him, so that the proprietor of a billiard table requires a large
supply of long and short, light and heavy cues, which causes him considerable outlay,
and from the ease with which they break, constant repairs are necessary.
Moreover if the tip of a cue is lost it has to be changed for a fresh one.
The present invention has for its object improved methods of making billiard cues,
by which these inconveniences are avoided.
In order that the cue may be able to retain its strength and rigidity a metal tube
is used, inserted into a thin wooden one of the proper size the inner end of which is
turned down and let into a recess in an outer wooden stick of suitable size, the inner
end of which is itself inserted in a similar way and preferably screwed into the outer
end of the butt of the cue which is made hollow. Cues made in this way are not
heavier than ordinary solid cues, whilst they have greater rigidity and strength than
the latter.
Separate parts of different lengths may also be provided, so that the lengthening
and shortening of the cue can be readily effected by screwing on a butt end of the
desired size. By this arrangement it is also possible to weight the cue, so as to
balance it to suit the player, by inserting a fixed or moveable plug of lead or other
material into the hollow of the butt, or intermediate part of the cue.
If the tip of an ordinary cue is lost the player has to change it for another; to
prevent this in the improved cue the thin end of the latter is made somewhat pointed,
and upon it is fitted a short cylinder or end of metal or ivory, the outer end of which
is bollowed to receive a leather washer fixed with glue.

page_text: A screw passes through this washer which can be screwed into a new cue end when
necessary the latter being provided to receive it with a nut which is prevented from
turning round.
The head of the screw is recessed into the washer, and upon the outer face of the
latter the ordinary cue tip is glued. If the tip is lost the leather washer is removed
by unscrewing the screw, and a fresh one is screwed on with the tip, whilst the old
one can have a fresh tip glued on and be applied to a different cue.
The point of the cue can be fitted to the larger end, a longer or shorter one with its
metal or ivory cylinder being used as desired, the nut being fitted into its front end
to receive the screw as described.
Dated this' 22nd day of January 1887
EDWARDS & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Billiard Cues.
A communication to me from abroad by BRUNO EDUARD DRESS and BRUNO HUGO
WEBER, both of Freiberg, in the Empire of Germany.
1, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and Engineers,
of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, 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, and
accompanying drawing (that is to say):-
In billiard cues as made at present every player requires a cue the length and
weight of which suit him, so that the proprietor of a billiard table requires a large
supply of long, and short, light and heavy cues, which causes him considerable outlay,
and from the ease with which they break, constant repairs are necessary. Moreover,
if the tip of a cue is lost the cue has to be changed for a fresh one.
The present invention has for its object improved methods of making billiard cues,
by which these inconveniences are avoided.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of the invention, different modifications
of the improved cues being represented in the several figures.
In order that the cue may be able to retain its strength and rigidity, a metal tube A
is used, inserted into a thin wooden one B of the proper size, the inner end of which
is turned down and let into a recess in an outer wooden stick of suitable size C, the
inner end of which is itself inserted in a similar way and preferably screwed into the
outer end of the butt D of the cue, which is made hollow.
Cues made in this way are
not heavier than ordinary solid cues, whilst they have greater rigidity and strength
than the latter.
Separate parts E of different length may also be provided, so that the lengthening
and shortening of the cue can be readily effected by screwing on a butt end of the
desired size. By this arrangement it is also possible to weight the cuc, so as to
balance it to suit the player, by inserting a fixed or moveable plug F of lead or other
material into the hollow of the butt, or intermediate part of the cue.
If the tip of an ordinary cue is lost the player has to change it for another; to
prevent this, in the improved cue the thin end of the latter is made somewhat pointed,
and upon it is fitted a short cylinder or end a of metal or ivory, the outer end of
which is hollowed to receive a leather washer b.
A screw c passes through this washer which can be screwed into a new cue end
when necessary, the latter being provided to receive it with a nut d which is prevented
rom turning round. The head of the screw is recessed into the washer, and upon the
outer face of the latter the ordinary cue tipe is glued.

page_text: If the tipe is lost the leather washer bis removed, by unscrewing the screw c, and
a fresh one screwed on with the tip, whilst the old one can have a fresh tip glued on
and be applied to a different cue.
The point of the cue can be fitted to the larger end, a longer or shorter one with its
metal or ivory cylinder a being used as desired, the nut d being fitted into its front
end to receive the screw c as described.
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. In billiard cues the application of a metal tube A, inserted into a thin wooden
one of the proper size B, the inner end of which is turned down and let into a recess
in an outer wooden stick C of suitable size, the inner end of which is itself inserted in
a similar way and preferably screwed into the outer end of the butt of the cue, which
is made hollow, to give strength and rigidity to the cue, substantially as described
and shown.
2. In billiard cues the application of separate parts D of different length, so that
the lengthening and shortening of the cues can be easily effected by screwing on a
butt end of the desired size, and so that the balance of the cues may be easily varied
to suit the player, substantially as described and shewn.
3. In billiard cues the application of cylinders a of metal or ivory, the outer end of
which is hollowed to receive a leather washer bfitted with the ordinary tip e fixed to
it with glue, the washer being fixed to the cylinder a by the screw c, received by a
nut d, so that the leather washer can be removed if the tip is lost, by unscrewing the
screw c, and a fresh tipe substituted, substantially as and for the purpose described
and shewn.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1887.
EDWARDS & Co.,
Agents for the Inventor.