Improvements in the Construction of Billiard Tables.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th May, 1894-Accepted, 16th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Billiard Tables.
HENRY WALDER of 13 Moorfields in the City of London Billiard Table
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved and simplified method of constructing and
of fixing billiard cushions with the object of making them rigid and noiseless when
struck by the balls.
To carry my invention into practice I mount the rubber cushion upon a frame
or block made preferably out of one solid piece of wood and instead of screwing
the cushion frame to the edge or thickness of the slate bed I make holes or slots
through the thickness of the slate and rest the cushion frames upon the upper
surface of the slate, then, by means of screws or bolts passing upwards through the
said holes or slots, into the cushion frames I draw the slate bed and cushion frames
together as tightly as possible so that there is no loss in speed on the balls striking
the cushions and by reason of the solidity of slate and cushions and the manner of
fixing the same together the noise of the balls striking the cushions is reduced to a
minimum.
On covering the cushion frame before it is fixed to the slate bed I prefer the
cloth to pass round or partly round the cushion frame and after it is fixed by way
of finish and to hide the edges of the slate bed and cushion frame I place long
panels or ornamental strips along the edges these panels or strips being fixed by
means of buttons and slots or by any other suitable means.
It is evident that the cushion frames may be partly covered and partly polished
or ornamented in the usual manner.
Dated this Fourteenth day of August 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Billiard Tables.
HENRY WALDER of 13 Moorfields in the City of London Manufacturer 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:—
This invention relates to an improved and simplified method of constructing and
of fixing billiard cushions with the object of making them rigid and noiseless when
struck by the balls.
To carry my invention into practice I mount the rubber cushion upon a frame or
block made preferably out of one solid piece of wood and instead of screwing the
cushion frame to the edge or thickness of the slate I make holes or slots through
the thickness of the slate and rest the cushion frames upon the upper surface of the
slate, then by means of screws or bolts passing upwards through the said holes or
slots into the cushion frames I draw the slate bed and cushion frame together as
tightly as possible so that there is no loss in speed on the balls striking the cushion,
and by reason of the solidity of slate and cushion and the manner of fixing them
together the noise on the balls striking the cushion is reduced to a minimum.
On covering the cushion frame before it is fixed to the slate bed I prefer the
cloth to pass round or partly round the cushion frame and after it is fixed, by way
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page_text: of finish, and to hide the edge of the slate bed and cushion frame, I place long
panels or ornamental strips along the edges, these panels or strips being fixed by
means of buttons and slots or by any other suitable means.
It is evident that the cushion frame may be partly covered only and the other
part polished or ornamented after the usual manner.
Fig. 1 and 2 represent sections through a billiard cushion & slate bed
constructed and fixed in accordance with my invention.
A is slate bed. B hole or slot through same. C wood frame or block upon
which the rubber is mounted in the usual manner. d is a screw or bolt.
Through the thickness of the slate bed AI make a number of holes or slots B.
The cushion block C rests upon the slate bed A and by means of bolts or screws d
passing upwards or downwards I draw or clamp slate bed A. and cushion C together
as firmly as possible.
In Fig. I, d is a bolt passing upwards into a nut fixed in cushion frame C. In
Fig. 11 d is a bolt passing downwards through cushion frame C and slate bed A
and secured with a nut underneath.
I prefer to make the cushion frame C in one solid piece as C in Fig. II but it
may be made in two as in Fig. 1 when the piece C' is fixed by means of buttons
aud slots or other suitable means and the cloth may then pass entirely round C.
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
I. The method of fastening billiard cushions by means of bolts or screws or the
like passing through the thickness of the slate bed and the construction of the
cushions as above explained and described.
II. Combination of A B C d Fig. 2.
III. Combination of A B C C₁d Fig I substantially as illustrated and described
and for the purpose specified in the Specification.
HENRY WALDER.