Improvements in or relating to Billiard Cue Chalkers.
Year: 1898

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Improvements in or relating to Billiard Cue Chalkers.
I, CHARLES STEWART BENNET, of 93, Arbroath Road, Dundee, in the County
of Forfar, Scotland, Mason, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in billiard cue chalkers, the object
being to provide means for conveniently supporting the chalk, and other
necessary appliances used by those playing billiards, by an adjustable bracket
of novel design.
In carrying out my invention I fix a bracket, with a joint which permits of
movement from side to side in a horizontal plane, to the wall or any other
convenient place and at a suitable height. The moveable portion of the bracket, at
its outer extremity, is provided with an appliance for holding the chalk, such
appliance being carried by, a flexible piece of steel or other suitable material; or
even by a close wound spiral spring, its purpose being to allow of the chalk
holder moving up or down, or even in other directions, to some extent. The
chalk may be held in position by spring catches or by any other suitable known
device, its face, when in its normal position, being towards the floor. Sometimes
the leather tip of the billiard cue gets smooth and hard and the chalk will not
adhere, and in order to roughen its surface emery cloth or sandpaper has to be
used. Such material is attached to the appliance which carries the chalk, its
surface being also towards the floor.
The bracket may also be provided with means for storing matches or other
like conveniences suitable for the use of the players.
In some cases I may not use springs to give the necessary mobility to the chalk
or the sand paper, but make the bracket with additional joints, that is to say it
may move from side to side as previously explained and it may move as well in a
vertical plane. The appliance for holding the chalk may also be hinged to the
bracket in such a manner as to permit of its movement in vertical and horizontal
planes.
Sometimes I may not use any joints, but attach the spiral spring to the wall
directly, such spring of itself providing the necessary mobility. In its normal
position the spring is at right angles to the surface of the wall." If necessary the
spring may be strengthened by stiffening pieces of metal or cane, or it might even
be stuffed with wool. The bracket to which the spring is attached may be carried
by a vertical slide arranged in such a manner that when not in use it may rise
automatically clear of the players.

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Improvements in or relating to Billiard Cue Chalkers.
I, CHARLES STEWART BENNET, lately 'of 93, Arbroath Road, Dundee, but now
of New Asylum Grounds, Liff, in the County of Forfar, Scotland, Mason, 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 improvements in billiard cue chalkers, the object
being to provide means for conveniently supporting the chalk, and other
necessary appliances used by those playing billiards, by an adjustable bracket
of novel design.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same. into effect or practice may be properly understood,. I have. hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which the same reference numerals,
are used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown, that is
to say:
Figure 1, is a front elevation of a bracket showing the chalk carried by a
flexible rod provided with a swivel joint.
Figure 2, is a side elevation and,
Figure 3, is a part view looking on Figure 2, in the direction of the arrow A.¸
Figure 4, is a front elevation of a bracket showing the chalk carried by a
stiff rod provided with a ball and socket joint and,
Figure 5, is a side elevation of same.
Figure 6, is a part sectional elevation of the automatic sliding bracket and,
Figure 7, is a front elevation of same.
In carrying out my invention I fix a bracket 10; with a joint which permits
of movement from side to side in a horizontal plane, as in Figures 1, and 2;
to the wall or any other convenient place and at a suitable height. The moveable.
portion of the bracket, at its outer extremity, is provided with an appliance for
holding the chalk 11, such appliance being carried by a flexible piece of steel,
or other suitable material, or even by a close wound spiral spring 12, its purpose.
being to allow of the chalk moving up or down, or even in other directions'
to some extent. The chalk may be held in position by spring catches, or by any
other suitable known device, its face when in its normal position being towards
the floor.
Although I have in the drawings shown the face of the chalk round, yet I may
make it of any other desired shape.
In the drawings I have shown the chalk in a cup 13, it being retained therein
by means of the screwed ring 14. Sometimes the leather tip of the billiard cue
gets smooth and hard and the chalk will not adhere, and in order to roughen
its surface emery cloth or sandpaper has to be used. Such material is attached
to the appliance which carries the chalk, its surface being also towards the floor.
In the drawings I have shown it as carried by a projection 15. In some cases
I may not use springs to give the necessary mobility to the chalk or the sand
paper, but make the bracket with additional joints, that is to say it can move from
side to side, as previously explained and it may move as well in a vertical. plane.
Figures 4 and 5 show a ball and socket joint, so arranged with side and bottom
slots 16, that the chalk may be in the position shown in Figures 4, and 5, or
standing outwards as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 5.
Sometimes I may not use any joints, but attach the spiral spring 12, to the
wall directly, such spring of itself providing the necessary mobility. In its

page_text: normal position the spring is at right angles to the surface of the wall. If
necessary the spring may be strengthened by stiffening pieces of cane or metal, or
it might even be stuffed with wool.
The bracket 10, to which the spring or the chalk holder is attached may be
carried by a vertical slide arranged in such a manner that when not in use it may
rise automatically clear of the players. One way of carrying out my invention is
illustrated by Figures 6, and 7, in which 17, is a hollow upright tube carried by
two brackets 18, which may be attached to the wall. The bracket 10, can slide up
and down the tube and its weight is counterbalanced by a weight 19, such weight
actuating the bracket by means of a cord 20, which passes over a guide pulley 21.
The counterweight is preferably heavier than the bracket in order that such
bracket may always tend to rise to its highest position.
The appliance is used in the following manner:-The chalk holder is turned,
lifted or drawn down until it is in the position shown in Figure 2, or by the dotted
lines in Figure 5, or as in Figures 6, and 7, the point of the billiard cue 22, is
then rubbed against the chalk 11, or the sandpaper 15, as may be desired, it then
being made or allowed to assume its original position.
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 cue chalkers, the combination of chalk, and chalk holder with
a swivel joint, substantially as described and illustrated on the annexed drawings.
(2) In billiard cue chalkers, the combination of chalk, chalk holder and close
wound spiral spring with a swivel joint, substantially as described and illustrated
on the annexed drawings.
(3) In billiard cue chalkers, the combination of chalk and chalk holder, with a
close wound spiral spring, substantially as described.
(4) In billiard cue chalkers, the combination of chalk, chalk holder and rod
with a ball and socket joint, substantially as described and illustrated on the
annexed drawings.
(5) In billiard cue chalkers, the use of a swivel joint, substantially as described
and for the purposes set forth.
(6) In billiard cue chalkers, the use of a ball and socket joint, substantially
as described and for the purposes set forth.
(7) In billiard cue chalkers, the use of a chalk holder, as described and illus-
trated on the annexed drawings.
(8) In billiard cue chalkers, the combination of chalk and a chalk holder with
sandpaper, or emery cloth and its holder, as described.
(9) In billiard cue chalkers, the use of a sliding counterweight bracket, sub-
stantially as illustrated and described on the annexed drawings.
(10) In billiard cue chalkers, the construction, arrangement and combination
of parts, substantially as described and illustrated in the annexed drawings.
Dated this 30th day of May 1899.
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
41, Reform Street, Dundee, Agents for Applicant..