Improvements in or connected with Billiard Cues and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 27th Jan., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Billiard Cues and the like.
I, PERCY STUART GRIFFITHS, of 819, High Road, Lower Tottenham, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to billiard cues and the like and has for its object to pro-
vide means whereby in case the tips become detached new tips can be at once
applied without discontinuing the use of the cues for some time as has heretofore
been necessary.
According to my invention I screw or otherwise attach to the tip end of a cue
a ferrule of xylonite or other material suitably light the said ferrule being applied
to the cue in such a manner that one end forms a socket to receive a screw or plug
of vulcanized fibre or other material. This screw or plug has a leather tip fixed
upon its outer end or head in the ordinary manner of fixing a tip to a cue.
With this construction it will be understood that should the tip become de-
tached the screw or plug can be removed and a duplicate plug with a tip fixed
upon it inserted in its place.
In practice I find it advantageous to form the ferrule with a transverse par-
tition so that the said ferrule constitutes a double socket into one of which the
end of the cue is inserted and into the other of which the screw with the tip upon
it is introduced
Improvements in or connected with Billiard Cues and the like.
I, PERCY STUART GRIFFITHS, of 8.19, High Road, Lower Tottenham, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, 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:-
My invention relates to billiard cues and the like and has for its object to pro-
vide means whereby in case the tips become detached new tips can be at, once
applied without discontinuing the use of the cues for some time as has heretofore
been necessary.
According to my invention I screw or otherwise attach to the tip end of a cue.
a ferrule of ivory or other material of suitable weight, the said ferrule being
applied to the cue in such a manner that one end forms a socket to receive a screw
or plug of vulcanized fibre or other material. This screw or plug has a leather

page_text: tip fixed upon its outer end or head in the ordinary manner of fixing a tip to
a cue.
To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
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Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, drawn to an exaggerated scale, of a part of a
cue having my invention applied to it:
Figure 2 is an elevation shewing the several parts detached.
a is the cue proper and 6 is the ferrule of ivory or other material formed with
two sockets c, d the former of which, as shewn, is made plain and adapted to
receive the reduced end e of the cure whilst the other socket & is screw-threaded.
f is the screw plug which is designed to be inserted into the socket d, the head g
of which plug is of the same external diameter as the ferrule so that its surface
is flush therewith. h is the leather tip which is applied to the head 9 by means
of glue or other suitable cement.
In practice the face of the said head g to which the tip is applied is preferably
roughened, for instance by means of a series of concentric grooves so as to afford
a good hold for the tip.
With this arrangement it will be understood that should the tip / become de-
tached from the plug f it is only necessary to unscrew the plug and to substitute
another having a tip upon it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A billiard or other cue having affixed to its tip end a ferrule internally
screw-threaded at its outer extremity to receive a plug to which a leather tip
is attached, substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
2. The combination with a billiard cue of means for tipping the same, sub-
stantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 27th day of December 1899.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.