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Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Jackson, of Westhorpe, in the Parish of
Little Marlow, in the County of Buckingham, Esquire, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN RESTS OR SUPPORTS FOR CUES, OR OTHER SIMILAR
Twanne EED FOR BILLIARDS AD ATTED CITITTAD GAMING"
Sealed the 1st September 1865, and dated the 12th April 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Georgo Jackson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
April 1865.
GEORGE JACKSON, of Westhorpe House, Great Marlow, in the County
of Buckingham, Esquire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RESTS OR SUPPORTS FOR CUES. OR OTHER SIMILAR INSTRU-
MENTS USED FOR BILLIARDS OR OTHER SIMILAR GAMES, to be as follows:-
I make a moveable rest or support for billiard cues or other similar
instruments capable of being conveniently used during the delivery of a stroke
by constructing a frame or carriage rest consisting of a block mounted upon a
roller or rollers, or upon a wheel or wheels. A hole or recess is formed in or
upon the upper part of the block suited to receive the playing end of the cue,

page_text: which is allowed to rest in it in such a manner that it may casily be connected
with it, or disengaged at the will of the player. In order that the motion of
the cue may be guided freely in any required direction where nicety of adjust-
ment is desirable I mount the block upon an axle, or joints, or pivots. The
carriage rest may be made of any convenient size, so that when detached or
not required for use it may be easily carried in the pocket; it will be found
very convenient for players who are unable to use the hand for a rest in the
ordinary way, and a handy substitute for the long rests held in the hand which
have been hitherto used, where the stroke has to be made at any inconvenient
distance from the player.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Jackson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th October 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
JACKSON, of Westhorpe, in the Parish of Little Marlow, in the County of
Buckingham, Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said George Jackson, Her special licence that I, the said George
Jackson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said George Jackson, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RESTS OR SUPPORTS FOR CUES OR OTHER SIMILAR IN-
STRUMENTS USED FOR BILLIARDS OR OTHER SIMILAR GAMES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said George Jackson, my executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Jackson, do hereby declaro
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):-
:-
My Invention consists in making a moveable rest or support for billiard
cues or other similar instruments capable of being conveniently used during
the delivery of a stroke. In constructing the moveable rest I use a block or
bar, or axle, or frame, mounted upon a roller or rollers, or upon a wheel or
wheels. In or upon the upper part of the block I make a hole or recess
suited to receive the playing end of the cue, which is allowed to rest in it in such
a manner that it may be easily connected with it or disengaged from it at the
will of the player. In order that the motion of the cue may be guided freely
in any required direction, where nicety of adjustment is desirable, I mount
the block or frame upon an axle, or joints, or pivots. The moveable rest may
be made of any convenient size, so that when detached or not required for
use it may be easily carried in the pocket; it will be found very convenient
for players who are unable to use the hand for a rest in the ordinary way, and
will prove a handy substitute for the long rests held in the hand, which have
been hitherto used, where the stroke has to be made at any inconvenient
distance from the player.
The form of the block or frame, or axle, and the mode of mounting or
supporting, and also of connecting and disengaging the cue, may be variously
modified, as exemplified in the several moveable rests shewn in the Drawings
hereunto annexed. Corresponding parts are denoted in the various Figures by
corresponding letters.
It will be readily understood by those who are familiar with the manufacture
of similar articles, that the moveable rest may be constructed in the various
modes exemplified, and many of them are capable of being readily modified
in their details.
Figures 1 and 2 show a rest mounted on three wheels W, the block or
frame F being allowed to swivel or turn upon a pivot or joint, either horizon-
tally or vertically, as in Figure 9.
The recess or hole is sometimes made, as in Figures 4, 5, and 6, in the
block, or it is formed by springs of steel or other elastic substances as in
Figure 3, or by means of a clip as in Figure 8. Figure 5 shows the block or
frame mounted on a roller R. This Figure shows a form which I find to be
very convenient. The recess consists of a split tube N, N, acted upon by
springs C, C, as in the clips used for holding candle shades; by pressing the
projecting parts M, M, the split tube is opened, and the cue may be released.

page_text: The recess or hole may be lined with leather, or india-rubber, or similar soft
substances, or may be made wholly or partly of those or similar elastic
substances, being used of the requisite thickness to make them stiff enough.
Figure 7 shows a frame mounted on two wheels, and having two holes or
recesses; the axis may be placed eccentrically to the wheels, so that the player
may vary the hight at which the cue rests.
In some cases the axle and block are made in one piece, as in Figures
4 & 6; in others the axle is made to pass through a hole in the cue, as in
Figures 10, 11. When it is desired to use the cue and rest as a mace the
front of the carriage or frame may be made flat and to project beyond the
point of the cue when it is held in the recess.
Having now described my Invention I do not intend to confine it to tho
precise exemplifications and illustrations given by the Drawings, as the details
may be variously modified to suit the various tastes of different players. I
claim as my Invention the improved instruments for the use of players at
billiards and other similar games, consisting of a moveable rest capable of
being readily connected with and disengaged from the cue or other similar
instrument, constructed and employed as herein-before described and shown in
the Drawings hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Jackson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.