Improvements in or connected with Billiard Tables.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 8th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Billiard Tables.
I, HENRY HUMPHRIES CRIBB, of the firm of Marsh, Jones, and Cribb, of
Boar Lane, Leeds, in the County of York, Billiard Table Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It has reference more to the furniture or mountings than to the table itself; and
has for its object the preservation of the table edges and cushions from the injury
so frequently caused by lighted cigars, etc. being placed thereon.
I accomplish my object as follows:-All round the table, at the side of the outer
portion of the cushion mould, I run an ornamental moulding, (everywhere in full
view and within easy reach of the player), channelled out sufficiently to allow a
player to rest his cigar therein, without fear of its rolling out. This channel I line
out with metal, or otherwise cover it with some non-inflammable protection. Such
a channel as here described would always, and everywhere, be at hand, and cannot
therefore fail to be of use, and to be used. Moreover the moulding itself, in the
position I assign to it, lends itself to ornamental treatment and forms a handsome
part of the design of the table taken as a whole.
I prefer to cut the said channels in loose portions of the cushion mouldings, and
these I mount by sliding them in grooves prepared in the corners of the main
mouldings, so that my fireproof channel may be added to a table at any time
without any further, or noticeable, fixing.
If desired a perforated plate or wire grid, can be arranged over the lower channel
so that cigar ashes may fall through.
In cases where the utility only of the invention was sought for, the ornamental
moulding might be dispensed with, and an open-metal-work (or similar) channel, or
ledge, could be attached directly, by screws or otherwise, to the sides of the table.
Dated this 5th day of December 1891.
WM.
SNOWDON,
9, Old Bank Chambers, Leeds, Yorks., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Billiard Tables.
I, HENRY HUMPHRIES CRIBB, of the firm of Marsh, Jones, and Cribb, of
Boar Lane, Leeds, in the County of York, Billiard Table Manufacturers, 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:-
It has reference more to the furniture or mountings than to the table itself; and
has for its object the preservation of the table edges and cushions from the injury
so frequently caused by lighted cigars, etc. being placed thereon.
In order the better to describe my invention and the mode of carrying it into
effect I have annexed a drawing on which are shown four vertical cross-sections
taken through the edges of billiard tables fitted with my invention.
The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.
I accomplish my object as follows:-All round the table, at the side of the outer
portion of the cushion mould A, I run an ornamental moulding B, (everywhere in
full view and within easy reach of the player), channelled out sufficiently to allow
a player to rest his cigar therein, without fear of its rolling out. This channel

page_text: I line out wholly or in part with metal or otherwise cover it with some non-
inflammable protection as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, etc. Such a channel as here
described would always, and everywhere, be at hand, and cannot therefore fail to
be of use, and to be used. Moreover the moulding itself, in the position I assign
to it, lends itself to ornamental treatment and forms a handsome part of the design
of the table taken as a whole. To fully understand the position of the portion of
the table drawn, a may be taken as representing the top part of the table leg.
I prefer to cut the said channels in loose portions C of the cushion mouldings,
and these mount by sliding them in grooves D, D, prepared in the corners of the
main mouldings, or frame, so that my fireproof channel may be added to a table at
any time without any further, or noticeable, fixing, as shown in Fig. 2, etc.
If desired a perforated plate or wire grid can be arranged over the lower
channel so that cigar ashes may fall through, as shown in Fig. 3, where B' is the
grid and B2 the lower chaunel. Fig. 4 shows the channel B formed in a piece of
china, glazed earthenware, or the like, B³, which may be mounted after the manner
shown, by sinking it into the wood, or in any similar method suited for holding the
said material in position.
In cases where the utility only of the invention was sought for, the ornamental
moulding might be dispensed with, and an open-metal-work (or similar) channel,
or ledge, could be attached directly, by screws or otherwise, to the sides of the
table.
Where the moulding is formed in hard wood, and where after-appearances are
not considered, no special protection need necessarily be given to the channel, but
this course I do not recommend. The drawings are to be taken as samples only, as
endless varieties of designs may be arranged.
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 :-
(1) The improvements in billiard tables consisting of a moulded channel running
round all sides of the table, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
(2) The arrangement of a channel in a billiard table mounted on loose portions
of the cushion moulding, and placed in position by sliding into prepared grooves,
substantially, as and for the purpose set forth.
(3) The combination of a loose sliding piece C in a billiard table with a cigar
ledge B running round all sides of the said table, substantially as described.
Dated this 5th day of September 1892.
WM.
SNOWDON,
9, Old Bank Chambers, Leeds, Yorks., Agent for the Applicant.