Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1887
Complete Left, 9th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 29th Mar., 1888
I, WALTER BREACH, New Club, Brighton, in the County of Sussex, Porter do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide an easy and effective method of fixing tips
or points on to billiard cues.
The tip itself is made of the materials now employed, and consists of two portions
or disks, a front and a rear one, secured to each other by methods such as are now
employed. To the rear disk I attach a strong metal spring consisting of a strip bent
so that the two ends have a tendency to fly apart when pressed together. The ends
of the spring right up to the rear disk are forced into a ferrule, the bottom inner space
of which is wider than the top aperture which the said spring enters, so as to allow
the spring to expand. The separating force of the ends of the spring holds the said
spring and attached tip firmly in the ferrule. If desired, a wedge may be placed
within the ferrule between the ends of the spring as an additional means of holding
the spring firmly within the ferrule.
The ferrule is then cemented or otherwise secured in a socket made for the purpose
at the end of the cue.
Dated this Oth day of May 1887
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Billiard Cues.
I, WALTER BREACH of New Club Brighton in the County of Sussex Hall Porter,
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:
The object of this invention is to provide an easy attachment for the tip of a
billiard cue whereby the said tip may be quickly removed and replaced by a new one
when necessary.
The said attachment consists of two parts, one of which is in the shape of a hollow
cylinder, and is fixed in any convenient manner in a recess made in the top of the
cue, whilst the other is fixed in any convenient manner to the tip and slides into a
rectangular slot made in the top of the cylinder to receive it. The two parts of the
attachment are made of any suitable material but preferably of brass, or some other
metal which will give the attachment the necessary rigidity.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and carried into practice
I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in
which similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the attachment shewing the cue tip affixed thereto.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.
Figs. 3 & 4 are elevation and plan of the attachment.
Fig. 5 is a section through A A, Fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is a plan of the same.
Fig. 7 shews front and side elevations of the bottom, C of the cylinder D.
Fig. 8 is a plan of the same.
The rear disc E of the tip is attached to the rectangular strip of metal or other
suitable material B, which is cut in the direction of its length dividing its thickness
into 2 parts as shewn in section at Fig. 5. The ends F, F of this strip B will tend to
fly apart and will thus become a strong spring. When the ends F F are pressed
together the strip B can be inserted in the recess made in the cylinder D (see
Fig. 5).
The bottom Cof the cylinder D is provided with a tongue, as shown in Figs. 5 & 7,
the same tongue serving to distend the ends F F of the strip B. and press them
against the sides of the recess in the cylinder D, and thus give the necessary rigidity
to the attachment.
The distending force of the ends F F of the strip B can be overcome by pulling
the tip E attached to the said strip B when the same can be readily withdrawn from
the cylinder D. and another tip can be put on the cue by pressing together the ends F F

page_text: of the strip attached thereto and inserting the same into the hollow cylinder D affixed
to the top of the cue.
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 :-
The construction of an attachment for the tips of billiard cues consisting of the
split strip B, to which the tip is fastened, and the recessed cylinder D, with the tongue
pieced bottom C, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.