A NEW AND IMPROVED BILLIARD AND BAGATELLE ROOM CONVENIENCE
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and
Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, in the Empire.
of France, and 10, Sackville Street, Piccadilly, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "A NEW AND
IMPROVED BILLIARD AND BAGATELLE ROOM CONVENIENCE."-A com-
munication from Maurice Geflowski, residing at the Batignolles,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henri Adrien Bonne-
ville at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 2nd July 1869.
I, HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent
Offices, 18, Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, in the, Empire of France, and 10,
Sackville Street, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW AND
IMPROVED BILLIARD AND BAGATELLE ROOM CONVENIENCE," a communication
from Maurice Geflowski, a person resident at the Batignolles, near

page_text: to Paris, aforesaid, Architectural and General Sculptor, to be as
follows:-
This Invention communicated to me consists of a console box
screwed on the wall near the billiard marker so as to be in a convenient
place. In it are combined a billiard stick chalker, a cigar rest, and a
match holder and striker. There are no joints soldered in front, and its
manufacture is simple and cheap, for it only requires two sets of dyes,
one to cut it out and the other to stamp the inscriptions and ornament
on it; then it requires bending together; it can be made of tin, sheet
brass, or any other metal or like material.
The accompanying Drawing represents it minus the chalk, the sliding
door is partially open. A is the said sliding door; B, cigar rest; C,
support for the lit end of the cigar to prevent it falling into the ashes
and extinguishing; D, open panel of the chalk chamber for chalking
the stick; E, back of the chalk chamber showing how the green baize
is secured from coming off; independent of its being glued on; F, green
baize, the nap inwards to form a bed for the chalk, and to render the
putting the same on the billiard stick easy and noiseless; G, spring to
steady the chalk; H, a match holder; L, hook to hold cigar rest and
support; M, apertures for sliding door; , screws to fasten the con-
venience to the wall; O, three spaces to stamp patent marks on.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 1st January 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI 2
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 18,
Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, in the Empire of France, and 10, Sackville
Street, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-

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cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, Her
special licence that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henri Adrien
Bonneville, 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 "A NEW AND IMPROVED BILLIARD AND BAGATELLE ROOM CONVENIENCE,"
communication from Maurice Geflowski, a person resident at the
General
Batignolles, near to Paris, aforesaid, Architectural and
Sculptor, upon the condition, amongst others, that I, the said Henri
Adrien Bonneville, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, do hereby
declare the nature of the said 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 communicated to me consists of a bracket box screwed
on the wall near the billiard marker or any other convenient place. It
is illustrated in the accompanying Drawings. In it are combined,―
1st. A billiard cue tip cleaner, which dispenses with the sand paper,
for it is only necessary to put the cue tip or cue end to it, and give it a
slight turn with the hand, the tip is cleared of the accumulated chalk on
it, thus saving the expense of sand paper, and the trouble of looking for
O the same; besides sand paper is often found to be damp when wanted
for use.
2nd. A billiard cue chalker, which saves the trouble of looking about
for the chalk, and prevents soiling the billiard table and the clothes and
hands of players; it also chalks the cue well by simply pointing the
5 cue towards it, giving it a turn, thus materially preventing inefectual
strokes.

page_text: damaging the furniture, clothes, &c., also the unpleasantness of one
mistaking another's cigar for its own, or the cigar itself getting dirty or
rolling off.
4th. A match holder or striker, which saves the trouble of seeking for
the matches, and prevents damage to the walls, &c. done by striking
matches on them, for the bottom of the holder has incisions on it to
strike matches on, thus also hiding a scratched surface.
Fig. 1 is a general view of said Invention but without the chalk, the
sliding door G being partly raised; Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, are detail views
showing that none of the joints made in the manufacture of the
Invention need be seen in front; Fig. 8 shows the shape and size of the
chalk to be placed in the chamber L by raising the slide G, then
lowering it, which shuts the chalk in readily to chalk the cue on.
A is the support for cigars for the lit end; B, cigar rest for the
body of the cigar; C, the back of the chalk chamber showing how the
green baize is secured independent of its being glued on; D, green baize
forming a soft and noiseless bed for the chalk; E, spring to steady the
chalk; E¹, section of spring; F, hook to hold cigar rest; G, the sliding
door showing it is cut out from the opening of the chalk chamber L; H,
apertures for sliding door; I, a section of cue tip cleaner, the coloured
part is to be dog-fish skin cemented, and which supersedes sand paper
and lasts for years; J, the match holder and striker; and K, spaces to
stamp the Patent marks on; L, the chalk chamber; I', cue tip cleaner;
indicates outer angles, and . . . .
inner angles.
Besides the application mentioned in the foregoing this improved
convenience may also be used with advantage in smoking rooms and
parlours generally, in which case the opening for the chamber L need
not be cut out, or if it is a small picture or looking-glass can be framed
in it and the chamber used to keep matches in, while in the holder J
the remnants of the burnt matches can be deposited, it being fixed near
the chimney piece; the matches will keep dry, can easily be found even
in the dark, and cannot fall down and ignite like ordinary match boxes
often do and cause fires. As smokers generally sit near the fire-place
it is only necessary to raise A and B to empty it of its ashes, which
'may be used as a dentifier; the remnants of the chalk can also be
utilized.

page_text: Each part 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th has instructions on it in English
and French, so that most persons entering the room will know at once
how to use it. There is no waste in its manufacture, which is cheap
and simple, it only requires two sets of boots, the one to cut it and the
other to stamp the inscriptions and ornaments and then to be bent and
put together.
Having thus described the said Invention, and the manner of perform-
ing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself
to the precise details herein indicated and represented in the Drawings ;
but what I claim and desire to secure by the said Letters Patent is, a
stand or convenience, combining a billiard cue tip cleaner and chalker, a
cigar rest, and a match holder and striker for use in billiard saloons and
other parlors and smoking places, made and devised substantially as
described and represented in the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have here-
to set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of December, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
H. BONNEVILLE. (L.S.)

page_text: LONDON: Printed by GEORGE EDWARD EYE and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOOD
Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1870.