Improvements in Tips or Ends for Tubes, Rods, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 19th Jan., 1895
Improvements in Tips or Ends for Tubes, Rods, and the like.
I, FREDERICK HASLAM of Hanover House, Riseholme Street, Homerton,
County of Middlesex, Indiarubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
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In carrying out this invention I prefer to proceed as follows:-
For the end of a tube which in the case of the handle bars for cycles are
commonly left uncovered I employ a cap which may be made of any suitable
material say metal, xylonite, celluloid or the like, having a preferably split
cylindrical portion adapted to fit inside or outside the tube and a rounded end to
form the termination of the tube. The diameter of the rounded end or cap may
with advantage be about the same as the diameter of the tube to be closed so as to
make a smooth end to the tube. The cap may be ornamented in any desired
manner and may be secured to the tube by the springing of the cylindrical portion
or bezel, by cementing or by other suitable means.
In applying the terminal to solid rods and the like it may be made as before
described and placed outside the rod, but where a special end is required as for
example in billiard cues I prefer to make the cylindrical portion separate from the
cap so that the latter may be changed from time to time without requiring the
removal of the cylindrical portion. For a billiard cue the cylindrical portion may be
sprung on to the end of the cue taking a sufficiently firm bearing thereon and its
ends be turned in so as to form a collar or internal flange through the opening in
which the stem or portion of the cap may be forced springing out inside the collar
and if desired being jammed between the collar and the end of the cue which may be
bevelled, recessed or otherwise suitably shaped to assist in the holding of the cap.
The cap may be made of any desired shape and material, hard or soft rubber for
example and may fit completely over the bezel if desired or may be of the same
diameter. Or the cap may be provided with a cylindrical portion or socket
adapted to fit upon the end of the cue tube or rod, the socket being made of hard
or soft rubber or metal or other material.
Dated this 6th day of February 1894.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, FREDERICK HASLAM, of Hanover House, Riseholme Street, Homerton, in
the County of Middlesex, India rubber Manufacturer, 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 tips or caps for the ends of tubes, rods and the like and
it is particularly suited for the ends of billiard cues. My invention consists
essentially of a socket adapted to be attached to the end of the cue and of a cap
or tip adapted to be attached to the said socket or cue, the object being to provide
for the ready attachment and removal of the tip.

page_text: I attain this end in the manner illustrated by the accompanying drawing in
which :-
Figure 1 is a view in elevation, and
Figure 2 a view in sectional elevation of my invention.
Figures 3 and 4 are similar views showing a modification thereof, and
Figure 5 is a view in sectional elevation of another form my invention may
assume.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The socket A adapted to be fixed to the top of the cue X is split as at a in four
or more places and its edges a¹ are inturned to engage with a groove b in the cap
or tip B which is preferably made of leather or of a compound thereof. The
inturned edges a' of the socket A are kept engaged with the groove b in the cap
or tip B by forcing the collar or ferrule C towards the engaging edges a¹ of the
socket A.
As a modification the socket A may be threaded internally to receive cap or
tip B as shown by Figures 3 and 4, the tip being reduced in diameter for a portion
of its length and threaded externally so that its operative end rests on the end of
the socket A. This socket may be screwed or otherwise fixed to the end of the
cue X.
As a further modification the cap or tip may be made to fit completely over the
end of the socket A as shown by Figure 5.
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 improved tips for billiard cues and the like substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 6th day of November 1894.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.