Improvements in Billiard Cues.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Apr., 1897-Accepted. 5th June 1997
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Billiard Cues.
I, JAMES BARKER, of 42 King Street, Oldham, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in billiard enes and consists chiefly in the
arrangement use and application of an adjustable weight fitted inside the cue at the
butt end whereby the balance of the cue can be regulated as desired.
For this purpose the cue is recessed at the butt end for a convenient distance up
the stein.and in this recess is fitted a quick threaded screw on which is fittel a
weighted nut so that by rotating the screw the weighted nut can be traversed and
adjusted to alter the balance of the cue.
An indicator may be employed in connection with the nut so as to indicate the
position of the weight.
Dated this 24th day of July 1896
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Billiard Cues.
I, JAMES BARKER, of 42 King Street, Oldham, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, 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 improvements in billiard cues and consists chiefly in the
arrangement use and application of an adjustable weight fitted inside the cue at the
butt end whereby the balance of the cue can be regulated as desired
For this purpose the cue is recessed at the butt end for a convenient distance up
the stem and in this recess is fitted a quick threaded screw on which is fitted a
weighted nut so that by rotating the screw the weighted nut can be traversed and
adjusted to alter the balance of the cue.
An indicator may be employed in connection with the nut so as to indicate the
position of the weight.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the butt end of a billiard cue fitted with my
improvements, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.
The billiard cue a is recessed for any couvenient distance internally from the
butt end and in this recess is secured a slotted metal or other casing b with a
bearing at each end for a quick threaded screw c. On the screw c is fitted a
weighted nut d, with two pins e projecting through the slot in the casing b, and to
the outer end of the screw is secured a cup or flanged disc f to which is attached by
screws g a milled cap which fits over the butt end of the cue.

page_text: By turning the milled cap h the screw c is rotated in its bearings and thereby
traverses the weighted nut d along the casing b thus altering and adjusting the
balance of the cue.
If desired the cue can be provided with a longitudinal slot corresponding in
length and position with the slot in the metal casing 6 and this slot in the cne can
be made up with a thin strip of celluloid or other suitable transparent material
through which the movements and position of the weighted nut d can be observed
to facilitate adjustment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is :-
1. The combination with a billiard cue, of a movable balance weight and means
for adjusting the position of the same in order to alter the balance of the cue
substantially as herein set forth.
2. In combination the billiard cue, the screw c, means for rotating the same and
the weighted nut d all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of April 1897.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.