Improvements relating to Billiard Chalks.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 4th June, 1896-Accepted, 4th July, 1896
Improvements relating to Billiard Chalks.
I, GEORGE HAYES, of 24, Wilkinson Street, Clapham Road, S.W. in the
County of Surrey, Shorthand Writer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to billiard chalks and has for its object to provide
improved holders for use therewith.
According to my invention I provide a round box into which the ordinary
square billiard chalk is inserted. The diameter of the box is such that the chalk
requires to be forced in somewhat deforming the box from the circular shape.
The tension in the sides of the box then holds the chalk in position. I preferably
make the box of card or stiff paper or celluloid, but I may use other materials
suitable for the purpose.
The sides and bottom of the holder are very suitable for the display of
advertisements and may be ornamented in a suitable manner.
I sometimes shave the corners of the chalk in which case a smaller box is used
for holding it. I may also provide the holder with a hook or other device for
temporarily securing the chalk to the person of the user or for attaching to a
board or rack when not in use.
My improved holder is cheap, light and strong, and I find that there is no
tendency for the chalk to drop out. Moreover the edges of the chalk are
protected from rough wear and the chalk consequently lasts longer than it
otherwise would do.
Furthermore the chalk need only be half the usual depth since the holder
prevents it from being broken and enables it to be conveniently handled although
it is smaller in size.
I am aware that it is customary to partially cover billiard chalks with paper,
but it is found that the paper is very liable to become detached, moreover the
chalk covered in this manner is very easily damaged by rough usage and is liable
to break if dropped on the floor.
In order to avoid the annoyance caused by players inadvertently carrying
chalks away with them I provide for securing the chalks to the table, I do this in
the manner following, that is to say, 1 secure chalks to the inside of the bosses or
rosettes which ornament the sides of most billiard tables, any one of said bosses
can be pulled out from the table when a chalk is required for use being returned
to its place by a string and weight or spring.
According to another method I utilize the ordinary pivoted chalk cups or
holders provided on billiard tables by connecting to the chalk a string or the like
which passes through a hole in the bottom of the pivoted cup its other end being
connected to a spring or weight the chalk is then after use returned to the cup by
the action of the spring or weight. Where a holder such as herein before
described is used the string may be attached to the holder instead of to the
chalk.
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page_text: Improvements relating to Billiard Chalks.
I GEORGE HAYES of 24 Wilkinson Street, Clapham Road in the County of
Surrey, Shorthand Writer 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in billiard chalks and holders for
containing and protecting the same. According to the said invention I provide a
round box in which the ordinary square billiard chalk is inserted. The diameter
of the box is such that the chalk requires to be forced therein somewhat
deforming the said box from its circular shape. The tension in the vertical side
or rim of the box thus holds the chalk in position. I preferably make the box
of card or stiff paper or celluloid, but I may use other materials suitable for the
purpose.
I sometimes shave or bevel off the corners of the chalk in which case a smaller
box is used for holding it, I may also provide the holder with a hook or other
device for temporarily securing the chalk to the person of the user or for attaching
to a board or rack when not in use.
By means of my invention the edges of the chalk are protected from rough
wear thus causing it to last longer than it otherwise would do. This improved
holder is cheap light and strong and the chalk is held firmly in position
therein. Moreover the chalk need only be about half the usual depth since the
holder prevents it from being broken and also enables it to be conveniently
handled.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings
Figure 1 is a plan of my improved holder with the chalk in position therein,
and Figure 2 is a side or edge view thereof.
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Figures 3 & 4 are a plan and edge view of a modification and
Figures 5 & 6 are a plan and cross-section of a further modification.
In Figures 1 & 2 a represents the box or holder of circular shape and b is the
square piece of chalk fixed therein. In this case the corners of the chalk are
shaved or bevelled off at in order to fit it easily in position the rim a¹ of the box
being slightly forced outwards or deformed to cause a tight grip upon the chalk
and prevent its being shifted or turned round.
d is a hook attached to the box for suspending the chalk to the person of the
user or to a board or rack.
In some cases instead of leaving the whole of the upper surface of the box open,
as shown in Figure 1, I may form it with an inwardly projecting flange a 2 as
shown in Figure 3 leaving only a small opening c for the purpose of inserting and
bringing the tip of the billiard cue in contact with the chalk, and in order to
place the chalk in position within the holder I may provide the latter with a
removable cover a 3 as shown in Figure 4.
Instead of only forming an opening in the top of the box I may also form one
in the bottom as shown at c c in Figures 5 & 6 and I may form the said top and
bottom of curved instead of flat surfaces as shown, the said surfaces being
cemented or otherwise joined together at their edges or rims.
I may if found desirable place advertisements upon my improved billiard chalk
holders in any suitable and required position the same may also be suitably
ornamented as may be required.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is ;-
1. In billiard chalks and holders therefor the circuler haz into which the
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page_text: square piece of chalk is forced substantially as shown in and described with
reference to Figures 1 & 2 of the drawings.
2. In billiard chalk holders the box a provided with a top or cover a 3 formed
with a small opening c substantially as described and shown with reference to
Figures 3 & 4 of the drawings and for the purposes specified.
3. In billiard chalk holders the modification shown in and described with
reference to Figures 5 & 6 of the drawings.
upon
which
4. The improvements in billiard chalks and holders therefor
advertisements may be suitably placed substantially as described and for the
purposes specified.
Dated this 4th day of June 1896.
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, London, Agent for the Applicant.