Year: 1885

page_text: контен
We JAMES EDWIN THORPE of 35 Fetter Lane in the City of London, Hot Water
Engineer, and JOHN HAYES STRUDWICKE of 182 Fleet Street in the city of London,
Billiard Table Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This invention relates to the construction of an apparatus for softening the
cushions of billiard and bagatelle tables by the application of heat.
For the purpose of our invention, we construct a boiler of sheet brass or other
suitable metal, one side of said boiler being so formed as to correspond to the curves
or contour of the cushion of a billiard or bagatelle table and thereby allow the
boiler to be brought close against the cushion to be softened. The boiler is
preferably about 6 feet long, 5 inches in depth, and 4 inches wide, and is provided
with two tubes (placed one at each end and carried through the top of said
boiler) containing atmospheric gas burners with regulating tapa. Gas is supplied
to these burners by means of a tube fixed on the front of the boiler near the top
so as to be out of the way of the billiard cushions, and having .near its centre;
'means of attaching an india rubber or other pipe capable of being connected to
any gasfitting. The boiler is filled with water from a supply cistern by means of a
pipe coming from the said supply cistern into the boiler. The supply cistern is
filled from a tubular or other shaped reservoir fixed on the top of the boiler, and
connected with the said supply cistern by means of a pipe, the flow of water from
which is regulated by a ball cock in the supply cistern. The reservoir has a plug
in its top which can be removed for filling the reservoir.
The gas when lighted causes the water to boil in a very short time and no
attention is needed; the boiler can be moved along the billiard table to soften all
the cushions, or several boilers may be used. The pipe for supplying gas to the
atmospheric gas burners, may be provided with gas jets or burners having taps
placed in any convenient position above the boiler, so that said jets or burners may
be lighted for the purpose of giving a perfect light to the operator employing the
apparatus to soften cushions of billiard tables.
Dated this 20th dex of October 190K

page_text: Table Cushions.
We JAMES EDWIN THORPE of 85 Fetter Lane, Gas Fitter and Hot Water.
Engineer, and JOHN HAYES STRUDWICKE of 182 Fleet Street, Billiard Table Pro-
prietor, both in London, 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 the construction of an apparatus for softening the
cushions of billiard and bagatelle tables by the application of heat.
For the purpose of our invention, which is represented by the annexed draw-
ings, Figure 1 being a front elevation, and Figure 2 a section, we construct a
boiler A of sheet brass, or other suitable metal, one side B of said boiler A being
so formed as to correspond to the curves, or contour of the cushion of a billiard, or
bagatelle table and thereby allow the boiler A. to be brought close against the
cushion to be softened. The boiler A is preferably about 6 feet long, 5 inches in
depth, and 4 inches wide, and is provided with two tubes C, D (placed one at
each end, and carried, through the top of said boiler) containing atmospheric gas
burners E, F, with regulating taps G, G. Gas is supplied to these burners E, F, by
means of a tube H fixed on the front of the boiler near the top so as to be out of
the way of the billiard cushions, and having near its centre means of attaching
an india rubber, or other pipe I capable of being connected to a tap J, or any
other gas fitting.
The boiler A is filled with water from a supply cistern K by means of a pipe L
coming from the said supply cistern K into the boiler A. The supply cistern K is
filled from a tubular or other shaped reservoir M fixed on the top of the boiler A
and connected with the said supply cistern K by means of a pipe N, the_flow
of water from which is regulated by a ball cock P in the supply cistern K, or
otherwise. The reservoir M has a plug Q in its top which can be removed for
filling the reservoir M.
:
The gas when lighted causes the water to boil in a very short time and no
attention is needed; the boiler A and appliances can be moved along the billiard
table to soften all the cushions, or several boilers may be used. The pipe H for
supplying gas to the atmospheric gas burners E, F, may be provided with gas jets,
or burners R, R, having taps S, S, placed in any convenient position above the
boiler A, so that said jets, or burners R, R, may be lighted for the purpose of
giving a perfect light to the operator employing the apparatus to soften cushions
of billiard tables.
The pipes, or tubes C, D, containing the atmospheric burners E, F, are preferably
provided with caps T, T, which can be screwed, or adjusted to regulate the flame
from and draught to the said atmospheric burners E, F,
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the sheet metal boiler A, and Figure 4 is an
end elevation of the apparatus drawn to a larger scale showing the contour of the
front B of the boiler.

page_text: Instead of the atmospheric gas burners, oil, or spirit lamps may be used to heat
the boiler, or vessel A, in which case the pipe H &o would be dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is -
The combination of appliances forming an apparatus by which billiard and
bagatelle table cushions can be softened by heat as hereinbefore described and
shown on the drawings.