Improvements in connection with Billiard Marking Boards.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Feb., 1891-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Billiard Marking Boards.
I, SIDNEY CHAPPEL, East End Liberal Club, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Club Steward,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Improvements in connection with billiard marking boards for checking the
number of games played during a day or longer time; also for shewing the amount
of money received for each game.
The principal drawing sent herewith shews the marking board complete.
A shews the connecting part between the marking indicator and the check balance,
B shews the screws which keep the connector in its proper position, A and C in
drawing No. 1 shews the connector and check balance as seen from above, D shews
a pin which is fixed in connector, but on which the check balance works as on a
centre pivot.
E shews two small washers.
Fshews mouth of cup for counterbalance ball.
Drawings No. 2 and 3 shew front view of check balance, drawing No. 4 shews
check board. G on drawing No. 4 shews checks which the check balance runs
over.
In drawing No. 2 the end H is the heaviest, and falls in front of the check and
the indicator cannot be used for another game until this is counteracted.
The indicator must be put close to the right hand of the board, and a counter-
balance ball be put into the receptacle N thus shewing that a game has been played
before the indicator can be used for another one. In drawing No. 3 the counter-
balance ball is shewn in position which causes the end H to rise, and run clear
over the checks.
J is a pin fixed above the check board which when the check balance runs on to
it lifts up K the drooping part of the check balance, raising a peg L under the ball,
and causing the ball to fall, and run down the course, see M in principal drawing.
Different coloured balls are used to shew the different priced games. For a
3d. game a white ball is used, red for 4d., green for 5d. and so on.
There are several games played on a billiard table for which the marking
indicator is not required such as pool pyramids &c., but the players in the interest
of the club, or proprietor should always see that the marker puts a ball represent-
ing the amount of money paid for the game into the receptacle N on principal
drawing and the object in having the lower part of the front glass is to enable any
player to do so.
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O shews a small lock and staple.
Dated this 27th day of September 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Billiard Marking Boards. ·
I, SIDNEY CHAPPEL, East End Liberal Club, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Club Steward,
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 :-
The object of the invention (for which I ask a Patent to be granted) is to check
the number of games played during a day, and the amount of money received by the
billiard marker for the same.

page_text: The drawings sent in with this application, together with explanations when
give herewith shew how this can be done.
Fig. 1. shews a marking board complete. Front view.
A shews receptacle for counter-balance ball.
B shews indicators or pointers for marking the game.
C shews screw heads at each side of the indicator, which are fixed into the
connector H on Fig. 2, and which travel along the board with the indicator.
D shews, a counter-balance ball travelling down its course after having been
discharged from the check balance.
G shews hole for extracting balls, with cover, lock &c.
Fig. 2 shews connector H, and check balance I combined (top sides).
J is a pin fixed in the connector H. and through a hole in the check balance I,
and on which the check balance works as on a pivot.
K is a guard to prevent the counter-balance ball from shifting from its position.
L shews small washers.
M shews mouth of cup for counter-balance ball.
N beneath Figs. 3 and 4 shews check board which is fixed to the back of the
marking board, and over which the check balance travels.
O shews check on board.
Fig. 3 shews check balance with end P which is the heaviest down in front of the
check, and the indicator cannot be used for another game until this is counteracted.
The indicator must be put close to the right hand of the board, and a counter-
balance ball put into the receptacle A (thus shewing that a game has been played)
before the indicator can be used for another game.
Fig. 4. shews check balance I with counter-balance ball D in position. This causes
the end P to rise and run clear over the checks.
Q shews a paul or drooping end of check balance. R is a peg fixed into the
paul. This raises (as shewn in connection with Fig. 9) up under the ball and
forces it from its place.
Fig. 5. shews a sheath guard which fits loose onto the check balance.
Fig. 6. shews the same thing turned upside down. S is part made solid.
Fig. 7. T shews frame of upper guard without front. U is a plate at back and
front of check balance, and fixed to it with screws a.-b is a pin running through
holes in plates, and to which frame T is attached.
Fig. 8. shews the frame with fixed front V, and this together with c. 5. end of
sheath guard, and K on Fig. 2, form when closed a complete cover over the ball,
and prevent the possibility of its being displaced while the check balance is
travelling from end to end.
Fig. 11. shews check balance with guards all complete at right hand of board,
with upper guard open for the reception of the ball.
W shews a pin (with hanging pendulum) which is fixed in the back of the
board in such a way as to open the guard.
The pendulum will close the guard again by striking the frame at d if its own
weight should fail to do so: but the guard closes of its own accord (owing to its
front weight) when cleared from the pin.
Fig. 10. shews the check balance closed as when travelling.
Fig. 9. shews the check balance with both upper and lower guards open and the
paul with peg pressed up so as to throw the ball out.
X shews the raised part at the back of the check board, which acts on the solid
part of sheath guard, lifting it up, and consequently lowering the end c or lower
guard. e. is a pin fixed in the check board which opens the upper guard, at the
same time that it presses the paul with peg up, and causes the ball to fall off as
shewn, and run down the course, see D. Fig. 1.
Different coloured balls are provided in order to distinguish the different amounts
of money received for different games, for instance, a white ball for a 3d. game, red
for a 4d. game, green for 5d., and so on.
There are several games at billiards for which the marking indicator is not

page_text: required, as pool, pyramids &c., but the players in the interest of the club or pro-
prietor should always see that the marker puts a ball representing the amount of
money paid for the game into the receptacle, and a part of the front of the board
is glass so as to enable any player to do so.
Fig. 1. E shews row of drawers for balls so as to keep different colours separate..
F shews two cases with middle shelf (front raised) for billiard balls.
Boards to be made without drawers or cases, with drawers but not cases, or with
drawers and cases complete, to suit purchasers.
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 check board and check balance as described above, and shewn in drawings,.
together with the use of different coloured balls for different priced games.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1891.
SIDNEY CHAPPEL.