Patent ID: 7544133

Claim:
A cue tip chalking apparatus configured to automatically place chalk on the cue tip of a cue, said apparatus comprising: a housing having an outer peripheral wall, an interior of said housing being defined as being bounded by said peripheral wall, said peripheral wall having a well extending therein, said well having a size greater than a cue chalk, said well having an outer peripheral edge defining an orifice of said well; a motor being mounted within said interior of said housing, a drive shaft being attached to said motor, said motor being configured to rotate said drive shaft when said motor is turned on, said drive shaft extending into said well and toward said orifice; a saddle being attached to said drive shaft and being positioned in said well, said saddle releasably holding a cue chalk, said saddle including a base and a pair of legs being attached to and extending away from said base in generally same direction as each other, said drive shaft being attached to said base, said legs extending toward said orifice, each of said legs having a terminal end comprising a catch, said terminal ends being biased toward each other, the cue chalk being positioned between said legs and said terminal ends, said terminal ends retaining the cue chalk against the base said terminal ends being positioned within said housing; a power source being electrically coupled to said motor; an actuator being electrically coupled to said motor and to said power source, said actuator including a first contact mounted on said interior wall and a second contact mounted on said motor; wherein when said saddle is moved toward said motor by the cue tip of said cue, said second contact moves toward and abuts said first contact to close a circuit and to turn said motor on, said motor rotating said drive shaft when said actuator is placed in said on position; and wherein the cue tip is abutted against the cue chalk and the cue shaft rotated by the motor to place chalk on the cue tip.