US1118461A - Cushion for billiard and pool tables and the like. - Google Patents

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M. L. ADLER. CUSHION FOR BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7,.1913.

Patented Nov. 24. 1914.

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MORTON L. ADLER, OF NEW YORK. N. Y.

CUSHION FOR IBILLIARD AND POOL TABLES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2%, 1914.

Application filed August 7, 1913. Serit l No. 783,465.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mon'ron L. Anni-1n, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, county and State of New *York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cushions for Billiard and Pool Tables, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cushions for bilhard and pool tables and the like, and the objects of the invention are to improve upon the cushions now in use so that the same will be uniformly resilient and will obviate the thumping noise usually incident when the ball is driven with considerable speed into the cushion.

To the accomplishment of the above objects, and to such others as may hereinafter appear, the invention comprises'a cushion provided'with a series of air cells situated behind the working face in the back portion of the cushion, which act as ail-cushions to give a very uniform resiliency and obviate noise and pounding.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 shows a vertical section of so much of a billiard table, with a ball resting on the bed thereof and barely in contact with the cushion, as is necessary to be shown to illustrate my invention. Fig. '2 is a view in cross section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of an alternate form of cushion made in accordance with my invention, secured to the wooden lining. Fig. 4 is a back view of the cushion shown .in Fig. 3 showing the part 6 partly folded back. Figs. 5 and (i are views similar to views 3 and i showing another alternate form.

In the drawings, A is the cushion stripcomposed of any suitable compound or ma.- terial such as rubber suitable for the pure, poses of a billiard cushion, which is secured to the wooden lining B of the cushion-rail C. The cushion-rail is provided with a toprail D and is secured to the bed E of the table in the usual manner. The cushion strip A and the lining 13 are usually covered with suitable cloth, one end of which is tacked to the bottomofthe lining B and the other end held in place by the retaining strip F, about which the end of the cloth is wrapped. The bed of the table is also usually covered with suitable cloth stretched over its top surface. In the present instance the cushion strip A, as. shown, is triangular in cross section and provided with a relathe cushion.

tively fiat working face G, although if desircdthe working face can be made sharper.

According to the present invention the cushion A is provided with a series of hollow spaces or air cells 1 which are separated from each other by thin partitions :2 which are made of elastic material like the body of The air cells 1 are arranged in the back portion of the cushion behind the working face and extend the entire length of the cushion. The air cells are made relatively short in length, good results having been obtained with air cells that measure approximately half an inch in length from the center of adjacent partitions 2, which are usually made about one sixteenth of an inch in thickness.

In Figs. 1 and 2, is shown my improved cushion made in two parts 3 and l, vul canized together, as shown, the part 3 containing the air cells 1 with the partitions 2, the edges of which are also vulcanized to the part 4 of the cushion.

In Figs. 3 and at is shown an alternate form of my improved cushion in which the all" cells 1 with the corresponding partitions 2 are made in the body or forward portion 5 of the cushion, the air cells being closed by means of a strip of material 6, vulcanized or otherwise sccured to the body 5, as shown in the figures.

Figs. 5 and 6 show another alternate form of my improved cushion in which the air cells 1 with their corresponding partitions are made in the back of the cushion, the air cells being closed when the cushion is secured to the wooden lining B so as to make an air tight joint.

Cushions are now made, and in use generally, with a groove or opening in the back of the cushion, which extends throughout the entire length of the cushion, this groove or opening permits the material. of the cushion to be forced inward behind the point where the ball comes in contact with .the cushion. \Vhile a groove or opening that extends the entire length of the cushion is better than a solid cushion, the same results are not obtained as are obtained in a cushion made in accordance with the pres ent invention. The provision of the flexible partitions 2 to provide the. small independent air cells 1, as above described, retains the air in these cells so that when the ball is driven into the cushion the air in the air cell adjacent the point of contact is so I plish this purpose.

restricted that a definite cushioning action is obtained. Itis immaterial whether or not the point of contact .of the ball against the cushion is opposite the center of one of the air cells or one of the flexible partitions, because in either event the partitions give, as they are made thin enough to accom- In that the partitions are made flexible the air in the adjacent cells is also compressed, the number of cells brought into operation depending upon the force with which theball is driven into the cushion. The important feature of a cushion made in accordance with the present invention, resides in confining small volumes of air by flexible partitions so. as to provide space for the indenting of the cushion, while maintaining a definite cushioning actionl A cushion made in this manner is very lively, and obviates the pound.

ing noise of former cushions when the ball is driven with considerable speed 1nto the cushion.

WVhile the invention has been describedwith particular reference to the details of construction the same is not to be considered as limited thereto, as many changes can be made and still fall within the scope of the invention set forth in the following claims.

1. A cushion for billiard tables and the like comprising in combination a series of "short independent air tight air cells embedded in said cushion as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A cushion for billiard tables and the like comprising in combination a series of short independent air tight air cells embedded in said cushion behind the working face thereof as" and for the purposes set forth.

3. A cushion for billiard tables and the like comprising in combination a series of short independent air tight air cells and flexible partitions between said air cells as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A cushion for billiard tables and. the like comprising in combination a plurality of partitions dividing a groove in the back of said cushion into a series of short independent air tight air cells.

5. A cushion for billiard tables and the like comprising in combination a plurality of flexible partitions dividing a groove in the back of said cushion into a series of short independent air tight air cells.

(3. A cushion for billiard tables and the like comprising in com of partitions dividing a groove in the back of said cushion into a series of short independent air tight air cells, and means for closing the back of said air cells.

bination a plurality 7. A cushion forbilliard tables and the like comprising in combination a plurality of partitions dividing a groove in the back of said cushion into a series of short independent air tight air cells, and a strip of malterial for closing the back of said air cel s.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MORTON L. ADLER.

Witnesses:

LEO J. MATTY, PAUL H. FRANKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of'fietente,

Washington, 1D. In.

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