US1237419A - Pocket-billiard-table gully. - Google Patents

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T. R. TREIBER..

POCKET BILLIARD TABLE. GULLY. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1. 916.

Patented Ailg. 21, 1911 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

T. R. TREIBER.

POCKET BILLIARD TABL-E GULLY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I. HHS- Patented Au 21, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEEI 2.

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THEODORE B. TREIBER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB TO THE BRUN-SWICK-BALKE- COLLENDER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

POCKET-BILLIABD-TABLE GUIJLY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A11 21, 1917.

Application filed November 1, 1916. Serial No. 128,902.

7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE It. TRELBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Billiard-Table Gullies, of which the following is a specification. I a

This invention relates to gullies for pocket billiard tables and has for its primary object the provision of a gully of simple and substantial skeleton metal construction. A further object of my invention is the provision of means for securing cushionsof rubber or other suitable material in position I to support the balls as they pass through the gully and for adjusting the cushions laterally of the gully whereby the speed with which the balls move is regulated and controlled. v

A still further object of my. invention is the provision of a method of inserting'rubber cushions in the holders therefor whereby the insertionof the cushions is facilitated and they are securely held in operative posi- Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent as it is better understood by reference to the following specification when read in connection with the accompanying drawing, illustrating the preferred embodiment thereof, in which tea main Figure 1 is a plan view of agully applied to the supporting frame of a table;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section through the gully;

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective illustrating the method of inserting the rubber cushions and Fig. 4 is an enlarged view in elevation of the means for receiving and retaining "the balls as they are delivered from the gully.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a frame of suitable construction forming a part of the structure of the table from which the gully is supported. The gully comprises a main portion 2 and branches 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 leading to the respective pockets which may be of any suitable construction and adapted to deliver balls to the respective branches. Adjacent the delivery end the gully 2 is directed toward one side of the table and delivers the balls to a U-shaped runway 9 adjacent the end of which a mem ber 10 (Fig. 4) is pivotally mounted. The

member 10 is adapted to engage the foremost ball to prevent further movement thereof along the runway and is provided with an operating member 11 whereby it may be tilted to permit balls to pass. A

Fig. 2 of metal plates 13 bentvas indicated and connected at intervals by transverse members 14. Angles '15 are secured preferably by spot-welding to the members 13 adjacent the flanges 16 thereon to form channels in which the cushions 17 of rubber or other suitable material are inserted forming guiding rails for the balls. Angles 18 are secured preferably by spot-welding to the members 13 adjacent the flanges 19 thereon to form channels in which the cushions 20 of rubber or other suitable material are inserted forming supporting rails for the balls.

The members 13 and the angles 18 are slotted at 21 and are connected to the transverse members 14 by bolts22. Thus the members 13 carrying the guiding and supporting rails 17 and 20 may be bodily moved toward and away from each other. I have discovered that the distance between the supporting rails 20 has a material effect upon the speed of movement of the balls in the gully and by the structure described it becomes possible to adjust the supporting rails 20 to regulate and control the speed of movement of the balls. 1

The insertion of the cushions 17 and 20 in the channels is accomplished by stretching the rubber so that its cross-sectional dimensions are contracted and while in this condition inserting the cushions in the chan- From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have perfected a gully for pocket billiard tables as well as a method of applying' rubber cushions thereto which present numerous advantages over structures heretofore known in the art, more particularly thesimplicity and relative inexpensiveness of the structure, the control of the speed of movement of the balls and the ease with which the rubber cushions are secured in operative position without the necessity of crimping the metal or applying special fastening means to the rubber.

It will be apparentthat various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. In a pocket billiard table gully, the combination of supporting rails for the balls, and means adjustably connecting said rails wherebv they may be moved toward and from each other.

2111 a pocket billiard table gully, the combination of supporting rails for the balls,- and transverse members adjustably connecting said rails at intervals along said gully.

3. In a pocket billiard table gully, the combination of metal members secured together forming rectangular channels rubber cushions in said channels, and means for adjustably connected a pair of said channels.

4:. In a pocket billiard table gully, the combination of a pair of metal channels, rubber cushions in said channels, and transverse members adjustably connecting said channels at intervals along said gully.

'5. In a pocket billiard table gully, the combination of flangedmembers, angles secured thereto forming channels, members connecting a pair of said channels, and bolts adjustably securing said channels and connecting members in assembled relation;

6. In a pocket billiard table gully, the combination of metal members forming the sides and a portion ofthe' bottom thereof, inwardly directed flanges on said metal members adjacent the top of said gully, angles secured to said metal members and 00- operating with said inwardly directed flanges to form channels, cushions in said channels forming guide rails, upwardly di rected flanges on said metal members at the bottom of said gully, angles secured to said metal members and cooperating with said upwardly directed flanges to form channels, cushions in said channels forming supporting rails, and transverse members connecting said metal members at intervals.

'7. In a pocket billiard table gully, the combination of metal members forming the sides and a ortion of the bottom thereof, inwardly directed flanges on said metal members adjacent thetop of said gully, an-v gles secured to said metal members and cooperating with said inwardly directing flanges to form channels, cushions in said channels forming guide rails, upwardly directed flanges on said metal members at the bottom of said gully, angles secured tosaid metal members and cooperating with said upwardly directed flanges to form channels, cushions in said channels forming supporting rails, transverse members connecting said metal members at intervals, and means whereby said metal members may be bodily adjusted toward and from each other.

8. A pocket billiard table gully box comprising a U-shaped runway, a member pivotally mounted at one side of said runway adjacent the delivery end thereof and eX- tending across said runway in'the path of the balls thereon, the upper end of said memher being heavier than the lowerwhereby it is biased by gravity to operative position, and a stop to limit downward movement of said upper end.

THEODORE R. TREIBER. WVitnesses:

WM. F. BELT, W. T. WVns'rERBERG.

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Washington, D. C.

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