US1505609A - Sectional billiard cue - Google Patents

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Aug p c. E. sEEMAN E-r AL SEGTIONAL BILLIARD CUE Filed June 1G, 1922 3g NQNTORS BY w,

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Patented Aug. v19, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. vSlim-)BILAN .AND LOUIS V. BARACH, OF PITTSBURGH, PNNSYLVANIA.

`snciirolvar., BIL'LIARD CUE.

Application filed June 16, 1922. Serial No. 568,710.

To all whom it may concern y Be it known that we, CHARLES E. SEEMAN and LOUIS V. BARACH, citizens of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Penn- Sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in vSectional Billiard Ques, of which the following is a specificat1on. A H

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cues used to impel the balls in billiard and other games.

Important objects of the invention are to provide a cue which is capable of being readilv separated into sections and which is provided with a hollow butt portion forming a chamber in which the shaft portion of the cue may be conveniently housed, .thereby providing compactness to facilitate the handling, packing and transportation of the cue.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sectional cue,of the type stated, in a manner as hereinafter set forth which includes replaceable section vconnecting elements capable of maintaining the cue rigid and vunyielding when assembled regardless of the frequency that said sections are separated and assembled. In sectional cues now commonly in use the utility of the cue is completely destroyed when the section connecting elements become Worn from use,

because preventing a' positive rigidco'nJ nection eminently essential for -the'proper use of a cue.

Further objects of the invention are to rovide a cue of the character specified which includes buffer means for mitigating the annoyancecaused by the prevalent habitof players of thumping the butt yend of the cue upon the floor and further to protect the cue butt from ing'ury due to such thumping action, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong, durable and efficient infits use, attractive in appearance and comparatively 1 inexpensive to. manufacture.

lVith these and other objects in view, that will appear in the following description, our resent invention is a cue that embodies tlie peculiar features of construction and novel arrangement of parts hereinafter explained in ldetail, specifically pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which forms a portion of this specifica tion and wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a cue in accordance with our invention. Figure 2 is a like View of a modified form. Referring in-detail to the drawing Figure l illustrates a cue comprising a butt section 1 and a shaft section 2,`which in combination form a straight tapering cue of the usual regulation contoun The butt section 1 consists of a hollow body member 3, forming a chamber 4, and is preferably constructed from light metal, namely, aluminum or the like. The upper end of the chamber 4 is open, while the lower end thereof is formed with a bottom 5 of considerable thickness.

The body member 3 is enclosed in a casing\6, which is preferably made from bakelite or any other suitable composition material and molded around the body member 3; or the case 6 may be constructed in the form of a tube of suitable material and slipped over the body member 3.

'lhe upper end 7 of the body member 3 projects above the upper end `of the casing 6 and is threadably engaged, as at 8, by the buffer casing 9. The lower end 10 of the bodymember 3 extends below the lower end of the casing and is thread-4 -abl'y` engaged, as at 11, by a ferrule 12.

The outer diameters of the buffer casing 9 and the ferrule 12 are such as to form an unbroken,` symmetrical continuity, relatively to the periphery of the casing 6.

The buffer 13, constructed from rubber and semi-spherical in contour, is detachably fixed in the bufercasing 9 by the turned in upper. edges 14 of the lat-ter, and its engagement withthe ring 15. The ring 15 is formed with peripheral threads in engagement with the threaded inner wall of the buffer casing 13. A set screw13, extending through the Wall of the buffe-r cas ing 13 and engaging the body member 3,

is employed to lock the buffer elements against accidental rehase upon the body member 3. y

The shaft section 2 comprises a hollow body member 16, enclosed in a casing 17. The member 16 and casing 17 are made from materials corresponding to those employed in the construction of the butt seotion 1 above described.

The lower end ofthe body member 16 is provided with a tip 18 or" the usual con- V struction and the upper endl 19, thereoie projects above the upper end of the casing 17 and is threadably engaged as at 2G, by a ferrule 21. The periphery of the ferrule 21 is in tapering alinement with the peripheral surfaces of the ferrule 12 and the upper end of the casing 17, contiguous thereto.

The faces of the abutting ends 10 and 19 of the body members 3 and 16, respectively, are each provided with an embedded sleeve 22 having outer threads to provide threaded engagement, as at 23, with respecl' tive ends 10 and 19g The sleeves 22 are mounted in respective parts in accurate vertical alinement, relatively to each other, and normally are per manently fixed in position. lt will be'note'd, however, that the sleeves 22 may he readA ily replaced if found necessary in praotice.

The sleeves 22 are formed with internal. threads and jointly engage the stud bolt 2d, 'which latter forms the connecting medium for securing the 'butt section 1., and the sha-ft section 2 together. The stud bolt 24:, as illustrated, is preferably formed with respective one-half portions thereof provided with right and left-hand screw threads, but it is obvious that a stud bolt having but one continuous kind or screw threads may be also successfully employed. However, with this. latter construction it could not be determined in which section the stud bolt would remain when said sections are sep'i,- rated, while in the former construction this could be determined by holding one section and turning the other, or vice versa, as sired.. e

Ilhe chamber d formed in the body meinloer 3, is of sufficient size to house the ent shaft section 2 of. the cue, thereby pro ing compactness to facilitate handling, paci ing or transportation. 'The hollow Shri: section 2 provides for ie reduction a weight of the cue and its economic manutan-- ture by the saving of material,

The modified :term olf the device illus trat-ed in Figure 2 of the drawing is identical in construction as 'that above described .relatively to the preferred 'form with the inoaeoe ,inglthe upper endv of the butt member to the `lower end of the shaft member, a rigid apertured Ibuller arresting disk mounted against the lower open end of the butt member, a resilient buffer positioned against sald disk and means for coupling the bui'ifer with the butt section.

2. A billiard cue comprising a butt iii-- cluding al hollow metallic tapered body permanently closed at a point removed from its upper end and having an open loweron the opposed ends of said memebrs and abutting against said casings, and means mounted in the closed terminal ortions at theiopposed ends of said bodies ior connecting said members together in abutting relation.

3. A billiard cue comprising 'a butt including a. hollow metallic tapered body permanently closed at point removed from its. upper and having an open lower ind, said member further including iibrous ,nclosing casing Jfor and terminating at a oint reino-ved :from each end of said body,

' :fieber iorinedota a hollow metallic body permanently closed at point emoved from its lower end, said shaiit memurther including a fibrous enclosing metallic body and terminatremoved from the lower end iferrnles mounted on 'the opof said members and abutting easings" l means oounted orti'ons ne opf lies for comi-acting 'Jgetlier in abutting relation, l' ou er arresting dish positioned lower end of body of the o. resilient butler mounted e outer face ci the disk, and means with the body of the butt member e' said buffer therewith. l rd cue 4comprising a pair of opposed spaced taper/ed ihrous c f hollow tapered metallic body mounted in eac-h casing and proiecting `trom the nner thc-meot, the proiecting ends oi said ermanen y closed, and means f connecting the inner ends togetner.

one comprising t fibrous lill? Monson bodies being permanently closed, means for detachably connecting the inner ends of seid bodies together, and ferrules mounted on the projecting ends of said bodies and interposed Ibetween the inner ends of seid casings.

6. A billiard cue comprising a. detachable butt member formed of e hollow metallicbody enclosed by a snugly fitting casing of fibrous material terminatin at a. point removed from the lower en of seid body whereby the latter will project beyond the lower end of the casing, said body having* yineens having threaded engagement with the threaded terminal portion o seid body and artially overlappin In testimony whereof we ax our signa,-

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the buier for coupling it with seid mem r.

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