US1951546A - Billiard cue - Google Patents

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March 20, 1934. J. L. cAssADY BILLI'ARD CUE Filed Nov. 19,

Patented Mar. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES PATE-*Nr oFF-ICE The American Fork & -Hoe Company, Cleveland, Ohio,-acorporationof -Ohio VApplication November 1 Claims.

This invention relates to Ycues for playing lthe game of billiards and pool or the'like.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a billiard cue, the main shaft of which may 5 be formed from tubular metal.

Another obj ectis to provide a cuehaving a shaft or body of metal with improved means 'for attaching the other parts of the cue thereto.

-Another object is to provide a cue with improved means for adjustably balancing the same.

Another object is to provide' a cue, the main shaft of which is composed of tubular material and with an improved means of covering the tube longitudinally and at 'its ends to Agive aj-lnished pleasing appearance to the cue as a whole.

Another object is to provide a billiard cue the parts of which will be cheap to manufacture and assemble and which in .use will 4have improved playing qualities.

IOther objects will .be apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention pertains.

My invention is fully disclosed in the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a cue embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional View of the cue of Fig. l drawn to a larger scale;

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are respectively sectional views taken from the planes 3, 4 and 5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown at 1 the main body or shaft portion of the cue of my invention. The body 1 is formed from a single piece of steel tubing drawn, rolled or otherwise formed to the following shape or longitudinal conguration. The rear end of the body 1, as at 2, is cylindrical. The small or tip end, as shown at 3, is tapering or conical. The relative lengths of the cylindrical and tapered portions are preferably as follows: In a preferred length of body portion of fifty-five inches, the cylindrical portion is thirteen inches long and the tapering portion forty-two inches long. In Fig. 2 the body portion 1 thus begins at 4 and after extending in cylindrical form a suitable distance tapers uniformly and terminates at 5.

The steel body l may be covered with any suitable material to give it a iinished appearance, but I prefer to cover it with a tube or sleeve 22 of pyratone or like material formed with a cylindrical body portion 23 and a tapering body portion 24 to conform to the shape, previously described, of the steel body 1. The pyratone sleeve may be made in appearance to imitate wood, if desired.

The covering sleeve 22 is of such diameters 9, l1929, Serial No. 408,255

throughout its longitudinal length as to iit tight- .ly-around thesteel body 1.Y .In-a cue of theabove specified 4preferred dimensions the outside `diamter of the double Walled body thus formed ispreferably an inch and one-eighth at the large end .and a half inch at the-smallend. p

Into the large end of the body thus provided, I press or force an adapter 6 formed preferably from hard rubber or like material. Theadapter -hasa reduced portion or shank 7 press-'fitted into the interior Wallof the body 1 and a hemispheri- `cal or .otherwise rounded head 8 to give a finished appearance to the end of thecue. The head `8 is of :suicient external diameter to overlap the vends of the tubes 1 and 22 and come iiush with `the outside surface ofthe outer `tube 22.

The adapter .6 .isaxially -bored outasat 1-1 to provide an yinterior magazine, closed org-sealed Vbyascrew-threadedplug 12. In the `magazine 11 .an-y suitable Weighting .or loading materialmay vbe placed of variable amount and sealed therein to balance the cue as a whole.

Adjacent the extreme end of the tapered portion 3 of the cue and internally thereof is wedged a bushing 13 composed from any suitable material, but preferably of light weight metal alloy. The bushing 13 is bored out axially at 14 and counter-bored as at 15 to receive therethrough a screw 16, the head 17 of the screw being seated in the counter-bore 15 and the threaded end 18 thereof extending outwardly beyond the end of u the bushing 13 a suitable distance for a purpose to be described.

A washer 19, preferably of black fibre or the like, is telescoped over the threaded portion 18 of the screw; and a tip adapter 20 is screw thread- 9 ed on the threaded end 18 of the screw 16. The adapter 20 may be of any suitable material, but I prefer to employ synthetic composition material therefor. 'Ihe extreme end of the adapter 20s is covered or provided with a leather tip 21, such L as is commonly employed on billiard cues and secured to the adapter 20 in any suitable manner as by glue or other adhesive.

It will be observed that by turning the adapter No 20 as a nut on the threads 18 of the screw 16, the bushing 13 will be rigidly drawn or wedged into the end of the body 1 and the washer 19 will be rigidly clamped between the adapter 20 and the end 5 of the body l thus securing all of these parts rigidly together but in a manner easily disassembledfor renewal or other purposes. The adapter 20 may similarly take up wear occasioned by use of the cue.

To suitably join the pyratone sleeve 22 at its no eros ends with the other parts, the washer 19 and adapter 20 at the small end of the cue and the adapter 6 at the large end of the cue may be made of the same outside diameter as the sleeve; and the sleeve may be made the same length as the body 1, so that it will abut against the washer 19 at one end and a shoulder 9 provided by the reducedfshank '7 at the other end to make a perfect t at these points. Thus a cue having the advantages of a light steel body, but with a pleasing external nished appearance is provided.

By means of the foregoing obstruction, it will be observed that the shock or blow on the adapter 20 occasioned by the use of the cue is transmitted to the end 5 of the steel tube of the body 1 and any Aloosening of the parts due to wear may immediately be taken up by turning the adapter 20 as a nut on the end 18.

My invention is not limited to the exact detailsk of constructionshown and described, but may be embodied in other forms of cues which willr occur to those skilled in the art and within the scope of my invention as defined in the following claims.

I claim: f

1. A billiard cue comprising a tapering tubular body portion, an impact tip secured on the small fend of the tube means for securing the tip on the tube, said means comprising a screw threaded element projecting out of the end of the tube and anV inwardly screw threaded bore in the tip engageable therewith, said tip restrainedY from movement inwardly thereof by the tube end and said screw threaded bore engageable with said screw threadedelement upon rotation of said tip.

2. A billiard cue comprising a tapering tubular body portion, a thrust element wedged within the portion into abutting engagement onto the end of the tube.

3. A billiard cue comprising aV tapering tubular body portion, a correspondingly tapering bushing within the tube adjacent the small end thereof, a screw threaded element connected to the bushing and projecting out of the end of the tube, a washer on the screw threaded portion in engagement with the end of the tube and an internally screw threaded impact element threaded on the said threaded portion and clamping the washer between it and the end of the tube.

4. A billiard cue comprising a tapered tubular body portion, an impact tip element secured on the small' end of the tube, means for securing the tip element on the tube, said means comprising a bushing element closely tted within the tapered small end of the tube and wedginglyengaging the lateral walls thereof, and a connector comprisingl a screw for adjustably interconnecting said elements and adapted to draw the elements toward each other when the said tip element is rotated, said tipI element restrained from movement inwardly of said cue body portion by the tip end of said bodyportion.

5. A billiard cue comprising a body portion in the form of a tapered'tube, a sleeve disposed inwardly of the tapered end of the tube, a tip disposed at the end of the tube and restrained from movement inwardly thereof by the tube end and a screw connector operable by rotation of the tip to wedgingly draw the said sleeve in an outward direction to cause it to make tight-fitting engagement with the inner walls of the tube, and to cause said tip to assert inwardly directed pressure against the end of the tube, whereby the parts are rigidly maintained in place.

JAMES LLOYD CASSADY.

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