US287913A

US287913A - Billiard-table leveler

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Publication number: US287913A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-11-06
Anticipated expiration: 1900-11-06

Description

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\VILLIAM M. DAIVSON, ROBERT A. SIMPSON, AND LEONARD S. LONGCOR, OF

BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

BILLIARD-TABLE LEVELER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,913, dated November 6, 1883 Application filed July 16, 1883. No model.) v

Legs, of which the following is a specification,

referencebeing had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to a device for leveling billiard and other tables; and it consists in theparts which willbe herein after described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an end view of a billiard-tableprovided with our improvement. I Fig. 2 is a cen- .tral vertical section of a leg provided with the and F is a shoulder between said plugs.

device. Fig. 3 also represents a central vertical section,'but in a modified form, thelower plug and socket in this view being smooth. Fig. 4 is one form of a wrench adapted to engage the shoulder on the screw-plug, whereby the table may be raised or lowered. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modification of the screwshoulderu In this view lugs are shownpro jecting fromthe shoulder.

Like letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

A represents the body of the billiard-table, and B the rail thereof.

O is the leg upon which the body A rests.

D is a socket having inside threads.

D is a smooth socket in the upper side of the device, in which the foot of the leg 0 rests.

E is the bottom section or foot. Said section is provided with inside threads, E.

E are spurs on the under side of foot E, to prevent saidfoot fromslipping or turningupon the floor.

G and G are right and left hand screw-plugs, F! are openings in said shoulder adapted to receive the .pin 1 on wrench I. The plugs G G and shoulder F are formed integral. 'Ihe openings or sockets l) and E inthe parts D E are provided with right and left hand threads,

respectively, which are adapted to receive the threaded plugs G G.

F", Fig. 5, are small lugs on shoulder F. In using this form of shoulder another style of wrench is required from that shown in Fig.4. V

H, Fig. 3, is a modified form of our invcntion, in that it shows a smooth lower socket in section E.

H is a smooth socket-plug, formed integral with the shoulder F and threaded upper plug, G.

Our invention has for its object a device which may be easily adjusted vertically, whereby a billiard or pool table may be quickly leveled. It is essential to the successful working of tables of this class that they be level at all times, and considerable care is necessary to maintain them in that condition, owing to the displacement of the feet of the tables or the sagging of the floor upon which said feet rest. The sagging of the floor is effected by the weight of the table, and it then becomes necessary to blockup thelegsin orderto bring the top surface to alevel. In raising atableto insert blocks under its feet, the marble top is liable to be injured unless extraordinary care is exercised, and when the blocks are properly adj usted'(whi ch is a very difficult matter) they are unsightly and liable to be displaced.

By the use of our improvement an orna- 8o mental device is presented which is susceptible of nice and safe adjustment, the only'tool required to operate the device being a wrench adapted to turn the collar F. It is obvious that various forms of said collar may be used. It may be square, or have lugs, as shown, or it may be provided with openings, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The, wrench, of course, must conform to the style of the collar.

'The foot E may be secured to the floor by 0 screws or nails by making suitable openings insaid foot, in which event the spurs E may be dispensed with; but the spurs are pre ferred.

2 szsfnersi Having thus described our invention and In testimony whereofwe affix our signatures set forth its advantages, we claim as new an 1n presence of two witnesses. desire to secure by Letters Patent In a billiard-table leveler, an upper and WM. M. DAWSON.

5 lower block having threaded sockets, asspeei- 130131. A. SIMPSON.

fied, the upper block being provided with a LEONARD S. LONGOOR. socket, D, for the reception of the table-leg, in combination with the threaded plug, sub- Witnesses: stantially as described, and for the purposes WALns W. Woon,

10 set forth. v J. E. FORREST.