US527770A - Billiard-cue chalker - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

F. G. CHESS. BILLIARD GUE GHALKER.

No. 527,770. Patented' ont. 23,1894.

NITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

FRANK GrREGGr CHESS, OF ROCKER, MONTANA.

BILLKIARD-CUE CHALKER.

'SPECIFICATION forming part O' Letters Patent NO. 527,770, dated` OctOber 23, 1894.

i Application filed July 31, 1894:. Serial No. 5] 9,115. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FRANK Gnade CHnss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rocker, in the county of Silverbow and State of Montana, have invented a new and useful Billiard-Cue Chalker, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in billiard cue chalkers.

The object of the presentinvention is to improve the construction of billiard ycue chalkers, and to provide a simple and inexpensive one adapted to be readily attached to a billiard or pool table, or' to any other desired support, and capable of effectually applying chalk to a cue without inconvenience to the player and without liability of him getting chalk upon his clothing.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings--Figure l is a side elevation rof a cue chalker constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same, the cord or belt and the stem of the cup being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a bracket, lhaving a horizontal arm 2, the inner end 3 of which is enlarged, perforated and designed to be screwed or otherwise secured to the leg of a billiard or pool table, or to any other suitable support; and formed integral with the outer terminus Vof the horizontal arm is avertical standard or arm 4. The bracket, which consists of the horizontal arm 2 and th'e vertical standard or arm 4, is provided at the angle with a depending perforated ear 5, to which is pivoted a vertically swinging arm or bar 6, provided at its inner terminus with a pair of perforated ears 7, and carrying at its outer end a chalk cup 8.

The vertically swinging arm-6 is provided at its outer terminus with a vertically disposed socket or bearing 9 in which is journaled a depending stem 10, of the chalk cup S. The stern 10 is secured in the socket or bearing by a nut 1,1, or other suitable means, and is provided at itsl upper portion directly beneath the chalk cup with a spiral groove 12, receiving a cord or belt 13, which has itsr inner end of the arm and itsouter terminus connected with the lower end of the cord.

The cup 8 is designed to hold a piece of chalk 16, and when it is desired to apply chalk to the tip of a cue 17, the latter is placed in the.

cup and the swinging arm is swung downward,as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l of the accompanying drawings. This draws upon the cord or belt 13, causing the same to pass around the grooved portion of the stem of the chalk cup, rotating the latter and distending the spring. The rotation of the chalk cup applies the chalk to the tip of the cue. The downward movement rotates the chalk cup, and as the pressure is removed the spring contracts and lifts the swinging arm to a horizontal position, again rotating the chalk cup and applying chalk, as before described. The swinging arm and the cup are arranged in a horizontal position in convenient reach of the players, and it is only necessary to give a slight downward pressure on a cue to chalk the same. The spring readily returns the arm and the cup to a horizontal position, and the construction and the lower portion of the cord are concealed in the channel of the groove at the bottom or lower face of the swinging arm 6.

It will be seen that the cue chalker is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and that it is adapted to enable chalk to be readily and conveniently applied to the tip of a cue with a minimum amount of labor on the part of the player, and without liability of him .getting chalk upon his clothing.

In order to prevent any liability of the cord or belt from 'slipping off the spirally grooved portion of the shank, it is preferably passed roo through a perforation thereof and then wound around the shank in opposite directions, asA

cup and connected with the bracket and the arm, substantially as and for the purpose described. i

2. A cue chalker comprisingia brackena i my own I haveheretoaftixed my signature 1n swinging arm. mounted on the bracket, aro-` tary chalk cuphaving astexnjournaledon the swinging arm and provided with a spirally p grooved portion, and a yielding belt `coiled around the spirally grooved portion of the stem and connected with the swinging arm and the bracket, substantially as described.

3. A cue chalker comprising a bracket havinga horizontal arm lto be secured to a suitable support and provided with an upward extending arm or portion, a vertically swinging arm mounted on the bracket and having a groove or channel in its lower face and provided at its `outer end with a vertical bearing or socket, a chalk cup having a stem journaled in the bearing or socket and provided with a spirally grooved portion, a cord or belt coiled around the spirally grooved portion and ,having one end connected to the vertical arm or portion of thebracket, and a spiral spring arranged beneath the vertically swinging arm and having its inner end attached to the same and its outer end connected to the lower end ,of the cordior belt,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK GREGG CHESS.

Witnesses:

J. H. MALONEY, H. E. DRIGGS.

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