US737226A - Billiard-cue chalker. - Google Patents

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PATENTED`AUG..25, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 25, 1903.

PATENT OFF-ICE.

WILLIAM E. GUESE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE A. FOX, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

BILLIARD-CUE CHALKER.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,226, dated August 25, 1903.

Application filed October 23,1902. Serial No. 128,373. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may conccrn: y,

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. GUEsn, a

Icitizen of the United States, residing at To- A further object is to provide such an article which Will possess special advantages as a hand-operated device. Y

To this end the invention includes the combination and arrangement of component parts and details of construction to be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

While the invention is susceptible of some modification, the accom-panying drawings.

show and I shall hereinafter'describe in connection therewith what is now conceivedto be the preferred embodiment of the same.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 shows the article in perspective and the manner of using the same. Fig, 2 is a longitudinal Sectional view, parts being shown in elevation; and Fig3 is a detail end 4 view of the chalk-cup. A

My invention includes generally a sheetmetal barrel closed at one end, having spiral guides formed in the periphery 'thereof which open out through the opposite end of the same, a chalk-cup designed to be inserted into the barrel through the latter end and provided with peripherally-arran'ged projections engaging the guides in the barrel, whereby the cup will be rotated as the former is reciprocated in relation thereto, a spring interposed between the closed end of the barrel and the cup, and a cap detachably secured to the end of the barrel, through which the cup is inserted, having a cus-openingdisposed axially of the same and portions to coact With the chalk-cup to prevent the latter being ejected from the barrel by the spring; vThe barrel is designated in the accompanying drawings by the numeral 1, is provided With a plurality of peripherally-arranged spiral guides 2, running longitudinally thereof and extending entirely to and through the edge of one end a of the same. In the particular exemplification of my'in- 6o vention disclosed herein these guides are formedby convex grooves pressed out of the body of the barrel, and they run the full length of the latter and open out through both endsof the same.l One end of the barrel is closed by a cap 3, which, while it is shown as detachable and such construction 'possessesspecial advantages, as will be hereinafter described, maybe permanently secured in place. 4

The chalk is-carried by a cup 7, fitted to the bore of the barrel and provided With peripheral projections 9 for engagement with the grooves 2. This cup is preferably formed by a casting having a recess 8 in the same of the shape of the exterior configuration of the block of chalk to be held therein, which block lits therecess snugly, so that it will be .retained in place by frictional contact, and upon the periphery of the cup a plurality of spi- 8o rally-arranged ribs are located, extending ix from end to'end of the same, which constitute the projections 9, before described. The cup is inserted into the barrel through Vthe end a Athereof,'and between the former and the cap 3 a helieal spring' 10 is interposed, which is housed Within the barrel and which tends to force the cup toward the end a of thelatter and to eject said cup when the end referred to is unobstructed. To normally retain the 9o cup within the barrel and at the same time provide a guide for the cue in` the chalking operation, a cap 5 is provided, which is detaehably secured to the end a,has an axiallyarranged opening 6, forming a cnc-guide, and is provided with an intact portion Which coacts with the cup to prevent theejectment of the same under the infiuence of the spring 10. The cap 5 is detachably mounted upon the end a, so that it may be displacedto remove Ico the cup inorder to replenish the chalk,

In order to facilitate the manufacture of the device, and particularly the assemblage of the parts thereof, the ends of the barrel are duplicates of each other, so that the cap 3 may be secured to either end, the cup inserted into the barrel through the opposite end, and the cap 5 secured to the latter With equal facility. a

The means for seouring the detachable engagement described between the end of the barrel and the cap preferably consists of interengaging screW-threaded parts, and in order to adapt the ends of the barrel to carry even threads and also for the purpose of reinforcing the barrel to prevent separation of thelongitudinal meeting edges thereof a castmetal ring 1' is fitted peripherally of the barrel at the extremity of each end of the same.

In using the article the same is gripped in one hand and the cue in the other, With the butt of the latter resting upon the fioor. The end of the cue is inserted through the opening 6, and then the device is given a few reciprocations. As the ohalk bears directly upon the tip of the cue, it will be prevented from partaking of the reciprocatory movement of the barrel, but Will be given a rotary movement as the latter reciprocates in relation thereto, so that the tip of the cue will be eiiiciently chalked.

In order that the article may be suspended in a convenient position, a stud 4, secured to the end of the cap 3, axially of the same, is provided, which has an opening extending through the same for the reception of a ring or other attaching device.

The construction and operation of my invention will be readily understood upon reference to the foregoing description and accompanying drawings, and it will be appreciated that the parts and combinations recited may be varied within a Wide range without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

Having described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a hand implement for chalking a cue and in combination, a tubular barrel closed at one end and having spiral grooves formed in the periphery thereof extending entirely to and through the edge of the opposite end of the same, a chalk-cup designed to be inserted into and removed from the barrel through the latter end, integral projections disposed peripherally of the cup engaging the spiral grooves, a spring interposed between the rear end of the cup and the closed end of the barrel, and a cap removably secured to the opposite end of the barrel having a portion eoacting With the cup When the latter is in the barrel to prevent the ejectment thereof by the spring, said cap also having an opening for the cue, substantially as described.

2. In an implement for chalking a cue and in combination, a sheet-metal barrel having corresponding eap-engaging means at each end thereof, and spiral grooves pressed out of the periphery thereof, running from end to end of the same and opening out through one of its end edges, a cap secured to the opposite end of the barrel for closing the same, a cast-metal c'up designed to be inserted into and removed from the barrel through the first-mentioned end thereof, said cup having peripherally-arranged integral ribs for engagement With said grooves, a spring interposed between said cup and said cap, and a second cap removably secured to said firstmentioned end of the barrel, said second cap havinga cue-opening and means to coact With the cup to retain the same in the barrel When said second cap is in place, substantially as described.

3. In an implement for cbalking a cue and in combination, a sheet-metal barrel having corresponding cap-engaging means at each end thereof and Spiral grooves pressed out of the periphery thereof running from end to end of the same and opening ont through both of its end edges, a cap secured to one of said end edges for closing the same, a castmetal cup designed to be inserted into and removed from the barrel through the opposite end thereof, said cup having peripherallyarranged integral spiral ribs engaging said grooves, a spring interposed between the cup and said cap, and asecond cap removably secured to the end of the barrel through WhichV the cup is inserted and removed, said second cap having a one-opening and means for engaging the cup to retain the same in the barrel, substantially as described.

In testimony Whereof I hereunto afl'ix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WM. E. GUESE. Witnesses:

CARL H. KELLER, JAs. W. ConWIN.

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