US1115911A - Pool-ball frame. - Google Patents

Description

A. R. DICKINSON.

POOL BALL FRAME.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 25, 1914.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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AUSTIN R. DIoKINsoN, or sYRACUsE, Naw vomi.y

Application filed April 25, 1914. Serial No. 834,420.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTIN R. DIGKIN- son, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in to provide in combination with a movable cross rail or bar, a suitable platform having a felt or other similar covering adapted to receive the balls in the initial operation of setting them up, to avoid the necessity of placing them directly upon the table, rolling them around to get them in proper position and the damage resulting from the usual dropping of the ,balls vwithin the frame.

A further object is to form this platform in connection with suitable parallel extending side bars, forming extensions of the side rails of the pyramidal front portion of the frame, and spaced apart throughout their length a distance substantially equal tothe width of the base of the pyramidal portion of the frame, and of sufficient length so that when the bar connecting the rear end of the side bars, is in contact with the end wall of the table, the balls positioned within the pyramidal portion of the frame will be spaced the proper distance from the end wall of the table without the necessity of moving the frame and balls around upon the table with the resulting wear upon the cloth and without the necessity of guessing at the particular position of the spot, thereby insuring the player that the balls are in exactly the same position each time.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan view partially in section of a portion of a frame of slightly modified construction.

The invention comprises a frame formed of apair of side rails --1- and -2- constituting the sides of an equilateral triangle and of suitable length to inclose the desired number of pool balls, and a pair of side bars 3- and -lconnected respectively t0 the specification of Letters Patent. y

noon-BALL FRAME.

Patented Nov. a, 1914.

rear ends of the side rails 1-f and `-2- and extending rearwardly in planes substan-` tially parallel with each other and having their rear ends connected by a suitable cross bar -5-. The side bars -3- and lare of sufficient length so that when the cross bar 5frests against the end wall of a table, the ball located in the apex formed by the meeting of the rails -1- and 2- is positioned the exact proper distance from the end wall of the table so that when the t frame is properly adjusted laterally `this ball rests exactly upon the spot, and this proper lateral adjustment of the frame may be laccurately kpredetermined rby marking thecentral portion of the cross bar -5- and bringing thismarkv into exact registration with the center diamond found on all tables. By thispconst-ruction it is not necessary to move the frame Varound upon the table after the balls have been placed therein thereb -destro ino' the table covering 5 y t b o and furnishingan uneven and irregular surface preventing Aaccurate movement of the balls, and the player is assured that theballs are in exactly the .same position each time.

A suitable platform -6 having a felt or other covering ,-7- is. positioned be-` tweeny `the side'v barsr and -1-.and may be secured thereto in any suitable manner and preferably lies in a plane somewhat above the plane of the lower edge ofthe side l bars -3- and -4-, and preferably tapers toward its front edge T-so that the balls will roll gradually from the platforminto the pyramidal front portion of the frame. In use the frame is placed upon the table in proper position and the balls are laid upon the felt covered platform -6- and are then forced forwardly by any suitable means into the pyramidal front portion of the frame formed by the side rails 1* and -2-, and lfor this purpose a suitable movable cross wall or bar -8- is provided having tenons -9- and .-10- at its respective ends slidably mounted in grooves or mortises lll and -12- formed in the rails -3*-' and -4- respectively, and these grooves l1 and -12- are of sufricient length so that the'crossiwall -8- may lie to the rear of the platform 6 and may be pushed forwardly to form the base of the pyramidal portion of the frame and with the side rails 1 and -2- form an equilateral triangle for properly racking the balls in frozen position and this wall 8* is provided with a suitable obliquely projecting handle -13- for moving the wall back and forth.

The operation of the device is as follows: The frame is properly positioned upon the table, the cross wall -8 is drawn toward the rear of the platform tithe pool balls are placed upon this platform, the cross wall is pushed forwardly to force the balls into the pyramidal front portion of the frame, the cross wall is then slightly withdrawn from the balls and the frame may then be raised without interfering with the relative contact of the balls with each other.

In Fig. 4, a slightly varied form of the invention is shown in that the side rails -l and 2 are secured to the side bars -3- and -lrespectively by means of suitable hinges hland -15-, respectively, so that the side rails may be spread and withdrawn from contact with the balls so that the frame may be removed without liability of interfering with the relative contact of the balls with each other, and for normally holding the side rails in proper position for racking the balls, ,one4 of the rails, as -1-, is provided with a projecting stud 16H and the other rail, as -2*, with a spring megnber 17- adapted to engage the stud and frictionally hold the rails y in proper position for racking the balls, and they may then be spread apart and the frame withdrawn without in any manner interfering with the relative positions of the balls.

It will be readily apparent that although I have shown and described a particular form of the invention, that many changes may be made in the details of construction, form and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A device for setting up pool balls comprising a frame having a platform for temporarily supporting the balls, and guide rails converging forwardly from opposite sides of the front end of the platform for stacking the balls when rolled from the platform.

2. A device for setting up pool balls comprising a frame having a platform for temporarily supporting the balls, guide rails converging forwardly from opposite sides of the front end of the platform for stacking the balls when rolled from the platform, and means movable along the frame for iinpelling the balls from the platform between the'converging guide rails.

8. A device for setting up pool balls comprising a frame having a platform having a forwardly declining upper face and guide rails converging forwardly from opposite sides of the front end of the platform.

t. A device for setting up pool balls comprising a frame having a triangular opening in its front end and a platform at the rear of the opening.

5. A device for setting up pool balls comprising a frame having a triangular opening in its front end, a platform at the rear of the opening, and means guided on the frame for impelling the balls from the platform into the opening.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of April, 1914.

AUSTIN R. DICKINSGN.

lWitnesses H. E. CHASE,

Eva E. GREENLEAF.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington. D. C.

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