US1052461A - Pool-ball frame. - Google Patents

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,F. E. CHASE. POOL BALL FRAME. AlPLIOATIONTILED MAR 9, 1912 1,052A61. Patented Feb. 11,1913.

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FRANK E. crusts,

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YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH T0 JAMES H. MUNDIE, OF NORTH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK. I I

I POOL-BALL FRAME.

. Specification: of Letters ratent.

Patented Feb. 11.1913.

- Application med Marc 119.1912. Serial No. 682,604.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I; FRANK- E. CHASE, a

States, residing'at Tonawanda, in the countyofErie and New York, have inventedfinew and useful Improvements in PoolnBall Frames, of which thefollowing is a specification. i This invention relates to'a frame/or triangle for setting u'pthe balls on a pool table.

As heretofore constructed these fr ames or:

triangles werep'rovided with a ball receivwhioh'was somewhat largerthan the pyramid ofballs intended to be laced within he frame and the inner sides of the walls "or bars of these frames wereusuallyvertical. frame ofthis construction does not-permit of reliably setting upthe balls so that they-bear firmly against each oth r'in'a manner commonlyknownas also diiiidult to removefrozen and it is the frame from the balls after they are set up. without disturbing them, thereby preventing a player from getting the full benefit of. his skill.

wide a pool ball frame or It" is the object of invention to pro- 'triangle' of simple "I and inexpensive CtOIlStIllCtlOIL which permits of quickly Iandha'ccurately setting up the line 2.-2, Fig. 1..

balls onlthe table so that they are always frozen'tight against each other and which avoids the frame after the balls have been set up. n

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is. a top plan view of a pool ball frame or triangle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 IS 'a vertical transverse section thereof-taken in Fig. 3 is a vertical section,

onan enlarged scale, taken in line 3-3, Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutth'e several views.

. In its general organization'the' frame or triangle is like that now in common use an comprises two forwardly converging side bars 1, 1 which are rigidly connected at their front ends and a rear cross bar .2 which is rigidly connected at its opposite ends with the rear ends of the side bars so as to form a rigid triangle.

Arranged transversely within the triangular space or opening of the frame and lengthwise in front of the rear cross bar thereof is a follower or presser bar 3 where- I State of l the frame, a horizontal liability of'disturbing the ballsd "and all the balls are caused 'by the pyramid or .body of balls may be pushed forwardly or toward the side bars and caused to bear firmly or freeze together. pivot'ally connected with the rear cross bar against each other. This follower is of the frame sothat the same' canswing in a vertical plane, The .preferred means for this purpose consists of two pairs of hinges 4 secured to the lower edges of the rear cross 1 bar of the frame and the follower, leaving the upper edge of the latter free to move forwardly and the frame.

The follower 1s yieldingly held in its re-' tracted or inoperative position against the front side of the rear cross bar for which purpose various means may be' usedbut those shown in the drawings are pre andcomprise horizontal opening 5 formed in the central part of the rear cross bar of the follower and coinciding with'the opening in the rear cross bar, and a spring 7 arranged in said openings and connected at their opposite ends, respectively, with the rear cross bar and the follower.

motion between the spring and the folinto the follower and end of the spring, and the connection between this spring and the cross bar preferably comprises a cap 9 which is inserted in the outer end spring is attached. Normally the follower it vertical position, as shown in Figs. 1 and '3. 'After the balls have-been placed upon the table within the the-free upper edge of the follower forwardly and into engagement with the rearmost row of balls so that the entire body of balls is crowded or pushed forwardlyinto the forwardly tapering space of the frame to engage firmly against each other. In order to permit the operator to thus push the follower forwardly the upper edge of the same projects a sufficient distance above the upper edge of therear cross bar, as shown at 11 in Figs. 2 and 3, so as to enable the operator while holding the frame at its opposite rear cornersby both hands to engage the thumbs of the hands with the upper edge of the folframe the operator pushes backwardly lengthwise of ferred opening '6' formed in so The conlower preferably consists of a nail 8 driven receiving the inner of the outer opening and having aneye 10 'to which the outer end of the y in its retracted lower and push the same forwardly into the 1 30 of the sidebars are beveled so that the op-- posing inner faces of the two side bars di-.

position shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3, After the follower has been thus pushed forwardly the sairi is released and permitted to swing back into its normal position from the rearmost row of balls to the 7 midway of their height.-

of pool hall 'Here'tofore the inner sides," faces or walls frames have usually been made Q vertical which is objectionable inasmuch as .tionally by the inner sides and disturbed or displaced when lifting such a frame from the table with the'balls afterthe latter have been set up the same are liable to be engaged fricof the side bars slightly so that they do not engage one another pro erly and thereby prevent a layer fromgetting the full benefit of his stilL.

In order to avoid disturbing the balls 7 while lifting the frame after the ballsha-v'e been set up, the inner sides, faces orwalls 12 verge downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2. By this means the two sidebars only engage with the outer rows of balls at'the upper inner corners of the 'side-bars'and when lifting this frame subsequent to setting-up the balls the frame clears itself from the balls 4 "owing re the gradual downward enlargement or flare'of the opening within the frame, whereby the frame is retained out of contact with the balls and displacement of the latter at this time is. avoided.

This construction of pool ball frame is very simple and comparatively inexpensive, the same can be very easily manlpulated I and as there are no parts which project out I and I with a horizontal no l ability of interference with the ballpI'eSSlng device and the frame can be stored away as compactly as the frames now in common use.

I claim as my invention: 1. A rigid its bars arranged to extend-below the, top

of the balls frame and resting on the table, and a follower arranged adjacent to the inner side of one of the-frame'bars and pivotally connected therewith soas to be. capable vof swinging vertically.

2. A rigid its bars arranged to extend belowthe top of of the balls while. the latter are within the frame and resting. on the table, a follower arranged adjacent'to the inner side of one of the frame bars and pivotally connected therewith so asto be capable of swinging vertically, and a lower yieldingly in. its retracted position.

' 3. A pool ball frame comprising side bars a rear bar and a follower arranged transversely within the frame and in front of the rear bar and pivotally connected at itslower edge with the lower edge of said rear bar so as to swing vertically.

4. A poolball frame comprising two forbar provided w' h a horizontal o ening, a follower'a'rrang transversely within the frame in front of thecross bar and provided opening in line with the opening of said cross bar, hinges connecting the lower edges of the cross bar and follower, and a sprin arranged in said openings and connected with-saidi cross bar and follower.

wardly converglifg side-bars, a rear cross Witness my hand this 7th day of March, 1912. I

, FRANK E. CHASE.

Witnesses:

THEo', L, Porr,

ANNJe- HEIGrE.

pool hall frame having all of while the latter are within-thepool ball frame having all of spring for holding the fol-

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