Cue tip shaping tool and file fabrication method for use therewith
OwnerJoseph Porperinventor
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Abstract
A multipurpose cue tip preparation tool containing a number of openings for the insertion of a pool cue end. Access is provided for cleaning and flattening the ferrule end of a cue stick prior to the cementing on of a new tip. After the cement has dried, the invention may be used for trimming the excess tip material, rounding the playing end, comparing the rounding to an established contour and burnishing the tip sides to prepare the tip for play. A process is described for preparing flat and concave files to be used in the invention.
Claims7
A tip shaping tool for use in the processing of leather tipped ferrule ends of billiard and pool cue sticks comprised in combination of:
- a. a two part block assembly with perforations in its faces to permit the inserting of and operations on cue stick ends;
- b. a relatively large opening through the said two part block assembly for observation of the operations;
- c. trimming means which can be reached through one of the perforations and used for reducing the diameter of a newly cemented leather tip;
- d. forcing means by which the sides of the leather tip can be impressed against the trimming means to promote accurate trimming;
- e. flat filing means for cleaning and flattening said ferrule end prior to the application of a tip;
- f. concave filing means for shaping a trimmed leather tip into a hemispherical form;
- g. gauging means for determining the degree of completion of a tip shaping operation;
- h. burnishing means for smoothing and polishing the interface between a ferrule and a newly-prepared tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.