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US 6,026,720 AGranted
Cue servicing and repair apparatus
OwnerBryan W. Swankinventor
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An apparatus for servicing and repairing cues including a collet mounted to a rotation member and having a collet body defining a passage including a generally conical surface, at least two collet jaws formed of a flexible resilient material and slidably disposed within the passage to define arcuate gaps with the surface, and an adjuster for slidably moving the collet jaws to flexibly bear against a cue inserted through the collet. A cutter feed includes a mounting to a bed proximate to a headstock for movement parallel to the bed. A cue tip shaper mounted to the cutter feed and having a rotatable arm for shaping a cue tip to a preselected curvature. A flexible resilient sleeve rotationally mounted to a support for holding a cue by frictional contact. A pivot mount for mounting a motor to the bed in a first position proximate to the support and pivotable to a second position proximate to the headstock. A pincers press mounted for sliding movement along a guide way to pinch and smooth wrap on a cue. An iron mounted for sliding movement along the guide way to apply heat and pressure to wrap on a cue. A cue tip holder for mounting to the cutter feed and having at least one resilient finger adapted to hold a cue tip for attachment to the cue.
An apparatus for servicing a cue, of the type having a bed defining a generally horizontal planar surface and including a longitudinal guide way, a headstock mounted to the bed and including a rotation member, a support slidably mounted to the guide way and alignable with the headstock, a motor, and a coupler for coupling the motor to the rotation member, wherein the improvement comprises:
An apparatus for servicing a cue, of the type having a bed defining a generally horizontal planar surface and including a longitudinal guide way, a headstock mounted to the bed and including a rotation member, a support slidably mounted to the guide way and alignable with the headstock, a motor, and a coupler for coupling the motor to the rotation member, a cutter feed, and means for mounting the cutter feed to the bed proximate to the headstock for movement parallel to the planar surface, the improvement comprising:
An apparatus for servicing a cue, of the type having a bed defining a generally horizontal planar surface and including a longitudinal guide way, a headstock mounted to the bed and including a rotation member, a support slidably mounted to the guide way and alignable with the headstock, a motor, and a coupler for coupling the motor to the rotation member, wherein the improvement comprises a sleeve formed of a flexible, resilient material and mounted to the support for rotation about an axis generally parallel to the guide way, the sleeve having an inside diameter sized so that a cue can be disposed through and mounted by frictional contact in the sleeve without the sleeve damaging the cue.
An apparatus for servicing a cue, of the type having a bed defining a generally horizontal planar surface and including a longitudinal guide way, a headstock mounted to the bed and including a rotation member, a support slidably mounted to the guide way and alignable with the headstock, a motor, and a coupler for coupling the motor to the rotation member, wherein the improvement comprises:
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