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US 6,602,143 B2Granted
Pool cue tip sharpening device
OwnerO. Brian Pettigrewinventor
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Abstract
A pool cue tip sharpening device includes a cue tip dimpler within a block. The tip dimpler includes a recess having a dimpling wheel rotatably mounted on a first axis. The dimpling wheel has protrusions. The device also includes a tip shaper, wherein the tip shaper includes a concave recess within the block. A cue tip trimmer/burnisher is also within the block.
Claims20
A pool cue sharpening device, comprising:
- a) a cue tip dimpler within a block, wherein said tip dimpler includes a recess having a dimpling wheel rotatably mounted on a first axis, said dimpling wheel having protrusions;
- b) a tip shaper, wherein said tip shaper includes a first concave recess within said block;
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- c) a conical cue tip trimmer/burnisher within said block for trimming the side of a leather cue tip in order to maintain an edge flush with a ferrule of the pool cue and for burnishing the side in order to produce an edge.
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A pool cue sharpening device, comprising:
- a) a cue tip dimpler within a block, wherein said tip dimpler includes a recess having a plurality of dimpling wheels each rotatably mounted on a same first axis, said dimpling wheels having protrusions;
- b) a tip shaper, wherein said tip shaper includes a concave recess within said block;
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- c) a cue tip trimmer/burnisher within said block.
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A device for maintaining pool cue tips, comprising:
- a) a cue tip dimpler within a block, wherein said tip dimpler includes a recess having more than one dimpling wheel each rotatably mounted on a first axis, said dimpling wheels having protrusions;
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- b) two guide wheels rotatably mounted on a second axis and third axis, respectively, parallel to said first axis, but each different from the first axis.
A pool cue sharpening device, comprising:
- a) a cue tip dimpler on a block, wherein said tip dimpler includes a concave surface and having protrusions for dimpling a cue tip;
- b) a tip shaper, wherein said tip shaper includes a concave recess within said block;
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- c) a conical cue tip trimmer/burnisher within said block for trimming the side of a leather cue tip in order to maintain an edge flush with a ferrule of the pool cue and for burnishing the side in order to produce an edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.