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Ant147, The word Eureka used on Burroughs and watts name plates ( cushion plates ) refers only to the type of block that the rubber used to sit on within the cushion this was an early vacumm cushion in that there was a long slotted air pocket behind the rubber for what they thought gave a more quite and better bounce , but in real terms it did not give a better bounce , very few tables have these blocks still on them , with billiard firms rerubbering and REBLOCKING the cushions a name plate was put on the cushion to describe the new type or new patent they where useing at the time , so Eureka is a type of cushion not the Name or model of the table , you can actualy read a section in norman clares web site that also gives an illustration of the Eureka cushion , I do on ocasion still come across the slotted Eurka air vacumm cushion and also the ealrier type with air pocket holes rather than the long slot , it's hard to explain but other Fitters on here will have also come across them . I allways ask if they want the cushions leaving as they are or reblocking if it is due for a recover.
Many billiard firms used differant names on the end plates when rerubbering tables you often see the Arrowflight cushion plate on burroughs and watts , or in the case of the Firm I work for Elston and Hopkin the words Empire Match cushion , thats because we where based in the Old Empire Theatre on Goldsmith street from 1938 . other manufacturers like Thurston used the Adamant Cushion which had a long piece of slate inserted into the wood for extra weight and bounce , there are so many names for differant end plates which can be matched to differant Billiard firms and some firms had more than one patent or cushion name out , and this is where people get confused and think that Eureka is the model name of their table when in fact it is just advertising a rerubber or a new patent of type of cushion . there should have been a makers name plate on the other end cushion but they very rarley gave amodel name for the table on them just the name of the maker .
some may also claim that the eureka name also refers to steel block cushions as the Eurkas name is also put of the Steel vaccum end plate , but this is wrong as the vaccum blocks are also to be found on standard none steel cushions , in fact I rerubbered on a few weeks ago with the vaccum strip still on the blocks on standard cushions .
Norman clares web site scroll down and read about the Eureka cushion
http://www.normanclare.co.uk/Burroughes&Watts.html
Many billiard firms used differant names on the end plates when rerubbering tables you often see the Arrowflight cushion plate on burroughs and watts , or in the case of the Firm I work for Elston and Hopkin the words Empire Match cushion , thats because we where based in the Old Empire Theatre on Goldsmith street from 1938 . other manufacturers like Thurston used the Adamant Cushion which had a long piece of slate inserted into the wood for extra weight and bounce , there are so many names for differant end plates which can be matched to differant Billiard firms and some firms had more than one patent or cushion name out , and this is where people get confused and think that Eureka is the model name of their table when in fact it is just advertising a rerubber or a new patent of type of cushion . there should have been a makers name plate on the other end cushion but they very rarley gave amodel name for the table on them just the name of the maker .
some may also claim that the eureka name also refers to steel block cushions as the Eurkas name is also put of the Steel vaccum end plate , but this is wrong as the vaccum blocks are also to be found on standard none steel cushions , in fact I rerubbered on a few weeks ago with the vaccum strip still on the blocks on standard cushions .
Norman clares web site scroll down and read about the Eureka cushion
http://www.normanclare.co.uk/Burroughes&Watts.html
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