Cue game training apparatus

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide for a hand-held mechanical analog computer mechanism which can calculate and display useful information on aiming, shooting and cue ball deflection simultaneously and automatically.
The mechanical analog computer of the present invention comprises, among other items, means for aligning a fixed arrow with an object ball so as to set and display the object ball's intended direction of travel; means for setting an aiming line of a cue ball based on a position of the object ball with respect to a cue ball; means for determining a cut angle between the object ball's intended direction of travel and the aiming line; and means for determining a carom angle of the cue ball after it hits the object ball.
The carom angle is defined between the aiming line and a direction in which the cue ball travels after it hits the object ball.
The present invention also provides for a cue game training apparatus which comprises a fixed base and a movable dial rotatably mounted to each other so as to rotate relative to one another around a common axis in parallel planes; and linking means mounted between the fixed base and the movable dial, the linking means comprising a pointer such that a movement of the movable dial with respect to the fixed base causes the linking means to control a movement of the pointer relative to the fixed base and the movable dial.