A Pocket Instrument for Recording Scores at Golf or other Games.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 19th Oct.. 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Pocket Instrument for Recording Scores at Golf or other
Games.
I, HUGH VAUGHAN PEARS, of Queens Well, Carshalton, in the County of
Surrey, Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention relates to a pocket instrument for recording scores at golf or other
games to which like scoring may be applicable.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a front view and Fig. 2 is a section of
the instrument according to my invention.
Fig. 3 shews it opened up for removing or placing a score card.
Fig. 4 is a view taken behind the face to shew the gear for moving the card,
and
Fig. 5 shows the underside of the disc and ratchet wheel.
The instrument consists of two parts, a back part A and a glazed front part B
which is hinged to A and can be opened away from A as shewn in Fig. 3. In the
part A is mounted on a central pivot a ratchet wheel C attached to a disc D,
which has a central circular projection d and a circular groove d'. A ring handle E
like that of a watch is attached to A and bas passing through it a sliding stem with
button e, this stem bearing against the arm f of a lever which is pivotted at F and
which carries a spring pawl G engaging the teeth of the ratchet wheel C, which is
prevented from turning backwards by a spring pawl c. On pressing the button e
the pawl lever is moved in opposition to a spring f' to the position indicated by the
dotted lines in Fig. 4 the ratchet wheel C being thus turned one tooth. The
part B of the instrument has a cross bar H on which is pivotted a disc h and on
which is mounted a rock spindle K, having fixed at its one end a handle k outside
the casing and at its other end an index L provided with a needle point on its
underside immediately over the circular groove d'. A spring acting on a stud
on the spindle K holds the index L in the raised position shewn in Fig. 2.
A disc M of paper or card graduated in divisions corresponding with the teeth of
the ratchet wheel C and having a central hole fitting the projection d being placed
on the disc D in such a position that the zero of its graduation is immediately
under the index L, the part B is closed down, the disc pressing the paper or
card M on the disc D, which, in order to ensure the rotation of the paper or card
along with it, may have needle points m to pierce the paper or card. The golf
player, after every stroke, pushes in the button e thus turning the paper or card M
one division.
Whenever he makes a successful stroke sending the ball into a hole,
he also presses the handle k thus causing the needle point to prick the paper or
card M.
Thus after playing for some time, the paper or card M shews by the division
which is under the index L the total number of strokes made by the player, and
by the holes pricked in it the number of successful strokes, shewing also by the
position of the pricks relatively to the graduations, the number of strokes required
to send the ball into each hole. The paper or card disc M can be removed and
kept as a record of the play, a fresh disc being put in its place. Although I have
described the instrument as adapted for recording golf scores, obviously it might be
applied in scoring successful and unsuccessful play in other games.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A pocket instrument for recording scores at golf or other games, constructed
and operating substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 19th day of September. 1895.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.