Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
I, ERNEST SAMUEL SPENCER, of Arborfield, Arthur Road, Wimbledon Park, in
the County of Surrey, Managing Director to a Public Company, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows: --
The invention relates to golf clubs and has for its object to provide a simple
and effective means for connecting the head to the shaft. Heretofore it has been
usual to glue and bind the head of the club to the shaft by means of waxed cord,
which method is comparatively troublesome and costly.
According to my invention I turn or otherwise form the shank of the head to
fit a tubular socket which is preferably conical throughout about half its length,
the remaining. portion of said socket being cylindrical.
The end of the shaft is formed to fit this cylindrical portion of the socket.
The club and shaft are secured in the socket by means of pins, rivets or in
other suitable manner,
In some cases I crush, kink or flatten the tubular socket to a certain extent at its
centre and harden same if necessary to obtain a more effective springiness and thus
render it whippy as may be desired.
A golf club constructed according to my invention is stronger and cheaper to
make than those in which the head is glued and secured to the shaft by waxed
cord and it has nothing unusual in appearance as the socket occupies less space and
is less unsightly than the ordinary glued and corded or whipped connection.
Dotad October 21st 1897
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents.
I, ERNEST SAMUEL SPENCER, of Arborfield, Arthur Road, Wimbledon Park, in
the County of Surrey, Managing Director to a Public Company, 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:-
The invention relates to golf clubs and has for its object to provide a simple and
effective means for connecting the head to the shaft. Heretofore it has been usual
to glue and bind the head of the club to the shaft by means of waxed cord, which
method is comparatively troublesome.

page_text: My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figures I
and 2 are elevations drawn at right angles to each other showing my invention
applied to a golf club and Figures 3 and 4 are similar views showing a slight
modification.
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In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
According to my invention I turn or otherwise form the shank a¹ of the head a
to fit a tubular metal socket which is preferably conical throughout that part of
its length marked b which is to receive the 'shank a¹; the remaining portion b¹ of
said socket.being cylindrical. -
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The end of the shafte is formed to fit this cylindrical portion 61 of the socket.
The club and shaft are secured in the socket by means of pins, rivets or in other
suitable manner.
In some cases I crush kink or flatten the tubular socket to a certain extent at
its centre as shown at 62 see Figures 3 and 4 and harden same if necessary to obtain
a more effective springiness and thus render it whippy as may be desired.
A golf club constructed according to my invention is stronger and quicker to
make than those in which the head is glued and secured to the shaft by waxed
cord and it has nothing unusual in appearance as the socket occupies less'space and
is less unsightly than the ordinary glued and corded or whipped connection.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim iş:-
1. In a golf club the connection of the head to the shaft by means of a metal
socket, substantially as herein shown and described.
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2. In a golf club the connection of the head to the shaft. by means of a metal
socket, the lower part of such socket and the shank of the head being made conical
and to fit the one into the other whilst the upper part of the. socket and the lower
end of the shaft are made cylindrical and to fit the one into the other the parts being
fixed within. the socket in any suitable manner substantially as herein shown and
described.
3. In a golf club the connection of the head to the shaft by. means of a metal
socket crushed kinked or flattened at its centre, substantially as herein shown
and described and for the purpose stated.
Dated this 6th day of July 1898
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents.