A Golf Marker.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct., 1891-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Golf Marker.
I, CHARLES WYKEHAM FORMBY of 18 Clinton Terrace Exmouth Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The instrument in appearance resembles a keyless watch. The dial contains
18 slots more or less-of about th inch square. Behind these 18 slots are
18 discs on spindles, which pass thro' the centre of the discs & revolve in a
socket at or near the centre of back of dial. These discs which are about 3inch
in diameter & in. thick have numbers inscribed all round their edges so that any
of the numbers can be seen thro' the slots in face. The disc is turned by pressing
in & turning a milled knob on the outside rim of the case. For when the knob
is pressed its neck which is hollow passes thro' the rim of the case & fits on to
spindle of disc-in manner of a clock-key fitting spindle of winder. When pressure
is removed from knob its neck rises-(by a spring)-from inside of case.
Now as
the whole dial with adjoined dises & spindles revolves: cach spindle in rotation
can be brought within reach of the key-neck of knob. Then by pressing &
turning knob the discs are turned & thus desired numbers can be scored in the
slots. On the right of each number on the edge of the disc is a coloured mark
which can be shown at slot with number if desired to intimate a winning score.
Dated this 21st day of January 1891.
CHARLES WYKEHAM FORMBY.
A Golf Marker.
I, CHARLES WYKEHAM FORMBY, of 18, Clinton Terrace, Exmouth, Gentleman,
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 device or apparatus for use in marking, counting or
scoring the results obtained by persons playing the game of golf or any similar
game.
The main object of my said invention is to provide a simple and convenient
marker or scorer for recording the number of strokes made by a golf-player in
making or in endeavouring to make each "hole," and also the result of his play
for the several holes respectively that is to say whether such "holes" have been
won, lost or " tied."
One feature of my said invention is the construction of the device or apparatus
in such a manner that a single sliding key may be used for adjusting, independently
of each other, several indicators or sets of indicators arranged in a circular series
or group.
Another feature of my said invention is the construction and arrangement of the
sliding key and the indicators in such a manner that the said key may be caused to
engage with either one or both of the indicators of either set. When the device
or apparatus is to be used as a golf-scorer, one indicator of each set is arranged
for scoring the number of strokes played in obtaining or endeavouring to obtain a
"hole," and the other indicator for recording. whether the said "hole has been
won, lost or "tied."
In the accompanying drawing
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Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved device or apparatus designed to
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page_text: Figure 2 is an edge view, partly in central section, of the said device of
apparatus.
These figures are both drawn to an enlarged scale 'in order to show more clearly
the construction and arrangement of the parts. And like letters indicate corre-
sponding parts in the said figures.
A is a metallic case in which is enclosed the mechanism other than the movable
key and the arm for carrying the same. This case is formed of two halves held
securely together by means of a central rod or bolt B, provided at its ends with
means for retaining the two halves of the case in their proper relative position. A.
slot or opening C is left between the edges of the two halves of the case for the
purpose hereinafter explained.
C
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In the device shown in the drawing, there are eighteen sets of indicators and
eighteen sets of holes. A', A² in the front of the case A through which such
indicators may be seen. Each of these sets comprises two indicators a and b.
The larger indicator a is loosely mounted on an arbor or spindle c fitted in slotted
bearings formed on or attached to the front portion or half of the case A; and to
the said indicator a is firmly secured a toothed or ratchet wheel d. On the larger
indicator a, I provide numerals for indicating or recording the number of strokes
made by the player in obtaining or endeavouring to obtain a
hole." The said
indicator is, morcover, so placed that any one of the numerals, but only one at a
time, can be seen through one of the series of openings A' in the front of the
case A. The smaller indicator is firmly fixed on the arbor or spindle and nearer
the centre of the case. The circumference of this indicator is divided into three
segments which are differently colored, usually white, to indicate that the "hole
has been won, red to indicate that the "hole" has been lost, and blue to indicate
that it has been "tied"; and the said indicator is so placed that one or other of
these colored segments is visible through one of the series of openings A², in the
front of the case A. Two discs e, having springs or spring arms e, fare
arranged on the central rod B. The said springs serve to retain the arbor or
spindle c in its proper position in its bearings and also to prevent accidental rotation
of the indicators a, b; the spring / also serves to prevent rotation of the indicator a
during the separate or independent adjustment of the indicator b, the said
springs e, bearing respectively against the arbor or spindle c and the part
which connects the wheeld with the indicator a. A similar set of indicating or
recording mechanism is provided for each set of openings A1, A2, of which there are
eighteen, as above mentioned. These sets of openings are numbered consecutively
as shown.
For operating or adjusting the indicators, I provide outside the case A a
movable or sliding key g which extends through and works in the circum-
ferential slot or opening C in the case A and which is carried by a revolving arm h
pivoted on the rod B outside the case A, so that the key can be revolved or
moved around the outer edge of the case to bring the said key into the proper
position to operate the indicators of either set. The key is provided with a
milled head g and is so arranged that it can be depressed against the action of a
spring which spring holds the said key out of engagement with the indicating
mechanism. The key y is provided within the case A with a toothed or ratchet
wheel adapted to engage with the wheel d on the indicator a; the said key is
also provided with a socket g2 shaped to correspond with the adjacent end of the
arbor or spindle c so that it may be caused to engage therewith for the purpose of
adjusting the indicator b.
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A ring or loop 1 may, if' desired, be secured to the rotary arm h, as shown in
the drawing, for the attachment of a chain or cord to the apparatus:
The improved device or apparatus is used as follows, that is to say:- -When it
is desired to record or score the play, the key is depressed until the socket *
engages with the square end of the arbor or spindle c and the wheel k engages
with the wheel d. By then turning the key g, the indicator a is set so as to shew
the desired numeral through the outer opening A', thus. recording the number of
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page_text: strokes the player has made with respect to the "hole" which the set of indicators
in question is to represent. The key g is then allowed to partly return under the
action of its spring, so as to disengage the wheel & from the wheel d, and the
smaller indicator is then adjusted by again turning the key, so as to shew
through the inner opening A2 one of the colored segments, to indicate the result
of the play for the "hole" for which the strokes recorded by the indicator a were
made, that is to say, whether such "hole" has been won, lost or " tied."
It is evident that the construction of my improved device or apparatus may, if
desired, be somewhat modified without departing from the nature of my said inven-
tion. For instance, for scoring some games, a sliding key carried by a rotating
arm as above described may be arranged to operate independently of each other
several single indicators arranged in a circular series or group in a suitable case.
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 is :-
First. A device or apparatus for the purpose above specified, wherein a sliding
key is carried by a rotary arm so that it may be used for adjusting independently
of each other several indicators or sets of indicators substantially as hereinbefore
described.
Second. A device or apparatus for the purpose above specified, wherein several
sets or pairs of rotary indicators are arranged in circular series or groups in com-
bination with a sliding key which is carried by a rotary arm and is adapted to
engage with either one or both of the.indicators of each set, substantially as, and
for the purposes, herein before described.
Third. The combination of the two rotary indicators one of which is fixed upon
an arbor or spindle provided with a square or other suitably shaped end for engage-
ment with a key, and the other of which is free to turn upon the said arbor or
spindle and is provided with a toothed or ratchet wheel for engagement with
a similar wheel on the said key, substantially as, and for the purposes, above
specified.
Fourth. The improved golf-scorer constructed substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1891.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.