An Improved Shuttlecock.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1892i
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Shuttlecock.
I, WILLIAM EDWIN STOAKES of 16 Telephone Road, Fawcett Road Southsea,
Portsmouth, in the County of Hampshire, Caulker, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows
A toy consisting of two complete shuttlecocks, connected together and working
in combination, but in opposite directions, the whole forming one complete
shuttlecock.
ust 1900
WILLIAM EDWIN STOAKES.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Shuttlecock.
1 WILLIAM EDWIN STOAKES of 16 Telephone Road, Fawcett Road, Southsea,
in the County of Hampshire, Caulker, 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 that kind of toy known as a shuttlecock and comprises
various novelties and improvements hereinafter described.
In order the more clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I will refer to the accompanying drawing, where I have
shewn my invention, in which :-
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Fig. 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2. a plan on the top of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 a central sectional elevation on line a. a. and Fig. 4 a sectional plan on
lines c. a
In making a shuttlecock according to one form or modification of my invention, I
provide that the top part d, of the body C, shall be of wood, cork, or other suitable
light material, but preferably of cork and the bottom part e, of indiarubber, the
two parts being suitably and permanently connected together; the indiarubber will
cause the shuttlecock when struck by the bat to rebound from the same with better
effect, than if the whole body is made of wood, cork, or similar material, but I do
not limit myself to this or any particular combination of materials in constructing
the body, C, of my shuttlecock, any suitable materials may be used, or the body may
be made entirely of one kind of material say of wood or cork.
Feathers I. I. 1. are attached to the body, C, and arranged in manner similar to
those fitted to an ordinary shuttlecock and as shown in accompanying drawing, but
I do not limit myself to the use of any particular number of feathers in making my
shuttlecock, the same may vary as desired; these feathers it is noted, are
fitted in a more or less oblique direction across the top part of the body, C, in
manner such as is shown more particularly at Fig. 4, whereby the desired rotary
motion of the shuttlecock, is secured, by reason of the spiral form given to the
shuttlecock by the feathers being thus fitted in combination. All the feathers also
stand at an obtuse angle, greater or less, as desired, to the vertical centre of the
shuttlecock, this angle will be considerable. The essential feature of my invention,
consists in providing and suitably attaching, to the body C, of the shuttlecock,
another or supplementary shuttlecock, F, constructed in somewhat similar manner
to the one hereinbefore described and lettered, C, but smaller, and fitted as herein-
after described.
The body of this supplementary shuttlecock will probably be made in one piece

page_text: preferably of cork and it is attached to the body, C, by means of a spindle or pin, H,
which passes through it (the body F) into the body C, to which it is firmly
attached; the body F, is arranged to revolve freely on the pin H, and the pin
stands above the top of the body F, and when falling the supplementary shuttlecock
slides up the pin to the top K of the same.
A very rapid rotary motion is imparted to this, the complete or combined
shuttlecock when struck by the bat and when falling, by means of this method of
construction; and this desirable result is further accelerated by causing the
feathers, J. J. J. provided on the body of the supplementary shuttlecock F, to be
fitted obliquely across the body F, in an opposite direction to those fitted on the
body C, and whereby also the body F, is caused to rotate in an opposite direction ;
to that taken by the body C. I prefer to strip the lower part of the feathers fitted
to the body C, as it is considered, the air or draught when the shuttlecock is falling
will thereby have freer access to the feathers j. j. provided on the body F, of the
supplementary shuttlecock; the obtuse angle to the vertical of the feathers on the
supplementary shuttlecock may be somewhat less than those on the body C, and
under any circumstances the former will be arranged so as not to touch the latter.
The feathers on the two different bodies will probably be of distinct colours, and
the shuttlecock can be made of any desired size.
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 :-
1. A toy consisting of two complete shuttlecocks connected together and working
in combination, the whole forming one complete shuttlecock, as hereinbefore sub-
stantially described.
2. In a shuttlecock the bottom part of the body made of indiarubber, the top part
of wood, or cork as preferred, in manner as herein before substantially described and
illustrated, in the accompanying drawing.
3. In a shuttlecock constructed in two parts C, and F, working in combination,
the arrangement whereby the feathers of the body F, are fitted obliquely across the
same in an opposite direction to the feathers fitted on the body, C, in manner as
hereinbefore substantially described and illustrated in the accompanying-drawing.
Dated this 10th day of December 1892.
WILLIAM E. STOAKES.