A New Golf Scorer.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 27th June, 1896
A New Golf Scorer.
I GERTRUDE WILLOUGHBY of Fulmer Hall Slough in the County of Bucks
Spinster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An appliance for marking the score in the game of golf consisting of two
circular plates which may be made of wood metal vulcanite celluloid or any
suitable material. The bottom plate is preferably fixed to a handle and on the
outer edge of the circumference carries numbers up to any number which are
hidden by a ring having teeth corresponding in number to the numbers above-
mentioned and in the ring is a slot of sufficient size to show one of the numbers on
the bottom plate. The teethed ring is moveable and is actuated by a lever so as
to show the numbers in succession for the total score. The second and upper plate
is double and concentric with and moved on the first or lower plate by the lever.
This double plate carries inside it nine or eighteen discs with numbers on each up
to any number and with a corresponding number of teeth which are actuated in
succession by the lever. On the face of the second or upper plate are nine or
eighteen holes through which the numbers on the discs inside appear in succession
as the lever is moved. When one hole in the game is done the double plate is
moved on to the next bole and the next disc thereupon becomes engaged with the
lever.
Dated this 30th day of July 1895.
G. WILLOUGHBY.
I, GERTRUDE WILLOUGHBY, of Fulmer Hall, Slough, in the County of Bucks,
Spinster 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 :-
This invention relates to an appliance or apparatus for scoring the points made
in the game of golf and comprises means whereby the scores made at the several
holes played are registered on separate small discs and can be referred to at any
stage of the game, and means whereby the total score is independently recorded on
a separate large ring or disc. The scores made at the different holes as shown by
the discs appropriated to the several holes can if desired be added together by the
player at the end of the game and used to check the total score shown by the large
disc or ring. Suitable means are provided for instantly setting the various discs
to zero ready for a new game.
In order that iny invention may be readily understood I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a golf scorer
constructed according to my invention and suitable for 9-hole links, or for 18-hole
links if the discs are set to zero after nine holes have been completed.
Figure 1 is a front view of the golf scorer with the bell hereinafter referred to
removed.

page_text: Figure 2 is a rear view of the appliance with the back plate of the casing
removed to show the arrangement of the discs.
Figure 3 is an inner face view of the arms or levers for actuating the discs.
Figure 4 is an edge view of said arms or levers.
Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several figures.
A is the casing of the appliance, B is a large toothed ring fitting within the
flange or rim of the casing and se ving to mark the total score of the game. The
said ring is actuated one tooth at a time by an arm or lever as hereinafter described.
C is a disc concentric with the ring B and capable of rotating within the inner
periphery of the said ring.
DD are small discs nine in number arranged in a circle as shown and capable
of rotation in holes or recesses formed in the disc C. The said small discs D are
retained in place by wings C' secured to the disc C or otherwise. They are
numbered from 1 to 9 as indicated in Figure 1 and correspond to the several holes
in the links. Each disc D is furnished with a small toothed wheel D' by which it
is turned one tooth at a time as hereinafter described to indicate the score at the
hole to which the particular disc corresponds. In the periphery of the disc Care
nine notches C by which the disc can be turned to bring any desired one of the
discs D into the scoring position. The disc C is moved by a radial arm or lever E
centered on a pin F and projecting through a slot in the side of the casing. The
said arm is furnished with a projectiou E¹ adapted to enter or engage with the
aforesaid notches C in the disc C. When so engaged with one of the notches
the disc C and arm E are locked together and the disc can then be turned by
moving the arm about its pivot. When it is desired to bring up another disc D
to the scoring position the arm E is slightly raised to disengage its projection E
from the notch in the disc C and the arm is then turned back until its projection
engages with the next notch in the disc whereupon the disc will be again turned
when the arm is moved forward and another disc D will thus be brought up to the
scoring position.
The marking of the score is effected by means of an arm or lever G pivoted on
the centre pin F and projecting through a slot in the side of the case. The said
arm carries a spring controlled pawl H which engages with the teeth of the ring B
and another spring controlled pawl J which engages with the teeth of the wheel D
of the disc D which happens to be in the scoring position. Each time the arm G
is moved backward and forward about its pivot the ring B is advanced one tooth
and adds one to the total score and the small disc D in the scoring position also
advances one tooth and adds one to the score of the particular hole then being
played. What the player does therefore to keep the score is to move the arm G
backward and forward once for each stroke he makes. When he has finished a
hole and is ready to pass on to the next hole he operates the arm E so as to turn
the disc C and thereby bring up the next disc D to the position where its teeth can
engage with the pawl J. The scores shown by the discs D remain unaffected after
they have passed the arm G and hence the score at any particular hole that has
been played can always be seen to the end of the game.
The method of reading the score will be understood from Figure 1 where a
portion of the graduated ring B is seen through a slot A' in the face of the case.
Each mark on the ring corresponds to one point of the score. The reading point
is indicated by 0. The figures 1 to 9 indicate the discs corresponding to the
several holes and the scores on each disc are read off through holes K in the case.
The scorer as shown in Figure 1 indicates that the first hole has been played in
four strokes, and that one stroke has been made toward the second hole, the
total score up to that point being 5. For setting the discs to zero to begin a new
game I provide a square ended key L which can be passed through holes M in the
casing into square holes in the discs D and be used for turning said discs to the
zero mark.
I sometimes arrange a small bell on the front of the scorer to give a signal
each time the arm G is actuated. The bell is secured to the casing by the central

page_text: pin F; the striker is a bent wire N one end of which is fixed to the casing at N¹
and the other end of which is actuated by a pin g carried by the inner end of the
arm G so that each time the said arm is oscillated the bell is sounded.
The appliance may be carried by the player in any desired manner, for example
it may be suspended from the coat of the player by means of a pin or brooch Por
similar fastening, or by means of a chain passed through the eyes R, R. In some
instances I provide movable pointers Q, Q' capable of sliding on the front plate of
the brooch P and serving to indicate the holes up or holes down denoted by the
row of figures seen on the brooch.
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. In a golf scorer a disc such as C carrying a number of small discs such as D
arranged in a circle in combination with means for turning the discs D one at a
tine and other means for turning the disc C substantially as, and for the purposes,
specified.
2. In a golf scorer the toothed ring for indicating the total score in combination
with a concentric disc carrying a number of smaller discs arranged in a circle for
indicating the scores at the several holes, and means for simultaneously turning
the ring and one of the small discs, substantially as described, and for the purpose
specified.
3. A golf scorer constructed substantially as described with reference to the
accompanying drawings and operating as specified.
Dated this 30th day of April 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.