Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 8th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 27th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
We, COLIN DONALD MCLACHLAN, of 4, York Street, in the County of
Glasgow, North Britain, Engineer, and PETER SHAW GRANT, of 2, Stanley
Street, in the same county, Patternmaker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows, that is to say:-
Our said invention has for its object to improve and cheapen the construction
of golf clubs and so as to provide that they will be more durable and reliable in
Our improved construction also dispenses with the necessity of splicing the
shaft when of wood to the head and of having to weight the head with lead.
In carrying out our invention we form the golf club of cast steel, iron, brass, or
other metal or alloy, by casting such metal or alloy in such a manner that the
"hose" or socket for the shaft and the head are in one piece and hollow, and so
that there is an opening in the "face" of the head and a smaller opening in the
back of the head. There are also formed on the inner surface of the "sole"
two ribs extending in an inclined direction from each side of the opening in
the face towards the back. Through the opening in the face we insert a
block of hard wood or compressed leather or paper pulp, or other suitable
material; which fits tightly in the hollow head and forms the striking face of
the club head, the block being retained in position by the internal ribs and if
required by a screw or screws inserted by preference, through the sole; or the
block may be fixed by cement. When the striking face of this block becomes
worn or damaged by use the screw can be taken out and the block removed
by striking it through the smaller opening in the back of the metal head and
a fresh block can then be substituted for the worn one being secured in position
as described. Any number of these striking blocks may be provided.
The shaft if of wood is secured in the hose or socket as is done with other
golf clubs having iron heads; the shaft may however be made of steel which
may be fixed in the socket of the head by shrinking and may be further secured
by a pin or rivet.
Dated this Eighth der of Mor 1896
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicants' Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
We, COLIN DONALD MCLACHLAN, of 4, York Street, in the County of
Glasgow, North Britain, Engineer, and PETER SHAW GRANT, of 2, Stanley
Street, in the same county, Patternmaker, 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, that is to say :-
Our said invention has for its object to improve and cheapen the construction

page_text: of golf clubs, and so as to provide that they will be more durable and reliable
in use.
Our improved construction also dispenses with the necessity of splicing
the shaft, when of wood, to the head, and of having to weight the head with
lead.
Our invention consists in providing a hollow metal head made with an opening
in the "face" and in the back, and having fixed in it, between transverse ribs,
a removable block of wood or other suitable material, forming the striking part
of the club, the said block being conveniently knocked out, when damaged,
through the face opening, by striking the protruding part at the back opening
for the purpose of inserting a fresh block.
And in order that our said invention and the manner of performing the same
may be properly understood we hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings,
to be hereinafter referred to, and showing, by way of example, part of a golf
club as made according to our invention.
Figure, 1, of the drawings is a plan, and Figure, 2, is an elevation. Figure, 3,
is a sectional plan and Figure, 4, is a vertical section.
In these drawings the same reference letters are used to mark the same or
like parts wherever they are repeated.
In carrying out our invention we form the golf club head of cast steel, iron,
brass, or other metal or alloy, by casting such metal or alloy in such a manner
that the "hose" or socket, A, for the shalt, B, and the head are in one piece
and hollow, and so that there is an opening in the "face," C, of the head and
a smaller opening in the back, D, of the head. There are also formed on the
inner surface of the "sole two ribs, E, extending in a direction, inclined to
each other, from each side of the opening in the face, C, towards the back.
Through the opening in the face, C, we insert a block, G, of hard wood or
compressed leather or paper pulp, or other suitable material, which fits tightly
in the hollow head and forms the striking part of the club head, the block
being retained in position by the internal ribs, E, and by screws, H, inserted
by preference through the sole; or the block may be fixed by cement. When
the striking part, C, of this block, G, becomes worn or damaged by use, the
screws, H, can be taken out, and the block knocked out through the face
opening by striking the protruding part at the back opening in the head, and
a fresh block can then be substituted for the worn one, and fixed as described.
Any number of these striking blocks, G, may be provided.
The shaft, B, when of wood is secured in the hose or socket, A, by the
insertion of a pin, J, as is done with clubs having iron or steel heads. The
shaft, B, may however be made of steel which may be fixed in the socket of
the head by shrinking and may be further secured by a pin or rivet.
The invention may be applied to club heads of the "straight-face" type as
well as to those of the "bulger" type this latter being the type of the example
shown in the drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
The improved golf club having a hollow metal head, made with an opening
in the "face" and in the back, and baving fixed in it, between transverse ribs,
a removable block cf wood or other suitable material, forming the striking part
of the club, substantially as herein before described.
Dated this Sixth dox of Fahm1007
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicants' Agent.