An Improvement in Bats used in Playing the Game of Cricket.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 22nd May, 1894-Accepted, 23rd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Bats used in Playing the Game of Cricket.
I WILLIAM DAVID CAMERON of No. 2 Sugarisland Newry in the County of
Armagh Solicitor's Assistant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
A hollow tube made of indiarubber surrounded with cloth, canvas, or other
suitable materials, said hollow tube to contain air under pressure, and to be attached
to wood or other suitable material made in the shape of a bat used in playing the
game of cricket, and be protected from wear in such method as may be found most
suitable.
3000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Bats used in Playing the Game of Cricket.
I WILLIAM DAVID CAMERON of No. 2 Sugarisland, Newry, in the County of
Armagh, Solicitor's Assistant 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 improvements are devised with a view to create increased driving power in
bats used in playing the game of cricket, and at the same time with a view owing
to the resilient properties of my invention to insure immunity from vibration.
In carrying out my invention I employ a hollow tube of india rubber surrounded
with cloth cauvas or other suitable material adapted to withstand the pressure of
the air introduced and contained within the tube as hereunder mentioned, and fold
it the shape of a bat used in playing the game of cricket. The folds are held
together by a suitable cement, or by other efficient means. The hollow tube is
secured to wood or other suitable material made the shape of a bat used in playing
the game of cricket, by a case or bag made the shape of the bat and constructed of
cloth canvas or other suitable material adapted to withstand the pressure of the
air introduced and contained within the tube as hereunder mentioned, the case or
bag being covered with rubber or other suitable material to protect it from wear,.
said hollow tube is inflated with air under pressure, and forms the front of the
handle and face of the bat according to my invention. I may use, for the purpose.
of inflating the tube, any ordinary forcing pump or like device, the air under
pressure being introduced to the interior of the hollow tube through a small duct
attached to the hollow tube at the top of the handle and provided with a non
return valve.
The accompanying drawings exemplify in what manner the invention may be
carried into effect.
Fig. 1-A is a front view of the said hollow tube made of indiarubber surrounded
with cloth canvas or other suitable material as before described folded the shape
of a bat, showing at the top of the handle the duct D through which the air is
introduced to the interior of the hollow tube by a force pump or like device.
Fig. 2 is a side view, A. is the said hollow tube surrounded as aforesaid.
the wood or other suitable material the shape of a bat as before described & shown
at Fig. 3.
B is

page_text: Fig. 3 is wood or other suitable material made the shape of the bat.
Fig. 4 is a cross section-B is the wood or other suitable material shown in Fig. 3
-C is the canvas case or bag mentioned in this Specification as the means of
securing the hollow tube to wood or other suitable material-E is the canvas cloth
or other suitable material herein before mentioned surrounding the hollow tube of
india rubber and F is the hollow tube made of indiarubber.
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
For cricket bats, the employment of a hollow tube or of hollow tubes of india-
rubber inflated with air under pressure substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 21st der of May 1904
WM. D. CAMERON,
2, Sugarisland, Newry, Co. Armagh.
WM. D. CAMERON,
2, Sugarisland, Newry, Co. Armagh.