Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 26th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 28th Dẹo., 1895.
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
I, ROBERT MUNRO, of Old Deer Park, Richmond S.W. Golf Club Maker, do
Thereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of golf clubs, more
particularly to those which are commonly called "brassies." According to my
invention the head of the club is preferably made of wood or other like material
and weighted with lead or other substance inserted therein. It is then covered
with a metal sole consisting of a plate of brass or any suitable light metal. The
metal sole is made preferably slightly convex, so that when a golfer touches the
ground in the act of striking the ball the motion of his club will not be so greatly
arrested by the contact with the ground as when the sole is flat. The lead or
other substance inserted in the club head for the purpose of weighting it may be
placed in a hole or recess or holes or recesses made in the side of the club and
provided internally with a screw thread or matrix to hold the lead securely in
position.
A
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
I, ROBERT MUNRO of Old Deer Park, Richmond, S.W. Golf Club Maker,
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 an improvement in the construction of golf clubs, more
particularly to those which are commonly known as "brassies." According to my
invention the head of the club is preferably made of wood or other like material
and weighted with lead or other suitable substance inserted therein. The lead or
other substance inserted in the club-head for the above mentioned purpose of
weighting it may be placed in a hole or recess or in holes or recesses made in the
side of the club and provided internally with a screw thread or matrix to hold the
lead securely in position. To afford additional durability as well as to give a
neater appearance to the head a plate of brass or other suitable metal is screwed
or otherwise affixed to the side of the head. The lead may be run in after such
brass or metal plate is sorewed on or attached, a hole or holes being made in the
plate for the purpose. The plate may be separate from, or form part of the metal
sole hereafter mentioned. The head is also provided with a metal sole consisting
of a plate of brass or any other suitable light metal. The metal sole is made
preferably slightly convex, so that when a golfer touches the ground with it, in
the act of striking the ball the notion of his club will not be so greatly arrested
by contact with the ground as when the sole is flat.

page_text: In order that my invention may be more clearly understood I make reference to
the accompanying sheet of drawings in which Fig. I is a side view and Fig. 2 a
plan of a golf club head embodying my improvements. a is the golf club head,
the end view of the lead which is contained in a screw threaded hole in the side
of the head and further retained in position by the side plate a separate from, or
forming part of the more or less convex sole plate d.
:
I do not confine myself to the precise relative proportions or conformations
of the respective parts as any or all of them may be varied without departing
from the spirit of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In golf club heads weighting them with lead inserted in a hole or recess or in
holes or recesses made in the side of the club head; and provided internally with a
screw thread or the like to hold the lead securely in place, substantially as
described in the above Specification and exemplified in the drawings.
2. In golf club heads, weighted with lead retaining the lead in position by a
metal plate substantially as described in the above Specification and exemplified by
the accompanying drawings.
3. In golf club heads providing them with a convex sole, covered or not with
metal substantially as described in the above Specification and exemplified by the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 94th dow of November 1805
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.