Improved Apparatus for Moulding Golf Balls.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 13th May, 1892-Accepted, 25th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Moulding Golf Balls.
I, JAMES MACEWAN Ross, of the firm of R. G. Ross & Son, Engineers,
Greenhead Works, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the provision of an improved portable press or
apparatus for moulding or shaping golf balls.
The press is composed of a cup piece provided with a handle and forming half
of the mould the other half of which is formed by a loose dome lid or cover guided
by a rim or flange on the cup. Over the cup and cover is fitted a bow or bridge
piece also formed with a handle, and this bow has on it a pivot pin or ball bearing
in a central socket on the top of the cover whilst at each end of the bow or bridge
an inwardly projecting lug is formed and fitted to pass under a scroll cam surface
at the under side of the flange of the cup, the flange being cut or slotted to permit
of the lugs on the bow passing over it. In the operation of the apparatus the ball
to be shaped or moulded is laid in the cup, the cover placed over it, and the bow
slipped over both, after which the handles are brought together after the fashion of
a pair of scissors or pliers, turning on the central pin and socket, whereby the lugs
on the how are caused to slide over the scroll cam surface and pressure is
applied through the pivot pin and socket on to the loose lid or cover of the cup.
Dated this Fifteenth day of August 1891.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Moulding Golf Balls.
I, JAMES MACEWAN Ross of the firm of R. G. Ross & Son Engineers,
Greenhead Works, Glasgow in the County of Lanark 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 has for its object the provision of an improved portable press
or apparatus for moulding or shaping golf balls.
As represented in the accompanying drawings in side elevation at Figure 1 in
plan at Figure 2 and in vertical section at Figure 3 the press is composed of a
cup piece A provided with a handle A' and forming half of the mould the other
half of which is formed by a loose dome lid or cover B guided by a rim or flange a
on the cup. Over the cup and cover is fitted a bow or bridge piece C also formed
with a handle C¹ and this bow has ou it a pivot pin or ball bearing in a central
socket b on the top of the cover B whilst at each end of the bow or body an
inwardly projecting lug c¹, c', is formed and fitted to pass under a scroll cam
surface a' at the underside of the flange a of the cup, the flange being cut or
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slotted at a², a to permit of the lugs c, c on the bow passing over it.
operation of the apparatus the ball to be shaped or moulded is laid in the cup A,
the cover B placed over it, and the bow C slipped over both after which the
handles are brought together as indicated at Figure 2 after the fashion of a pair
of scissors or pliers, turning on the central pin c and socket whereby the lugs c¹, c¹
on the bow C are caused to slide over the scroll cam surface a¹ and pressure is
applied through the pivot pin and socket on to the loose lid or cover B of the
cup A.

page_text: 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:
A ball press constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described.
Dated this Twelfth day of May 1892.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.