Improvements in Battledores and Shuttlecocks, and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 19th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 24th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Battledores and Shuttlecocks, and in the
Manufacture of the same.
I EDWARD MORGAN GASKELL of No. 50 Weaman Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Commission Agent do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in battledores
and shuttlecocks and in the manufacture of the same; by which improvements the
battledores are made stronger than ordinary battledores and in shuttlecocks made
according to my invention the feathers or substitute for feathers are more securely
fixed than in ordinary shuttlecocks and my improved shuttlecocks possess further
the advantages hereinafter referred to.
In making a battledore according to my invention I dispense with the parchment
or board of which the palm of the battledore is ordinarily made and I make the
palm of the battledore preferably of thin haid and ductile sheet metal or alloy
I make the
such for example as thin tin plate, sheet brass and sheet aluminium.
bow and handle of the battledore of cane the bow or that part of the cane in
which the edge of the metal palm engages being slit and the edge of the palm.
inserted in the said slit. Or I use a bow the cane of which is unslit and the palm
attached thereto by three or other number of metallic loops encircling the cane
and attached by soldering or otherwise to the palm. The ends of the cane con-
stituting the handle are parallel and secured together by cord twisted round them
or otherwise. Or I dispense with the bow and give the required rigidity to the
edge of the palm by folding over or doubling the said edge. In this case the handle
may be made of a light stick of wood attached to the palm at two points namely
at or near its middle and at its tapering end.
Where the bow extends all round the edge of the palm, the said palm may be
made of a single layer of cloth or other non-metallic flexible or elastic material
instead of metal.
In making shuttlecocks according to my invention I fix the feathers, whether
natural or artificial, to a light crown made preferably by stamping from sheet
metal. The said crown has in its marginal portion a series of holes through which
the stems of the feathers are passed and in which they are fixed. In making the
said holes the cut out pieces of metal are not detached from the crown but are left
connected to the holes, forming a series of tongues at right angles to the plane of
the metal from which they are cut. After the insertion of the stems of the feathers
in the said holes the said tongues are pressed upon the said stems which are thereby
gripped between the edges of the tongues and holes and are thereby held firmly in
position.
Or the metallic stems may be affixed to the crown of the shuttlecock by
soldering.
The crown holding the feathers I connect to the body or base of the shuttlecock
by means of a pin or a pivot. By this arrangement the crown can turn upon the
body.
Figures or ornaments may be attached to the body, which figures or ornaments
when the shuttlecock is descending through the air do not rotate with the upper
part of the shuttlecock. The extreme base of the shuttlecock, that is, the part
struck by the battledore may be made of cork or other yielding material.
By making the body of the shuttlecock of celluloid or other transparent substance,

page_text: figures or ornaments enclosed in the body are visible from the outside and are
protected from injury.
By making the crown of the shuttlecock of two parts having coincident and
slightly distant central holes the shuttlecock in its motion through the air produces
a whistling or musical sound.
Dated this 25th day of January 1894.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Battledores and Shuttlecocks, and in the
Manufacture of the same.
1 EDWARD MORGAN GASKELL of No. 50 Weaman Street, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Commission Agent do hereby declare the nature of my
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 consists of the improvements hereinafter described in battledores
and shuttlecocks and in the manufacture of the same; by which improvements the
battledores are made stronger than ordinary battledores and in shuttlecocks made
according to my invention the feathers or substitute for feathers are more securely
fixed than in ordinary shuttlecocks and my improved shuttlecocks possess further
the advantages hereinafter referred to.
In making a battledore according to my invention I dispense with the parchment
or board of which the palm of the battledore is ordinarily made and I make the
palm of the battledore preferably of thin hard and ductile sheet metal or alloy,
such for example as thin tin plate, sheet brass and sheet aluminium. I make the
bow and handle of the battledore of cane the bow or that part of the cane in
which the edge of the metal palm engages being slit and the edge of the palm
inserted in the said slit. Or I use a bow the cane of which is unslit and the palm
attached thereto by three or other number of metallic loops encircling the cane and
attached by soldering or otherwise to the palm. The ends of the cane constituting
the handle are parallel and secured together by cord twisted round them or other-
wise. Or I dispense with the bow and give the required rigidity to the edge of
the palm by folding over or doubling the said edge. In this case the handle may
be made of a light stick of wood attached to the palm at two points, namely at or
near its middle and at its tapering end.
Where the bow extends all round the edge of the palm the said palm may be
made of a single layer of cloth or other non-metallic flexible or elastic material
instead of metal.
In making shuttlecocks according to my invention I fix the feathers, whether
natural or artificial to a light crown made preferably by stamping from sheet
metal. The said crown has in its marginal portion a series of holes through which
the stems of the feathers are passed and in which they are fixed. In making the
said holes, the cut out pieces of metal are not detached from the crown but are left
connected to the holes, forming a series of tongues at right angles to the plane of
the metal from which they are cut. When I employ artificial feathers the metallic
stems may be affixed to the crown of the shuttlecock by soldering. The crown
holding the feathers may be connected to the body or base of the shuttlecock by
means of a pin or a pivot. By this arrangement the crown can turn upon the
body.
Figures or ornaments may be attached to the body, which figures or ornaments
when the shuttlecock is descending through the air do not rotate with the upper
part of the shuttlecock. The extreme base of the shuttlecock, that is, the part
struck by the battledore, may be made of cork or other yielding material.

page_text: By making the body of the shuttlecock of celluloid or other transparent substance,
figures or ornaments enclosed in the body are visible from the outside and are
protected from injury.
By making the crown of the shuttlecock of two parts having coincident and
slightly distant central holes the shuttlecock in its motion through the air produces
a whistling or musical sound.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a battledore made according
to one of the arrangements of my invention Figure 2 represents a section of a
portion of the same the said section being taken on the liner, a Figure 1.
According to this arrangement I make the bow and handle of the battledore
from one piece of cane marked a, a, a, the middle portion a² being bent into the
form of the bow and the ends a. a being brought together and secured by cord cor
being otherwise fastened together so as to form the handle of the battledore.
The bow part a² of the cane is slit on its inner side as will be best understood by
reference to Figure 2 so as to receive the edge of the palm ₺ of thin sheet metal
or alloy.
Instead of the bow being slit it may be unslit the metallic palm in this case
abutting against the innerside of the bow and being secured thereto by metallic
loops as represented in Figure 3 (the metallic loops d are also indicated in dotted
lines in Figure 1). The ends of the metallic loops d are secured to the palm by
soldering or riveting.
The bow a may be dispensed with the edges of the metallic palm 6 being
strengthened by folding over or doubling the said edges as represented in
Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 or by beading the said folded or doubled edges as represented
in Figures 8, 9 and 10 the said beading preferably enclosing the bow like frame
of wire e the ends of the wire being secured to the handle by a ferrule f
The handle a in the last two arrangements extends on the underside of the palm
from bottom to top and is secured thereto in the manner which will be readily
understood by an examination of the drawings.
In the arrangement Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 a wooden palm may be substituted for
the metallic palm bas represented in Figures 11, 12 and 13. In the said
Figures 11, 12 and 13 the wooden palm is marked 62 and is secured to the handle a.
by rivets g, g of the kind resembling paper fasteners.
When a wire bow of the kind represented in Figures 8, 9 and 10 is employed a
celluloid or xylonite palm may be substituted for the metallic palm.
This last arrangement is represented in Figures 14 and 15. The palm ³ is made
of a sheet of celluloid or xylonite. In attaching the palm to the wire bow the
celluloid or xylonite is warmed so as to soften it and is then bent over the wire and
allowed to cool upon the wire; it thereby retains its position on the bow.
This arrangement may be applied to palms made of buckrum and parchment.
Figure 16 represents a bow made of crimped wire. By the use of a bow made
of this kind the palm may be made of string or gut the vertical strings or guts
being interlaced with the horizontal cords or guts or those running from side to
side. In this way a fine net work palm is produced.
In connection with the wire bows represented in Figures 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 and 16
a palm of strong and stiff fabric such as buckrum may be employed the fabric
being stretched over the palm and secured thereto by sewing or cementing.
b
Figures 17 to 28 both inclusive represent my improvements in shuttlecocks.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 17 to 28 both
inclusive.
In making a shuttlecock according to my invention I take a crown a (obtained
by stamping from sheet metal) of the kind represented in plan in Figure 21
and vertical section in Figure 22. The said metal crown a has a series of
tongues a² projecting from its underside the said tongues being first pierced from
the bottom of the crown and the pierced parts afterwards bent downwards. I
attach to the underside of the crown a a cup or dish made preferably of
celluloid the said cup being retained by closing the tongues a² upon it. A crimped

page_text: paper ringe having a waved or vandyked upper edge is also attached to the upper
part of the crown the part of the paper ring c resting on the bottom of the crown.
having perforations corresponding with the perforations or piercings in the crown.
The stems of the feathers d are passed through the holes in the ring c and
crown a into the cup band liquid cement or rosin is poured through a central
hole a³ in the crown into the cup band allowed to solidify therein. The said
feathers are thereby attached to the crown.
When the metal crown a is used without the celluloid cup on its underside
I prefer to pierce the crown in the manner represented in Figures 17 and 18 and to
raise the metal or tongues a² between the said piercings. The stems of the feathers
are then passed under the said tongues and the tongues are pressed upon the said
stems which are thereby gripped between the edges of the tongues and crown and
are thereby held firmly in position.
In addition to the cup or dish b a bell or jingle e may be attached to the shuttle-
cock as represented in Figures 25 and 26.
The belle may be arranged upon a tubular pivot whereby on descending
the shuttlecock spins or rotates independent of the bell e as represented in
Figures 27 and 28.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention of "Improvements in battledores and shuttlecocks and in the manufacture
of the same."
First. Making the palms of battledores of thin sheet metal or alloy substantially
in the manner herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
and 10 of the accompanying drawings.
Secondly. Making the palms of battledores of wood attached to the handle of
the battledore substantially in the manner herein before described with reference to
Figures 11, 12 and 13 of the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly. Making the palms of battledores of celluloid or xylonite substantially
in the manner hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 14 and 15 of the
accompanying drawings.
Fourthly. Making the bows of battledores of crimped wire and the palms of
string or gut substantially in the manner herein before described and illustrated in
Figure 16 of the accompanying drawings.
Fifthly. A battledore having a bow of wire and a palm of stiff fabric, such for
example as buckrum, the said bow being secured to the handle of the battledore
by means of a ferrule or the like substantially as herein before described.
Sixthly. Securing natural or artificial feathers of shuttlecocks in the metal
crowns of the same substantially as herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 17 to 28 both inclusive of the accompanying drawings.
Seventhly. The combination with the metal crowns of shuttlecocks of a ring of
paper with preferably a waved or vandyked upper edge substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in Figures 19 to 28 both inclusive of the accompanying
drawings.
Eighthly. The combination with shuttlecocks of the kind hereinbefore described
and claimed of a bell or jingle substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
in Figures 25, 26, 27 and 28 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated the Seventeenth day of October 1894.
EDWARD MORGAN GASKELL.