Improvements in the Construction of Indian Clubs.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 8th May, 1895-Accepted, 8th June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Indian Clubs.
I, HENRY ISAAC NEWTH, of 242 New Kent Road, London S.E., Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the construction of articles known as Indian clubs, used
in gymnastic exercises; and its objects are to effect improvements therein, for the
purpose of affording facilities for adjusting, altering, and regulating the total
weight, and the position of the centre of gravity, increasing their durability, and
rendering them practically unbreakable.
I make the main body of the club of the usual form, and either in one piece, or
in two or more sections or parts, uniting such parts together with the aid of tenon-
and sockets when and where necessary.
When made in sections, such sections may consist of various kinds of wood, or of
wood and metal combined, so as to secure the position of the centre of gravity at
any required distance from the upper end or handle. The whole of the sections are
secured together by a metallic bolt running through the central longitudinal axis,
a head being formed on the bolt at its upper end, and its lower end being screw
threaded to receive a fly-nut or other nut, with a plate or washer under the nut.
I also sometimes hore out the body of the club for the purpose of inserting
collars or plates of metal or other suitable substances, such collars or plates being
bored to allow the longitudinal bolt to pass through the same.
By means of my improvements the gymnast is enabled to increase the weight of
the clubs in proportion to the increase of strength acquired by their use; and the
position of the bolt running right through the neck of the club secures the necessary
strength, where ordinary clubs are weakest, thus rendering my improved clubs
practically unbreakable.
Dated 8th August 1801
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Indian Clubs.
I, HENRY ISAAC NEWTH, of 242 New Kent Road, London S.E., Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of my said 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 the construction of articles known as Indian clubs, used
in gymnastic exercises; and its objects are to effect improvements therein, for the
purpose of affording facilities for adjusting, altering, and regulating the total
weight, and the position of the centre of gravity, increasing their durability, and
rendering them practically unbreakable.
I make the main body of the club of the usual form, aud either in one piece, or
in two or more sections or parts, uniting such parts together with the aid of tenons
and sockets when and where necessary.

page_text: When made in sections, such sections may consist of various kinds of wood, or
of wood and metal combined, so as to secure the position of the centre of gravity at
any required distance from the upper end or handle. The whole of the sections
are secured together by a metallic bolt running through the central longitudinal
axis, a head being formed on the bolt at its upper end, and its lower end being
screw threaded to receive a fly-nut or other nut, with a plate or washer under
the nut.
I also sometimes bore out the body of the club for the purpose of inserting
collars or plates of metal or other suitable substances, such collars or plates being
bored to allow the longitudinal bolt to pass through the same.
By means of my improvements the gymnast is enabled to increase the weight of
the clubs in proportion to the increase of strength acquired by their use; and the
position of the bolt running right through the neck of the club secures the
necessary strength, where ordinary clubs are weakest, thus rendering my improved
clubs practically unbreakable.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawing, being an
elevation, partly in section, of my invention.
In the drawing the body of the club is shown formed in two parts only, but it
may consist of three or more parts, if required. The lower portion
is bored
through its entire length, the bore being enlarged at e to receive a washer and nut.
The upper part or neck a is formed with a reduced cylindrical portion fitting
into the bore of the lower portion. e is a bolt passing down through the neck a and
the lower part. The lower end of the bolt is screw threaded to receive a nut f.
This nut may be square, hexagonal, or of any other suitable form. g, h, i, k, are
annular weights preferably formed of lead or iron, capable of sliding upon the
bolte and fitting the bore of the lower part of the club. m is a metallic washer
for retaining the weights in position and preventing any looseness when secured by
the nut f
The club is capable of being elongated telescopically by raising the cylindrical
part d, of the upper part, in its socket, and inserting packing rings between the
shoulders at n. Also the weights, or some one or more of them may be removed,
and rings or cylinders of wood or other light material may be substituted therefor,
so as to alter the weight and the position of the centre of gravity.
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
The improvements in the construction of Indian clubs substantially as and for
the purposes described and illustrated by the drawing.
Dash Man 1805
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.