IMPROVEMENT IN THE HANDLES OF CRICKET AND OTHER BATS
Year: 1885

page_text: WALTER HERBERT COOK of 319 Victoria Park Road in the County of Middlesex,
Cricket Bat Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE HANDLES OF CRICKET AND OTHER BATS to be as
follows:-
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My Invention relates to an improvement in Cricket bats and it has for its object
1st to avoid a jarring sensation being imparted to the arm and hand of the player
when striking the ball and 2ndly to give to the bat greater driving powers than
those ordinarily made.
The invention is also applicable to bats used in other games such as lawn
tennis &°.
The improvement of my Invention consists in the introduction into the handle
of a strip or block of india rubber or equivalent material extending almost from
the extremity of the handle to about a level with the shoulder of the blade. The
handle is built up of separate. pieces of care as usual and the block of india rubber
is surrounded by and cemented to the various sections which are turned down and
bound with twine as usual and then spliced into the blade.

page_text: An Improvement in the Handles of Cricket and other Bats.
J, WALTER. HERBERT COOK of 319 Victoria Park Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Cricket Bat Manufacturer, 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 Cricket Bats; and it has for its
object first to give to the Bat greater driving powers than those ordinarily made,
and secondly to prevent the hand and arm of the player receiving a jarring
sensation when the Ball is struck. The Invention is also applicable to bats used
in other games, such as Lawn-Tennis, etc. The improvement of my Invention
consists in the introduction into the handle of a strip or core of elastic India-
Rubber extending almost from the extremity of the handle to about a level with
the shoulder of the blade. The handle is built up of separate pieces of Cane as
usual, and the core of India Rubber is surrounded by, and cemented to, the various
*sections.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying Drawings forming part of this
Specification, wherein Figure 1. is an elevation, partly in section, of the handle of
a Cricket-Bat taken on line 2-2 Figure 2. which is an end view of the handle;
whilst Figure 3. is a cross section of the same on line 1-1. Figure 1.
a is the core of vulcanized india-rubber, which, to facilitate the building up of
the handle is, preferably, of square or rectangular section, and in area about one-
sixth, more or less, of the whole cross-sectional area of the handle, say the by
inch section, and eleven inches long. The handle is built up, preferably, of eight
'sections or strips 6 of cane, as shown in Figure 3, extending the whole length of
the handle, but a greater or lesser number may be employed, the india-rubber core
being, in any case, wholly enclosed within the body of the handle, as shown The
sections of bare glued together in the usual manner, and cemented to the india-
rubber core a, and the handle so built up is turned and bound with twine in the
usual manner and then spliced into the blade. c is a central plug of willow, or
other soft wood, closing the end of the cavity in which the India Rubber core is
contained, and abutting tightly against the end of said core and secured by
wedges d, of ebony, whalebone, or other suitable material, driven, in between two
opposite faces of said plug, and the adjacent cane sections.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed; I declare that what
I claim is
The construction of the handle of a cricket or other bat of a central, longitudinal,
elastic core of india-rubber, enclosed by sectional strips of cane or equivalent
flexible material, substantially as herein specified.
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