Golfing Appliances.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Golfing Appliances.
GILBERT LEWIS Engineer 538 Eccles New Road Eccles near Manchester
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I propose to attach to the shaft of any golfing club a slieve of any material
preferably aluminium to turn or slide or both so that either hand may grip the
slieve firmly but not grip the club.
I propose to make golf balls with centres of rubber or other light and elastic
material in order to make them more elastic than when solid and light enough to
float in water.
I propose to make a ball cleaner of two small boxes or bags to fit each other
easily so that one may turn upon the other. A sponge is put into each of the boxes
and prevented from turning by small projections attached to the bottoms. When
the ball is placed in the boxes or bags the ball is cleaned by being rubbed between
the sponges.
I propose to mark golf balls with scrolls or screw threads, either a continuous
screw thread of any or differential pitch from end to end, or only partially over
the face; and to cross or recross these by similar screw threads in any direction.
The object of this is to obtain rotation in flight.
I propose to make a ball painter of two small tambourine or other shaped discs,
over the faces of which is stretched rubber, linen or other elastic material. The
stretchers on the discs are lightly painted and when the ball is rubbed between them
it receives the paint.
I propose to make a small portable drag net-the frame of which folds up and the
apparatus is easily carried in a golfer's bag.
I propose to make a rougher or scorer for the faces of clubs by attaching
together side by side several small saws. These saws to be adjustible for depth of
cut and pitch of scoring.
Dated this 27th day of January 1896.
GILBERT LEWIS.
GILBERT LEWIS Engineer 538 Eccles New Road Manchester 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 :-
To attach to the shaft of any golfing club a slieve of any material preferably
aluminium to turn or slide or both so that either hand may grip the slieve firmly
but not arin the club.

page_text: To make golf balls with centres of rubber or other light and elastic material in
order to make the balls more elastic than when solid and made sufficiently light to
float in water.
To make a ball cleaner of two small boxes or bags to fit so that one
may easily turn upon the other. Any cleaning material may be placed within
the boxes such as sponge cloth, bristles rubber etc. When the ball is placed
in the boxes it is cleaned by being rubbed both sides between the cleaning
material.
To mark the surface of golf balls with lines or markings arranged in the form of
a scroll, screw threads more commonly called rifled. The rifling may have straight
or wavey lines-be of single or double or more threads and of any pitch. To have
a single rifling on part or whole of surface and may be crossed in one or more and
in any direction. The markings may be raised or depressed. The object of these
markings is to obtain a regular rotation.
To make a golf ball painter of two small tambourine or other shaped discs, over
the faces of which is stretched rubber linen or other elastic material. The
stretchers are lightly painted and the ball being rubbed between them receives
the paint.
To make a small portable drag net-the frame of which closes up and the
apparatus is easily carried in a golfer's bag.
To make a rougher or scorer for the faces of club heads by attaching together
side by side several small saws. These saws to be adjustible for depth of cut and
pitch of scoring.
In order that my invention may be understood I will describe the accompanying
sheet of drawings.
a a of Fig. 1 shows the handle of a club; c the twisting slieve. It may also be
made to slide by widening the distance between the stops.
d is the usual leather and b the whipping.
Figs. 3 4 & 5 show the ball cleaner in three different forms. a a of Fig. 3
illustrate two boxes of full size; fitting each other, 6 being a lining of leather to
prevent injury to the ball. To reduce the depth of this design rubber ends are fixed
with small brass rings c see Fig. 4. When the ball is in position the ends of the
boxes are distended see dotted lines. a a of Fig. 5 show the boxes fitted with
small bristles.
Figs. 6, 7, 8 & 9 show soine designs of rifling or scrolling the surface of balls.
Fig. 6 the single thread. Fig. 7 the single thread crossed. Fig. 8 the single scroll,
Fig. 9 the single scroll crossed. These may be varied indefinitely.
Fig. 2 illustrates the tambourine ball painters-it is shown in sectional
elevation and in plan. The ball f being shown between the elastic paint
discs which are stretched over the boxes a a by string passing through the
eyelets e e in the usual tambourine manner. cc are discs of wood to receive the
eyelets.
Fig. 11 illustrates the potable drag net-to recover balls that have fallen into
ponds. It is shown open and also closed. a a is a very light frame of bar iron
hinged at the corners-the bar b holding the frame square by the set screw c. E E is
the net which is attached to the frame.
Fig. 10 illustrates the rougher or scorer in side and end elevation and also in plan.
The saws a a a are secured in the horse shoe frame by the bolts c c. bbb are the
distance pieces.
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
club.
1st. The application of a moving slieve to a golf club to prevent gripping of the
2nd. To make balls with a certain amount

page_text: 4th. To make golf balls with rifling scrolling or screwing lines to produce a rotation
as described and illustrated.
5th. To make a portable drag net as described and illustrated.
6th. To make a rougher or scorer as described and illustrated.
Dated this 7th day of September 1896.
GILBERT LEWIS.