Improvements in Toys known as Shuttlecocks.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left; 26th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 1st Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Toys known as Shuttlecocks.
We RALPH HEGINBOTHAM of 36 Uxbridge Street, Ashton-under-Lyne,
Draper, and HENRY Moss of 3 Henry Street, Hyde Road, Manchester, Traveller
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of a shuttlecock so constructed that its centre of gravity
is placed in the lowest possible position and the body is of such a form that it
cannot stand on a smooth horizontal surface in any other position than a
vertical one.
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To accomplish this we attach or insert a sufficient weight such as a piece of lead
to or into the lower part of the body. In one form we merely arm the base
externally with a piece of metal of suitable form, screwed or otherwise secured and
in another form as for instance with wood or cork bodies we hollow out the bodies
in order to lighten their upper parts and insert the metal or weight into the lower
part of the hollow. In some cases we merely pour a suitable quantity of molten
lead into the said hollow securing it in any suitable way as for instance by a wire
through the walls or by a screw or nail.
In another form of our invention we construct the body of shuttlecocks of
compressed wood-pulp, papier maché, vulcanite or other suitable composition
capable of being moulded and of sufficient strength when set and in combination
with the use of such materials we insert and use a suitable weight for the purpose
above described. This weight we prefer to insert in the mould so that it is secured
and surrounded by the material of which the body is constructed.
Dated this 25th day of January 1894.
EDGAR CONISTON MILLS,
Agent to the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Toys known as Shuttlecocks.
We, RALPH HEGINBOTHAM of 36 Uxbridge Street, Ashton-under-Lyne,
Draper, and HENRY Moss of 3 Henry Street, Hyde Road, Manchester, Traveller,
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:-
Our invention consists of a shuttlecock so constructed that its centre of gravity
is placed in the lowest possible position, and the body is of such a form that
it cannot stand on a sinooth horizontal surface in any other position than a
vertical one.
To accomplish this we attach or insert a sufficient weight such as a piece of lead
to or into the lower part of the body.
In the accompanying drawings we illustrate several varying forms or modifi-
cations in which we carry out our invention, but we do not bind ourselves to the
exact details in construction of these forms nor do we represent that they include
all forms in which our invention may be applied.
In Fig. 1 the wood or cork body A of the shuttlecock is shewn as being armed
externally at the base with a piece of metal B secured to the body by the screw C.
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One or more screws or nails may be used or the piece B may have a screw or spike
formed with it.
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In Fig. 2 the wood body A is hollowed out internally and the weight B is
secured internally by a screw as shewn. The cork deck a is inserted into the
upper part of the hollow and secured by cement or otherwise and in some cases we
make the cork extend downwards as far as the weight as shewn by dotted lines in
order to keep it in position and dispense with the screw. The weight may
also be inserted and secured by merely pouring molten lead into the hollow and
securing it by the cork or by a wire through the walls of the body or by a screw
or nail.
In another form of our invention we construct the body of shuttlecocks of
compressed wood pulp, papier maché, vulcanite, celluloid or other suitable composition
capable of being moulded and of sufficient strength when set and in combination
with the use of such materials we insert and use a suitable weight for the purpose
above described.
Figs. 3 and 4 shew how our invention can be carried out in accordance with
this combination. D is the shell constructed of celluloid or other suitable
composition. a in Fig. 3 is a cork interior secured by cement, and B is a weight
inserted into the cork which may conveniently be in the form of a buck-shot as
shewn. In Fig. 4 the deck a is constructed of cork and the lower portion of the
interior is filled with wood B which in this case gives sufficient weight to accomplish
the purpose of our invention.
Figs. 5 and 6 shew simple forms in which we sometimes carry out our invention.
The body A is constructed of wood surmounted by a cork deck a, and in Fig. 5
a lead weight or shot B is inserted by pressure into an incision in the lower part
of A. The body shewn in Fig. 6 is similarly constructed but the weight B is
omitted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
:-
1. The bodies of toys known as shuttlecocks constructed with a weight suitably
disposed in the base so as to bring the centre of gravity to a point at which it shall
operate in combination with the spherical form of the body to restore the shuttlecock
to an upright position from all other positions substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. The weights secured to wood or cork bodies externally or internally
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawings.
3. The bodies formed with shells of celluloid or other material or composition
combined with the weight of metal or wood substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
4. The combined wood and cork bodies with or without a metal weight
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 24th day of October 1894.
EDGAR CONISTON MILLS,
Agent to the Applicants.