Improvements in or connected with Cricket Bats.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Cricket Bats.
We, JOSEPH WAINWRIGHT, of Thalia Street, Beckett Street, Leeds, Cricket Bat
Maker, and SAM MAUD KENNEDY, of 27, Rock View Road, Burmantofts, Leeds,
Cricket Bat Maker, both in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows;-
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Our invention refers to certain improvements in the construction of handles of
cricket bats and the like, and the object of our invention is to so improve the same
that they are faster and firmer in their resilience than bats hitherto employed.
According to our invention, we form the central portion of the handle of canes
built up into a diamond section, with the opposite points of the diamond to the
front and back of the bat. The outside of the diamond is covered with india rubber,
and cane strips are fastened on the exterior surface, the rubber running through
the joint between the central portion and the outside strips, and being continued
through the lines of intersection of the continuation of the sides of the diamond.
The exterior of the handle can then be whipped in the ordinary way.
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BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in or connected with Cricket Bats.
We, JOSEPH WAINWRIGHT, of Thalia Street, Beckett Street, Leeds, Cricket Bat
Maker, and SAM MAUD KENNEDY, of Rock View Road, Burmantofts, Leeds,
Cricket Bat Maker, both in the County of York, 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 refers to certain improvements in the construction of handles of
cricket bats and the like, and our object is to so improve the same that they are
faster and firmer in their resilience than bats hitherto employed.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood, we will proceed to describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawing in which similar letters refer
to like parts in both figures.
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 is a sectional plan on line X Y
Figure 1, of a handle constructed in accordance with our invention.

page_text: According to our invention, we form the central portion A of the handle of canes
built up into a diamond section, with the opposite points B and C of the diamond
to the front and back of the bat. The outside of the diamond is covered with india
rubber D, and cane strips E are fastened on the exterior surface, the rubber 1)
running through the joint between the central portion A and the outside strips E,
and being continued through the lines of intersection of the continuation of the
sides of the diamond, as best seen at Figure 2. The exterior of the handle can then
be whipped in the ordinary way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. The central diamond portion A with its opposite points B and C to the front
and back of the bat, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The combination of the central diamond portion A, india rubber D, and cane
strips E, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
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BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.