Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 26th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 28th June, 1887
RESERVE
I, WARDLE SOMERTON BELLERBY, of No. 9 Brook Street, Ilkley, in the County of
York, Foot Ball Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of foot balls, and
has for its object the joining together of the ends of the various sections of the ball
case in such a manner, so as to give a better appearance to the ball case when inflated,
and to obtain a firmer support to the bladder and reduce the liability of the seam at
the joining cutting and bursting the inflated bladder.
I accomplish my object in the following manner; I join the ends of the sections
forming the ball case by sewing thereto a circular or polygonal piece of leather as in
ordinary foot ball cases, but in addition I sew to the before named piece of leather,
another piece of the same contour which is in the interior of the ball case when
finished, and of such a thickness that the face of it is about level with the seam or
joining of the circular or polygonal piece, to the sectional pieces; thereby forming a
support to the inflated bladder, and reducing the liability of the same being cut by
the sharpness of the seams or joinings at each end of the sections.
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page_text: I, WARDLE SOMERTON BELLERBY of No. 9 Brook Street, Ilkley, in the County of
York, Football 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 :-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of Footballs and
has for its object the joining together of the ends of the various sections of the ball
case in such a manner so as to give a better appearance to the ball when inflated and
to obtain a firmer support to the inflated bladder and greatly reduce the liability of
the seams and the "waxed ends" at the joining, cutting, and thereby bursting the
inflated bladder.
I accomplish my object in the following manner: I join the ends of the various
sections forming the ball case by securing thereto a circular or polygonal piece of
leather, and in addition I sew to the before named piece of leather, another of the
same contour, which is in the interior of the case when finished, and of such a thick-
ness that the face of it is about level with the seams or joinings of the circular or
polygonal piece and the sectional pieces thereby forming a support to the inflated
bladder and reducing the liability of the same being cut by the sharpness of the
joinings and "waxed ends."
In order that my invention may be better understood, I will further describe the
same by making reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 represents
an end view of a portion of a football case constructed according to my improved
method. Fig. 2 is a view of the interior with the bladder removed, and Fig. 3 a
section of one end through line a b.
The case is formed of sectional pieces A as in ordinary footballs, but I join the ends
of the sectional pieces by securing thereto a circular or polygonal piece of leather B,
to which I sew another piece C which is in the interior of the case when finished, and
of such a thickness that the face of it is about level with the seams or joining D of the
circular or polygonal piece B and the sectional pieces A thereby forming a support to
the inflated bladder and reducing the liability of the same being cut by the sharpness
of the "waxed ends" or by the scams or joinings at each end of the sectional pieces
forming the ball and in addition to the said leather support C, I find that additional
security is obtained by attaching to the before named leather support C a thin piece
of leather or india rubber E which further protects the inflated bladder from
coming in contact with the seams at each end of the sectional pieces forming the
ball case.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
The protection of inflated bladders in football cases by the introduction of supports C
secured to the cases substantially in the manner shewn and described.
The protection of inflated bladders in football cases by the introduction of
supports C in combination with the covering piece E secured to the cases substantially
in the manner shewn and described by the accompanying drawing.
JOHN WAUGH,
Bradford, Yorks,
Agent.