Improvements in Lawn Tennis Court Markers and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 21st Nov.,, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lawn Tennis Court Markers and the like.
I, FREDERICK CHENEVIX TRENCH, Major-General in Her Majesty's Forces,
of Broomfield, Ashford County Wicklow Ireland do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to markers used for marking out boundary and other
lines of lawn tennis courts and the like and the object of the invention is to
simplify and improve their construction and thus to provide a simple and efficient
marker at a low cost.
The improved marker consists of a box or receptacle for the whiting and water
mixed for use, or other marking liquid employed said box being preferably made
of wood without lid or cover and having screwed to the sides two handles extended
upward and rearward in a convenient direction for use of the marker said handles
being also made of wood. On the under side of the front of the box is fixed a
frame of wood carrying the axle of the wheel which serves for supporting the
marker and also for transferring the liquid to the ground. The improvement in
this wheel consists in making a groove around the centre of its periphery of
sufficient depth and breadth to allow the wheel to pass along the chain or cord
used to measure out the court so that the said cord or chain may serve as an
accurate guide for the marking of the court with the liquid.
In the front wall of the box over the wheel is a rectangular horizontal slot and
a sliding tray or trough of metal is provided to be drawn out to carry the liquid
from the slot onto the wheel or be pushed in for transport. On the outside of the
front of the box are guides between which a shutter slides, this shutter being used
for closing the slot aforesaid or for regulating the distance of opening until the
flow is sufficient to supply the wheel without overplus.
The underframe and wheel and the handle bars may be removed for transport.
If the wheel is of wood, two strips of felt may be nailed around its periphery on
each side of the central groove therein aforesaid.
Dated this 20th day of January 1891.
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE. SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lawn Tennis Court Markers and the like.
I, FREDERICK CHENEVIX TRENCH, Major-General in Her Majesty's Forces,
of Broomfield, Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland, 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 markers used for marking out boundary and other lines
of lawn tennis courts and the like and the object of the invention is to simplify
and improve their construction and thus to provide a simple and efficient marker at
a low cost.
The improved marker consists of a box or receptacle for the whiting and water
mixed for use, or other marking liquid employed said box being preferably made
of wood without lid or cover and having screwed to the sides two handles extended
upward and rearward in a convenient direction for use of the marker, said handles
being also made of wood. On the under side of the front of the box is fixed a
frame of wood carrying the axle of the wheel which serves for supporting the
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page_text: marker and also for transferring the liquid to the ground. The improvement in
this wheel consists in making a groove around the centre of its periphery of
sufficient depth and breadth to allow the wheel to pass along the chain or cord
used to measure out the court so that the said cord or chain may serve as an
accurate guide for the marking of the court with the liquid.
In the front wall of the box over the wheel is a rectangular horizontal slot and
a sliding tray or trough of metal is provided to be drawn out to carry the liquid
from the slot on to the wheel or be pushed in for transport. On the outside of the
front of the box a shutter slides, this shutter being used for closing the slot afore-
said or for regulating the distance of opening until the flow is sufficient to supply
the wheel without overplus.
The underframe and wheel and the handle bars may be removed for transport.:
If the wheel is of wood, two strips of felt may be nailed around its periphery
on each side of the central groove therein aforesaid.
In the drawings
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the marker made according to this invention,
Fig. 2 is a front view and
Fig. 3 a plan.
A is the rectangular wooden box. B the handles. C the legs. D the frame
carrying the wheel E on the shaft e. F is the groove in the periphery of the wheel.
G is the trough conveying the liquid from the slot H to the wheel E. This trough
may be made of tinned iron, brass or other metal with the sides g g and the
ears go butting against the wooden blocks J J on the floor of the box A. K is
the slide which closes or adjusts the width of the outlet. It is of wood and guided
upon the screws L passing through the slot M therein. It may also be guided
between side pieces but being of wood the screws and slot are preferable as
capable of adjustment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
A marker for marking tennis courts or like purpose, constructed of wood in
detachable parts consisting of box A, handles B, legs C, and wheel-frame D with
grooved wheel E, trough G and slide K as herein-described.
Dated this 14th day of October 1891
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.