Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Feb., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICA
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
I, THOMAS HORSBURGH, of Cockburn, Balerno, in the County of Midlothian,
North Britain, Blacksmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the employment of a steel shaft for golf clubs for the
purpose of giving strength and elasticity. The shaft may be square, round or of
other shape. The end of the shaft, in the case of a cleek, is screwed into the back
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end thereof without the necessity of having a socket for the cleek.
with my invention one shaft may be used for a number of clubs instead of each
club having its own shaft as at present; the carrying of clubs is thus facilitated.
The handle may be cased with wood. I prefer that the steel shaft should be
thinned away towards the club head but where the thread is made, the shaft is
preferably thickened so as to afford a good hold. If desired the end of the shaft
might be squared so as to fit within a square piece in the head of the club and if
My steel shaft and mode
necessary the shaft might be clamped up with a screw.
of attachment to the head may also be applied to wood clubs by providing the wood
head with a metal portion into which the steel shaft can be screwed.
The said
metal portion may be so formed as also to constitute the necessary weight for the
club head and so dispense with the usual lead piece. My said invention may be
applied to all kinds of golf clubs and with or without a neck portion for the
attaching of the steel shaft.
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JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.
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1, THOMAS HORSBURGH, of Cockburn, Balerno, in the County of Midlothiau,
North Britain, Blacksmith, 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 the employment of a steel shaft for golf clubs for the
purpose of giving them strength and elasticity.
Figure 1 is a side view of the application of a steel shaft to a wooden club
head.
Figure 2, the application of a steel shaft to an iron club head.
Figure 3 is a side view, full size, of the wood head shewing the means of
attaching the steel shaft thereto.
Figure 4 is a plan of same.
Figure 5 is a part view, full size, of the application of a steel shaft to a wood
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page_text: As shewn more particularly in Figures 3 and 4, the end of the steel shaft A is
screwed into the brass or other metal socket piece B which has forked portions b, bl.
The longer metal forked portion b is screwed to the right hand side of the wood
head and the shorter forked portion is screwed to the driving face side.
With regard to the modification shewn in Figure I employ an ordinary wooden
head with its wooden neck, and I attach the steel shaft thereto by means of the
flat steel portion C which is secured by the screw c and further secured by the
stringing or warping d so that the said club has the appearance of an ordinary
club.
When attaching the steel shaft by screwing as in Figures 1 and 2, I prefer that
the screw should be left-handed, for an ordinary right handed player, so as to make
the attachment more secure when driving the ball. I also prefer that the screw
end of the steel shaft should be somewhat thickened as shewn in Figures 1 and 2
the shaft being thinned where the spring is required and gradually thickened
towards the handle. The shaft preferably goes right through the thickened handle
portion. In the drawings the steel shaft is represented as being round, but it may
be of any other suitable cross, section.
With regard to Figures 3 and 4, the metal attachment may constitute the
necessary weight for the wood-head and so dispense with the usual lead insertion;
or the said metal piece may be cast with a weighted piece attached to it, the said
weighted piece being fitted into the usual lead recess.
It will thus be seen that with regard to Figures 1 and 2, the one shaft may be
applied to various kinds of club-heads, instead of each club having its own shaft as
at present, the carrying of clubs being thus facilitated.
also claim that with my said arrangement of a steel shaft, a shaft of great
elasticity and strength is obtained, and that the club has a neat and attractive
appearance..
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 :-
In golf clubs, the steel shaft A and the mode of attaching the club head
thereto.
29th day of January 1895.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.