Year: 1899

page_text: I, EDWARD AUGUSTUS TURNER, of Thirty-ninth Street and Stewart Avenue,
City of Chicago, County of Cook and State of Illinois, United States of America,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
My invention relates to devices for golf-holes and has for its object to provide
a new and improved device for this purpose.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein
Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a device embodying my invention in
position.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section similar to Figure 2, showing a modified
construction.
Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several figures.
In playing the game of golf, golf-links are laid out and provided with a
series of holes located at different parts of the links. The ball is then successively
deposited in these holes in accordance with the rules of the game. These holes,
besides receiving the balls, are adapted to receive a suitable marking device, usually
called a hole-marker," the purpose of which is to aid the player in locating the
hole when he is at a distance from it. The ground around each golf-hole for
a short distance is usually made level and the grass cut short, so as to facilitate
the operation of the player in depositing the ball in the hole. This level space
is generally called the " putting-green." When the player is at a distance from
the hole, the location of the hole is made known by the hole-marker, and when
he reaches the putting-green the marker is removed from the hole, so that the ball
will not be obstructed by it. After the ball deposited in the hole, it is removed
herefrom and the marker again placed therein, the player going on to the
ext hole.
The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device for
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receiving the golf-ball, said device so constructed as to insure the proper insertion
of the hole-marker therein without the exercise of any care by the person
inserting it and at the same time to hold the hole-marker in a proper upright
position, so that it will accurately mark the location of the hole.
In the accompanying drawings, I have shown one construction embodying my
invention. This construction comprises an outer wall portion A, which in the
drawings is illustrated as cylindrical and which is adapted to be placed in the
hole in the ground. Associated with said wall portion A is an inclined or funnel-
shaped bottom B, provided with an opening C to receive the end portion of the
hole-marker, said bottom being provided with a projecting part D, through which
the opening C passes. When the device is in position, the ball is received within
the cylindrical part and rests upon the inclined bottom B. When it
is desired to place the hole-marker in the hole, the end portion
of the marker is dropped into the cylinder and the inclined bottom insures this
end portion being received into the opening C. The projecting part D, being
of some length, provides sufficient engaging surface for the hole-marker to
insure its being held in an upright position. As the hole-marker is usually
placed in the hole by a caddie," who is hurrying to get off the putting-green,
it is usually placed therein in a hasty careless manner, and when the holes
heretofore used are employed is generally left standing in an inclined position,
and hence is not as easily seen at a distance. When my device is used, it matters
not how carelessly the hole-marker is inserted in the hole the end portion thereof
will pass into the opening C, and the hole-marker will thus be held in a proper
upright position.
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In Figure 2 I have shown the bottom B and associated parts as integral
with the cylindrical part A and as formed into what may be termed a "thin
partition or funnel." It is of course evident that this construction may be
varied, if desired, without departing from the spirit of my invention, as I have
only attempted to show a construction which would make my invention clear.
Instead of making the bottom integral with the cylindrical part I may make it
separate and attach it in any desired manner, as by means of the bolts or rivets F.
(See Figure 3.) When my device is used, it will be seen that a clean receptacle
is provided for the ball, such receptacle being free from the mud and dirt usually
found in golf-holes.
I prefer to cast the device in the form illustrated in Figures 1 and 2; but it is
of course evident that the device may be formed in any desired manner and the
construction and arrangement varied, as may be desired. When constructed as
herein shown with the funnel-shaped bottom, less material is used and a lighter
device is obtained than would be obtained if the bottom were made of a different
form.
When the device is made in one piece of cast-iron or other cast metal, as
illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, there is obtained a solid durable construction,
which is not injured or bent or otherwise distorted by the careless handling of
the hole-marker.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
:-
1. The device for golf-holes herein shown and described..
2. A device for golf-holes, consisting of an outer wall portion, an inclined
bottom associated with said outer wall portion and located between the extre-
mities of said wall portion, said bottom provided with an opening adapted to
receive the end portion of the hole-marker, said opening provided with an
extended engaging wall or face for engaging the end portion of the hole-marker
and supporting it laterally, as herein shown and described.
3. A device for golf-holes, consisting of a cylinder of cast metal, having a
funnel-shaped bottom or partition contained therein and connected therewith

page_text: between the ends of the cylinder, the funnel-shaped bottom or partition cast
integral with the cylinder and formed at its lower extremity to engage the end
portion of the hole-marker at different points along its length and hold said
hole-marker in an upright position, all as herein shown and described.
Dated at Chicago this 31st day of May 1899.
EDWARD AUGUSTUS TURNER.
H. D. Fitzpatrick,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.