New or Improved Holders or Supports for Golf Clubs and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Holders or Supports for Golf Clubs and the like.
I, FRANCIS GEORGE ARCHIBALD WIEHE, Major, Durham Light Infantry,
c/o Messrs. Cox & Co. 16 Charing Cross London do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
Fig. 1. metal hook of interior form, E, to hold iron or wooden club head upwards,
section as shewn A. B. C' or as may be found most suitable to support weight
of 2 lbs. to be fixed to wooden backing by some screw attachment.
Figs. 3. 4. 5. are modifications of above.
Fig. 3. a hook for wooden club-interior form as shewn-to revolve as at C. D.
which is to be fixed to wooden backing by some screw attachment.
Fig. 5. a hook for wooden club, interior form as shewn, fixed-not revolving, the
club head being turned sideways after insertion; to be fixed as above.
The drawings are exact size.
Dated this 19th day of August 1892.
F. GEORGE A. WIEHE,
Major.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Holders or Supports for Golf Clubs and the like.
I, FRANCIS GEORGE ARCHIBALD WIEHE, Major, Durham Light Infantry
(c/o Messrs. Cox & Co.), 16 Charing Cross London, 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 :-
Drawings as left with Provisional Specification.
Fig. 1. a metal holder of the interior form E as shewn, being a finch circle,
intercepted by 2-parallel horizontal cheeks or jaws, 1 inch apart, forming a mouth
with curved ends; the points of said interception to be rounded for wooden or
"iron" clubs, inserted head upwards through mouth, at thinnest portion of shaft,
with toes turned outwards or sideways, when resting therein. Cross section of
metal to be, as shewn, A. B. C (or of thin flexible steel, about 3 inch, with top
edge bent over as in A, but about inch deep) or as may be found most suitable
to support a weight of about 2 lbs.-the holder proper to be in one with, or be
attached to a base, with a screw at end as a means of fastening holder to a
wooden backing, or other suitable fastening method for leather or other backing.
Figures 3. 4. 5. are modifications of the above.
Fig. 3. is for wooden clubs only, interior form as shewn, to revolve as at CD,
which is to be fixed by some screw attachment to a wooden backing, somewhat
as shewn in drawing.
Fig. 4. shews side view of 3, with suitable cross section as at C₁, but subject to
modification as may be found most desirable.
Fig. 5. is for wooden clubs, especially, (or for "iron" clubs) of interior form as
shewn, (similar to Fig. 1, except that back part is not circular, inch being taken
off middle, making back elliptic) fixed, not revolving, the club head being
inserted as in Fig. 1. but turned sideways after insertion; to be finished and fixed
as above described for Fig. 1.
The mouth of holders is made 16 inch wide as drawn in sketch. This will
permit of the insertion of thinnest part of most wooden clubs; for others, the
mouth can be expanded in the case of maleable metals (such as brass) or thin
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page_text: flexible steel, to
iron, in lieu of
Fig. 5, if desired.
inch, or so, which should be the width for Fig. 1. if made of
inch, when manufactured. This can also be made applicable to
These holders are intended to be secured to wooden or other backing, either in
same horizontal plane, circular or straight, or in tiers, at intervals, or other
suitable arrangement, forming a portable wall rack, or stand for the number of
clubs required, the heads being uppermost, & shafts vertical.
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 :-
1. An absolutely novel, or at any rate improved metal holder Fig. 1, with
modifications thereof, Figs. 3 & 5, for golf clubs (wooden or "irons") & the like,
of an interior form & size as shewn in drawings, & hereinbefore described, to be
used & applied in the manner & for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 13th day of September 1892.
F. G. A. WIEHE,
Major.