An Improved Cricket Bat Handle.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 11th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cricket Bat Handle.
ANDREW KING Great Freeman Street Nottingham Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows
My invention has for its object the construction of a cricket bat handle which
shall have a greater amount of elasticity than the ordinary solid cane handles, or
any other handle with which I am acquainted.
In constructing a cricket bat handle according to my invention 1 form the same
from a number of strips of cane or other suitable material, the strips being so
shaped and joined together that a hollow handle is produced. The strips forming
the handle run the whole length of the same, and are shaped at the bottom to form
a suitable splice for attaching the handle to the body of the bat.
I may form the handle of one or more rings, each ring being built up in the
manner described, and the strips forming each ring may be fastened to each other
or they may all be bound together by wire or other means on the outside of the
handle.
The opening at the top of the handle may be closed, and the weight of the
handle increased to the weight of a solid handle if desired.
Dated this 16th day of November 1892.
W. H. POTTER, M.I.M.E.,
Parliament Chambers, Nottingham, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cricket Bat Handle.
ANDREW KING Great Freeman Street Nottingham Engineer 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 :-.
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of cricket bat handles,
and has for its object the production of a handle which shall have the maximum
amount of elasticity combined with the necessary strength and weight.
In carrying out my invention the handle is built up of a number of pieces of
cane or other suitable material the sides of the said pieces being so shaped that
they are practically normals to the outside curve of the handle. When a handle
is so built and bound or wrapped in the usual manner, it is impossible for any of the
pieces in the handle to move from their placed position, whether the pieces meet at
a common centre as in a solid handle or are cut to form a hole in the centre of the
same as in a hollow handle.
I have attached hereto one sheet of drawings illustrating various ways in which
handles may be constructed according to my invention and shall describe the same
with reference to the accompanying figures.
Fig. 1. is a section of a handle built up of a number of separate pieces of cane a
which are shaped on the outside according to the shape of the handle, while the
sides are lines normal to the same.
Fig. 2. illustrates the method I adopt when the handle is composed of more than
one ring or layer of pieces; the joints of the pieces in the outer layer coming
between the joints of the pieces in the inner. More than two rings may be used
the joints being similarly arranged as when two rings are used.
Figs. 3. 4. and 5 illustrate three methods of shaping the pieces so that the same
are locked in position.

page_text: Fig. 6 is a design similar to Fig. 1. but the opening is polygonal instead of
circular.
Fig. 7 is a section with an elliptical or elongated hole, the idea being to
approximately proportion each piece so that they offer equal resistances.
Fig: 8 is a section at B B of the handle shown in Fig. 12. In this handle the
pieces forming the same are separated from each other for a portion of their length
with the object of increasing the elasticity of the handle. The space may extend
across the whole width of the pieces as at 6 Fig. 8, or for varying distances from
the outside or inside of the handle as at c and d respectively, or for varying
distances in the centre of the sides of the pieces as at e Fig. 8.
Fig. 9 is a section showing the pieces grooved and tongued, and
Fig. 10 is a section designed with the same object as Fig. 7, but the full width
of the pieces varies, while the depth of the same is maintained.
Fig. 11. is an elevation of a bat handle partly in section and is shown to
illustrate the hole in the same. This hole may be varied in size, and length, thus
it may pass right through the handle as indicated by the dotted lines g or for a
shorter distance than is shown.
Although I have shown several sections of my improved handle, I wish it to be
understood that I do not confine myself to the sections shown, or to any particular
number of pieces in each section as I may construct handles of sections which are
more or less combinations of the sections shown, or other sections not shown, but
which I should consider came within the scope of my invention, provided the sides
of the pieces forming the handle are approximately normals to the outer curve of
the same.
The pieces forming my improved handle may be fastened to each other, and
bound together by any of the ordinary means, and they are shaped to form a
splice which is of the usual shape and attached to the blade of the bat by the usual
methods.
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:-
The method of constructing the handle of a cricket bat, whereby the pieces
forming the same are arranged in the form of a ring with the sides of the pieces
practically normals' to the outside surface of the handle, substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying Specification and drawings.
Dated this 10th day of February 1893.
Dated this 10th day of February 1893.
W. H. POTTER, M.I. Mech. E.,
Parliament Chambers, Nottingham, Agent for the Applicant.