Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1893-Accepted. 15th Apr.. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
I, ROBERT LISH URQUHART of 31 Lauder Road, Edinburgh in the County of
Midlothian, North Britain, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in golf clubs and consists in fixing the
head of the club adjustably on or to the shaft, the object of the said invention
being to save the player the trouble of carrying a number of different clubs as at
present. According to my invention the player can alter the angle of the club head
relatively with the shaft so as to obtain with one club all the different striking
faces of a number of clubs. The invention is applicable to clubs of all kinds such
as drivers, putters, cleeks, irons, mashies, niblicks and the like and whether the
head be of any material such as wood, iron, steel, celluloid and the like but my
invention is specially applicable to iron heads.
In the carrying out of my invention instead of fixing the shaft ridigly to the
head as at present I fix the head adjustably on or to the end of the shaft.
According to one method of carrying out my invention I forin the junction of
the head with the lower end portion of the shaft by a mechanical appliance similar
to the appliance known as a tipsy key for watches that is to say the one end of the
head is formed with a serrated or toothed-wheel portion which fits into a similar
portion upon the end of the shaft, the two portions in their normal position are
kept in gear by a spring; by pulling the two parts apart the teeth are disengaged
from each other and the head can thus be set at any required angle with or to the
shaft. The two portions may be locked by any suitable catch portion such as a
pin passing through the end of the shaft and into a hole or recess in the head;
thus any angle may be obtained to suit the lie of the ball. If desired the head
may also be hinged to the shaft so as to enable an opposite angle of any degree to
be given to the head relatively with or to the shaft. The said arrangement may be
modified in various ways for example the head may be removed from the shaft
altogether and fitted in to the end of the shaft at the desired angle by a dove tail
or like arrangement. Or I may employ a number of different kinds of heads to fit
on to the end of the shaft as required either at a permanent angle or at different
angles.
Dated this 29th day of April 1892
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
I, ROBERT LISH URQUHART, of 31 Lauder Road, Edinburgh, in the County of
Midlothian, North Britain, Gentleman, 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 improvements in golf clubs and consists in fixing the
head of the club adjustably on or to the shaft, the object of said invention being to
save the player the trouble of carrying a number of different clubs as at present.
According to my invention the player can alter the angle of the club head
relatively with the shaft so as to obtain with one club all the different striking
faces of a number of clubs. The invention is applicable to clubs of all kinds such

page_text: as drivers, putters, cleeks, irons, mashies, niblicks and the like and whether the
head be of any material such as wood, iron, steel, celluloid and the like, but my
invention is specially applicable to iron heads.
In carrying out my said invention, as illustrated in part sectional side elevation
Figure 1 and part front elevation Figure 2, of the accompanying drawings, I fix
the head A adjustably on or to the end of the shaft B in the following manner.
The head A is formed with an axle or tail piece a' fitting into a socket formed
in or through the end of the shaft C. The junction of the head A, with the lower
end portion C of the shaft B, is effected by the end of the head A being provided
with a serrated or toothed wheel portion D which fits into a corresponding serrated
or toothed portion E Fig. 2 upon the end of the lower portion C of the shaft B,
the said portions D & E being kept in gear with each other, when in their normal
position as shown, by means of a spiral or other spring F, mounted within the
shafts lower portion C, and acting on the collar a of the head's tail piece a¹ as
shown. When it is desired to alter the angle of the head A, the player has only
to pull or push the two portions D and E apart so as to disengage, their teeth, and
then turn the head A round to the required angle and let go when they will
immediately be engaged with each other by means of the spring F.
If desired I may also provide the two portions D and E, with a suitable locking
device, such as a pin passing through the end of the shaft portion C into a number
of holes formed around the end of the head A. I do not limit myself to the
exact construction shown in the drawings as the same result may be obtained by
many obvious modifications.
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) Constructing golf clubs with the heads made to fit adjustably to the ends
of the shafts substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
shown in the accompanying drawings.
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(2) The means whereby the head can be rotated or adjusted to any desired
angle substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and shown in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.