Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1887
Complete Left, 3rd Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 18th May, 1888
We, ALFRED SHAW and ARTHUR SHREWSBURY both of Carrington Street Bridge,
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Manufacturers of Sporting Requisites, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to "cricket bats" and it has for its object the improved
construction of the handles of such bats whereby they are rendered more elastic, and
the unpleasant jarring caused by striking the ball is done with.
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In carrying out this invention the handle is spliced into the blade of the bat in
the usual manner. The handle may be constructed of cane and is formed with an
opening in the centre of a suitable width extending from the top down to the
shoulder of the bat; into this opening is placed a piece of cane or other suitable
material the upper portion of which is firmly spliced to the handle while the lower
portion is tapered off and the space between it and the sides of the opening is filled
with cork or other suitable elastic or vibration absorbing material.
The opening in the bat may be cut at any angle to the blade or more than one
opening may be cut and the centre piece cut accordingly.
By the foregoing means bat handles may be constructed having great elasticity and
strength, and the elasticity can be obtained in that part of the handle where it is most
required.

page_text: Improvements in Cricket Bats.
We, ALFRED SHAW, and ARTHUR SHREWSBURY, both of Carrington Street Bridge,
in the Borough of Nottingham, Manufacturers of Sporting Requisites, 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 cricket bats, and it has for its object the improved
construction and arrangement of the handles of such bats whereby they are rendered
more elastic, and the unpleasant jarring caused by striking the ball is done away
with. It will be best understood by reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings
in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of a bat handle without the wrapping, and Fig. 2 is
a plan of a section taken upon line A. B.
In carrying out this invention, the handle C which may be constructed of cane is
spliced into the blade D of the bat in the usual manner. It is formed with an
opening in the centre of a suitable width extending from the top down to the
shoulder of the bat; into this opening is placed a piece of cane, wood or other suitable
material E the upper portion of which is firmly spliced to the sides of the opening in
the handle C, while the lower portion is reduced to less than the size of the opening
and the intervening space filled with cork or other suitable elastic or vibration
absorbing material F.
The opening in the handle may be cut parallel or at right angles to the blade D,
or two openings may be cut at right angles to one another and the centre portion F
formed accordingly.
By the foregoing means bat handles may be constructed having great elasticity and
strength, and the elasticity can be obtained in that part where it is most required;
the unpleasant jarring caused by striking the ball is also entirely done away with by
this arrangement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
(1) A bat handle having one or more openings into which is spliced a centre piece
such as E having its lower end bedded in a resilient or vibration absorbing material
such as F substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
(2) A bat handle having one or more openings into which is spliced a centre piece
such as E having cork or other resilient or vibration absorbing material F between
its lower end and the walls of the openings substantially as and for the purpose
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of Annil 1002