Improvements in or connected with the Handles of Velocipedes, Tennis or other Bats, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1894-Accepted, 18th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Handles of Velocipedes,
Tennis or other Bats, and the like.
I, JOHN PRICE, of 18 Upper Kennington Lane, in the County of London,
Mechanical Engineer and Cycle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention refers to improvements in or connected with such handles as are
specially applicable to articles where a firm grip and efficient ventilation are now
considered indispensable.
According to my invention I form or provide a skeleton frame of or about the
length of the handle or that part which requires to be gripped; this skeleton frame
is tubular and is formed with apertures or recesses through or in the outer periphery
thereof for the reception as hereafter described of the gripping medium, which latter
may be composed of rubber, vulcanite, celluloid, papier-mache, cork, felt, or other
material.
According to one construction of my invention, I form a sleeve of the flexible
material aforesaid such as india rubber, by casting or otherwise, such sleeve being
made with projections corresponding with the oblong apertures for example in the
skeleton frame or sleeve, and these projections may be made solid or hollow. The
flexible sleeve is compressed and inserted into the skeleton frame, and allowed to
expand or is expanded, whereby the projections thereon pass through the apertures
in the skeleton frame and with the result that I have a tube with projections at
intervals throughout the surface or periphery thereof, these projections being soft
and flexible if made of flexible material, and at the same time each of such projections
is supported in and by its frame, thus twisting of the handle is practically impossible,
while a light weight handle, with an absolutely firm grip, with ventilation, is obtained.
The opposite sides of all the apertures in the skeleton frame may in some cases be
bent upwards so that the gripping surfaces can be inserted separately and secured
therein by the said bent up edges and such arrangement is particularly suitable for
the utilization of cork blocks.
There may be a series of grooves or gutter shaped channels extending along the
length of the skeleton frame and arranged parallel to one another wholly or partially
around same, into which channels flexible material can with facility be slipped, the
said material being shaped in accordance with the sectional shape of the channels.
By this means I have a handle with projecting surfaces or longitudinal ribs
extending round the handle and whole length thereof.
These projecting surfaces may be conveniently composed of small bottle corks,
which, being a commercial article, are easily procurable and applied with great
facility, especially when it is necessary to replace any worn part of the handle.
These corks may be arranged in the grooves close to or touching one another, so
that the handle may be formed of a continuous length of cork ribs or of a series of
In some cases I
separated projecting gripping parts as first described.
fit the
grooves with india rubber strips, which may be inserted into the said grooves by
springing the rubber and allowing it to contract.
may
The skeleton frame may be made in one or several pieces and may be perforated
with apertures of any desired shape, size, or design.
Dated this 18th day of October 1893.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with the Handles of Velocipedes,
Tennis or other Bats, and the like.
I, JOHN PRICE of 18 Upper Kennington Lane, in the County of London,
Mechanical Engineer, and Cycle Manufacturer, 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 refers to improvements in or connected with such handles as are
specially applicable to articles where a firm grip and efficient ventilation are now
considered indispensable.
According to my invention 1 form or provide a skeleton frame of or about the
length of the handle or that part which requires to be gripped; this skeleton frame
is tubular and is formed with apertures or recesses through or in the outer periphery
thereof for the reception as hereafter described of the gripping medium which latter
may be composed of rubber, vulcanite, celluloid, papier-maché, cork, felt, or other
material.
My invention will be readily understood by the following description having
reference to the accompanying drawings, whereon at Figures 1 to 10 are shown
several examples of construction of handles made according to my said invention.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures.
According to one construction of my invention, and as shown by the cross section
at Figure 1 and side elevation at Figure 2, I form a sleeve A Figure 1 of the
flexible material aforesaid such as india rubber, by casting or otherwise, such sleeve
being made with projections A' Figures 1 and 2 corresponding with oblong or other
shaped apertures B in the skeleton frame or sleeve C and such as is shown
separately in elevation at Figure 3 and cross section at Figure 4 on line X Y of
Figure 3. The projections A' may be made solid as shown at the sectional view
Figure 5 or hollow as shown at Figures 1 and 2. The flexible sleeve A is
compressed and inserted into the skeleton frame C and allowed to expand or is
expanded whereby the said projections A³ thereon pass through the apertures B in
the skeleton frame C and with the result that I have a tube with projections A' at
intervals throughout the surface or periphery thereof, these projections being soft
and flexible if made of flexible material and at the same time each of such projections
is supported in and by the frame C thus twisting of the handle is practically
impossible while a light weight handle with an absolutely firm grip with ventilation
is obtained. D is the part upon which the handle is fixed such as the handle bar
of a velocipede, tennis bat or the like. The opposite sides of all the apertures B in
the skeleton frame C may in some cases be bent upwards, as shown by the cross
sectional view Figure 6, so that the gripping surfaces A¹ can be inserted separately
and secured therein by the said bent up edges Cand such arrangement is
particularly suitable for the utilization of cork blocks as at A. A perspective view
of such a handle is shown at Figure 7.
There may be a series of grooves or gutter-shaped channels extending along the
length of the skeleton frame C and arranged parallel to one another wholly or
partially around same, into which channels flexible material can with facility be
slipped, the said material being shaped in accordance with the sectional shape of the
channels. Such an arrangement is shown at Figure 8 which is a sectional elevation,
and Figure 9 a cross section showing these continuous ribs A' of cork or the like,
C is the frame formed with lengthway apertures, leaving bars holding and dividing
the cork or other ribs; the ribs may be shaped according to requirements. By this
means I have a handle with projecting surfaces or longitudinal ribs extending round
the handle and whole length thereof.

page_text: The skeleton frame C may be made in one or several pieces and may be
perforated with apertures of any desired shape, size or design, an example of such
construction being shown at Figure 10 by a longitudinal section where the part A¹
is placed on the shaped handle bar and with the frame C formed in several pieces
afterwards placed thereon and held together in any suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. Handles for velocipedes, tennis, and other bats and the like, composed of an
inner sleeve A having projections A', an outer skeleton frame or sleeve C having
apertures B through which the parts A' project substantially as set forth.
2. Handles for velocipedes, tennis bats and the like, composed of an inner
sleeve A, having projections A¹ formed of india rubber, hollow or solid, or of cork
or other material, the sleeve A being divided or not, an outer skeleton frame or
sleeve C, having apertures B through which the parts A' project, the construction
being adapted to be fitted onto a stem, mandril, or handle-rod or bar D, substantially
as described and illustrated with reference to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 of the
accompanying drawings.
3. Handles for velocipedes, tennis, or other bats and the like, composed of a
skeleton frame or sleeve C having apertures therein, the edges around such
apertures being bent upwards in combination with blocks of cork, rubber, vulcanite,
celluloid, or other material, inserted and projecting through such apertures, and
held in place by the aforesaid bent-up edges, the whole being adapted to take onto
a stem, mandril, or handle rod or bar substantially as described with reference to
Figs. 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings.
4. In handles for velocipedes, tennis and other bats and the like the construction
and arrangement of same substantially as described with reference to Figure 10 of
the accompanying drawings.
5. The general arrangement, construction and combination of parts composing my
improvements in and connected with the handles of velocipedes, tennis and other
bats and the like, as and for the purposes herein before described.
Dated this 18th day of July 1894.
SINIA
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for Applicant.