Improvements in or relating to "Putters" and "Putting Oleeks" used in the Game of Golf.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1894-Accepted, 21st Apr., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to "Putters" and "Putting Oleeks"
used in the Game of Golf.
I JAMES COLIN MONTGOMERIE of 13, Salisbury Road, Southsea, Hampshire,
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 :-
My invention relates to Improvements in or relating to Putters and Putting
Cleeks used in the Game of Golf, and has for its object to prevent the progress of
the club being stopped, if in the act of striking the ball the under edge or sole of
the said club should come into contact with the ground, the advantages therefore
that I claim for my invention are that should the sole of the said club come into
contact with the ground it does not cut into same but rolls or runs over it with
undiminished velocity, and hence long, or approach "puts," where the ball must be
struck very hard, can be made much more accurately and with greater confidence,
with my club, than with those of the ordinary construction.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I attach to the sole of the club, a
roller in such a manner as to be free to revolve in bearings. The roller may be
arranged so as to be either all below the sole of the club, or the sole of the said
club may be so formed or recessed to allow the aforementioned roller to be contained
more or less within the sole of the club, suitable bearings being formed integrally
with the sole of the club for supporting the roller which is furnished with a pin
or spindle at one end, while a screw, plain at the upper part, may be passed through
the second bearing and screwed into the other side of the roller, or any well known
and suitable means for supporting the roller may be employed.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a side view of a putter or putting cleek fitted with my improved
attachment, Fig. 2 being a front view of same.
Fig. 3 is a central section through the blade, Fig. 4 is a similar view with the
roller contained partly within the sole of the club, and Fig. 5 is a corresponding
view showing another position of the roller.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
My attachment consists of the roller r so mounted in the bearings ff as to
be free to revolve, and desired space p being left between the bottom of the blade b
and the roller r, or the said roller may be more or less contained within the said
blade as shown in Figs. 4 & 5. The roller r is furnished at one end with a pin
or spindles while the other end of the said roller is supported by the screw s
passing through one of the bearings and entering that end of the roller, or any
ordinary and well known means for supporting the roller within the bearings ff
may be employed. The club is furnished with a socket S provided with a hole or
perforation near the top of same to enable the shaft or handle to be securely
retained therein by means of a pin or rivet passing through the aforesaid hole.
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. In putters and putting cleeks used in the game of golf, the attachment of a
roller supported in suitable bearings, substantially as herein described and shown
and for the

page_text: 2. The new
or improved putter or putting cleek used in the game of golf,
substantially as herein described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 21st day of March 1894.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.