Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1895-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1896
We, DAVID INGLIS URQUHART, of 47 Westbourne Gardens, Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, Coalmaster, and ROBERT LISH URQUHART,
of 31 Lander 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 forms modifications of
as well as additions to the golf clubs described in the Specification of our former.
Patent No. 9419 of 11th May 1893.
Our present invention has for its object to provide more efficient means for
adjusting the head to the shaft so that the head may be set to any desired angle.
Figure 1 is sectional elevation, showing parts disconnected, and Figure 2 a similar
view, showing parts in position, of our improved golf club.
We form the tail piece A of the head B with a circle of grooves or teeth around
its circumference, the ends a of the said grooves or spaces between the teeth being
tapered, as shown, so that, on the said tail piece being placed in position in the
internally grooved recess C of the lower portion D, the two sets of grooves and
teeth become locked with each other, and are held in such position by means of the
tail piece e of the pivotted spring actuated lever E, as shown in Figure 2, there
being a suitably recessed portion a' formed in the tail piece A for the end of the
lever E to work in. The rim or edge a³ of the recessed portion a¹ is provided with
a slot a so as to enable the head A to be disengaged when desired, by turning the
head A a half of a circle and withdrawing it from the lower portion D.
In order to steady and guide the movements of the tail piece A in the lower
portion D, I provide a guiding pin F having a large flat head f, and screwed
portion f; said head f¹ being rivetted or otherwise connected to the lower portion D
after the screw f' has been driven home; said pin F working in a hole a in the
tail piece A.
The whole thus forms an efficient adjustable golf club head which may be used.
as a substitute for various clubs, that is to say, the head may be set any desired
angle to the shaft, by simply pressing-in the top end of the lever E, pulling out
and turning round the tail piece A and then engaging it in the recess C of the end
portion of the shaft.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven- '
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1st. The arrangement, construction and combination of parts constituting our
improved adjustable golf club head, substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
2nd. The tail piece A having the teeth formed with tapered grooves or spaces a,
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and shown in the
accompanying drawings.

page_text: 3rd. The steadying and guiding pin F, substantially as hereinbefore described
and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 31st day of October 1895.
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicants' Agents.