Year: 1886

page_text: I, GEORGE HENRY WHITE, of the firm of Aquila Clapshaw, White & Co., of
395, Liverpool Road, Islington, in the County of Middlesex, Cricket Bat, Ball and
Stump Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in cricket bats, and consists in making the
handles with a central web of whalebone extending for nearly the whole length of the
handle. On either side of the whalebone is a layer of indiarubber separated from
the whalebone by a layer of wood. Both rubber and wood layers stop short of the
top of the bat handle by about two inches, the consequent spaces being made up with
cork. The remaining segments of the handle are built up of cane in the usual way.
Dated this 27th day of May 1886.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, GEORGE HENRY WHITE, of the firm of Aquila Clapshaw, White & Co., of
No. 395, Liverpool Road, Islington, in the County of Middlesex, Cricket Bat, Ball
and Stump Manufacturers, 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 cricket bats, and consists in making the
handle of a bat with a central web of whalebone extending for nearly the whole length
of the handle in combination with layers of indiarubber laid parallel with said web of
whalebone but separated therefrom by layers of wood.
In order that my invention and the means by which the same may be carried into
practical effect may be thoroughly understood, I will proceed to describe it in detail,
referring in so doing to the accompanying drawing which is to be taken as part of
this specification and read therewith.
The drawing is a side elevation of a bat-handle made according to my invention.
The external segments a a are built up. of cane in the usual way.
A central web or layer of whalebone extends for the full length of the exposed
part of the handle and enters that part of it which is let into the blade of the bat, in
which its place is taken by a layer of wood b.
On each side of the layer of whalebone b, and next to it, is a layer of wood
outside
of which I provide either a layer of indiarubber, or a layer consisting of pieces of
indiarubber interspaced by vacancies d'. These two layers are of about the same
length as the central whalebone and are made out to the end of the handle by strips
of wood d².
The upper extremities of the layers of rubber represented in the drawing by the
two top pieces may be replaced by pieces of cork, if preferred.
I am aware that it has been already proposed to make cricket bat-handles with a
central web or strip of whalebone, and also that it has been proposed to incorporate
with the handle a strip or strips of cork, and I wish to point out that I do not assume
to be the inventor of either of the said methods of making cricket bat-handles, but
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. In a cricket bat-handle, the combination of a central strip of whalebone with a
strip of indiarubber on each side thereof, substantially as described with reference to
the accompanying drawing.
2. In a cricket bat-handle, the combination of a central strip of whalebone with
two side layers consisting of pieces of rubber interspaced with vacancies, substantially
as described with reference to the accompanying drawing.

page_text: 3. In a cricket bat-handle, the combination with a layer of indiarubber, or with a
layer of pieces of indiarubber interspaced with vacancies, of a piece of cork let into the
upper or outer end of the handle in the same plane as the said layer, substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
4. In a cricket hat-handle, a central layer of whalebone having a layer of wood on
each side thereof, which layers of wood are separated by layers of indiarubber or by
layers of pieces of rubber interspaced with vacancies, substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawing.
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