Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Sept., 1888
I, WILLIAM ALFRED WOOF of Suffolk Road, Cheltenham in the County of
Gloucester, Sports Outfitter do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to manufacture Indian clubs in such a manner that
the total weight of the club may be capable of alteration and adjustment, to suit the
strength of the party using the same.
I form the club of the usual shape externally, and bore the large end to receive a
screw bolt and movable metallic weights.
The bore to receive the movable weights may be of any suitable shape, but preferably
of a circular form to receive cylindrical weights. The inner end of the bore is bushed
with metal, the bush being bored and screw threaded to receive the end of a long
screw. The weights may be of any suitable length or thickness, so as to make up the
necessary total weight, each separate weight being bored to allow the screw to pass
through it.
When the necessary number of weights have been inserted in the bore, the screw
is passed through them, and screwed into the bush, until the head of the screw
is firmly pressed against the outer weight, whereby the weights are securely held in
the bore.
Instead of using a long screw with an external head, a long stud may be used, the
inner end being secured by any of the usual methods and the outer end fitted with a
fly-nut or other equivalent appliance for securing the weights in the bore, and preventing
their displacement, when in use.
It is obvious that various modifications may be made in carrying out my
improvements.

page_text: Improvements in Indian Clubs.
1, WILLIAM ALFRED WOOF, of Suffolk Road, Cheltenham, in the County of
Gloucester, Sports Outfitter, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to manufacture Indian clubs in such a manner that
the position of the centre of gravity as well as the total weight of the club may be
capable of alteration and adjustment, to suit the strength of the party, using
the same.
I form the club of the usual shape externally, and bore the large end to receive a
screw bolt and movable metallic weights.
The bore to receive the movable weights may be of any suitable shape, but
preferably of a circular form to receive cylindrical weights. The inner end of the
bore is bushed with metal, the bush being bored and screw threaded to receive the
end of a long screw. The weights may be of any suitable length or thickness, so as
to make up the necessary total weight, each separate weight being bored to allow the
screw to pass through it.
When the necessary number of weights have been inserted in the bore, the screw
is passed through them, and screwed into the bush, until the head of the screw
is firmly pressed against the outer weight, whereby the weights are securely held in
the bore.
Instead of using a long screw with an external head, a long stud may be used, the
inner end being secured by any of the usual methods, and the outer end fitted with a
fly-nut or other equivalent appliance for securing the weights in the bore, and
preventing their displacement, when in use.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation illustrating one method of carrying out my invention,
and Fig. 2 is a view of the lower end of the club.
a is the body of the club. is a metallic bush, secured at the inner end of the
large bore by screws c c. This bush has an internal screw thread fitting the thread
cut upon the screw d. eee are weights, formed of any suitable material, and bored
through to allow the screw d to pass freely through to the fixed bush b, which acts as
a nut to the screw.
It is obvious that the number of weights, their forms, sizes, methods of fixing,
the materials of which they are made, and their specific gravity, may be very
much varied.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and one of the methods by which it is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The method of and means and appliances for adjusting, altering and varying the
total weight as well as the position of the centre of gravity of Indian clubs by means
of movable weights introduced and secured therein, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by the drawings.