Year: 1897

page_text: I, HENRY PECKNOLD, 29, West Catherine Place, Edinburgh, Working Shoe-
maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The golf club consists of a metal sole-plate and stem in one piece. The stem
is hollow or tubular. This combination forms a chair on which the wood club
with it's stem cut away, except one inch which is tenoned to fit into the tubular
recess of the metal stem, is placed, and riveted by two long rivets from the sole-
plate up through the club to diamond or other shaped washers on the top. The
hole at the top of the stem is square, and a metal key and tube combined is
telescoped on to the shaft permanently. By this arrangement the club is easily
attached to the shaft, and secured by a small thumbscrew from the out-side of
the stem. Cleeks or irons have square instead of round holes, and are attached
or detached to or from the shaft in the same way as the clubs, each instrument
being provided with it's own thumbscrew. This arrangement renders a shaft
to each instrument unnecessary, as the one shaft is suitable for all.
A spring
arrangement as in joiner's braces or military spur-boxes may be used instead of
the thumbscrew..
I, HENRY PECKNOLD, 29, West Catherine Place, Edinburgh, Working Shoe-
maker, 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:-
The club consists of a metal soleplate and tubular stem in one piece Fig. 1.
This combination forms a chair on which the wood club Fig. 2, with it's stem
cut away, except one inch a, which is tenoned to fit into the tubular recess A,
Fig. 1, is placed, and secured by two long rivets driven from the soleplate at B, B,
Fig. 1, up through the club Fig. 2, and riveted to diamond shaped washers on
the top at b, b. A number of screws are also screwed into the soleplate Fig. 1,
and a piece is cut out where indicated by the dotted lines to allow for the piece of
horn C, Fig. 2. The hole in the stem Fig. 1, is square, and a metal key and
ferrule combined Fig. 3, in section is telescoped on to the shaft permanently. By
pressing the two halves of the key at D, D, with the thumb and finger, sufficiently
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page_text: to enter the stem Fig. 1, the key is then pushed in, and tightened from the outside
of the stem by a milled screw, where indicated by an arrow. Cleeks or irons are
made shorter in their stems than the clubs, and have square instead of round
holes in their stems, and are attached to, or detached from, the shaft in the same
way as the clubs, each instrument being provided with it's own milled screw.
The spring arrangement, refered to in the Provisional Specification, is abandoned.
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. Protection for novelty, in, that the club being secured to a metal soleplate
and tubular stem combined, as described in the specification, is an entirely new
feature.
2. That the combined key and ferrule being affixed to the shaft, sepereately
from the club, is also a new and novel feature.
3. That the stems of the cleeks or irons having square, instead of round holes,
and each being provided with a milled screw, combine, with the club and shaft,
to create an entirely new method of constructing golf clubs and cleeks and shafts,
and render the same, when so constructed, detachable.
Dated this the 16th May 1898.