Improvements In the Manufacture of Croquet Balls.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 17th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements In the Manufacture of Croquet Balls.
I, GEORGE WILLIAMS of 95, Cloudesley Road, Barnsbury, London, Manufacturer,-
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention a croquet ball is made of Brahma lignum, or other
suitable wood, substance or material, other than box wood, and jacketed with india
rubber, woodite, or other like composition, thus considerably economising the cost of
manufacture and producing a more durable, and consequently more serviceable ball
than the ordinary box wood croquet ball hitherto in use-Or the ball may be made
of box wood as heretofore and jacketed with any suitable composition, in order to ⚫
protect the same and increase its durability.
1000
ELT & Co.,
Registered Patent Agents,
43 Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London, Agents for Applicant.
I, GEORGE WILLIAMS of 95, (Cloudesley Road, Barnsbary, London, Manufacturer,
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:-
According to my invention a croquet ball is made of Brahma lignum or other
suitable wood, other than box wood, or of any suitable substance or material, either
composite or otherwise, such, for instance, as the composition used for the ornamenta-
tion of picture frames; and jacketed with india rubber, woodite, wood fibre, or other
suitable material or composition, thus effecting a considerable economy in the cost of
manufacture and producing a more durable, and consequently, a more serviceable ball
than the box wood croquet ball hitherto in use. Or the ball may be made of box
wood as heretofore, and then jacketed with india rubber, or other suitable composition
or material, such jacket serving to protect and preserve it, and considerably increase
its durability.
Figure 1, of the accompanying drawings shews a view in section of a croquet
ball A, made according to my invention wherein nails, screws or studs B, or their
equivalents are inserted to form keys for the jacket C. Or in lieu of inserting nails,
screws, or studs, or their equivalents as shewn in Figure 1, the external surface of
the ball may be grooved or channelled as shewn in Figure 2, the channels or grooves D,
serving as keys to secure the jacket thereon. Figure 3, shews one of my improved
croquet balls complete.
I would here observe that the essential feature of my invention is the combination

page_text: in a croquet ball of a wood or composition ball with a suitable jacket which is
moulded on the ball in any well known manner.
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
In a croquet ball the combination of a wood or other ball with a rubber, composition
or other suitable jacket,.all substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
ELT & Co., R.P.A.,
43 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.