Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th July, 1887
Complete Left, 5th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 11th May, 1888.
1, JAMES ALFRED SALTER of Colchester in the County of Essex, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The invention has for its object improvements in lawn tennis and racquet bats with
a view to materially strengthen the frames of such bats at and adjoining the "block
or bridge.
For this purpose I wrap around the frame and handle at the parts required gut or
other strengthening material; this wrapping of strengthening material may be effected
on each side of the frame from the outer edges of the "block" or bridge to a short
distance along the frame and such strengthening material may also be wrapped around
the handle so as to cover a short portion thereof and the main part of the "block" or
bridge.
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portionlarly applicable to racquet bats.
J. SALTER.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.

page_text: I, JAMES ALFRED SALTER of Colchester in the County of Essex, 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:
The invention has for its object improvements in lawn tennis and racquet bats with
a view to materially strengthen the frames as also the handles of such bats at and
adjoining the "block" or bridge.
For this purpose I wrap gut around the frame and handle at the parts required to
be strengthened; this wrapping of strengthening gut may be effected on each side of
the frame from the outer edges of the "block" or bridge to a short distance,
along the frame, and such strengthening gut may also be wrapped around the
handle so as to cover a short portion thereof and the main part of the "block "or bridge.
This latter construction is more particularly applicable to racquet bats.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to
describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a face view of parts of a lawn tennis bat and Figure 2 is a face view of
parts of a racquet bat showing my invention applied thereto.
In both cases a represents the handle, the frame and c the bridge or "block."
According to my invention I wrap gut d around the frame band handle a at the
parts required. The gut I employ for this purpose is unwove gut, that is to say, gut
not prepared, but only cleaned, which I apply in a wet state and allow to dry so as to
become tight without the application of artificial heat. This wrapping of strengthening
gut may be effected on each side of the frame b, from the outer edges of the "block
or bridge e to a short distance along the frame b, as represented in both figures of the
drawing, and such strengthening gut may also be wrapped around the handle a so as
to cover a short, portion thereof and the main part of the block 1 or bridge c, as
represented at Figure 2. This latter construction is more particularly applicable to
racquet bats but may also be applied to lawn tennis bats.
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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
Strengthening the frames and handles of lawn tennis and racquet bats at and adjoining
the "block" or bridge by wrapping gut around the same substantially as herein shown
and described.