Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
I, WILLIAM PARK, Junior, of the Links, Musselburgh, in the county of Midlothian,
Golf Club Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has reference to and comprises certain improvements in the con-
struction of the blade for striking the ball of golf clubs, and has for its object the
striking of the ball first low down under its centre and causing it to roll up the blade
and then turn the ball just before or while getting the main blow by the central main
part of the blade to send it upwards and forwards, which has the effect of stopping
the ball more suddenly as it falls on to the ground or into the pocket.
The improvements consist in forming the lower striking front face of the blade with
a slight curve forwards, and angle on the lower edge, curving upwards to the usual
flat angled part of the blade, so that the lower part of the blade can pass forward
without touching the ground and strike the hall first on its under surface below its
centre and cause it to turn in the backward direction up the blade while being
struck with the main part of the blade to send the ball upwards and forwards.
By this improvement the ball is spun or rotated while passing through the air,
in the opposite direction to that in which it rolls when it first touches the ground;
the two rolling actions in opposite directions thus tend to stop the ball as it falls
and touches the ground.
This new or improved construction of golf club blade may either be formed of
malleable iron or other metal with sockets, for attaching it to the wood staff or
handle, all otherwise as metal golf clubs have been heretofore; or these new blades
or clubs may be otherwise formed of hard wood as heretofore, but curved and
angled on the lower face and edge respectively in the new form or construction
hereinbefore described.
Dated the 22nd March 1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
1, WILLIAM PARK Junior of the Links, Musselburgh, in the County of Midlothian,
Golf Club Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement in writing, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
that is to say:-
This Invention has reference to and comprises certain improvements in the con-
struction of the head or blade of Golf Clubs and has for its object the striking of the
lower part of the ball under its centre thereby causing the ball to revolve or spin in a
backward direction while being propelled forward by the stroke of the club which has
the effect of stopping the ball more suddenly when it falls on the ground and
counteracts the tendency of the ball to roll forward on alighting.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying the
saine into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto appended an
explanatory Drawing in which Figure 1 represents a perspective front elevation of a
metal golf club as formed in accordance with my improvements in which A is the
blade and A¹ the socket for the wooden handle A a part of which only is shown in
the Drawing. And Figure 2 is a front edge perspective view of the same golf club
corresponding to Figure 1.

page_text: Referring to these Drawings, the improvements consist in forming the lower
striking front face a of the blade A with a slight curve forwards, from the lower
edge A, curving upwards and backwards to the upper part a¹ of the blade A, so that
the lower part of the face a of the blade A can pass forward and strike the ball on its
under surface below its centre and cause it to turn in the backward direction up the
blade A while being struck with the main part of the blade to send the ball upwards
and forwards nearly at a tangent from the surface of the blade A, as indicated
respectively by the dotted lines a² and A -A³ in Figure 2. By this improvement the
ball is spun or rotated while passing through the air, in the opposite direction to that
in which it rolls when it first touches the ground (or tends to do so); and the two
rolling actions in opposite directions thus tend to stop the ball as it falls and touches
the ground.
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This new or improved construction of golf club blade A may either be formed of
malleable iron, steel or other metal as shown in the Drawings with a socket A¹ for
attaching it to the wood staff or handle A" all otherwise as metal golf clubs have been
heretofore; or these new blades or clubs may be otherwise formed of hard wood as
heretofore, but curved and angled on the lower face a¹ from the lower edge A' in the
new form or construction hereinbefore described.
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:
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The constructing or forming of the lower striking front face a of the blades A of
golf clubs with a slight curve forwards from a and then curving upwards and
backwards to the upper part al of the blade, substantially as and for the purposes
and advantages herein described, in reference to and shown in the accompanying
Drawings.
Datad the 13th December 1889
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.