Improvements in Machinery for Making Cricket-bats.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1889--Accepted, 6th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Making Cricket-bats.
WALTER HERBERT COOK 297 Victoria Park Road London, E., Cricket & Lawn
tennis bat manufacturer & every article of British Sports do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
To consist of an improved method of cutting the splices in Cricket-bat blades and
the handles to correspond whereby the manufacture of Cricket bats is largely expedited
and the cost of production considerably reduced.
In carrying out my Invention I employ an ordinary plain Circular Saw Bench, but
in lieu of an ordinary Circular Saw I use a hollow-ground Saw. The wood to be
cut is fixed on a tray arranged with angling and sliding traverse movements, this tray
is mounted on a fixed frame, which is recessed from the body of the Saw Bench below
the surface of the table and so arranged that the wood is presented to the Saw in a
line exactly parallel to its centre, consequently the cut produced in the wood is
perfectly square at the end. The wood is held in its position in the tray, by a
Cramping screw, wedge or other suitable mechanism.
Any desired angle on the handle of the bat is obtained by the use of fixed or adjust-
able wedges.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Making Cricket Bats.
I, WALTER HERBERT COOK, 297. Victoria Park Road, London, E. Cricket Bat
Maker, declare my invention to consist of an improved method of cutting the splices
in Cricket bat Blades, whereby the manufacture of Cricket Bats is largely expedited,
and the cost of production considerably reduced.
In carrying out my invention I employ an ordinary plain Circular Saw Bench, but
in lieu of an ordinary Circular Saw, I use a hollow-ground Saw. The wood to be cut
is fixed on a tray arranged with angling and sliding traverse movements. This tray
is mounted on a fixed frame which is recessed from the body of the Saw Bench below
the surface of the table, and so arranged that the wood is presented to the Saw in a
line exactly with its centre. The wood is held in position in the tray by a Cramping
Screw, wedge, or other suitable mechanism.
Fig. 1. of the accompanying drawings represents the side elevation of a plain Circular
Saw Bench.
Fig 2. is an end view of the same, and Fig. 3. the same in plan.
The ground hollow saw Ais mounted on the Saw Spindle B, and driven by the belt
pulleys C in the ordinary way. D shews an end view of the Cramp tray or slide
with the holding Cramp removed, and E is a flat plate upon which slides. The tray
slide and Cramp is shewn in detail by Figs. 4. 5. 6. 7. Fig. 4. is fixed in the main
frame of the bench. Fig. 5. is placed on this, and Fig. 6. which holds the bat, is
placed on the top of this. This last is arranged with a horizontal traverse which
presents the bat to the Saw, and is also made to swivel so that the splice or joint on
the bat may be cut at any desired angle.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what I claim
as a Combination,
1. The ground hollow Saw and Cramp Slide as above described.
2. I claim as new" the particular method by which this combination is applied for
the purpose of cutting splices for the handling. of Cricket Bats as above described.
Dated this, First day of, May 1889.
WALTER HERBERT COOK.