Improvements in and relating to Golf Clubs.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Golf Clubs.
I GEORGE GRANT of Sunnydale, Orpington in the County of Kent, Gentleman
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in and relating to golf clubs, so arranged
that the shaft shall run in a straight line from the hand to directly behind the point
of impact of the ball, thereby obtaining greater accuracy and force in the
stroke.
The club head may be made of.wood, metal, or other suitable materials, or of a
combination of suitable materials, and in any suitable shape, depending on the stroke
to be played and the requirements of the player, and secured to the shaft by
any suitable means, always retaining the first mentioned principle.
The shafts may be made of steel or other elastic metal hollow or solid, or partly
hollow and partly solid, or of steel or other elastic metal in combination with wood
or other suitable material.
The shaft so made will have greater uniformity of spring, be more lasting, and
more easily attached to, and detached from the heads.
I however reserve the right to use the ordinary shaft, with the new head.
LE FEVRE & Co.,
26, Budge Row, Cannon Street, London, E.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
LE FEVRE & Co.,
26, Budge Row, Cannon Street, London, E.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Golf Clubs.
I, GEORGE GRANT of Sunnydale, Orpington, in the County of Kent, Gentleman
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 —
My invention relates to improvements in, and relating to golf clubs, so arranged
that the shaft shall run in a straight line from the hand to directly behind the
point of impact of the ball.
The club head may be made of wood, metal or other suitable material, or of a
combination of suitable materials, and in any suitable shape, depending on the stroke
to be played, and the requirements of the player, and secured to the shaft by any
suitable means always retaining the first mentioned principle.
The shafts may be made of steel, or other elastic metal, hollow or solid, or
partly hollow and partly solid, or of steel or other elastic metal in combination with
wood or other suitable material.
The shafts so made will have greater uniformity of spring, be more lasting, and
more easily attached to and detached from the heads.
I however fully reserve the right to use the ordinary shaft, with the new head.
In order that my said invention may be more readily understood and carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 is a section, Fig. 3 is a back view of the
varieties of golf clubs known as drivers, and approaching clubs constructed
according to my said invention.

page_text: Fig. 4 is a front view of the variety of golf club known as a mashie con-
structed according to my said invention.
Fig. 5 is a front view, Fig. 6 is a section, Fig. 7 is a back view of the variety
of golf club known as a putter constructed according to my said invention.
Fig. 8 is a view of the shaft constructed according to my said invention.
In the driving and approaching clubs Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the head A may be
made in one or two sections; when in two sections the striking plate B is
rivetted or otherwise attached to the holder C. When it is desired to make
the head in one piece it will preferably be after the pattern shown in Fig. 2,
when in two sections preferably secured as shown in Fig. 3, holder and plate
attached by rivets or screws D or other means.
E Fig.
is a supplementary weight of lead, or other heavy metal, fixed in a
position between the end of the shaft and the point of impact of the ball.
F Figs. 1, 2 and 3 is the shaft.
In the mashie Fig. 4, I make the striking plate G of the new design shown,
that will enable me to more easily strike balls out of difficult places, the striking
plate is attached to the head by either of the means before stated.
In the putter Figs. 5, 6, and 7 the head is made of a combination of wood,
metal or other suitable substances. I' and I are the metal plates having between
them preferably wood J, weighted by lead K, or other heavy metal, fixed in a
position between the end of the shaft and the point of impact of the ball.
L is the holder that is attached to the head by screws M or other means, these
screws or other attachments by running through the combination may be used to
secure the same.
The holder may however if desired be cast with the back plate.
The shaft N is fixed in the holder and may also be secured by a screw, V rivet
or other means from the lip O. K Fig. 5 shows the comparative position of the
lead or other weighty metal between the plates.
The shaft when made of steel or other elastic metal, hollow or solid, or partly
hollow and partly solid, or of steel or other elastic metal in combination with wood
or other suitable material, may be apportioned as shown in Fig. 8, Q-R being of
solid metal and covered with rubber or some material suitable for the hand to grasp,
R-S being solid or hollow steel or other pliable metal. S-T is solid to fit into
holder.
I may split the shaft a short distance up from U, and insert a wedge or screw,
which will expand it and more securely fix it in the holder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my suid inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. Golf clubs so constructed that the greater part of the weight of the head being
concentrated directly behind the point of impact of the ball, and lying between it
and the end of the shaft, the impetus given to the ball will be much greater than
with the old patterns, and that it will be easier to direct a stroke in the direction
desired.
2. That by raising the heel of the clubs as shown in Figs. 2 and 6 I prevent any
of the force put in to strike the ball, being wasted by grazing the ground as in
other clubs, and thereby securing the continuity of the principle of the chief weight
of the head lying in the same line of an arc as is described by the club in striking,
see X-Y Fig. 2.
3. A variety of golf club known as a mashie constructed on the principles before
stated, and whose striking plate is of the pattern shown in Fig. 4.
4. A variety of golf club known as a putter constructed on the principles herein-
before described.
5. A variety of golf club known as a driver constructed on the principles herein-
before described.
6. Other golf clubs constructed on the principles hereinbefore described.

page_text: 7. The handle constructed according to my said invention, having more uniformity
of spring, more easily attached to and detached from the head, and be more lasting
than existing bandles.
Dated this 20th der of October 1892.
LE FEVRE & Co.,
26, Budge Row, Cannon Street, London, E.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.