Year: 1887

page_text: We FREDERICK HENRY AYRES of 111 Aldersgate Street in the City of London,
Manufacturer, and ANDREW FOSTER of 70 Estcourt Road Watford in the
County of Herts, Wood Turner do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The improvements relate to the construction of foot-balls and the objects sought to
be attained are greater elasticity under the blows of the players so that it may fly
better or be more lively in its rebounds.
This we effect by introducing India Rubber at the seams where the quarters,
pieces, sections or parts of the leather or substitutes therefor are jointed together
to make up the case or cover of the ball-as distinguished from the internal
distonding bladder or air ball and also rubber sheet or strip at other joints in
some cases.
The India Rubber may be in the form of narrow strip, piping, or other suitable
form; hollow or solid so as to be sheathed in pipings of leather, or sewn in folded
leather at the joints, or otherwise.
The waxed thread or other sewing material may pass through the rubber or only
through the leather as may be desired.
In the term India Rubber is included compositions thereof or analogous clastic
material commonly known for the like purposes.
Dated the 1st day of November 1887.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We FREDERICK HENRY AYRES, of 111 Aldersgate Street in the City of London,
Manufacturer, and ANDREW FOSTER of 70 Estcourt Road Watford in the County
of Herts, Wood Turner, 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 improvements relate to the construction of foot-balls and the objects sought to
be attained are greater elasticity under the blows of the players so that it may fly
better or be more lively in its rebounds.
This improvement we effect by introducing India Rubber at the seams where tho
quarters, pieces, sections or parts of the leather or substitutes therefor are jointed
together to make up the case or cover of the ball-as distinguished from the
internal distending bladder or air ball and also rubber sheet or strip at other joints
in some cases.
The India Rubber may be in the form of narrow strip, piping, or other suitable form;
hollow or solid so as to be sheathed in pipings of leather, or sewn in folded leather at
the joints, or otherwise.
The waxed thread or other sewing material may pass through the rubber or only
through the leather as may be desired.
In the term India Rubber is included compositions thereof or analogous elastic
material commonly known, for the like purposes.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is side view of piping of leather a, one half being shown folded over the
india rubber b and the other half raised to disclose the interior band of rubber b.
c are the holes for the sewing thread.
Figure 2 shows a cross section of a seam.
Figure 3 is a cross section of a piping without the contiguous parts of the leather
segments.
Figure 4 shows the strip for the piping laid out flat with the sewing holes
punctured.
Figures 5 and 6 show side view and cross section of the rubber strip.
The segments d e are in turn sewn to the piping a with its contained rubber b by
threads passed through the holes c, and when segments to form the whole of the ball
are assembled the ball is turned inside out through the opening left as usual, and is
finished in the ordinary way.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the naturo of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declaro that what we
claim is:-
In a foot-ball india rubber inserted in the seams or joints of the leather so
as to give greater liveliness or elasticity under the blows of the players as set
forth.