Improvements in Golf-clubs.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1894-Accepted, 22nd Sept., 1894
TRUVIDIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf-clubs.
We JAMES MCHARDY of Zoffany House Chiswick Middlesex Scientific Expert
and FRANK BRYAN of 38 Charterhouse Square London Athletic Outfitter do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention which relates to improvements in golf clubs may be carried into
practice in several ways according to the adaptability of the material used..
It is
It is our intention, if possible, to produce the entire club and handle or at least'
the club-head so as to be practically hollow throughout, and capable of having any
suitable material, such as wood or gutta-percha, inserted or fixed where required,
our object being to produce a club which shall be, practically unbreakable.
obvious that we may produce the head of the club in one complete shell, with or
without the handle, or we may construct it in several pieces of various materials, as
the golf-club at present in use is liable to break very readily owing to the
necessarily cross-grain of the wood, and the staving of the lead which loads it, and
by our said invention we seek to avoid such imperfections by supplying a shell-like
support of metal wherever it is effective. We do not confine ourselves to any
particular shape, and we may introduce specially prepared slots to receive the lead,
if necessary.
Dated this 3rd day of October 1893.
JAMES M'HARDY.
FRANK BRYAN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf-clubs.
We, JAMES MCHARDY of Zoffany House Chiswick Middlesex, Scientific
Expert and FRANK BRYAN of 38 Charterhouse Square London, Athletic Outfitter,
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 :-
This invention, which relates to improvements in golf-clubs, is carried into
practice as follows:-
We provide such a shell or shells, of steel, or its equivalent, as shall be capable
of taking up the breaking strain, at the points most liable to fracture. These shells
may be made by hand, or stamped in the usual way.
Our said invention will be readily understood if we bear in mind that the said
shells, in a manner, resemble a metal skin upon a body of wood, gutta percha, or
other suitable material in the ordinary form of a club.
For example a shell being produced-of the exact shape of the sole of the club-
head and part or all of the splice which joins the head to the handle-and this
being firmly secured to the sole of the club-head, and wrapped in with the splice,
sufficient strength may be attained to resist breaking, at the point where the wood is
usually cross grained, viz., the neck; or, 'a second shell may be in like manner fixed
and spliced upon the upper side of the head: or, the complete shell may be stamped
in the form of a club, capable of receiving the head and shaft or any necessary
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page_text: packing pieces; or capable of acting as a mould into which gutta percha or an
equivalent may be pressed to form the said club-head and splice, practically with a
protecting and strain-bearing skin of steel or its equivalent.
In the accompanying drawings our said invention is set forth on such a scale as
would be suitable in a given set of circumstances but we do not restrict ourselves
as to dimensions.
Fig. 1. is a plan of such a piece of flat metal as may be stamped or forged so as
to serve for the top or bottom piece of our club.
A is a narrow part to form a splice with the handle.
B is a broader part to form the neck of the club; and
Z is of such a width that it covers the head of the said club either top or bottom
according as it is stamped or forged to suit the purpose.
Fig. 2 is a section in which,
ABZ show section of A BZ of Fig. 1 when stamped to form the lower piece
of the metal shell. In some cases this may be sufficient to give the strength 1
required without the upper shell.
A2 B2 Z2 is a section of A B Z Fig. 1 bent or stamped to form the upper
shell.
W is the wood gutta percha or the like which is encased by the shell or shells.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the upper piece at A 2 Fig. 2.
A 2 is the said section at A 2 Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the lower piece at A Fig. 2.
A is the said section at A Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a similar section at B 2 Fig. 2.
B2 is the said section at B2 Fig. 2.
Fig. 6 is a similar section at B Fig. 2.
These last two sections show the shape of the case for the neck.
Fig. 7 is a transverse section of Z 2 in Fig. 2.
Z2 is the said section.
Fig. 8 is a similar section of Z Fig. 2.
Z is the said section. These two support the sole and top of the club-head
(see W Fig. 2).
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As hereinbefore mentioned we may modify these parts by producing a stamping
of such a form as that it will take up the offices of the foregoing parts. Such a
stamping would produce the same effect, but the material (W Fig. 2) would be 3
inserted from the driving side or front of the club.
Fig. 9 shows a transverse section of such a complete single shell at A A 2
Fig. 2.
A A 2 is the said section at A A 2 Fig. 2.
Fig. 10 shows a similar section at the point B B 2, Fig. 2.
Fig. 11 shows a similar section at the point Z Z2 Fig. 2.
ZZ2 is the said section at Z Z 2 Fig. 2.
It will be clearly understood that in the first modification we use such a piece of
metal as is planned in Fig. 1 bent or stamped into the shape as set forth by A B
and Z Figs. 2, 4, 6 and 8. In the second modification we use in addition a second 4
piece of metal of the same shape, as set forth at A2, B2 and Z 2 Figs. 2, 3, 5
and 7.
In the third modification we discard the plan Fig. 1 and use a single piece which
may be shaped as at A A 2, B B 2 and Z Z2 Figs. 2, 9, 10 and 11.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven- 5
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
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1. A shell of steel or its equivalent, of the exact shape of the golf-club, extending
at least over the sole and part of the splice of a club, so secured to the material of
the club as practically to prevent breaking.
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page_text: 2. A double shell secured as hereindescribed, above and below the material of
the club.
3. A shell so stamped and shaped as to take up the office of the double shell as
hereindescribed.
JAMES MC HARDY.
FRANK BRYAN.