Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1880
Complete Specification Accepted, 4th May, 1889
ARCHIBALD HARRY BENDALL of Andover Terrace Cheltenham in the County of
Glo'ster Turner do hereby declare the inature of this invention to be as follows :-
In using in the manufacture of Cricket and other Bats, the Muscles of Animals
dried and prepared for the purpose, and in particular that part of the animal known as
the Penis, but I use in preference the Penis of the Bull. In Cricket bats | use it in
splicing the handle to the blade, in other Bats in splicing the handle to the frame, or
make the frame complete of the Muscular Fibre.

page_text: and other similar Bats.
J AROHIBALD HARRY BENDALL of Andover Terrace, Cheltenham, in the County
of Gloucester, Turner, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascortained in
and by the following statounent:-
My invention relates to an improved method of manufacturing cricket and other!
hats, and has for its objects: first To improve the driving powers of such bats-
2ndly To increase the toughness, strength and pliability of the handle; and 3rdly To
prevent a jarring sensation being imparted to the hand and arm of the player.
My invention consists in using in the manufacture of cricket and other bats the
muscles of animals, dried and prepared for the purpose, and in particular that part of
the animal known as the penis. But I uso in preference the penis of the Bull.
One method of carrying out my invention consists in introducing this material in
the form of a core to the handle. The core extends from almost the extremity of the
handle to about the level of the shoulder of the blade. The handle is built up of
separate pieces of cane or other suitable matorial.
In order to facilitate the building up of the handle the aforesaid muscles are made
into a square or rectangular sectional form, in area about one sixth, more or less, of
the whole cross sectional area of the handle say five eighths of an inch by three eighths
of an inch and from about 10 to 11 inches long.
The handle is built up, preferably of 8 or more sections or strips of cano or other
suitable material, extending the wholo length of the handle, the sinew or muscle being
ontirely enclosed within the body of the handle
The sections are glued together in the usual manner and cemented to the sinow or
muscle. The handle is then turned and bound with twine in the usual manner and
spliced to the blade. A contral plug of mahogany or other soft wood is inserted at
the outer end of the core.
Another method of applying my invention, more especially applicable to racket,
tennis, La crosso, Baso and other similar bats, consists in using the said sinews or
muscles to strengthen and improve the handles, either by enclosing them as herein-
before described, and thus forming cores therewith or by placing the sinews or muscles
on the outsides of the said handles and frames or some part or parts thereof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In the construction of cricket and other bats, the application and use of a contral
longitudinal coro formed of sinews or muscles of animals enclosed in strips of cane or
equivalent flexible material, substantially as hereinbefore described.

page_text: 2. In the construction of bats as aforesaid, the application and use of sinews or
muscles of animals, either in the form of cores, or surrounding and enclosing the
handles and frames or some part or parts thereof substantially as hereinbefore
described.
3. In the construction of bats as aforesaid the combination therewith of the sinews
or muscles of animals, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
4. The improvements in the manufacture of cricket, tennis, lawn tennis, and other
bats substantially as hereinbefore described.