Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 1st Jan.. 1897-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1397
PROVISIONAL SE
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
I, WILLIAM HILLMAN, of 7 The Quadrant, Coventry, in the County of
Warwick, Cycle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention is applicable chiefly to those golf clubs known as "drivere
"brasseys," and relates to the method of attaching the heads to the shafts, whereby
the said clubs are rendered more durable.
Gutta-percha heads and heads of other material which, like gutta-percha, have
been found difficult of attachment to their shafts in the ordinary way, can, by my
improved method, be easily and firmly attached.
In carrying my invention into effect I form a driving shaft a few inches longer
than an ordinary driving shaft and, after steam heating these few extra inches,
I bend said part to about the same angle with the rest of the shaft as I desire to
give to the head in the finished club. I then finish the part so bent to a suitable
size and, preferably, of a square section and slightly taper. The head I form with
a hole of corresponding shape passing completely, or almost completely, through
the same in the direction of its length and approximately central. Into this hole
I insert the bent part of the shaft, after which I secure the parts together by a
cross pin or pins passing through the neck or junction of the head with the shaft,
or may draw the parts firmly together from the toe by means of a specially
applied screw or otherwise.
Dated this 1st day of April 1896.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
Im]
I, WILLIAM HILLMAN, of 7 The Quadrant, Coventry, in the County of
Warwick, Cycle Manufacturer, 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 is applicable chiefly to those golf clubs known as "drivers" and
"brasseys," and relates to the method of attaching the heads to the shafts, whereby
the said clubs are rendered more durable.
Gutta-percha heads, and heads of other material which, like gutta-percha, have
been found difficult of attachment to their shafts in the ordinary way, can by my
improved method be easily and firinly attached.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 is a plan of a golf club embodying mv
improvements, and
hi i sectional elevation showing a slight modification.

page_text: In carrying my invention into effect I form a driving shaft a a few inches longer
than an ordinary driving shaft and, after steam-heating these few extra inches,
I bend said part u' to about the same angle with the rest of the shaft as I desire
to give to the head b in the finished club. I then finish the part a¹ so beat to a
suitable size and preferably of a square section and slightly taper as shown.
The head I form with a bole of corresponding shape passing completely, or
almost completely, through the same in the direction of its length and approximately
central. Into this hole I insert the bent part a¹ of the shaft a, after which I secure
the parts together by a cross screw pin c or pins passing through the neck or
junction of the head b with the part a¹ of the shaft a and a nipple nut c¹ screwing
on to said pin c, or, as shown at Fig. 3, 1 may draw the parts firmly together from
the toe by means of a specially applied screw d or otherwise.
In securing the shaft to the head I find it advantageous to heat the part a¹ of
the shaft a slightly; it then warms the gutta-percha and expands it, thereby
allowing the part a¹ to secure a full bearing all over its surface, in addition to
which the gutta-percha becomes sticky and holds on to the surface of the part a¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
The improved golf club substantially as herein shown and described.
1897.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.