US1665811A - Golf club - Google Patents

Description

April 10, 1928.

w. J. HADDEN y GOLF CLUB Filed May12. 1927.

head and a Wrapped grip.

Patented Apr. 10, 1928.

tion of such golf clubs, all the parts of readily assembled only a few completely fin- .ished and complete in themselves and made I y 1,665,811 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLAM JAMES HADDEN, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, AASSIGNOR T0 DONALDSON MANU- FACTURING COMPANY LIMITED, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

GOLF CLUB.

- Application led May 12, 1927, Serial No. 190,740, and in Great Britain August 16, 1926.

This invention relates to golf clubs and pattern of head, refers to'that class of such in which the kept and would parts, namely the shaft (preferably of holfor assembly. low steel), the head and the grip are made The dealer or user Would take a tubular as separate, self-existent units which are steel shaft of suitable length, then a finished secured together mechanically, by means inheadof suitable shape, volving a clampingaction, to form the comaiix 1t to the vshaft 'and then a suitable complete Club, plete grip and mount and adjust it on the rlhe object of the present invention is to shaft selected, so that a completely finished provide an improved and practical construcclub yvould be formed, built up specifically which tol suit the user, who, if at hand, can test are so secured together that, While they rethe club thus formed and, if necessary, tain the advantages of such clubs in being Change one or more of lts component parts capable of having the constituent unit parts for another part or other parts. made and 'stored separately and being caln the drawing, pable 0f assembly at any time t0 Suit, the Flg. l iS il longitudinal Sectional View Of desire of the dealer or the user, the parts a golf club with an iron head. will be immovable relatively to each other Fig. 2 is a. sectionalyiew 0n line II-II in use, and, moreover, the golf club so made 1D Elgwill simulate a golf club of the usual form F 1g. 31s au enlarged sectional View on line having a hickory shaft, a Wooden or iron H-IH 111 Fig. l.

Fig. l is an enlarged sectional vievcr on line By making all the constituent parts as llV-IV in Fig. l. separate, self-existent units which can be shaft, and grip would be always be avaliable ready ing the iron head is marked 1, the hollow ished clubs need be kept inlstock, say, one Steel Shaft 2 and the grip 3,

m* more 2,5 Samples of each kind 0f Club, The 1I"On lleild iS Secured t0 the Steel Shaft 'llhere would be a range of heads for drivers, by meklng the end 0f the socket 4 of the for bassies, for irons, etc., likewise a range head 0f I'edllCed thickness, this end being of Shafts foi @zich Character 0f Club and als() telnpeed and Slotted longitudinally at 5 and a T331 e 0f gripg Varying in thickness Suithaving its eXeIlOI Surface PIOVded 2B.'

me tapered thread 6. Moreover the head is internally threaded at 7. The lovver end of soY that they could be readily tted together the Sl19-i3 iS arranged t0 fit snugly into the by unskilled labour to form the complete SOCket WhlCh 1S tapered t0 COIIeSpODd t0 jthe Chih K shaft and this end is provided Wit-h a plug ACCOTCiiiig i@ this invention the @Cif Ciub 10 secured to the shaft for instance by rivets comprises, in combination, ashaft, a grip 11 adjustable on one end of said shaft,-means adapted to screwinto the threaded part 7 for clamping said grip on the shaft; a head S0 that he head Selected @Ould be readily with socket adapted to fit on the other end ltmched t? the Shaft Selected by screwing of said shaft and circumferentially contracih? Shaft 1m30 the SOCke, Vthe eXtension 12 tible means for clamping said socket on the acfll'g t0 draw the Sheff' S0 aS t0 cause it to Shall-.5. \.t snugly in the socket.

head may be made a Con'rgciibe threaded fellule :i3 iS lillen tightened 0781 5901i@ adapted i0 iii, Siiugi on iii@ @mi @il the slotted end of the socket to cause it to the shaftI and have means /such as a screvv firmly grip the shaft and clamp the head plug) for detachably securing it to the shaft theehe ellule has e Curved u per and means for contracting said socket so end 14 which fits Withclearance aroun the as to clamp it on said shaft. shaft and the external surface of the ferrule rlhe heads are made by machinery or othis knurled. erwise to certain standard patterns, the ln cases Where it is not convenient to shafts are made to certain standard lengths temper the socket of the head, the socket and the grips are made to certain standard may have tightly fitted therein a tubular thicknesees. At the factory, sets of each' part, suitably split, for the reception of the or the user and these would be nln the assembled club shown in the draW-' said plug having a tapped extension l2 An. internally Weight, and lie, and l lll llll

steel shaft. A clamping ferrule would then be fitted on the tube.

In the case of wooden heads, a short length of tubing or a hollow collar may be pro- -vided on the neck to form the socket for the reception of the steel shaft. The collar or tube would be screwed internally and a clamping ferrule provided as for iron heads.

For ordinary clubs, i. e. for clubs for right handed players, the screw threads on the shaft and in the socket are left handed so that at every stroke there is a tendency to tighten up the screw engagement. Right hand screw handed players. v

The grip for completing the club comprises a hollow metal sleeve 20, covered with leather 21 or other material, the said Sleeve being capable of slidably fitting on the end of the club shaft. Preferably a wedgeshape piece 30 is provided between the sleeve and the covering 21 to form a bulge at the upper end of the club.

The usual leather or fabric strip 2l for the hands is wound upon the grip and secured in the customary way. At the end to be located nearer the head, the sleeve is split by four longitudinal slits 22 and, when in position on the shaft, a ferrule 23 having a `conical internally screw-threaded portion is slipped over the slits and screwed up on a left hand thread on the sleeve, thus reducing thel circumference of the sleeve and clamping it tightly to the shaft. lf desired, there may be an additional short sleeve (not shown) which is clamped to the shaft and the main sleeve may be fitted thereon or thereover and clamped in its turn, a double clamping being thus obtained.

rlhe end of the shaft is closed by a plug 24 adapted to be, fixed in the shaft by the grub screw 3l having an axial screw thread ed hole 25 in it. yl'he upper end of the sleeve is also closed by a milled head 26 on a long screw 27 which screws into the plug of the shaft so as to hold the grip truly in position. c

. lt is obvious that by turning ythe milled head 26 of the screw 27 the sleeve can be nicely adjusted in position and, after being clamped, the screw can be tightened' positively to prevent any longitudinal movement of the sleeve on the shaft.

To prevent positively any turning yof the grip on the shaft, the shaft is provided with one or more longitudinal external grooves threads are desirable for left.

or channels as 28 and the sleeve has corresponding internal ribs or projections 29 so that when sliding the grip on to the shaft the rib or ribs is or are engaged with ythe groove or grooves. Alternatively the rib or ribs may be on the shaft and the groove or grooves in the sleeve. The simplest way is as shown to make thel longitudinal depressions or channels externally on both the sleeve and the shaft, the external longitudinal depressions in the thin sleeve forming internal ribs adapted to engage and slide in the channels of the shaft.

The grip, when fitted, is secured to the shaft 'at both its ends in a way which allows it to be readily loosened if not exactly suited to the desire of the player, and moved along the shaft within limits, or replaced by a different and more suitable grip which can be similarly attached to the shaft, so that the trouble 0f loosening the binding strip, altering vthe length of the shaft by cutting it and replacing the binding is obviated. y

llt will be appreciated that the foregoing manner'of manufacturing golf clubs is a great improvement over the existinglmain ner. A model exactly as desired by each player can be readily built up from standardized parts. rlhen again there is a considerable saving in packing and transport as a number of shafts can be packed together into small bulk and likew1se a number of grips and a number of heads.

l. A golf club comprising, a shaft, aclub head having a contra'ctible socket adapted to fit snugly on one end of said sha-ft, a screwed plug on said shaft adaptedto screw into the said head, means for contracting said socket so as to clamp it on the shaft, and a grip .detachably fined on the other end of said shaft.

2. A golf club comprising, a hollow steel shaft, a club head with a socket adapted to fit snugly on one end of said shaft, said socket having al tapered end of reduced thickness, which isxslotted longitudinally so that it is contractible, a screwed plug on said shaft adapted to screw into said head, an internally threaded ferrule ladapted to screw on to the end of said socket to clamp the head to the shaft, and a grip detachably fix-ed on the other end of said shaft.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature.

- Wlllillillllf JAMES HADD'EN.

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