Untitled record

Application filed January 2, 1895. Serial No. 533,654. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Albert II. Kennedy, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockport, in the county of Spencer and State 5 of Indiana, have invented a*new and useful Ball-Bat, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ball-bats in which a bat is divided into two io or more parts and rubber springs or cushions interposed for the purpose of giving elasticity to the bat, preventing the breaking of the bat when the ball is struck, and preventing the jarring of the hands of the striker. I attain 15 these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which—

Figure 1 is a view of the bat as a whole. Fig. 2 is a section through the parts where the spring is located, showing the ferrules, the 20 connecting-bolt, and the rubber spring or cushion.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout both the views.

A and B are the two parts of a bat.

C and D show the ferrules made of some strong metal. These ferrules are secured to the parts A and B by spinning the metal down into grooves II H, &c., which are turned in the parts of the bat. This makes a fastening that 30 cannot be loosened by the hardest stroke that it is possible to give to a ball.

G shows the rubber spring or cushion, that is made of any desired hardness to give the proper elasticity to the bat. E is the bolt, and 35 F shows the nut. The head of the bolt and the nut are let into the wood, so that when the two parts of the bat are twisted in opposite directions the rubber cushion is compressed and any desired degree of elasticity is attained. The bolt must pass loosely 40 through the bases of the ferrules. The shaft of the bolt may be made square immediately under the head.

The operation of the bat is obvious. When the ball is struck, the rubber cushion is com- 45 pressed on one side, thus relieving the bat from the shock which so frequently breaks it at about the middle point, also relieving the hands of the striker from the jar and putting into the ball all the force that is wasted in 50 the common bat in these several ways.

I am aw’are that in a former application of mine I have claimed the invention of an elastic bat divided into two or more parts with springs interposed. I therefore do not claim 55 such a combination broadly; but,

What I do claim as myinvention, and wish to