Golf-club.
11 claims: 11 independent, 0 dependent
- 1Having thus described my invention, what I believe as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is— 1. In a golf-club, a head, and a weight adapted to be carried in said head and mov- 75 able therein at an angle to the striking-face of said head.
- 2In a golf-club a shaft, a head, a slot therein extending laterally with respect to said shaft, and a weight freely mova’Ae in 8 said slot. 1Jt i
- 3In a golf-club, a shaft, a head thereon, ' a weight freely movable transversely within said head, and means for retaining said weight therein. 8
- 44? In a golf-club, a head, a shaft and a weight freely movable transversely in said head toward and away from the striking-face of said head, whereby an additional blow is imparted to the ball when struck. 0
- 5In a golf-club, a head, a shaft, a slot in said head, and a weight in said slot adapted to move transversely in said slot toward and away from the striking-face of said head, whereby when the ball is struck the weight 9 contacts with the wall of the slot adjacent the said striking-face so that an additional blow may be imparted to the ball on impact with the head.
- 6In a golf-club, a head, a shaft, a slot in 1 said head extending at substantially a right angle from the striking-face of said head and 690,940 a weight carried in said slot adapted to freely move in said slot.
- 7In a golf-club, a head, a shaft, and a weight carried in said head adapted to freely 5 move in said head in a line substantially at right angles to the striking-face of said head.
- 8In a golf-club, ahead, and a weight, carried thereby and movable relative to said head in a plane which is a continuation of io the plane of movement of said head.
- 9In a golf-club, a shaft, a head, and a weight carried by said head and freely mov able therein in a plane substantially at right angles to the axial line of said shaft.
- 10In a golf-club, a shaft, a head therefor, 15 and a weight freely movable therein in a plane transverse to the axis of the shaft.
- 11A golf-club head having a weight movable transversely to the striking-face of said head. HENRY B. FEBIGER. Witnesses:Wm. Caner Wiedersheim. C. D. McVay.
Independent claims11
23 paragraphs, as filed
(Application filed Oct. 7, 1901.) . Model.)
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HENRY B. FEBIGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
GOLF-CLUB.·
SPECIFICATION<sup>1</sup> forming part of Letters Patent No. 890,940, dated January 14, 1903.
Application filed October 7,1901, Serial Ko. 77,754. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Henry B. Febiger, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Penn- ’ 5 sylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Golf-Clubs, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to an improvement in golf-clubs; audit consists in providing means to whereby an additional impact or blow is delivered to the ball when the club strikes and follows the same.
It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter set forth. 15 Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a head of a golf-club and a portion of the shaft thereof. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view on line x x, Fig, 1. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view on line y y, Fig. 2.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.
Referring to the drawings, A designates the head of a golf-club, and B the shaft thereof, which is attached to said head in any suit25 able and well-known manner, said head having the striking-face C, which may be provided with any suitable face—such as leather, metal, or any composition material, if desired—and the base of said head may be pro30 vided with a plate D, if desired, it being understood that I do not desire to limit myself to any particular construction of club, since my invention is applicable to any form of golf-club, whether a driver, brassy, or iron, 35 in the head of each of which I place means for imparting an additional impact or blow to the ball as the same is struck and followed, and in carrying out my invention I insert in the head of the club a freely-movable 40 weight, which may be lead, quicksilver, shot, ball, or other suitable material. In the drawings I have shown two slots E and F, which are made by boring the same in the head and then partly filling the slots with a suitable 45 weight G, which, as above stated, may be of , any suitable material, and have then closed the slots by a plug II or any other closing device, it being seen that as the weights but partly fill the slots the same are movable 50 therein, so that when the club.is swung back and then forward to hit the ball the weight or weights will be caused to strike the wall of the slot toward the striking-face, and an additional impact or blow is imparted to the ball upon contact and follow through, whereby 55 with the same power exerted the ball is caused to travel a greater distance than if the movable weight were not used.
It will be evident that in lieu of forming the slots as shown a single slot or more than two 60 may be employed, or I may insert the weight in a tube and then place the tube, with the weight therein, in the head of the club with the same result.
It will be evident that various changes may 65 be made by those skilled in the art which will come within the scope of my invention, and I do not therefore desire to be limited in every instance to the exact construction herein shown and described. 7c
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Titles
- English
- GOLF-CLUB.
Classification
- CPC, 4
- A63B53/08
- A63B53/0466
- A63B2053/0491
- A63B60/00
- IPC, 2
- A63B53 04
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