US1555425A - Golf club - Google Patents

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R. MCKENZIE Sep., 29, 1925.,

GOLF CLUB Filed April 15.

Paitented Sept.-29 ,19 25. I l," 55,425 UNITEDv .srA'rEs PATENT OFFICE.

Rosner or s'i'ANmoIE, ENGLA'ND, AssIGNoR 'ro THE w. r. SMITH (sron'rs) COMPANY, LIMITED, or LONDON, ENGLAND, A COMPANY oReANIzED UNDEn THE I'AWS OF GREAT BBITAIN.

vQLF CLUB.

Appnogaon med April 15, 1824.' .serial 'N.,7oe,e4e.;

110 all 'whon t-may come/WS 6 is a plan view of the top' of the head. 55.

Be. it known thatI, ROBERT MOKENzIE, a Figure 7 is a plan view of the underside of subject of the. King of Great Britain, residthe head accordingto a modification ing at Stanmore Golf Club, Stanmore, Mid- I Shape the re`ar of the head w at top, bot 5' dlesex, England, have invented 'certain new .tom and sides in such a way that the head is and useful Improvements Vin IGrolf Clubs;l streamlined'or smoothed' ofl' with a curved 60 and I 'do hereby declare thefollo/wing to be taper.v For this purpose, vthe sole or undera full, clear, and exact description ofthe inpart b of the'head a is cut' away so as to vention, such as-will enable others skilled in curve or slope upwardly to meet the convex 10 f' the art to which it appertains 'to make and top o of the head, the whole being smoothed use the same. ofl' 'rearwar'dly in streamline fashion from 65 a This invention has' reference lto golf clubs. the outer end ontoe d offthe striking face e It is `applicable to all socket or scared clubs and arou'hd thev rear of the head, v(see Fig-` such as drivers, brassies, cleeks, spoons and ure 6) to the heel or junction with the shaft I baflies in which theheads are usually of f, so a's to provide a shar ,rear edge'g or wood, but the'invention may also be applied trailing portion of approzgi'mately semi-cir- 70 where-'the heads are of other material such cular extent. A cross section through the, as aluminum. By a 'scared club I mean head adjacent to thissharp, peripheral edge i one in which the head is spliced to the shaft Would therefore be lenticular. by means of a sin'le oblique splice. i A I may provide a co`ncealedy weight h in the According to the present' .invention, the form of a short length of metal rod, as a 75 head is streamlined at the rear by being leadcylind'er, sunk in the head aa-nd having. smoothed Off with a curved taper; t/he rear its-axis arranged 'at right angles to the front isA fashioned to a sharp final edge of app-roxface e of the head. Pr'eferably a Wedge or imately semi-circular extent,a cross section V-shaped `metal, ivorine, fibre .or the like through the head. adj acent to 'this sharp pestriking surface or-platee1 of theknown kind SQ ripheral trailing edge being lenticular. The is let into the front face e. of the head so head in some cases is provided towards the as to be flush therewith -and such inset may front or lstriking face withv a` concealed if desired be secured in position by. screws, weight' pegs or the like 82, so as to cover'in the The streamlined head may be so'sliaped weight. that the underpart or sole of the head forms r (The striking plate e is shown Oblique to a convex surface o f which the transverse the axis of the shaft f; and the trailing edge curvature 'is concentric with the golfer7s g is with advantage'arrapged at the level of .35 swing. For this purpose, the sole may beiA the. centre of the height of the' front face e spoon-shaped with its lowest portion curved when the shaft is at the middle position in. to form an arc of the circle represented by its swing. A line from the trailing edge g the lower part of the golferfs swing. vto the centreof 'the height 'of the strikin By streamlining the head, the forward surface e or el passes through 'the conceale 40 swing of the club is reduced and it becomes weight h.

possible with the same expenditure of en- The sole b or bottom part of the head is ergy to drive a longer ball. The particular preferably spoon-.shaped, see Figure 3, with shaping of the underside of the sole of the its-lowermostportion as shown in Figure 4, ,head also assists in this action and the clubat i curved so as to be concentric with the 45 head is n'ot so likel to catch the ground if golfefis swing. 'Thus the underpart or sole the stroke is slight y missed'as is likely to of the head a at its lowermost portion is 19 be the case with a flat-'soled head. curved to form `an ai'c of the4 circle repre- -Upon thev acoonpanying sheet of drawsented by the lower portion of the golferh ings, illustrating t e present invention, F-i swing. The marked art 'i i is' struck from' 50 ure 1 is a front elevation showing the stri a. radius- (indicated y the Vertical dotted f ing face. .-Figure 2 .is an end elevation. line in Figure 4) vfrom the pivotal axis of Figure is a rear' elevation. Figure 4-'z is the swing, and on each side of this lowermost f w across section on line 4-4 of Fi re 1. portion of the face the sole b ismore' Figure 5 shows the complete club. igure sharply curved upwar In Figure 7 I have shown a wearing piece 7" of horn or the like, inset into, and. secured as by screws ,'51 to, the front portion of the sole b of the head. rI`his view also shows the shaftv f soclceted in the head a.

`Havin'g thus described my invention what Iv claim is: i

1. In a socket 01' scared golf club, a headV curved thro'ughout its length, a convex top,

a heel portion adjoining the junction With the shaft, and means for attachment to the sh'aft, said sole and top being curved to meet and form a sharp peripheral trailing edge which extends from the toe of the striking face and around the rear of the head to the heel portion.

3. In a socket or scared golf club, a head provided With a front-striking face, a curved sole to said head, a convex top to said headl` and means carried by the head for attachment to the shaft, said sole and convex top being curved to meet and form a sharp' peripheral trailing edge which extends around the rear of the head, `and said curved sole bein'gformed as a continuous convex sur? face having its centre in the pivotal axis of the golfefs swing. i

4. In a socket or scared golf club a shaft, a headl provided with a front striking face, a sole which is curved from front to rear of the head 'and curved also from the toe to- Wards the shaft of the club, a convex top and means for attachment to the sliaft, said sole and convex top 'being curved to meet reeaaee curved sole being formed of spoon-shape' with its Ilowest portion curved conntric with the golfers swing, this lowermost portion being 'Curved fore and aft more sharply upwards. z.

In a socket or scared 'golf club, 'a head provided with a front face, a. curved sole, a convex top and means for attachment to the shaft, said sole and convex top being continuously curved to meet and form asharp trailingedge which extends around the rear of thehead, and said curved sole having its centrein the pivotal' axis of the golfer7s Swing, a striking plate secured upon the front face of the head, and a weight inserted in said head behind saidstriking plate, 'a line from the rear trailing edge to the centre of the height of said front plate passin'g throu h said weight.

l6. n a socket or scared golf club, a head provided with a front striking face, a curved sole, a convex top and means, for attachment to the shaft, said sole and convex top being curved to meet and form a sharp trailing edge which extends around the rear of the head, and said ourved sole having its centre in the pivotal axis of the golfe-r7s swing, a striking plate secured upon the front face of the head, and a weight inserted in said head behind said striking plate, a line' from the rear trailing edge to the centre of the height of said striking plate passing through said weight, said Weightv being V'composed of a metal cylinder with its axis' at right angles to the front plate. i

`7. A golf club com'prising a sha-ft, a head, a connection between said shaft and head, an obliquel)7 cut front to said head, a striking' plate sunk in said front, acontinuously curved sole and a` convex top, said sole and convex top being streamlined rea-rwardly to form a sharp peripheral trailing edge, and said convex sole being of spoon-shape.

In testimony whereof I afi'ix mysignature.

and form a sharp trailing edge which extends around the rear of the head, and said ROBERT MoKENZIE.

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