US1651558A

US1651558A - Golf-score register

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Publication number: US1651558A
Application number: US54388A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charlotte M Sheridan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1925-09-04
Filing date: 1925-09-04
Publication date: 1927-12-06
Anticipated expiration: 1944-12-06

Description

Dec. 1927. 1,651,558

C. M. SHERIDAN GOLF scons REGISTER Original Filed Sept. 4, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l IMM wzozwm m m Dec. 6, 1927. 1,651,558

c. M. SHERIDAN GOLF SCORE REGISTER Original Filed Sept. 4, 1925 2 Sheet-Sheebg Patented Dec. 6, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

CHARLOTTE M. SHERIDAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GOLF-SCORE REGISTER.

'vice consisting of certain peculiarities ofconstruction, novel arrangement and com bination of the various parts thereof as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifinally claimed.

A further object of the invention is to .provide a device of the above mentioned general character whereby a pair of numeral hands rotate about a dial, one being in the nature of a totalizer which registers the total scores for the game, and the other being provided to register the number of strokes for a given hole. The advantage of using a second hand for this purpose resides in the I fact that it provides-an indication of the strokes for any one hole as the strokes are made and eliminates inaccuracies in keeping the score due to forgetting, when finishing the play for this hole, the number of strokes that were taken.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the following description and appended claims.

In theaccompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate an embodiment of my invention,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a golf score register embodying my invention showing a portion of the strap which encircles the wrist of the user.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view showing the coverremoved and a terior mechanism;

Fig. 4 is a similar view, but omitting a spider member which exerts a spring pressure to hold the toothed wheels of each numeral hand in frictional contact with each other so as to rotate in unison;

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the -toothed portion of the in wheel impartin a rotary motion to both numeral hands w en registering the score of the several holes of a course and the score for each hole; and

Fig. 7 is a similar view of a toothed wheel adapted to be rotated in a reverse direction to reset the numeral hand registering the score for each individual hole back to zero on the dial.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, a casing 1 in the form of a watch case is providedwith lateral lugs 2 for receiving a strap 3 provided with the usual buckle 4 at one end and apertures at the other'which are employed to secure the strap about the' wrist of the wearer.

Itwill be noted in Fig. 1 that a dial 5 is provided with any desired number of divisions thereon for registering the total score of several holes of a course and also the score of each individual hole as played.

Actuators in the form of axial movable hands 8 and 9 to zero position. It is up parent, of course, that the device will be in this position at the start of any game. By referring to the other figures of the drawing, it will be noted that a pair of concentrically arranged

superimposed Wheels

10 and 11 are provided in casing 1. The periphery of each wheel may be furnished with teeth. It is desirable to provide a greater number of ,teethon wheel 10 than on wheel 11. A stem 12 is adapted to extend outwardly from wheel 10 while a pin 13 arranged in the same relation extends outwardly from wheel 11. The interior diameter of hollow stem 12 is slightly larger than the diameter of pin 13 so that when pin 13 is extended in stem 12, each may. rotate independently of the other. It will be notedin Fig. 5 that wheel 11 is placed below wheel 10 and that the reduced end 14 of pin 13 carries the large numeral hand 9 above dial 5. The reduced end 15 of stem 12 carries the small numeral hand 8. The means provided to carry the

wheels

10 and 11 within casing 1 serves also to exert a pressure against these wheels so as to hold them in frictional contact with each other during the registering of the score. A fiat plate 16 may be pressed in the casing 1 and provided with an aperture 17 through which the stem 12 passes. This means may be in the form of a spring spider 18 held in position by screws 19 which thread into plate 16. The spider 18 bears against wheel 11 at-the point designated 20. -This pressure is sufcient to provide a frictional contact which will permit both wheels to move in unison when the larger wheel 10 is actuated.

The actuating means may be in the form of a spring element 22 fastened at 28 to a lug 24, struck up from plate 16. By referring to Fig. 3, it will be noted that the lefthand end of spring element 22 is provided with a hump 25 which bears against the actuator stem 6. The free end of spring element 22 at the left-hand side is adapted to engage the teeth of wheel 10 and serve in effect as a pawl for actuating this wheel. The opposite side of spring element 22 is likewise provided with a hump 26 which is engaged by the actuator stem 7. The free end of this side of spring element 22 is also in the form of a pawl 28 which engages the teeth of wheel 11. Pawls 28 and 29 of spring element 22 are so arranged that actuation thereof will provide reverse rotation of

wheels

10 and 11. A spring detent 30 is fixed at 31 to a lug 32, also struck up from plate 6 to prevent reverse rotation of wheel 10 when wheel 11 is rotated. The purpose of operating wheel 11 by means of stem 7 is to reset the large hand 9 to zero position as each hole is played, thereby keeping an individual record of the score of each hole. When hand 9 is brought to zero position, a pin 35 extending upwardly from wheel 11 is adapted to engage an elongated depression 36 on the spring spider 18.

It will be noted that by merely depressing each

stem

6 and 7, it is possible to actuate both hands 8 and 9. The detail construction of these stems has been shown in Fig. 5. The inner end may be provided with a head or enlarged portion 37 so as to prevent the stems from being withdrawn from casing 1. The shank 38 of each stem is adapted to slide within a projection 3 9 formed on casin 1. It will be understood, of course, that t e structural details of this stem may be varied without departing from the scope of the resent invention. The operation of m evice will now be described. Assuming that the hands are in the starting position, such as has been shown in Fig. 1, the stem 6 is depressed each time a stroke is made. The inner end of stem 6 presses against the hump 25 and causes the end 29 to successively engage the teeth of wheel 10. The wheel 10 is thereby rotated to cause a step by step rotation of both hands 8 and 9. As soon as the first hole has been played, the stem 7 is then depressed so as to bring the large hand 9 back to zero. Depression of stem 7 engages hump 26 to cause end 28 to rotate wheel 11. This rotation is, of course, in a-reverse direction with reference to the rotation of wheel 10. The frictional contact which existed when both hands were rotated by the wheel 10 is now broken to permit this smaller wheel 11 to rotate independently of wheel 10. The detent 30 looks wheel 10 against reverse rotation. It will thus be observed from the above description that a novel form of golf register is provided which will accurately register the number of strokes of all the holes of a single course and at the same time accurately register the number of strokes played for a single hole.-

It will be apparent that various strucstural details may be varied and that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of my invention.

I claim:

1. A golf score register having a pair of independent numeral hands for registering the total score for the several holes of a course and the score for each individual hole, an operator for each hand, a pair of superimposed rotatably mounted toothed disks connected to said hands, resilient spring means operated by the actuation of said operators to rotate said disks to cause a step by step rotation of said numeral hands, frictional means for placing the disk of each numeral hand in cooperation with the other to move said numeral hands in unison by one of the operators in registering the score of the several holes and of the individual holes, and detent means extending inwardly to engage a projection on one of said disks whereby to serve as a stop when said other operator resets the number hand registering the score of individual holes back to zero.

2. A golf score register having a pair of independent numeral hands for registering the total score for the several holes of a course and the'score for each individual hole, an operator for each hand, concentrically arranged superimposed rotatable wheels connected to said hands, an integral spring member having its free ends comprising pawl members operated by the actuation of said operators for engaging teeth on the periphery of said wheels to cause a step by step rotation of said numeral hands, said pawl members being resiliently mounted to return said operators to normal position,

means for holdin said wheels frietionally interlocked Where y one of said operators will move both numeral hands in registering the total score of the several holes and of each individual hole, the other operator serving to reverse the rotation of one of said wheels to reset one of said numeral hands,

and means for locking the other .wheel agalnst reverse rotation to overcome sald CHARLOTTE M; SHERIDAN.