Improvements in Coverings for Umbrellas, Sunshades, Parasols, or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1894
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coverings for Umbrellas, Sunshades, Parasols, or
the like.
1, PROSPER LEDUC Junior of 227 Rue Saint-Denis, Paris in the Republic of
France, Umbrella Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-,
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This invention relates to the manufacture of coverings for umbrellas, sunshades,
parasols, "en-cas etc., the said coverings being ornamented with designs and
inscriptions in indelible colours of all shades, as well on the internal as on the
external surface, or on one of the two surfaces only.
The accompanying drawing represents my method of manufacturing the said
coverings and the mode of application to an umbrella or other like article.
Figure 1 represents a length of fabric in the piece, printed with triangular panels
in indelible colours, and covered thus with drawings, designs and inscriptions, so
that it may be used as a covering for umbrellas, sunshades, parasols etc.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of an umbrella covered with such a fabric, printed
in indelible colours, whereof each sector or "gore" has different inscriptions outside
and inside.
The umbrella is usually constructed with 8 ribs a which divide the covering into
as many triangular sectors called "gores.". When I wish to have different
inscriptions on the opposite side of each "gore," the designs for the triangular
panels are composed in groups of 4, as illustrated in Figure 1; the 4 panels p p¹ p² p³
form one group, or composition of designs and inscriptions A; the four other
panels p p p p form a second group or composition B.
These two compositions or groups A and B when engraved faithfully reproduce
the designs and inscriptions to be printed on the umbrella coverings. The groups A
and B have then the form of a parallelogram respectively def g.
The fabric in a piece of any length which serves as the material from which the
coverings are to be cut is spread out on a table in the direction of its breadth m n.
The printer then draws the central line lo, in the middle of the width m n, and
then prints on each strip of fabric, to right and left of the centre line 1 o, making
alternate use of the plates A and B. Each panel may be printed with the same
colour or with different colours. The fabric being thus printed in indelible colours
on the one side may be turned over and printed on the other side with the same
plates A and B, or with others.
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The " gores or triangular panels are then cut out separately, following the
zig-zag outlines; they are then grouped, and attached by sewing to each pair of
ribs of the umbrella sunshade parasol etc.
The composition of the designs and inscriptions may be made by the plate
comprising 8 triangular panels, but it may also be done by the rectangular
plate hk hk in which case the smaller triangular sections are left blank. The
rectangle constitutes the development of the engraved cylinder which
would comprise the whole series of 8 panels p.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. The method substantially as described of making the coverings of umbrellas
sunshades parasols and the like consisting in printing the fabric in the piece the
designs and inscriptions which they are to bear being grouped together in panels of

page_text: the dimensions of the triangular sectors of the said coverings and then cut out
severally and the sectors sewn in position on the ribs of the umbrella or like frame.
2. The improved umbrella sunshade or parasol or the like having the various
sectors of the covering filled or ornamented with designs and inscriptions of all
kinds substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of January 1893.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT
Agents for the Applicant.