A NEW OR IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO WALKING STICKS, CANES, UMBRELLA STICKS, AND THE LIKE, AND IN MEANS OR DEVICE THEREFOR
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Alfred Barlow, of 6, St. Paul's Churchyard, London,
Patent Agent and Engineer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED
APPLIANCE TO WALKING STICKS, CANES, UMBRELLA STICKS, AND THE LIKE,
AND IN MEANS OR DEVICE THEREFOR." A communication from abroad by .
Alexandre Van-der-Borght. of Paris, France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Alfred Barlow at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th September 1878.
WALTER ALFRED BARLOW, of 6, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, Patent Agent
and Engineer. A NEW OR IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO WALKING STICKS, CANES,
UMBRELLA STICKS, AND THE LIKE, AND IN MEANS OR DEVICE THEREFOR." A
communication from abroad by Alexandre Van-der-Borght, of Paris, France.
This Invention relates to a means of or device for the application in a hollow in
a walking stick, cane, or umbrella stick, and so forth, of a plan or map enrolled
around an axis held or acted upon by a spring which is called the "
"
map cane.'
One of the sides of the plan is fixed or secured to the axis, and the other passes
through a longitudinal slot in the stick and carries a bar extending along its length
furnished with a ring, a button, or other appendage for the purpose of drawing the
map or plan from within the stick and consequently so unroll it from around the
axis, which thus acts upon the holding spring.
A small catch device is provided which prevents the map or plan from rolling up
when consulted, but by means of pressure on a button or other appropriate device
so as to let the catch device slip or be released, the spring which is thus released
causes the interior vertical axis to turn on itself and to roll up the plan, which again
enters the cane.
This arrangement is similar to that adopted for tape measures enclosed in boxes,
and which are well known.

page_text: The hollow slotted cane or stick may be of wood or of metal. The spring attached
to the axis and which rolls up the plan may be arranged in the head of the cane,
or there may be employed a volute or spiral spring rolled around the axis where it
is not occupied by the rolled map or plan.
One of the essential conditions for a stick or cane prepared or furnished with
device as described is that it shall be readily introduced into the "market" and
cost as little as possible. For this reason and to arrive at the desired result it is
not a matter of indifference to employ a spring of any kind, the more because the
cane or stick may be of but small dimensions and it is difficult and inconvenient in
such case to apply metallic springs, therefore the inventor has designed an arrange-
ment of india-rubber spring which occupies but little space, costs little for fixing,
and presents as great resistance as may be desired. This spring consists of a band
or ring, or bands or rings of india-rubber, twisted together side by side so as to have
a twisted centre portion and looped ends which are intended to engage with two
hooks, one of which hooks is provided at the extremity of the axis and the other is
secured in the stick or cane below or above the former,
The axis however may be fixed solidly to the head of the stick or cane which
will then be screwed upon the main portion of the stick, and in this case there will
not be provided a spring and the stick will not have the longitudinal slit provided,
but when it is desired to consult the map or plan the top or head of the stick will
have to be unscrewed and the map unrolled, but this is obviously less convenient
than the first-described arrangement.
Obviously the arrangement may be applied to any article which has a stick for
one of its constituents, such as umbrellas, sunshades, whips, and so forth, and the
plan or map sheet may carry or have printed thereon any indications of a useful
kind, such as tables of cab fares, places of amusement, and the like, either on one or
on both sides, or a map or plan on each side.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Walter Alfred Barlow in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th
March 1879.
WALTER ALFRED BARLOW, of 6, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, Patent Agent
and Engineer. A NEW OR IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO WALKING STICKS, CANES,
UMBRELLA STICKS, AND THE LIKE, AND IN MEANS OR DEVICE THEREFOR."
communication from abroad by Alexandre Van-der-borght, of Paris, France.
A
This Invention relates to a means of or device for the application in a hollow in
a walking stick, cane, or umbrella stick, and so forth, of a plan or map rolled around
or upon an axis held or acted upon by a spring, and which is called the "
cane.
33.
map
In the annexed Drawing is shown a cane or stick fitted with the map or plan
and ready for use, wherein B is the hollow slotted cane or stick, and A is the plan
or map sheet; E, E¹, are hooks to hold the springs b; D is the top or head of the
cane; a is the interior vertical axis; b, the arrangement of india-rubber springs for
turning the axis a to roll up the sheet A; c is the catch device consisting of a ratchet
wheel and a spring button d, which engages with or disengages the catch device c;
e is the bar fastened to the outer edge of the plan.
One of the sides of the plan A is fixed or secured to the axis a, and the other
passes through a longitudinal slot in the stick and carries a bar e extending along
its length, furnished with a ring, a button, or other appendage for the purpose of
drawing the map or plan from within the stick and consequently to unroll it from
around the axis, which thus acts upon the holding spring.
The catch device c is provided to prevent the map or plan A from rolling up when
being consulted, but by removing the pressure of button d or other appropriate
device so as to let the catch device c slip or be released the spring b which is thus
released will cause the interior vertical axis a to turn on itself and to roll up the
plan, which again enters the cane.
This arrangement is similar to that adopted for tape measures enclosed in boxes,
and which are well known.
The hollow slotted cane or stick B may be of wood or of metal. The spring
attached to the axis a and which rolls up the plan may be arranged in the head of
the cane, or there may be employed a volute or spiral spring rolled around the axis
where it is not occupied by the rolled map or plan. One of the essential conditions
for a stick or cane prepared or furnished with device as described is that it shall be
readily introduced into the "market" and cost as little as possible. For this reason
and to arrive at the desired result it is not a matter of indifference to employ a
spring of any kind, the more because the cane or stick may be of but small dimensions,
and it is difficult and inconvenient in such a case to apply metallic springs, therefore
the inventor has designed an arrangement of india-rubber spring b and attachments
E and E' which occupy but little space, cost little for fixing, and present as great
resistance as may be desired. This spring consists of a band or ring, or bands or
rings of india-rubber twisted together side by side so as to have a twisted centre
portion and looped ends which are intended to engage with two hooks E, E¹, one of
which hooks E is provided at the extremity of the axis a, and the other hook E is
secured in the stick or cane below the former, or if the spring be applied at the
upper end of the axis the hook E will be arranged in the head of the stick.
The axis however may be fixed solidly to the head of the stick or cane which will
then be screwed upon the main portion of the stick, and in this case there will not
be provided a spring and the stick will not have the longitudinal slit provided, but
when it is desired to consult the map or plan the top or head D of the stick will
have to be unscrewed and the map unrolled, but this is obviously less convenient
than the first-described arrangement.
Obviously the arrangement may be applied to any article which has a stick for
one of its constituents, such as umbrellas, sunshades, whips, and so forth, and the

page_text: plan or map sheet may carry or have printed thereon any indications of a useful
kind, such as tables of cab fares, places of amusement, and the like, either on one or
on both sides, or a map or plan on each side. Having now described the nature and
particulars of the said Invention what I claim is, 1st. The fitting of the interior of
canes, walking sticks, umbrellas, and the like with a map or plan A, as and for the
purpose herein set forth and as shown by the Drawing.
2nd. The arrangement of apparatus consisting of the axis a, spring and attach-
ments b and E, E¹, the catch device c, d, with the sheet A, as herein-before described
and as shown by the Drawing, arranged and operating as and for the purpose herein
set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Walter Alfred Barlow, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
WALTER A. BARLOW. (LS)