IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLA AND PARASOL COVERINGS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Duckitt, of Bradford, in the County of
York, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLA AND
PARASOL COVERINGS."
Sealed the 6th.October 1877, and dated the 2nd June 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Duckitt at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd June 1877.
WILLIAM EDWARD DUCKITT, of Bradford, in the County of York, Merchant.
'IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLA AND PARASOL COVERINGS."
This Invention consists in the combination of mohair or camels' hair fabrics and
suitable frames for umbrellas and parasols, thus producing a new manufacture of
umbrellas and parasols.
The fabrics I use for the above purpose are composed of silk warp and mohair
weft, cotton warp and mohair weft, silk warp and camels' hair weft, cotton warp
and camels' hair weft. I do not claim any novelty in the making of such materials,
only so far as to their suitability for the purposes of my Invention, having special
reference to the widths for cutting into covers and to the borders.
The fabrics so made are to be cut up and formed into covers to fit umbrella frames
and those of parasols, and combined therewith in the like manner to what has
hithertofore been the case when silk, alpaca, cotton, or fabrics other than those
above mentioned have been used.
The mohair and camels' hair fabrics are the very best known material with which
to cover umbrellas and parasols, their properties being naturally repellant, non-
absorbent, and consequently a better resistant; it is on this account that these
fabrics when exposed to the weather are enabled to retain their color, lustre, and
durability. As to the cost, take the case of mohair, it would be half that of silk,
and last four times as long.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions, of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Edward Duckitt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th
November 1877.
WILLIAM EDWARD DUCKITT, of Bradford, in the County of York, Merchant.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLA AND PARASOL COVERINGS."
This Invention consists in the combination of mohair or camels' hair fabrics and
suitable frames for umbrellas and parasols, thus producing a new manufacture of
umbrellas and parasols.
The fabrics I use for the above purpose are composed of silk warp and mobair
weft, cotton warp and mohair weft, silk warp and camels' hair weft, cotton warp
and camels' hair weft. I do not claim any novelty in the making of such materials,
only so far as to their suitability-for-the-purpose-of-my Invention, having special
reference to the widths for cutting into covers and to the borders.
The fabrics so made are to be cut up and formed into covers to fit umbrella frames
and those of parasols, and combined therewith in the like manner to what has
hithertofore been the case when silk, alpaca, cotton, or fabrics other than those
above mentioned have been used.
The mohair and camels' hair fabrics are the very best known material with which
to cover umbrellas and parasols, their properties being naturally repellant, non-
absorbent, and consequently a better resistant; it is on this account that these
fabrics when exposed to the weather, are enabled to retain their color, lustre, and
durability. As to the cost, take the case of mohair, it would be half that of silk,
and last four times as long.
What I believe to be novel and original, and claim as the Invention secured to
me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the combination of molair
or camels' hair weft with silk or cotton warps, for the manufacture of pieces for
covering umbrellas or parasols..
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Duckitt, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this Second day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. _.
Witness, .
JOHN WAUGH,
Engineer & Patent Agent,
20; Tyrrel Street,
Bradford,
Yorks.
W: E. DUCKITT.· (L.S.)