CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OR MAKING OF UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS
Year: 1837

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
BARKER, of Regent Street, Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, Artist, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His late most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing
date at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth day of April, in the seventh year
of His reign, did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Joseph Barker, His especial license, full power, sole
privilege and authority, that I, the said Joseph Barker, my exors, adñiors,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Barker, my exors,
adiiors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times during the term of years therein mentioned,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OR MAKING OF UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS;"
in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said Joseph
Barker, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and
at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, J, the said
Joseph Barker, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents the skeleton of an umbrella having my improvements
applied thereto, the parts being shown expanded or opened; Figure 2 shows
the same parts closed, and Figure 3 shows a section of some of the parts.
a is the stick or stem which is hollow, to allow of the rod or tube b, passing
freely up and down; this rod or tube 6 is affixed to the handle or lower end
of the stem or stick of the umbrella or parasol, and is capable of being drawn
down thereby; d, is the ferrule or ring to which the stretchers e, e, are
attached, and is of similar construction to that of ordinary umbrellas or
parasols, and the stretchers are similarly connected therewith, but in place of
its being affixed to the stem, the ferrule or ring d is capable of moving on the
stem a, the ferrule d being affixed to the rod b, by means of pins passing
through the ferrule, and through a slit formed in the stem a, to allow of
movement up and down; the stretchers e, e, are supported by the short rods ff.
they being attached to the stretchers by wires or other convenient means,
allowing of movement, as will readily be understood on examining the Draw-
ing, the upper ends of the rods f,f, being attached to the ferrule or ring g,
affixed to the upper end of the stick or stem of the umbrella or parasol as is
shown in the Drawing. The dotted lines, Figure 1, show the covering of the
umbrella; i, is the spring top to retain the umbrella up or down, there being
suitable holes for the projecting end to enter. I would remark, that various
description of stops may be used, the one shown is simple and convenient.
In using an umbrella constructed according to my Invention, in order to put
it up, the stem is to be held in one hand and the handle pulled by the other,
by which the inner ends of the stretchers will be pulled downwards, the outer
ends will thereby be thrown outwards, and the umbrella or parasol opened.
Figures 4, 5, and 6, show parts of the ends of a stem or stick, and shows
another mode of pulling down the ferrule d, to which the inner ends of the
stretchers e, e, are attached. In these Figures, in place of the rod or tube b,
there is a flexible strip of metal which is connected with the ferrule d and
the pulley or roller j, which moving on an axis at k, when the handle (which
is connected with the pulley) is folded it draws down the ferrule d, and
consequently opens the umbrella or parasol, the strip of metal being retained
by a similar stop to that shown in Figure 1.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not claim any of
the parts separately, but what I claim is the causing the ferrule d to be so
arranged in respect to the other parts that it is capable of being slided or
moved downwards together, with the inner ends of the stretchers c, e,
such stretchers being retained from above by the short rods as above
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Barker, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
JOSEPH (L.S.) BARKER.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-seventh day of October,
in the year of our Lord 1837, the aforesaid Joseph Barker came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to
the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and thirty coxon