Improvements in or relating to Receptacle Sticks.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 31st Dec., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Receptacle Sticks.
A communication from PAUL KÄMPFE, of Dresden, Saxony, in the Empire of
Germany.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 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:-
This invention relates to walking-sticks and consists in an improved construction
of such a stick into the hollow space of which is fitted a tubular case arranged to
contain toilet or other small articles.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings
in which
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the improved walking stick.
Figure 2 is a similar view of the stick, the handle being removed and the inner
casing drawn partly out.
Figures 3 and 4 are cross-sections of the tubular casing in the closed and open
conditions.
Figures 5 and 6 are longitudinal sections of a modified form of stick.
Figures 7 to 9 are detail views.
The handle A is screwed on to the hollow stick B both pieces being for the
purposes threaded at a. Thus it will be seen that the handle may be readily
removed whenever required. The internal tube or case C is provided with a knob b
at its upper end to facilitate its removal from the hollow stick after the handle of
the same has been screwed off. A spring c may be provided at the lower end of
the stick as shown, one end of it being connected with the lower end of the case C
and the other with the bottom of the hollow space or the ferrule d of the stick.
The spring e will in this position have the tendency of drawing inwards the case C,
and when it is desired to remove this case with its contents, the resistance of the
spring must be overcome and the spring expanded (Figs. 2 and 6). Directly the
knob of C is released, the spring will contract again and pull the case C back into
its normal position.
The tube or case C is preferably made of metal or other material combining
strength and lightness. As illustrated by Figures 1 and 2 it consists of one
continuous half tube e to which the other half tube is hinged at s in separate
sections which form the doors of as many compartments. To divide the case into
compartments, discs or partitions are fitted in to correspond with the doors fas
illustrated by Figure 3. Or the arrangement shown in Figure 7 may be adopted
in which both the portion e and the doors fare provided with half-circular partitions
which meet when the doors are closed and thus complete the separation between
the compartments. The arrangement shown in Figure 4 combines the two con-
structions, both the portion e and the doors f being provided with partitions which
are circular in the former and semi-circular in the latter. The compartments thus
formed may be utilized as receptacles for combs, brushes, soap, scent or hair-oil
bottles, pomade and the like.
In the modification shown in Figures 5 and 6 the inner casing, instead of consisting
of one continuous tubular piece e is formed of a number of sections e¹ each provided
with a hinged door or lid f. These sections are connected by means of the hinge-
pink common to all of them, although each may turn thereon independently of the
others. Each of these sections or separate cases is sub-divided by plates or
partitions g, so that each consists of two compartiments, to be used as indicated
above for toilet and similar articles.

page_text: In use when the casing is pulled out by the knob b, the tension of the spring e
being overcome and when the door or cover of one of the compartments (Fig. 2)
is opened, or, in the arrangement Figure 6, when a whole section of the casing ef
is turned outwards on the common pivot k, the knob may be released, the tendency
of the spring to draw the case inwards being resisted by the door or section, as the
case may be, which is stopped by the wall of the hollow stick. By this means one
or more compartments at a time may be drawn out and the contents both of the
compartment which serves to arrest the inward motion of the casing and of the
compartment situated above it, removed or replaced as desired without necessitating
any further manipulation. When the door fis closed or the whole section turned
inward again, as the case may be, (Figures 2 and 6) the spring immediately draws
the casing back into its normal position within the stick.
Thus a convenient walking or umbrella stick is provided combining the advantage
of allowing toilet and other light articles to be carried about in a handy shape and
without extra trouble.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is,---
1. The combination with a stick of a casing such as C divided into sections or
compartments fitted within the hollow interior of the stick B so that when the
handle A of the stick is unscrewed it may be pulled out substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a stick such as characterized in the preceding claim the casing C consisting
of one continuous half-circularly curved plate or half-tube such as e to which are
hinged at s similarly curved plates or doors f completing the tube the portion e
being provided with plates or partitions whereby the tubular casing is divided
into compartments substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
3. In a stick as characterized in the first claim the inner casing consisting of a
number of semi-circular or half-tubular sections such as e and provided with
bottom plates g² combined by one common hinge-pin or pivot to form a whole
case each compartment of which is capable of turning independently on the pivot k
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. In a stick as characterized in the first claim an inner casing such as C in
combination with a spring c secured to the stick or its ferrule in such a manner that
the inner casing can only be drawn out of the hollow stick by overcoming the
resistance of or expanding the said spring while it can be retained in the desired
position either by one of the open doors or lids for a whole compartment such
as e resting upon the edge or wall of the hollow stick whereby the tendency of
the spring to pull the casing inwardly is resisted and the casing retained in the
desired protruding position, substantially as described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 10th day of November 1892.
ALFRED J. BOULT,
Chartered Patent Agent.