IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLAS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, EDWARD COOKE of New Eldon Chambers, Cherry Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention
for AN IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLAS to be as follows:-
In order that the elastic ring, as commonly used for holding the ribs close against
the stick when the umbrella is closed, may be readily and conveniently passed
around the outer ends of the said ribs, I make around the stick, a tapering collar,
the wider end of which forms a shoulder; the said shoulder being so situated, that
when the umbrella is closed, the tips of the ribs abut against it. The elastic ring
is slipped on to the stick in the usual manner, and on being pushed over the said
collar, from the narrower end thereof, it is so guided and gradually stretched, that
it passes readily around the ends of the ribs; the said shoulder of the collar is made
to project somewhat beyond the ends of the ribs, so as to prevent the ring from
accidentally slipping back.
I, EDWARD COOKE of New Eldon Chambers Cherry Street, Birmingham in
the County of Warwick, Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention
for AN IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLAS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
In order that the elastic ring, as commonly used for holding the ribs of the frame
close to the stick when the umbrella is closed, may be readily and conveniently
passed around the outer ends of the said ribs, I make around the stick, a tapering
collar, the wider end of which forms a shoulder projecting from the said stick, the
said collar being so situated with regard to the frame of the umbrella, that when
the said frame is closed, the outer tips of the ribs abut upon the said shoulder. The
elastic ring is slipped on to the stick in the usual manner, and on being pushed over
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page_text: the said collar from the narrower end thereof, it is so guided and gradually stretched,
that it passes readily around the ends of the ribs; the said shoulder is made to
project somewhat beyond the ends of the ribs, so as to prevent the said ring from
accidentally slipping back.
I prefer to perform my said Invention in the manner illustrated in the
accompanying Drawing and hereinafter described, but I wish it to be understood
that I do not limit myself to the precise details so illustrated and described, as the
same may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention.
In the aforesaid Drawing, Figure 1 shews in longitudinal section and Figure 2 in
side elevation, a portion of an umbrella improved according to my Invention, only
such parts, and so much thereof respectively being represented as I consider it
necessary to represent for the purpose of illustrating my improvement.
In Figure 1, A, A³ represents a portion of the stick of the umbrella, A³ being a
part of the handle thereof. B, B represent portions of ribs of the frame. The
tapering collar C, is provided with a suitable bore and fitted around the stick A, A³,
and the frame of the umbrella is so set upon the said stick, that when the said
frame is closed, the outer tips B³ of the ribs B, abut upon the shoulder D. The
collar C, when formed separately as represented in the said Figure and herein
described, may be made of wood, metal, bone, or of any other suitable material, by
any such of the well-known ordinary processes as may be respectively applicable to
the material used, and the said collar is held in the situation with regard to the
frame, herein described, which my be done by pinning, or by other convenient
means. E, represents an elastic ring, which has been slipped on to the stick A, A³
in the usual manner.
Figure 2, shews parts similar to those represented in Figure 1, and the letters
and figures of reference therein appearing, respectively indicate corresponding parts,
but in Figure 2, the elastic ring E, is represented as having been pushed over the
tapering collar C, from the position indicated in Figure 1, and thus passed around
the ends of the ribs; the shoulder D, being made to project somewhat beyond the
ends of the ribs, prevents the said ring from accidentally slipping back.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is: Making around the stick of the umbrella, a tapering collar, the wider
end of which forms a shoulder projecting from the said stick, the said collar being
so situated with regard to the frame of the umbrella that when the said frame is
closed, the outer tips of the ribs abut upon the said shoulder, for the objects
hereinbefore set forth.