Improvements in or relating to Receptacles Formed in or Combined with Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, Whips, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Receptacles Formed in or Combined
with Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, Whips, and the like.
ازرق
We, JoHN WALTER ANDERSON, Manager, and JONATHAN HOWELL, Stick
and Cane Manufacturer, both of 180 Old Street in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to receptacles which may be used with walking sticks,
umbrella sticks, whips, billiard cues, and the like, and may be carried out in the
following manner.
The receptacle may be adapted for any particular purpose and its shape would
vary accordingly, but we will describe it in the convenient application of a match-
box. In this case the match box proper we prefer to make thin and of sufficient
length and depth to hold a few matches, and with advantage the top or open end
may be recessed so that the ends of the matches will project and may be easily
grasped by the fingers. The box itself is hinged or pivotted preferably at the
bottom, and at the outer face, the stick to which it is to be applied being hollowed
or recessed so that when the box is closed it is practically entirely engulfed in the
stick. The hinge or pivot may be greatly varied in its construction, but a con-
venient form is to form it as a point or tang which can be driven into the stick or
inserted in an opening made therein and cemented or otherwise secured. To
prevent the box opening when not required it may be secured by a spring catch or
there may be a spring so arranged as to keep the box normally closed or the box
itself may be stiff upon the hinge, adjustably so if desired, or may fit closely
in the recess so as to move stiffly and stay where placed. Or again a ring or
cap on the outside of the stick may slip down on the top of the box and so
hold it.
For convenience in holding it we prefer that the outer edge of the box shall
project slightly outside the stick and this may be ornamented, and this or other
portion of the box or stick may be provided with roughened surface or surfaces
to strike the matches upon or it may form a portion of the general ornamentation
of the stick some convenient arrangement as for example a small nick or recess in
the stick or a knob or equivalent upon the box being provided to allow of its
being opened.
A portion of the exposed part of the box may be used for the engraving of the
proprietor's name, monogram etc.
Dated this 28th day of January 1895

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Receptacles Formed in or Combined
with Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, Whips, and the like.
1.
We, SUSANNAH ANN. ANDERSON, Executrix of JOHN WALTER ANDERSON,
Manager, and JONATHAN HOWELL. Stick and Cane Manufacturer, both of
180 Old Street, in the City of London, 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 receptacles to be used with walking sticks, umbrella
sticks, whips and the like and may be carried out in the manner hereinafter
described:
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 shows the receptacle in a form suitable for application to a stick.
Figure 2 shows one mauner of applying it to a stick.
Figure 3 shows another manner, in which it is combined with the band encircling
the joint between the handle and stick.
Figures 4 and 5 show an arrangement wherein the receptacle is combined with
the handle cap, Figure 4 showing the box closed and Figure 5 open, and,
Figures 6 and 7 are respectively a perspective view and a view partly in elevation
and partly in vertical section of an alternative form of the device shown in Figs. 1
and 2.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
The receptacle A may be adapted for any particular purpose and its shape
would vary accordingly, but we will describe it in the convenient application of a
match-box. In this case the match-box proper A we prefer to make thin and of
sufficient length and depth to hold a few matches, and with advantage, the top or
open end may be recessed as at A' so that the ends of the matches will project
and may be easily grasped by the fingers. The box A is hinged or pivottel
preferably at A2 to the stick B to which it is to be applied the latter being
hollowed or recessed as at 13' so that when the box A is closed it is practically
entirely engulfed in the stick. The hinge or pivot A2 Figure 1 may be greatly
varied in its construction, but in a convenient form it has a point or tang A³ which
can be driven into the stick A or inserted in an opening made therein and cemented
or otherwise secured. To prevent the box A opening when not required it maya
be secured by a spring catch, or as hereinafter described with reference to
Figs. 6 and 7 there may be a spring, so arranged as to keep the box normally
closed, or the box itself may be stiff upon the hinge, adjustably so if desired; or
may fit closely in the recess B₁ so as to move stiffly and stay where placed, or, as
shown in dotted lines in Figure 5, the recess B' for the same purpose may be
wholly or partly lined with sheet metal which may bear against one or more sides
of the box A. Or again a ring or cap on the outside of the stick may slip down
on the top of the box and so hold it.
For convenience in grasping it we prefer that the outer edge of the box A shall
project slightly outside the stick and this may be ornamented and this or other
portion of the box or stick may be provided with a roughened surface or
surfaces C to strike the matches upon, or as hereinafter described and shown in
Figures 3, 4 and 5, it may form a portion of the general ornamentation of the
stick.
In Figures 1, 3 and 5 we have represented the roughened surface C on one side
of the box A and in Figure 2 on the front or outside of the box.
In Figure 2 we show the box A as fitting into a recess B¹ formed in the stem

page_text: of the stick, the hinge portion (not represented in this figure) being secured into
the stick by a tang A³ (Figure 1) or otherwise as may be most convenient.
In Figure 3 the box A is shown as forming in' appearance a portion of the
band D which covers the joint between the handle B2 and stick-stem B, the outer
part of the box if desired, being shaped to correspond with the rest of the band D.
The box may either be hinged to the stick B by means of a tang A³ as represented
in dotted lines, or it may be pivotted directly to the band in a manner somewhat
corresponding to that shown in Figures 4 and 5. When the stick has a natural
handle as in Figures 2, 4 and 5, the band D. and box A may be placed at any
desired part of the stick or, even when the stick has a fitted handle as in Fig. 3,
the box A whether by itself or in combination with a band may be secured at any
desired part of the stick independently of the band which may be used to cover
the joint between the handle and stick.
In Figures 4 and 5 the box A forms part of, and is pivotted to, the cap E fitted
on the end of the handle B².
In Figs. 6 and 7 we have shown the receptacle pivotted to a frame F having a
flange which is secured by pins 12 or otherwise to the outside of the stick B
aud which frame F extends a short distance into the recess B¹; or the frame F
may be extended so as to form a complete lining for the recess B. The frame F
provided with a projection F3 to which is secured a spring G. This spring acts
on a tail A formed upon the box A in such manner as to hold the latter in either
its closed position as shown in full lins in Fig. 7 or its open position as indicated
in Fig. 6 and in dotted lines in Fig. 7. The box A may be provided with stops A³
which by abutting against the frame F prevent the box from moving too far out
of the stick. When the frame F is formed as a complete lining the spring G may
be secured to it in any convenient manner.
Instead of a complete box such as A being provided for the matches the
movable part of the device may be merely in the form of a front with two wings
attached thereto which would be sufficient to prevent the matches from falling out
when the receptacle is opened, and the sides of the recess B₁ would hold the
matches in position when the receptacle is closed.
In a walking stick, umbrella stick or the like which has a straight handle
provided with a cap on its end, such for example as a Malacca cane, the
receptacle A would preferably be fitted in the cap which would fulfil the functions
of the frame F before described.
Any convenient arrangement as for example a small nick or recess in the stick
or knob or equivalent such as A Figs. 6 and 7 upon the box A may be provided
to facilitate its being opened.
A portion of the exposed part of the box A may be used for the engraving of
the proprietor's name, monogram etc.
The receptacle A may be adapted to receive other articles besides matches-
cigarettes for example and may be varied in size or shape accordingly.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is ;-
1. The combination with a walking stick umbrella stick or the like of a hinged
receptacle such as A adapted to fit into a recess therein and to open outwards
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with a band such as D fitted upon a walking stick umbrella
stick or the like of a receptacle such as A pivotted to the band or hinged to the
article so as in appearance to form a portion of the band substantially as described
and illustrated in Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with a cap fitted upon a walking stick umbrella stick or the
like of a receptacle such as A pivotted to it substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination with a frame such as F fitted to a walking stick umbrella.

page_text: stick or the like of a receptacle such as A pivotted to it substantially as described
and illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings.
5. The combination with a walking stick umbrella stick or the like of a hinged
receptacle such as A adapted to fit into a recess in such article having one or more
roughened surfaces such as C substantially as and for the purpose described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 25th day of March 1895.
JONATHAN HOWELL.
Witness to the signatures of
Susannah Ann Anderson
and Jonathan Howell-
A. A. SYMONS,
180, Old Street, London, Manager.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicants.