IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Henry Bayzand, of No. 2, Aldermanbury, in the
City of London, Umbrella Manufacturer, and George Boyle, of No. 5, Brown
Street, Bryanstone Square, in the County of Middlesex, Umbrella Maker,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Henry Bayzand
and George Boyle at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
11th January 1882.
JOSEPH HENRY BAYZAND of No. 2 Aldermanbury in the City of London
Umbrella Manufacturer and GEORGE BOYLE of No. 5 Brown Street Bryanstone
Square in the County of Middlesex Umbrella Maker. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in umbrellas and parasols.
The ribs of umbrellas as now made are provided with a single eye in the centre
of the trough near the outer end of the rib for the attachment of the silk or
covering.
This construction is open to two objections, one is that in sewing on the silk it
has to be lapped partly around the rib, the eye being underneath.
Consequently the cover does not set properly on the frame. The other objection
is that the eye often chafes and disfigures the stick of the umbrella and prevents
the rib from lying close to the stick.
To obviate these objections we provide the rib with a double eye or with two
eyes and these not under the rib facing the stick as at present but at the sides of
the rib and level with its inner face.
The eyes are conveniently formed of one piece of bent wire, which the rib is
recessed to receive. The ends of the wire are laid in the trough of the rib and the
trough being closed in upon the ends by pressure in dies fixes the double eye in
its place. The end of the rib is finished with a ball as usual but the ball is flattened
on the side next the stick.

page_text: Instead of employing a separate stop and catch in connection with the runner
we employ a catch which serves both to hold the runner when the umbrella is
open and to prevent its being pushed too far on opening.
The catch is so made that it springs up when the runner has been pushed over
it and then a shoulder on the catch prevents the return of the runner until the
catch is released, this is all as usual. But in addition the catch is formed into a
bolt at the part beyond the shoulder and when the catch rises as the runner passes
it in opening the umbrella the bolt shoots through a bolt hole in the runner and
prevents it moving further in either direction until the catch is released.
We employ a like catch to retain the runner when the umbrella is closed we
arrange it to take into the same bolt hole in the runner.
The Invention is also applicable to parasols.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Joseph Henry Bayzand and George Boyle in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 11th July 1882.
JOSEPH HENRY BAYZAND of No. 2 Aldermanbury in the City of London
Umbrella Manufacturer and GEORGE BOYLE of No. 5 Brown Street Bryanstone
Square in the County of Middlesex Umbrella Maker. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in umbrellas and parasols.
The ribs of umbrellas as now made are provided with a single eye in the centre
of the trough near the outer end of the rib for the attachment of the silk or
covering.
This construction is open to two objections, one is that in sewing on the silk it
has to be lapped partly around the rib, the eye being underneath.
Consequently the cover does not set properly on the frame. The other objection
is that the eye often chafes and disfigures the stick of the umbrella and prevents
the rib from lying close to the stick.
To obviate these objections we provide the rib with a double eye or with two
eyes and these not under the rib facing the stick as at present but at the sides of
the rib and level with its inner face.
The eyes are conveniently formed of one piece of bent wire which the rib is
recessed to receive. The ends of the wire are laid in the trough of the rib and the
trough being closed in upon the ends by pressure in dies fixes the double eye in
its place. The end of the rib is finished with a ball as usual but the ball may be
flattened on the side next the stick.
Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed Drawings show to an enlarged scale the tip end
of the rib of an umbrella or parasol; it is provided with a double or spectacle eye,
in accordance with our Invention. Figure 1 is a side view and Figure 2 is a back
or inner side view. a is the rib and b is the wire of which the double eye is
formed. The piece of wire b is shaped to form the eyes and so that its ends can lie
in the trough of the rib. The sides of the rib are closed in over the projecting ends
at a¹ a¹ and so the spectacle eye is retained in place. The sides of the rib are also
bent inwards at the intermediate points a² a² to aid in forming the passages to
the eyes and to bring the eyes to the proper position. c is the usual knob at the
tip of the rib, it may be slightly flattened on the inner side.
Instead of employing a separate stop and catch in connection with the runner
we employ a catch which serves both to hold the runner when the umbrella is
and to prevent its being pushed too far on opening.
open
The catch is so made that it springs up when the runner has been pushed over
it and then a shoulder on the catch prevents the return of the runner until the
catch is released this is all as usual. But in addition the catch is formed into a
bolt at the part beyond the shoulder and when the catch rises as the runner
passes it in opening the umbrella the bolt shoots through a bolt hole in the runner
and prevents it moving further in either direction until the catch is released.
Figure 3 is a side view and Figure 4 is a front view of our improved catch
together with the runner and part of the stick. The runner and stick do not
differ materially from those at present in use, but the spring catch c has, in addition
to its shoulder at c', a rise c which serves as a bolt; and when the umbrella or
parasol is open, this bolt rises up through the slit or hole in the runner and prevents
the runner being pushed too far up the stick; thus this bolt serves the part of the
separate stop which is usually fixed into the stick.

page_text: We employ an ordinary catch to retain the runner when the umbrella is closed
we arrange it, to take into the same bolt hole in the runner.
The Invention is also applicable to parasols.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention and the manner of
performing the same we would have it understood that we claim :-
First. The combination of the parts a and b forming our improved double or
spectacle eye substantially as described.
Second. Our improved catch with the shoulder c¹ and rise c² serving as a bolt
and entering a hole in the runner substantially as described.
In witness whereof I the said Joseph Henry Bayzand have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Eighth day of July in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
JOSEPH HENRY BAYZAND. (L.S.)