An Improvement in Umbrellas and Sunshades
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Jan., 1895-Accepted, 9th Mar., 1895
[Communicated from abroad by ACHILLE GRUYER Fils, 77, Grande Rue
Montrouge (Seine), near Paris, France, Manufacturer.]
An Improvement in Umbrellas and Sunshades,
I, LEON NAPOLEON LOEB, of No. 15 Wool Exchange, Basingball Street, in
the City of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved construction of umbrellas and sunshades
whereby the stick can be considerably reduced in length when it is required to pack
the same away in a small compass, the reduction in length being such that the
umbrella only extends to the length of the ribs.
For this purpose, the umbrella frame is secured to a tubular stem extending from
the rosette to which the one end of the ribs is attached, to near the other end of
the ribs.
Through this tubular stem passes a stick, which is by preference also tubular for
the sake of lightness, and which projects beyond the rosette at the lower end to the
usual extent. The upper part of the stick is hinge-jointed at a point ordinarily
situated within the tubular stem, so that this holds the handle firmly extended in a
straight line with the stick when in use.
The stick can slide in the tubular stem to such an extent that the lower end of
the stick just comes within the lower end of the tubular stem, that is to say, it is
flush with the lower end of the ribs. When the stick is in this position, its hinge-
joint is outside the tubular stem and just beyond the upper end of the ribs, so that
the upper part of the stick with the handle can now be folded over on its hinge so
as to lie Hat against the outside of the umbrella, the hinge being made with a
double joint for this purpose. The stick is securely held in the first described
position, for use, by means of a suitable spring catch projecting from the stick
through a slot in the tubular stem, so that the stick can only be slid in the stem
when the catch is pressed inwards. The stick is also provided with a second spring
catch passing through slots in the tubular stem and in the runner, for holding the
umbrella closed in the ordinary manner, and by preference both the catches are
fixed to one and the same spring. The stick also has the usual spring catch at the
lower part, projecting through a slot in the tubular stem, for holding the runner in
the expanded position, the said catch being suitably sloped or rounded at its upper
end to cause it to be automatically pressed inwards by the tubular stem when the
stick is slid upwards as above described.
Dated this 18th day of July 1894.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improvement in Umbrellas and Sunshades.
I, LEON NAPOLEON LOEB, of No. 15 Wool Exchange, Basinghall Street, in
the City of London, Merchant, 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 a construction of an umbrella or sunshade such that it
can be considerably shortened when it has to be packed in small compass, the
length when it is thus reduced being only that of the ribs.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a longitudinal section of an umbrella
according to this invention in its condition for use, the cover and parts of the ribs
and stretchers being omitted.
Fig. 2 is a section shewing the umbrella in its shortened condition.
Fig. 3 is a part section to an enlarged scale of the joint of the stick and adjoining
parts.
a is the stick, which may be a tube, having handle b and end ferrule c.
At d the stick is divided into two parts the ends of which are slotted at e, to
receive a link g jointed to the two parts by pins f. This forms a joint such that
the handle part of the stick can be folded over as shewn in Fig. 2 against the
outside of the umbrella. This, however, can only be done when the stick a is
drawn along a tube in which it is enclosed until its ferrule c is brought up as
shewn in Fig. 2 to the ring to which the ribs are jointed, the umbrella being thus
shortened by the distance which the stick is moved besides the shortening resulting
from folding over the handle. The stick at a suitable part of its length has a
catch p and pl for the runner i when pushed out, both these projecting through a
slot of the enclosing tube h. They are arranged to spring outwards, being mounted
preferably on one spring n.
In the handle part of the stick are provided the latch o¹ and stop o for the
runner' when drawn in, both these being mounted preferably on one spring m.
The runner has the stretchers k jointed to it in the usual way, and, when drawn
in, it is engaged on the catch o' when the stick a is held in its pushed out position
by the stop o engaging in a slot of the enclosing tube h, as shewn in Fig. 3, the
joint at d being then enclosed within the tube.
In order to release the stick for the purpose of drawing it back to fold the handle,
the stop o has to be pushed in.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
An umbrella or sunshade having its stick made in two parts jointed together
and adapted to slide within a tube, so that the stick can be retracted, and its
handle part folded over the cover, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1895.
ABEL & IMKAY,
Agents for the Applicant.