Improvements in the Fittings of Sunshades, Umbrellas, and' the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 27th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Fittings of Sunshades, Umbrellas, and'
the like.
J, THEOPHILE BARBIER of 185, Rue Saint Denis, Paris in the Republic of
France, Manufacturer, 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:-
My invention consists essentially in the manufacture of an improved spring for
sunshades, umbrellas and the like, combined with a special slide or runner having
a sliding cup ring. The spring inserted in the handle is provided in addition to
the usual catch heel, with a second projection enabling the catch heel to be
operated at a distance by means of the sliding cup ring.
This arrangement is shown in the accompanying drawings in double its natural
size,
Figure 1 being an elevation of the sunshade handle fitted with the spring, runner
and sliding cup ring in question and
Figure 2 being a vertical section of same.
a is the hollow or solid, wood or metal stick of the sunshade, umbrella or the
like, having a longitudinal slot for the insertion of a spring A.
The slide or runner has in its lower part a notch ring c and at its upper part
a ring or flange d against which the sliding cup ring e strikes, and finally two.
longitudinal openings separated by a ring or flange f.
The spring A has a new shape having towards its extremity two projections /
and which engage freely into openings arranged in the runner as shown in
Figures 1 and 2 in full lines.
Owing to this combination the sliding cup ring e has a double action; it serves
for holding the tips of the ribs of the sunshade or umbrella and it also serves for
actuating the spring in such a way as to release the runner for opening the
umbrella.
If it be desired to enclose and hold the tips of the ribs under sliding cup e, the
latter is lowered into the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2. The spring
is forced back into the interior of the handle but the umbrella remains closed, as
the ends of the ribs cannot separate.
The sliding cup is arrested by the projection f of the runner b and cannot then
be displaced in that direction without carrying with it the runner.
In order to open the umbrella it suffices to move backwards the sliding cup in
order to release the tips of the ribs and then to push it into the position shown in
dotted lines in Figure 2. The spring A is thus compressed by means of the
auxiliary projection ', and the slide is carried along, the lower projection h
slipping on a bevelled edge arranged under the ring or flange f.
In the drawings, I have shown as an example the use of springs not hinged on
a pin, such as forms the object of my previous Patent No. 22015 of 1895, but it is
of course evident that the two projections h h¹ may be employed on any other
suitable form of spring whether fixed by a pin or otherwise.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In a sunshade or umbrella fitting, a spring (A) havi¼ two projections (h and h¹)