Ax IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR COVERING AND FORMING THE TIPS OF UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS, ALSO APPLICABLE TO COVERING THE RIBS AND STRETCHERS OF SAME
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Augustine Vennedy, of Swan Yard, Shoreditch, in
the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "Ax
IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR COVERING AND FORMING THE TIPS OF UMBRELLAS
AND PARASOLS, ALSO APPLICABLE TO COVERING THE RIBS AND STRETCHERS
OF SAME."
Sealed the 6th April 1863, and dated the 11th October 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Augustine Vennedy at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th October 1862.
I, AUGUSTINE VENNEDY, of Swan Yard, Shoreditch, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
of "AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR COVERING AND FORMING THE TIPS OF
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS, ALSO APPLICABLE TO COVERING THE RIBS AND STRETCHERS
OF SAME," to be as follows, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in the employment of the following substances for
producing a composition suitable for covering or forming the tips of umbrellas
and parasols, and for coating the ribs and stretchers of same with a view to
ornamenting them. The ingredients I employ are paste, sealing wax, shellac,
sulphur, varnish (the latter substance may be dispensed with), or substances of
a similar nature, or made from a combination of one or more of the same. The
above-named substances, by preference, arc mixed together in suitable pro-

page_text: portions to form a compound. To use the same when made I reduce it to a
semi-liquid or pasty consistence by known means, and apply it to the bottom
ends of the ribs or tips (which may be or not formed with a projection), and
to the ribs and stretchers, as desired. The composition may be made of
any desired color by selecting one of the said components, or by the addition 5
of the color required, and when applied presents great durability and beauty.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Augustine Vennedy in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 10th April 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, AUGUSTINE
VENNEDY, of Swan Yard, Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex, Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by IIer Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Augustine Vennedy, Her special licence that I, the said Augustine
Vennedy, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Augustine Vennedy, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR COVERING AND FORMING THE TIPS OF UMBRELLAS
AND PARASOLS, ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE COVERING THE RIBS AND STRETCHERS OF !
SAME," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Augustine Vennedy,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Augustine Vennedy, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement, that is to say :-

page_text: My Invention consists in the employment of the following substances for
producing a composition suitable for covering or forming the tips of umbrellas
and parasols, and for coating the ribs and stretchers of same with a view to
ornamenting them. The ingredients I employ are paste, sealing wax, shellac,
sulphur, varnish (the latter substance may in some cases be dispensed with),
or substances of a similar nature, or made from a combination of one or more
of the same. The above-named substances, in order that they may be used,
must be reduced to a semi-liquid or pasty consistence, by heat or otherwise,
and applied separately to the tips or bottom ends of the ribs (which may or
may not be formed with a projection), and to the ribs and stretchers, as
desired. In some instances one or more of the above substances may be
applied in combination. I sometimes employ linen, paper, satin, silk, or calico
for covering and forming the tips and ribs of umbrellas and parasols, in which
case I cut out by means of a stamp the linen or other material into the
required shape, and apply it by means of paste, varnish, glue, or other like
material to the tips, ribs, or stretchers, after which the other required materials
can be applied in the manner before described. The composition may be
made of any desired colour by selecting one of the said components, or by the
addition of the colour required, and when applied presents great durability
and beauty.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do
not confine myself to the precise details herein described; but what I claim
is, the application of the before-mentioned materials in the manner described,
by which a composition is formed for the purposes herein enumerated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Augustine. Vennedy, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.