IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HOLDING CARRIAGE UMBRELLAS
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Thomas Smith, of No. 405, Broadway,
New York, in the United States of America, at present residing at
the Great Northern Hotel, in the County of Middlesex, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HOLDING CARRIAGE
UMBRELLAS." A communication from abroad by Almon Clarke, of
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Sealed the 5th December 1871, and dated the 11th August 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Thomas Smith
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 11th August 1871.
I, JAMES THOMAS SMITH, of No. 405, Broadway, New York, in the
United States of America, at present residing at the Great Northern
Hotel, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HOLDING CARRIAGE
UMBRELLAS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for
holding carriage umbrellas.

page_text: I fix in the carriage in any convenient position a socket plate with a
hole in the centre; into this hole the foot of a standard fits; it locks in
the socket by turning partly round, and a thumbscrew prevents it
turning back until it is released. On the top of the standard is a second
socket, into which the stem of a head piece is received; the head piece
can be turned round in this socket to any position, and a locking screw in
the side of the socket clamps it where it is required. The head is pro-
vided with a vertical disc or face plate with a hole in the centre, and
radial teeth on the surface. Against this disc another similar disc is
held by a screw; when the screw is slackened the second disc can be
turned round upon the first, but when the screw is tightened it becomes
clamped to it. Upon the second disc is the clip in which the stick of
the umbrella is held. By this arrangement the umbrella can be held
at any height and inclination and can be turned in any direction.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Thomas Smith in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 9th February 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
THOMAS SMITH, of No. 405, Broadway, New York, in the United States
of America, at present residing at the Great Northern Hotel, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-fifth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said James Thomas Smith, Her special license that I,
the said James Thomas Smith; my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said James Thomas Smith, my executors, admi-
nistrators, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR HOLDING CARRIAGE UMBRELLAS," (a communication to him from abroad
by Almon Clarke, of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, upon

page_text: the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James Thomas Smith,
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
Scal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Thomas Smith, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for
holding carriage umbrellas.
I fix in the carriage in any convenient position a socket plate with a
hole in the centre; into this hole the foot of a standard fits; it locks in
the socket by turning partly round, and a thumbscrew prevents it
turning back until it is released. On the top of the standard is a
second socket, into which the stem of a head piece is received. The
head piece can be turned round in this socket to any position, and a
locking screw in the side of the socket clamps it where it is required.
The head is provided with a vertical disc or face plate with a hole in
the centre and radial teeth on the surface. Against this disc another
similar disc is held by a screw. When the screw is slackened the
second disc can be turned round upon the first, but when the screw is
tightened it becomes clamped to it. Upon the second disc is the clip
in which the stick of the umbrella is held. By this arrangement the
umbrella can be held at any height and inclination, and can be turned
in any direction.
In order that the said Invention may be most fully understood and
readily carried into effect I will proceed to describe the Drawings here-

page_text: the plate a; it receives a pin or stud 6' on the foot of the standard b;
61* is a projection on the pin or stud 6¹, and the groove a** in the socket
allows it to pass through. When the standard 6 is turned round to
its place, that is to say, until it rests against the stop a³, the projection
61* passes under the bottom of the socket, and then the standard cannot
be lifted out; c is a screw passing through the foot of the standard and
entering a hole tapped for it in the socket plate a. This screw is
inserted when the standard is in its place to secure it; 62 is a second
socket at the top of the standard b, it receives the stem of the head
piece c. There is a groove around this stem, and the end of the screw 6²*
which works in a tappet hole in the side of the socket enters this
groove, and serves both to keep the stem of the head piece from lifting
out of the socket, and also to lock it so that it cannot turn the screw 62*
after the head piece has been set in the position desired, being for this
purpose screwed further in until its end presses upon the stem; c¹ is a
vertical disc or face plate with a hole in the centre and radial grooves
on its face; d is another similar disc with a screw stem in its centre, it
passes through the hole in the disc c¹ and receives the nut d' beyond.
The disc d can be rotated to any position upon the disc c¹, and then
rendered fast by screwing up the nut d¹. In connection with the
disc d is a clip to grasp the stick of an umbrella; it is in two parts d³
and d³. The part d³ is cast of a piece with the disc and the part d³ is
hinged to the part d². The umbrella stick is shut between these parts,
and the screw d' being inserted the parts are drawn together so as to
nip the stick firmly.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that I
claim, the construction of apparatus for holding carriage umbrellas,
substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Thomas Smith, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this 20th day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.