AN IMPROVED METHOD OF JOINTING CRUTCH HOOKS ON UMBRELLAS OR WALKING CANES
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Lublinski, of 183 & 185, City Road,
London, E.C., Stick Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
METHOD OF JOINTING CRUTCH HOOKS ON UMBRELLAS OR WALKING CANES."
Sealed the 4th July 1862, and dated the 28th March 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Lublinski at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition on the
28th March 1862.
I, ROBERT LUBLINSKI, of 183 & 185, City Road, London, E. C., Stick
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED METHOD OF JOINTING CRUTCH HOOKS ON UMBRELLAS OR WALKING CANES,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the jointing of crutch hooks on umbrellas
or walking canes and other sticks.
I take a piece of bamboo, partridge, or any other description of cane of the
required size and length, and having fashioned the crutch hook or handle to
suit my purpose, I firmly fix it in the following manner:-I make a plug of
hard wood, which I insert in the hollow at the top of the cane, which plug
being first made quite fast inside the cane shall protrude, so as to fit in the
handle, while an iron or steel peg, passing horizontally through a part of the
handle from the back and also through the part of the before-mentioned plug

page_text: protruding upwards, securely fastens the hook or handle to the cane. I fill in
or cover the hole made in the back portion of the handle for the passage of
the metal peg with a piece of the same cane or any other material as fancy
may dictate. The outside of that part of the cane where it joins the hook or
handle is inverted so as to clutch a circular handle when necessary, this top
part of the cane, may in some cases be made ornamental, and reach over
the handle, or form an ornament on the sides of the handle or crutch hook.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Robert Lublinski in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd September 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
LUBLINSKI, of 183 & 185, City Road, London, E.C., Stick Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS. Her. most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Robert Lublinski, Her special licence that I, the said Robert
Lublinski, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Robert Ļublinski, 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 METHOD OF JOINTING CRUTCH HOOKS ON UMBRELLAS OR WALKING
CANES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Rober Lub-
linski, 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 Robert Lublinski, 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 and accompanying Drawings, that is to say :-

page_text: This Invention has for its object the manufacture and jointing of crutch
hooks on umbrellas or walking canes, whereby a firm and secure hook or
handle can be made, which is especially applicable to such canes as bamboo,
partridge, and the like, a desideratum long wished for, combining elegance and
lightness united with strength.
I will now proceed to describe the manner in which I carry out my Inven-
tion: I take a piece of bamboo, partridge, or any other description of cane
of the required size and length, and having fashioned or made a crutch hook
or handle of the shape or form shewn on Drawing by Fig. 1, I firmly fix or
join such crutch hook to the cane or stick in the following manner:-I make a
plug of hard wood or metal, which I insert in the hollow at the top of the
cane, which plug being first made quite fast inside the cane, a portion thereof
shall protrude upwards so as to fit in a receptacle made in the crutch hook or
handle to receive the top of such plug, while an iron or steel peg shall pass
horizontally through a part of the hook or handle from the back, and also
through that portion of the plug protruding upwards, thereby securely fastening
the hook or handle to the cane or stick. I fill in or cover over the hole made
in the back portion of the handle for the passage of the metal peg with a
piece of the same cane or any other material as fancy may dictate.
And in order to make the jointing of the hook or handle to the cane or
stick still further secure, I groove out a portion of the top of the cane or stick
which will allow the hook or handle to drop or fit in, while the sides of the
groove will grip or clutch the hook or handle.
I do not confine myself precisely to this form or shape of the top or
joining part of the cane or stick as it may be cut or grooved to suit certain
requirements.
Fig. 1 on the annexed Drawings, represents an external view of a cane or
walking stick, made with my crutch-hook handle, and joined as herein-before
described, finished ready for use; Fig. 2 represents a section of such cane or
stick cut in half, shewing the interior arrangement, as before described.
a, a, a, the wood or metal plug; b, b, the peg passing through a hole bored
in the plug; c, c, the filling-in piece; d, d, the join. It is obvious that when
this crutch-hook handle is made of ivory or solid material, this method of
jointing may be dispensed with.
I mostly make this crutch hook of a piece of the same cane, but it can also
be manufactured of ivory, boxwood, or any other suitable material.
Having thus described the nature and object of my Invention, and the
manner in which the same is or may be carried into practical effect, I would
observe in conclusion, that the crutch hook may be found somewhat resembling

page_text: the shape or configuration shewn on Drawing in its natural growth, but I
wish it to be understood that what I claim as my Invention, and desire to be
secured by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, is,-
First, the manufacture of crutch hooks or crutch-hook handles in the
shape or form shewn on Drawing, Fig. 1, or any mere modification thereof.
And, secondly, the mode or method of jointed crutch hooks on umbrellas
or walking canes, substantially as herein-before detailed and described and
shewn by Fig. 2.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Lublinski, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of August, in the year of our
Lord, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
ROBERT LUBLINSKI. (L.S.)