Improvements in and connected with Umbrella Runners and Top Notches.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 16th May, 1891-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Umbrella Runners and
Top Notches.
I ARNOLD SILBER, trading under the style of firm of Renak & Silber of
No. 3 Rosstrasse Berlin, Germany, Umbrella Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to means for fixing the runner in place when the umbrella
is opened and consists in a spring attached to the notch or to the runner and
adapted to hook or catch into the runner or into the notch respectively, the
arrangement being such that the runner is held firmly in place, while the umbrella
stick is not weakened by a hole therein as in the ordinary construction.
In one arrangement a flat slightly curved spring is at one end attached to the
notch and made long enough to enter a small recessed part in the stick hole of the
runner which has a hole for a catch at the end of the spring to enter from within.
The spring is also provided with a lug for the runner to come against in the fully
opened position.
In a modified form the spring comes against the outside of the runner, its catch
entering the hole in the latter from without. In order that the spring in the
opening of the umbrella may be lifted off the upper face of the runner the latter
has a small curved spring which with its upper end rests against the stick and upon
which the first named spring can glide.
In another arrangement the spring is attached to the runner its end catch being
adapted to enter a hole in the notch or in a recess in the stick at this place. The
spring may be in the form of a double armed lever which is jointed to the runner
its lower arm being so formed that when pressed upon against a small spring
between it and the stick the runner is released.
More than one such spring may be used if desired.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Umbrella Runners and
Top Notches.
I, ARNOLD SILBER trading under the style of firm of Renak & Silber of
No. 3 Rossstrasse Berlin Germany, Umbrella 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:-
This invention relates to means for fixing the runner in place when the umbrella
is opened and consists in a spring attached to the top notch or to the runner and
adapted to hook or catch into the runner or into the notch respectively, the
arrangement being such that the runner is held firmly in place while the umbrella
stick is not weakened by a hole therein as in the ordinary construction.
By applying this construction to umbrellas made with detachable stick, I am
moreover enabled to render such umbrellas eminently useful.
In one arrangement shown in Figure 1 a flat slightly curved spring A is at one
end attached to the notch B and made long enough for its end E to enter a small
recessed part in the stick hole of the runner which has a lateral hole for a
catch S at the end of the spring to enter from within. The spring is also provided
D

page_text: with a lug H for the runner to come against in the fully opened position. CC are
the ribs and F the stretchers which may be of any suitable form. The stick D is
as an example of detachable stick shewn with a small ring L provided with a
groove L' all round for lips B' on an upper continuation of the notch B to enter
the said continuation being provided with length slits so that the intermediate
tongue parts act as springs. M is a cap which screws on to the said tongues so as
to press them together and hold the stick and the notch together and thus the
whole umbrella. By unscrewing the cap M the lips B' on the notch will spring
slightly apart and the stick can then by a gentle pill be drawn out of the umbrella.
The groove L is not absolutely necessary for the lips B' might by the M be
CB might
jambed sufficiently tight upon the stick to hold it thereon; or the lips
even be omitted.
In a modified form Fig. 2 of spring A with top notch and runner combined
therewith the spring comes against the outside of the runner G, its catch S entering
a hole in the latter from without. In order that the spring A in the opening of the
umbrella inay be lifted off the upper face of the runner G the latter has a small
curved spring K which with its upper end, rests against the stick D and upon
which the spring A can glide.
In another arrangement shewn in Fig. 3 the spring A is attached to the runner G
its end catch J being adapted to enter a hole in the top notch or in a recess in the
stick D at this place. The spring may as here shown be in the form of a double
armed lever which is jointed to the runner G, its lower arm a being so formed that
when pressed upon against a small spring between it and the stick D the runner
is released.
More than one spring A may be used if desired.
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
1. The application in umbrellas and the like of a spring which determines the
distance between the top notch and the runner and which serves to hold the
umbrella in the open position by means of one or more projections substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
2. The spring A as adapted to combine top notch and runner as shewn on the
drawing.
Dated this 16th day of May 1891.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.