IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS AND SUNSHADES
Year: 1885

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, ALFRED GABRIEL AARON, of the firm of Aaron Sons and Company, of
18 Jewin Street, in the City of London, Umbrella Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS
AND SUNSHADES, and in what inanner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say :--
"
The object of my Invention is to construct umbrellas, parasols and sunshades in
such a manner that, in case of injury or breakage of the ferrule end of the article
a new one may be readily fitted thereto.
"
My invention consists in the construction and combination of a detachable or
removeable combined ferrule or ferrule end" (of metal or other material) and
open cap," with the "top notch" of an umbrella, parasol or sunshade, as herein-
after described, and which top notch, for the purposes of my Invention, is also of
special construction.
My Invention is also applicable, in part, to existing umbrellas, parasols and
sunshades.
And in order that my Invention may be understood, I proceed, with reference
to the accompanying drawings, to fully describe the same, as applied to an
umbrella.
Fig. 1, is an elevation, shewing the improved construction of top notch. Fig. 2
is a longitudinal section shewing the detachable or removeable "ferrule end "apart
from the top notch, and fig. 3 shews the top notch and ferrule-end combined, but
detached from the umbrella. Fig. 4 shews the improved top notch fitted to an
umbrella, and Fig. 5 shews a portion of an umbrella, as it would appear when
provided with my improved combination ferrule or ferrule-end and top notch.
For the purposes of my Invention I construct or provide the top notch a, with
a short tube or tubular portion ax, which is of such a length as to project, for a
certain distance, beyond the covering of the umbrella, as shewn in fig. 4. This
projecting tubular portion is screw threaded on its outer surface so as to engage
with the combined open cap and ferrule-end b, which, for this purpose, is tapped
iuwardly for a portion of its length, as shewn in fig. 2. This ferrule-end is of such
a length as to replace the ordinary wooden ferrule end of the umbrella, and which
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page_text: so called "ferrule-end," is in reality the continuation of the stick. My improved
ferrule or ferrule-end is provided or formed with a bell mouth b*, which replaces
that portion of the furniture of an umbrella which is technically termed the "open
cap"; this construction is clearly shewn in fig. 5. This tubular ferrule or ferrule-
end may be filled with cement, or a wooden plug may be inserted in it to give it
additional strength.
By reason of this combination of "top notch" and ferrule or "ferrule-end" it
will be seen that, should the "ferrule end," so called, become injured or broken it
can at once be unscrewed from the "top notch" and a new one readily screwed into
such "top notch," thus saving the time and trouble necessary for taking off and
drilling on a new "open cap" and ferrule.
"
In cases where it is desired to adapt or apply the combined "top notch" and
open cap" to existing umbrellas, etc., the open cap is constructed without the
ferrule end, as shewn in fig. 6, (which is a perspective view of the top notch and a
section of the open cap), so that it may be readily applied to the desired article by
simply passing it over the ordinary wooden ferrule end and screwing it on to the
tbreaded portion of the notch, as seen in the figure above referred to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The combination of a detachable or removeable "ferrule" or " ferrule-end"
with the "top-notch" of an umbrella, parasol or sunshade, substantially as described
and shewn, and for the purposes set forth.
2. The improved construction of top notch, as described and shewn, and for the
purpose set forth.
3. The construction of ferrule or "ferrule end" with bell mouth forming "open
cap," substantially as described and shewn, and for the purposes set forth.
4. The combination of the "top notch" with the screw threaded "open cap,"
as described and as shewn in fig. 6 of the drawings, and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 10th day of February 1885.