Improved Protecting Cap for Umbrellas.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 18th May, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Protecting Cap for Umbrellas.
I, AUGUSTE BUOB, Gentlewoman, of 115 Holbeinstrasse, Dresden, in the
Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, 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:—
The present invention consists of a protection cap for employment in connection
with umbrellas, parasols, and the like, said cap being adapted to be slipped over
the end of the umbrella stick and cover the umbrella covering for a short
distance, thus protecting the cloth or silk of the covering at the point where
it is attached to the stick, which point is particularly subject to wear and tear.
The protecting cap is made to open and close with the umbrella and may be
applied to any umbrella, not being in permanent connection with the same.
And in order to make the present Specification more easily intelligible reference
is had to the accompanying drawing in which similar letters denote similar parts
throughout the several views:
Fig. 1 being a side elevation showing the cap in position on the umbrella.
Fig. 2 a vertical section through the cap.
Fig. 3 a plan showing the cap in expanded position, and
Fig. 4 a vertical section showing a modified form of a cap.
The device consists of the upper cap a, having an orifice large enough for the
reception of the end of the umbrella stick, advantageously enlarged at the end to
enable its being conveniently handled and having a horizontal flange at the opposite
end provided with a series of lugs perforated to receive a pin as shown at Fig. 3.
On this said pin is pivoted the ribs q, said ribs extending radially from the circular
flange and being covered and connected together by means of an elastic material v,
capable of expansion and contraction to hold the cap against the "umbrella when
the latter is opened or closed. Thus when the umbrella is closed the ribs will close
around the end of the same as shown in Fig. 1, and when open, they will expand
as shown at Fig. 3. An elastic covering for the ribs q may not necessarily
be employed as the said covering may be of ordinary stuff, but in this case
it is advantageous to connect the ends of the ribs together by means of an
elastic band Fig. III, to ensure their following the motion of the umbrella
covering.
V
The cylindrical part of the cap a may be provided with a spirally winding
groove which may engage over a similar groove formed on the usual metal
cap of the umbrella as illustrated at 6 in Fig. 2, or the cap may be made conical or
cylindrical and simply pushed over the cap of the umbrella as shown at Fig. 4, when
it will remain in position owing to the elasticity of the ribs which close on to the
umbrella as specified.
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.) A protecting cap for umbrellas and the like consisting of a cap a having
horizontal flange, lugs arranged around said horizontal flange, radial ribs hinged
in said lugs and a covering to connect up said ribs and means for contracting said
ribs to ensure their following the motion of the umbrella covering substantially as
described.

page_text: (2.) The combination of a cap a to fit on the end of an umbrella or the like, said
cap having horizontal flange, a series of lugs arranged around the said horizontal
flange, radial ribs pivoted in said lugs and an elastic covering attached to said ribs
in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described."
(3.) The combination of a cap a baving spirally formed groove to fit a similar
groove on the umbrella cap, a flange on said cap having a series of lugs
arranged around it, a series of radial ribs hinged on said lugs and an elastic
covering attached on said ribs in the manner and for the purpose substantially as
described.
D: 10th low of Anil 1905
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention "Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.