Improvements in Holders for Rib Tips in Umbrellas and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Holders for Rib Tips in Umbrellas and the like.
I, BRUNO WERNER of 39 Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, Germany, 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:-
Heretofore the appliances in umbrellas and the like, for holding the rib tips close
to the stick have generally been in the form of socalled "tip caps "which are made
of metal or other suitable material and are adapted to be slided over the rib tips.
These tip caps have the defects of damaging the stick, of being inconvenient in use
and of being liable to be bent so out of shape as to become unfit for use. Another
usual appliance consists of a band with ring at the end for buttoning on to a button,
but this is not sightly and is easily torn off.
My invention obviates these defects.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side view of same applied to an
umbrella.
Figure 2 enlarged plan section and Figure 3 a perspective view of the same also
enlarged.
Figures 4 and 5 are sectional elevation and plan section of a modification.
a Figures 1 to 3 is a metal case or cap for receiving a spiral spring c which at
the inner end 6 is attached to an inner cylindrical part g of the case. At the same
point b is also attached a band or tape d of silk or other suitable material, the other
end being provided with a metal ring or eyelet e by means of which the tape can be
drawn out so far as the spring c will admit the spring being thereby put in tension.
If the eyelet is let go, the tape d will be quickly drawn into the case a by means of
the spring.
fis a peg with button head fixed on the outside of the case near the opening for
the tape d and upon which the eyelet e can be buttoned.
The case or cap a is formed with a button a¹ on one side or end and with a
detachable cover on the other so that the spring and tape in the case may be got
at in case of need of repair. When the lid is on, there is a central hole for the
stick right through the case.
i is a screw screwed into the stick; the case a is put upon this screw and the
handle h is then screwed on so that the case a is held in place thereby.
When the umbrella has been closed the tape is drawn out by taking hold of the
eyelet e, it is then laid round the tips of the ribs and the eyelet e buttoned on to
the peg f. To open the umbrella the eyelet e is unbuttoned and let go, and the
springe will draw it quickly back into the case a. This appliance is of especial use
when the umbrella is wet, because the wet cover need not be touched by the hand
while the tip holder is manipulated.
Figure 4 is a sectional elevation and Figure 5 a sectional plan of a modification
where the angled end of the spring m is driven into the stick and the spring coiled
round the stick. The case a may then be replaced by staples n and the spiral
spring m being provided with an eyelet at one end takes the place of the spiral
spring and tape in the first described example. The button a for the eyelet may
suitably be on one of the staples as shewn.
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 holder for rib tips in umbrellas and the like consisting of a case a held fast

page_text: connected thereto, so arranged that the tape when drawn out of the case can be
laid round the rib tips and its end buttoned on to a peg f for holding the tips
together, and when the tape is unbuttoned and let go it is by the spring drawn into
the case as described with reference to Figures 1 to 3.
2. A modification of the holder firstly claimed in which a spiral spring m fixed at
one end to the stick and kept in place by staples n takes the place of the spring
and the tape as described with reference to Figures 4 and 5.
Dated this 6th day of October 1893
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.