Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN BUCKLEY SEEL of Clinton Villas Church Road Urmston in the County
of Lancaster Manager to Umbrella Manufacturers seek leave to amend the speci-
fication and drawings accompanying my application for Letters Patent No 4048
of 1884 as shown in red ink in the copy of the original specification and drawings
hereunto annexed being an amendment by way of disclaimer,
My reasons for making this amendment are as follows:-
That the examiner has reported that the invention described in my specification
appears to comprise the same invention as that contained in a prior specifica-
tion numbered 3664 of 1884 and I have since discovered that it is also anticipated
by Letters Patent numbered 4498 of 1875 so far as regards that part of my
invention which I now seek to disclaim,

page_text: I JOHN BUCKLEY SEEL of Clinton Villas, Church Road, Urmston in the County
of Lancaster Manager to Umbrella Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
The object of my Invention is to secure lightness elasticity and strength in the
sticks of umbrellas and. parasols and to secure greater elegance and symmetry of
form in such umbrellas and parasols when folded to prevent undue-twisting of the
ribe in folding the umbrella and to secure facility in opening. I take a cane or
stick of such a length as to correspond with the intended length of the umbrella or
parasol from the handle to the notch. If it is intended to have a separate or fancy
handle of a different piece I drill the stick right through from end to end but if the
handle and the stick are to be of one piece I drill the stick to within an inch or
two of the top of the handle. Into the hole thus drilled in the stick I insert a
tempered steel tube which accurately fits the hole drilled in the stick and is secured
within it by glue cement or other material throughout its entire length. The tube
used is long enough to project beyond the stick at the end upon which the notch is
to be fixed to such a length as it is intended that the umbrella when finished shall
extend beyond the notch to the ferule. If a separate or fancy handle is used it is
attached to the stick in the usual way-I use a notch of the ordinary shape but
with a bore of slightly less diameter than that of the stick which is pared down at
the end to fit the bore of the notch with a shoulder so as to form a rebate and the
notch being fixed upon this reduced end of the stick is firmly fixed to both stick
and tube by a rivet through the whole-In some cases the notch might be placed
upon and fixed to the projecting part of the tube alone either by solder or a rivet
but I prefer the method first described as there would be a tendency to twist the
tube in the stick if the notch were fixed to the tube alone and the notch being fixed
over the stick acts as a sort of ferule and assists in preventing it from splitting.
Having put on the notch I then insert the projecting part of the tube into a piece
of cane or wood of the same length as itself drilled with a hole which accurately
fits the tube and secure it with glue cement or other suitable material or with a
rivet. It adds to the elegance of form of the umbrella when closed if this short
piece of cane or wood be of somewhat greater diameter than the umbrella stick
below the notch-I use a cap and ferule of the ordinary forins.
The springs which retain the umbrella in an open or closed state are usually
made of a piece of bent wire which is fixed at one end by being driven into or
rivetted right through the stick and at the other end plays freely in a deep
longitudinal slot or groove cut into the stick the end of the wire being prevented
from slipping out by being bent under a transverse piece of wire rivetted through
the stick and across the slot or groove. The two rivets and the deep slot or groove

page_text: materially weaken the stick. I avoid this by cutting only a very shallow groove
in the stick sufficient to enable the spring wire to lie flat with the stick. The
moveable end of the wire I pass through a hole drilled or punched half way through
the stick and into the interior of the tube. The tube itself than acts instead of
the transverse wire by retaining the bent end of the spring in its place allowing it
however free play inside the tube instead of in the slot or groove. In fitting these
springs I insert the moveable end into the tube before rivetting the fixed end which
I afterwards do in the usual manner.
The get-or-middle bit which attaches the rib to the stretcher of the umbrella
frame I make with a solid flange which as the umbrella is-closed enters the groove
of the stretcher and holds it in such a way as to prevent any undue twisting of the
ribe-in-folding-up the umbrella and it also secures the easy and smooth opening of
the umbrella. The stretcher used is of the usual." paragon" form but the fork by
which it is attached to the rib has only two prongs not three as in some of the
paragon frames. The flange of the get or middle bit is made about half an inch
in length and of sufficient thickness to fit the groove of the stretcher with as little
play as possible. That portion of the get which clips the rib may be made either
wholly to eneirele it as in the usual forms or may be left partly open at the top in
eases where it is desirable to have-an-exterior-groove in the rib left-open.
In the accompanying Drawings the same letters indicate the same parts. Fig. 1
is a longitudinal section of the umbrella stick A with a tempered steel tube b
enclosed within it. In this Figure the middle part of the stick and tube is omitted
for the purpose of showing the two ends c is the end of the stick upon which the
notch is to be attached and d the end to which the separate or fancy handle is to be
attached. The dotted lines show the handle as it would be attached to the stick.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the handle end of a stick with a natural handle
with the tube secured within it. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of a part of the
stick and tube with the notch e fixed upon the reduced end of the stick. Fig. 4 is
a longitudinal section of the end of the tube projecting beyond the notch and
covered with a short piece of stick or cane f which may either be cylindrical or
tapered as shown in the Drawing and may be of any convenient thickness but by
preference is of greater diameter where it adjoins the notch than the rest of the
stick or even than the notch itself.
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the stick and tube at the locality where one of
the springs is fixed g is the spring. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the get or middle-
bit in which his the flange and i the part which clips the ribs k of the umbrella
frame.
Fig. 7 is a transverse section of the get or middle-bit and the attachment of the
streteber. In this Figure the get is shewn of the form which I use with my
patent-ribs (Patent N° 4914 A.D. 1889) but the form of attachment to the rib may
be varied without affecting the essential part of my improved get or middle bit
which consists in the flange h
Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 are side elevations of the get with the rib and stretcher
attached. In Fig. 8 the stretcher is in the position which it occupies when the
umbrella is partly open. In Fig. 9 it is in the position which it occupies when
the umbrella is closed.
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
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1. In an umbrella or parasol stick or cane a tempered steel tube glued cemented
or otherwise secured within a hole bored in and throughout the whole length of the
stick or cane or throughout the whole length except part of the handle to receive
such tube.
2. An umbrella stick or cane in two parts one. above and the other below the
notch united by a tempered steel tube glued cemented or otherwise secured within
a hole bored through both such parts.

page_text: 3. Wire springs to retain the umbrella in its open or closed state rivetted at one
end through the stick and tube described in the first of my claims hereinbefore
contained and at the other or moveable end passing through a hole drilled or
punched half way through the stick and into the interior of the tube and retained
Inside the tube by its end being bent at an angle.
4. In-an-umbrella or parasol frame a get or middle bit having a flange-fitting
within the hollow of a grooved stretcher.
5. The combination in an umbrella or parasol of a stick or cane either in one
piece or two and in the latter case either of the same or of different diameters
having a tempered steel tube glued cemented or otherwise secured within a hole
bored throughout the whole or nearly the whole of its length with wire springs
inserted by means of two holes of which one only goes quite through the stick
and a get or middle bit having a flange fitting within the hollow of a grooved
stretcher.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFTUATION.
I JOHN BUCKLEY SEEL of Clinton Villas, Church Road, Urmston in the County
of Lancaster Manager to Umbrella Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
The object of my Invention is to secure lightness elasticity and strength in the
sticks of umbrellas and parasols and to secure greater elegance and symmetry of
form in such umbrellas and parasols when folded to prevent undue twisting of the
ribs in folding the umbrella and to secure facility in opening. I take a cane or
stick of such a length as to correspond with the intended length of the umbrella or
parasol from the bandle to the notch. If it is intended to have a separate or fancy
handle of a different piece I drill the stick right through from end to end but if the
handle and the stick are to be of one piece I drill the stick to within an inch or
two of the top of the handle. Into the hole thus drilled in the stick I insert a
tempered steel tube which accurately fits the hole drilled in the stick and is secured
within it by glue cement or other material throughout its entire length. The tabe
used is long enough to project beyond the stick at the end upon which the notch is
to be fixed to such a length as it is intended that the umbrella when finished shall
extend beyond the notah to the ferule. If a separate or faney handle is used it is
attached to the stick in the usual way-I use a notch of the ordinary shape but
with a bore of slightly less diameter than that of the stick which is pared down at
the end to fit the bore of the notch with a shoulder so as to form a rebate and the
notch being fixed upon this reduced end of the stick is firmly fixed to both stick
and tube by a rivet through the whole-In some cases the notch might be placed
upon and fixed to the projecting part of the tube alone aither by solder or a rivet
but I prefer the method first described as there would be a tendency to twist the
tobe in the stick if the notch were fixed to the tube alone and the notch being fixed
over the stick acts as a sort of ferule and assists in preventing it from splitting.
Having put on the notch P then insert the projecting part of the tube into a piece
of cane or wood of the same length as itself drilled with a hole which accurately
fits the tube and secure it with glue cament or other suitable material or with a
rivet. It adds to the elegance of form of the umbrella when closed if this short
piece of cane or wood be of somewhat greater diameter than the umbrella stick below
the notch-I use a cap and ferule of the ordinary forms.
The springs which retain the umbrella in an open or closed state are usually
made of a piece of bent wire which is fixed at one end by being driven into or

page_text: rivetted right through the stick and at the other end plays freely in a deep
longitudinal slot or groove cut into the stick the end of the wire being prevented
from slipping out by being bant under a transverse piece of wire rivetted through
the stick and across the alot or groove. The two rivets and the deep slot or groove
materially weaken the stick. I avoid this by cutting only a very shallow groove in
the stick sufficient to enable the spring wire to lie Bat with the stick. The
moveable end of the wire I pass through a hole drilled or punched half way through
the stick and into the interior of the tube. The tube itself then acts instead of
the transverso wire by retaining the bent end of the spring in its place allowing it
however free play inside the tube instead of in the slot or groove. In fitting these
springs I insert the moveable end into the tube before rivetting the fixed end which
I afterwards do in the usual manner.
The get or middle-bit which attaches the rib to the stretcher of the umbrella
frame I make with a solid-flange which as the. umbrella is closed enters the groove
of the stretcher and holds it in such a way as to prevent any undue twisting of the
ribs in folding up the umbrella and it also secures the easy and smooth opening of
the umbrella. The stretcher used is of the usual "paragon" form but the fork by
which it is attached to the rib has only two prongs not three as in some of the
paragon frames. The flange of the get or middle-bit is made about half an inch in
length and of sufficient thickness to fit the groove of the stretcher with as little play
as possible. That portion of the get which clips the rib may be made either wholly
to encircle it as in the usual forms or may be left partly open at the top in cases
where it is desirable to have an exterior groove in the rib left open.
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In the accompanying Drawings the same letters indicate the same parts. Fig. 1
is a longitudinal section of the umbrella stick A with a tempered steel tube b
enclosed within it. In this Figure the middle part of the stick and tube is omitted
for the purpose of showing the two ends c is the end of the stick upon which the
notch is to be attached and d the end to which the separate or fancy handle is to be
attached. The dotted lines show the handle as it would be attached to the stick.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the handle end of a stick with a natural handle
with the tube secured within it. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of a part of the
stick and tube with the notch e fixed upon the reduced end of the stick. Fig. 4 is
a longitudinal section of the end of the tube projecting beyond the notch and
covered with a short piece of stick or cane f which may either be cylindrical or
tapered as shown in the Drawing and may be of any convenient thickness but by
preference is of greater diameter where it adjoins the notch than the rest of the
stick or even than the notch itself.
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the stick and tube at the locality where one of.
the springs is fixed g is the spring. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the get or middle-
bit in which h is the flange and i the part which clips the ribs k of the umbrella
frame,
Fig. 7 is a transverse section of the get or middle-bit and the attachment of the
stretcher. In this Figure the get is shewn of the form which I use with my
patent ribs (Patent N° 4914 A.D. 1882) but the form of attachment to the rib may
be varied without affecting the essential part of my improved get or middle-bit
which consists in the flange h.
Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 are aide elevations of the get with the rib and stretcher attached.
In Fig. 8 the stretcher is in the position which it occupies when the umbrella is
partly open. In Fig. 9 it is in the position which it occupies when the umbrella is
closed.
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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. In an umbrella or parasol stick or cane a tempered steel tube glued cemented
or otherwise secured within a hole bored in and throughout the whole length of the
stick or cane or throughout the whole length except part of the handle to receive
such tube

page_text: 2. An umbrella stick or cane in two parts one above and the other below the
notch united by a tempered steel tube glued cemented or otherwise secured within
a hole bored through both such parts.
3. Wire springs to retain the umbrella in its open or closed state rivetted at one
end through the stick and tube described in the first of my claims hereinbefore
contained and at the other or moveable end passing through a bole drilled or
punched half way through the stick and into the interior of the tube and retained
inside the tube by its end being bent at an angle.
.
4. In an umbrella or parasol frame a get or middle-bit having a flange fitting
within the hollow of a grooved stretcher.
5. The combination in an umbrella or parasol of a stick or cane either in one
piece or two and in the latter case either of the same or of different diameters
having a tempered steel tube glued cemented or otherwise secured within a hole
bored throughout the whole or nearly the whole of its length with wire springs
inserted by means of two holes of which one only goes quite through the stick and
a get or middle-bit having a flange fitting within the hollow of a grooved
stretcher..