Improvements in or connected with the Manufacture of Paragon Ribs and Stretchers for Umbrellas and Parasols.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th July, 1893-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Manufacture of Paragon
Ribs and Stretchers for Umbrellas and Parasols.
We, FREDERICK JOHN TURLEY Junior, Manager and FRED THORNHILL,
Tool Maker, both of Allison Street Works, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, 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 :-
In manufacturing paragon ribs and stretchers for umbrellas and parasols, trade
marks, mottoes and other devices have heretofore been generally affixed thereto by
making a bulge in such rib or stretcher to receive a metal tablet bearing the trade
mark, motto or the like. This method is open to objection as such bulge prevents
the ribs or stretchers lying close up together and is calculated to give an ungraceful
appearance to the umbrella or parasol when rolled up.
The object of our invention is to so attach the tablet to the rib or stretcher as
not to interfere with the symmetrical and graceful appearance of the umbrella or
parasol when rolled up and in order to enable our improvements to be fully
understood we will describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in
which
Figure 1 is a plan shewing a portion of a rib or stretcher with a tablet affixed
thereto.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section.
Figures 3 and 4 are transverse sections on lines 3-3 and 4-4 respectively
of Figure 2.
Figure 5 is a plan of a portion of a rib or stretcher before the insertion of the
tablet.
Figure 6 is a view of the tablet detached.
Figures 7 and 8 are side and end views of a piece of wire serving as a foundation
for the tablet.
a is a portion of a paragon rib or stretcher which is drawn of approximately the
same width throughout its length and sufficiently wide to receive the tablet b..
The rib or stretcher a is then indented or nicked at a', a' in a press by dies to form
a trough-like receptacle c for the tablet b. Within the receptacle c so formed is
placed a piece of wire d (of the shape in cross section shewn in Figures 4 and 8)
which serves as a base or foundation for the tablet b. The tablet is then placed
in the receptacle c and its ends caused to take under the indented parts a', a¹ of
the rib or stretcher a and on the whole being subjected to pressure by suitable
dies the parts will be firmly connected together.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
(1.) A paragon rib or stretcher of approximately the same width throughout its
length having a receptacle formed by indenting such rib or stretcher, a base for a
tablet and a tablet bearing upon it a trade mark, motto or the like all substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
(2.) The manufacture of paragon ribs and stretchers by first drawing them of
approximately the same width throughout their length, then indenting them to
form a receptacle, placing within the receptacle a base or foundation, and afterwards
tablet bearing upon it a trade mark, motto or the like and subjecting the whole to
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page_text: pressure by suitable dies all substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 28th day of July 1893.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.