Improvements in Umbrella Slides or Runners.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrella Slides or Runners.
I, MAX SPECK, of 2, Heumarkt, Cologne-on-the-Rhine, Germany, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of the present invention is an improvement in umbrella slides, the
distinguishing feature of which, is that for the purpose of avoiding the springs
which weaken the umbrella stick, small supports are provided, which do not enter
far into the substance of the stick. As a matter of course the umbrella slide must
be suitably (correspondingly) formed, and in the present instance it has a hollow
or groove, which enables it to be pushed over the supports, and a spring which
is arrested at the supports, in the lowest as well as in the highest position.
According to my invention I provide at the upper end of the stick a support
for keeping the umbrella open, whilst, at the lower end a support is provided for
keeping it closed. These supports do not penetrate far into the substance of the
stick, and therefore cannot weaken the cross-section of the latter, like the springs
hitherto necessary, which run right through the stick.
the same.
The surface of each support forms obviously an inclined plane, the one in an
opposite direction to the other, so that, at the upper support, the spring is arrested
in a position above the support, and at the lower support, in a position beneath
The slide seated on the umbrella stick is provided with a bottom or
groove in order that it may be pushed over the supports; and beyond this has a
spring which is suitably connected with it. In the management of the slide, it
is only necessary, when the umbrella is opened, to push up the spring and then to
stretch the umbrella out. As the upper support is furnished with a surface form-
ing an inclined plane, the spring will be automatically compressed, and snap above
the support. If now it be desired to close the umbrella, it is only necessary to
raise the spring, whereupon the same action will be repeated below it.
The contrivance is exceedingly simple and, as already mentioned, avoids the
weakening of the stick, whence breakage often results. The disfiguring of the
umbrella stick by the deep grooves for the springs and by the splitting of the
wood, when bored out, is entirely got rid of. Moreover, the manufacturing
operations are considerably simplified by this improvement, as the making of
grooves for the springs has always been an operation involving the greatest loss of
time in such manufacture. Finally, an imperfect action of the spring causing the
closed umbrella to open or the open umbrella to close, as is frequently the case
in umbrellas hitherto used, is here completely obviated.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Umbrella Slides or Runners.
I, MAX SPECK, of 2, Heumarkt, Cologne on the Rhine, Germany, Merchant, 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 object of the present invention is an improvement in umbrella slides or
runners, the distinguishing feature of which is that, for the purpose of avoiding
the springs which weaken the umbrella stick, small supports are provided, which
do not enter far into the substance of the stick. As a matter of course the umbrella
slide must be suitably (correspondingly) formed, and in the present instance it has
a hollow or groove, which enables it to be pushed over the supports, and a spring
which is arrested at the supports in the lowest as well as in the highest position.
In the accompanying drawing:
:-
Fig. 1 shows the umbrella slide in side view and in section.
Fig. 2 shows a front view, and
Fig. 3 is a section through line A-B, Fig. 2.
At the upper end of the stick a support g¹ is provided for keeping the umbrella
open, whilst, at the lower end the support g2 is provided for keeping it closed.
These supports do not penetrate far into the substance of the stick d, and therefore
cannot weaken the cross-section of the latter, like the springs hitherto necessary,
which run right through the stick. The surface of each support forms obviously
an inclined plane, the one in an opposite direction to the other, so that at the
upper support, the spring is arrested, in a position above the support, and, at the
lower support, in a position beneath the same.
C
The slide seated on the umbrella stick is provided with a hollow or groove b in
order that it may be pushed over the supports; and beyond this has a spring c,
which is connected with it by the part g. In the arrangement of the slide, it is
only necessary, when the umbrella is opened, to push up the spring c and then to
stretch the umbrella out. As the upper support g¹ is furnished with a surface
forming an inclined plane, the spring will be automatically compressed and snap
above the support. If now it be desired to close the umbrella, it is only necessary
to raise the spring, whereupon the same action will be repeated below it.
The contrivance is exceedingly simple and, as already mentioned, avoids the
weakening of the stick, whence breakage often results. The disfiguring of the
umbrella stick by the deep grooves for the springs, and by the splitting of the wood
when bored out, is entirely got rid of.
Moreover, the manufacturing operations are considerably simplified by this im-
provement, as the making of grooves for the springs has always been an operation
involving the greatest loss of time in such manufacture. Finally, an imperfect
action of the spring, causing the closed umbrella to open or the open umbrella
to close, as is frequently the case in umbrellas hitherto used, is here completely
obviated.
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:
In an improved construction of umbrellas, the slide a provided with a hollow
projection b and a spring c connected to said slide at g, in combination with the

page_text: upper support gl and lower support 92 upon the stick, substantially as and for the
purpose described and as illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of December 1898.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., For the Applicant.