Measuring Staff Capable of being Used as a Walking Stick.
Year: 1899

page_text: Measuring Staff Capable of being Used as a Walking Stick.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM GOLBY, of 36, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention as
communicated to me by Guido Oertel, of 47 B Oststrasse, Leitelshain, Saxony,
Architect, to be as follows:-
The present invention relates to a measuring staff, which is capable of being
used as a walking stick and intended to facilitate its carriage by the person
making use of it, and to obviate the necessity of carrying a special- walking
stick.
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This object is obtained as follows:-The measuring staff can be folded like
an ordinary carpenters rule and a stick handle and a ferrule detachably fixed to
the ends of the staff by means of springs.
In one form, the measuring staff is composed of four parts or pieces, joined
together in the same manner as a carpenter's rule.
It is obvious that several parts or pieces may be joined together so as to form
a whole, without in any way going beyond the scope of the invention. The
staff being folded, in order to convert it into a walking stick, the handle with a
socket thereon is put on the one end and the ferrule with a socket thereon is
put on the other. end. These two parts are made fast by means of springs or
catches placed in recesses formed in the several pieces forming the staff.
The fixing of the handle is effected as follows:-The springs or catches are
pressed into the recesses and the socket is put over the end of the staff pieces
or in other words over the staff formed thereby. The snapping or springing of
additional spring pieces in the perforations provided for them in the socket is
effected by the elasticity of the springs.
The ferrule is likewise held by springs in the same manner as the handle.
these however, being. scated in recesses in the broad side of the first and last
staff pieces, but only two of these pieces enter the socket of the ferrule, in
order that the outer ends of the measuring rod, when the latter is folded, may
be capable of being used as a measuring scale.
In order to diminish the shock. when the stick touches the ground, springs
are fixed in the sockets of the handle and ferrule.
A ring which is put on the broad outward turned sides of the outside staff
parts, over additional pieces which converge upward is intended to prevent the
staff pieces from bending outwards when placed on end.
Dated this 14th day of March 1899.
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.

page_text: I, FREDERICK WILLIAM GOLBY, of 36, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by Guido
Oertel, of 47 B Oststrasse, Leitelshain, Saxony, Architect, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The present invention relates to a measuring staff, which is capable of being
used as a walking stick and intended to facilitate its carriage by the person
making use of it, and to obviate the necessity of carrying a special walking
stick.
This object is obtained as follows:-The measuring staff can be folded like
an ordinary carpenters rule and a stick handle and a ferrule detachably fixed to
the ends of the staff by means of springs.
In the accompanying drawings the object of the invention is shown as
follows:-
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Fig. 1 is a front elevation,
Fig. 2 a side elevation and section showing the attachment of the handle and
the ferrule, and
Fig. 3 an upper plan view of the measuring staff while stretching it.
In the form shown in the drawing the measuring staff is composed of four
parts or pieces a, joined together at in the same manner as a carpenters rule.
It is obvious that still more parts or pieces may be joined together so as to
form a whole, without in any way going beyond the scope of the invention.
The staff being folded in order to convert it into a walking stick, the handle b
with a socket ¹ thereon is put on the one end and the ferrule with a socket ¹,
thereon is put on the other end.
These two parts are made fast by means of springs or catches c and d placed
in recesses formed in the several pieces forming the staff.
The fixing of the handle is effected as follows: The springs or catches c
are pressed by means of buttons into the recesses and the socket is put over
the end of the staff pieces or in other words over the staff formed thereby. The
snapping or springing of additional spring pieces in the perforation provided
for them in the socket is effected by the elasticity of the springs.
The ferrule is likewise held by springs in the same manner as the handle,
these however, being seated in recesses in the broad side of the first and last
staff pieces, but only two of these pieces completely enter the socket of the
ferrule, the outer ends of the said pieces only enter into the ferrule socket to a
small extent, in order that the outer ends of the measuring rod, when the latter
is folded, may be capable of being used as a measuring scale.
In order to diminish the shock, when the stick touches the ground, springs c
are fixed in the sockets of the handle and ferrule.
A ring f. which is put on the broad outward turned sides of the outside staff
parts over additional pieces g which converge upward, is intended to prevent the
staff piece from bending outwards when placed on end.
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-
A measuring staff capable of being used as a walking stick consisting of a

page_text: combination of parts (a) to be folded like an ordinary carpenters rule, with a
stick handle (b) and a ferrule (=) detachably fixed to the ends of the staff by
means of springs (cd).
Dated this 14th day of December 1899.
F. W. GOLBY,
Patent Agent, 36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.