Improvements in or relating to Walking Sticks, Umbrellas, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Walking Sticks, Umbrellas, and
the like.
I, CARL MULLER, of 24, Fidirin Strasse, Berlin, in the German Empire, Fore-
man, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
This invention has reference to improvements in or relating to walking sticks,
umbrellas, and the like, in the interior of which is arranged an electric incan-
descent or glow lamp for the purpose of temporarily illuminating roads, stair-
cases, passages, and the like, the object being to prevent accidents by slipping,
or otherwise.
The essential feature of the combined walking stick, umbrella, or the like, and
lamp, as compared with known constructions of a similar kind, is, that in this con-
struction, a flattened incandescent lamp is employed, so that the stick admits of
being very considerably reduced in thickness.
The invention will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying
drawing in which:
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section, and
Fig. 2 a transverse section on the line, r, of Fig. 1, shewing one arrangement
of stick or stem having an incandescent lamp combined therewith.
According to the constructional form represented in the drawing, a hollow
metal tube a capable of conducting electricity is employed, and is provided with a
coating of lac, celluloid, or the like. Its upper end is closed by a handle b.
In the lower part of the interior of the tube a, are located the dry elements or
accumulators c, for feeding the lamp. It is preferable that all these elements or
accumulators should be connected in series.
In the upper part of the said tube is arranged the incandescent lamp d, which
is flattened on one side and is supported by the cap or holder e.
Beneath the latter, is a metal cap or socket f, which is in electrical connection
with the incandescent lamp d, and one end of which, constructed in the form of
a pin or plug h, is adapted to fit into a corresponding socket or recess in the upper-
most element. The other pole of the incandescent lamp is adapted to make contact
with a contact spring i which is in electrical connection with the tube a carry-
ing a pusher or contact button k.
All that is necessary to do to cause the lamp to glow is to press inward the pusher
or button against the other lamp terminal (not shown) on the cap e, when the
current will flow from f, through the filament, to the button k and then through
the spring i and tube a back to the battery.
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. A combined walking stick, umbrella, or the like, and electric incandescent
or glow lamp, in which the dry elements or accumulators required for working

page_text: such lamp are disposed in the upper half of the stick, and the circuit can be closed
at will by operating a pusher located at a suitable point on said stick, substantially
as described.
2. My improved combined walking stick, umbrella, or the like, and incandescent
lectric or glow lamp having one of its sides flattened substantially as herein-
before described and shewn in the annexed drawing.
Dated thia 31 day of Ano 1900
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, & 5A, Market Street, Nottingham.
Agent for the Applicant.