Improvements in or relating to Umbrellas and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Umbrellas and the like.
We, ALFRED ERNEST GOSNELL of 13 Charterhouse Street in the City of
London, Manufacturer, and WILLIAM CHARLES PHILLIPS of 8 Cunliffe
Terrace, Manningham, Bradford, in the County of York, 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:-
This invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the parts apper-.
taining to the wooden stick of an umbrella or the like with the object of reducing
the size without sacrificing strength, or even at the same time increasing the
strength. The invention has reference to the construction and arrangement of
the rib holder or "notch" and its connection with the stick and the accom-
modation of the ribs upon the stick and the carrying out of the invention will
be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a view of the rib holder in position upon the stick parts being in
section and parts in full.
Figures 2 and 3 are respectively an elevation and a section of parts of the
stick showing the means employed for allowing the ribs to lie closer to the.
stick.
:
A Figure 1 represents the umbrella stick and B the point end. C is the
rib holder or CE
notch provided with the extension D which screws in or is
otherwise secured to the point end B. E is a short socket or ferrule which
may be either connected to the "notch" C or independent of it and is preferably
tapered as indicated in the drawing but may be otherwise reduced in diameter, and
Fis another extension of the rib holder C which may be either screwed or plain..
This rib holder may be made in any desired manner the usual way being to take a
single wire D F screwed or not as required and cast the "notch" C upon it after
which the whole may be turned up or otherwise finished as required, and the
notches or recesses C formed in it to accommodate the rib ends, C³ is the groove
in which lies the wire which secures the ribs.
In applying this rib holder to the stick if the ferrule E is separate from the
notch C the stick A. is filed or otherwise reduced to the proper size and taper and the
ferrule E placed upon it where it may be secured in position by glueing rivetting.
or the like if required; the stick is then bored to admit the plain or screwed wire F
which may then be inserted. If it screws in it will probably require no other
fastening but if it is only forced in it is desirable to secure it by glue, a wire-rivet
or the like. If desired when the rib holder has been screwed up a junction between.
the rib holder C and the ferrule E may be effected by soldering or the like means
so as to render the whole continuous as one solid piece. The nearest flange of the
rib holder C may be made in part with the socket E the division being in the
groove C instead of between C and E.
Where the socket E forms a part of or is fixed to the "notch" C the stick would
be bored out and reduced to fit the tube which would then be forced on to it either
directly if the rod F were not screwed or spirally if the rod F were screwed.
By this means a very small "notch " may be used but little larger .in diameter
than the stick itself as the taper upon the socket E allows the ribs to approach
nearer to the axial centre of the stick and the diameter of the rib holder can thus.
be reduced.
The means so far described will enable the rib where it is jointed to the rib
holder to lie close to the stick but no provision is made for the extra thickness at
the junction of the stretcher and rib which prevents the rib from lying so close to.
the stick as it otherwise might do. This provision will be found in Figures 2 and 3.

page_text: of the accompanying drawings from which it will be seen that opposite the junction
of the stretcher and rib when lying against the stick, the stick is divided and a
double socket G is provided having an internal wire preferably screwed at both
ends and into the two sockets thus provided the ends of the divided stick are inserted
and secured preferably by means of the screwed wire H as will be well understood.
The exterior of the socket G is hollowed or reduced in external diameter at or
towards its centre in any convenient manner so that the diameter of the stick at
that portion is less than at other parts and the extra size of the joint between the
rib and the stretcher K is thus accommodated in what would otherwise be the
solid portion of the stick and the bulk of the frame is thus reduced. The end of
the stretcher K may be turned towards the stick as for example at K'so as to take
full advantage of the reduced diameter and draw the rib as close to the stick as
possible. The ends of the stick may be secured in the socket G in any suitable
manner as described in connection with the rib holder, Figure 1.
The same effect could be obtained by providing at the same portion of the stick
a number of longitudinal recesses one for each rib and stretcher but the plan above
described and illustrated is preferred.
It will be seen that a single socket such as G having provision for the two stick
ends will be the strongest and most satisfactory means of connecting the two
portions of the stick but it will be understood that separate sockets or ferrules
could be employed with a single wire passing into each portion of the stick.
With regard to the socket or ferrule E it may be pointed out that the matter of
the taper or other reduction in diameter appertains to the outside for the purpose
of providing space for the rib ends and that although it would generally be pre-
ferable to taper the inside of E that would nevertheless not be essential to the
carrying out of the invention if the stick were strong enough to allow the internal
taper to be dispensed with.
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. The combination with a rib holder of a socket such as E with its smaller end
presented to the rib holder and a screwed or plain rod or wire F both E and F
being secured to or forming part of the said rib holder substantially as described and
illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings.
2. Reducing an umbrella or similar stick at the part where the joint of the
rib and stretcher comes when the umbrella is closed whereby the bulk is reduced.
3. The employment in an umbrella or similar stick of a socket such as G whereby
the diameter of the stick at that part is reduced substantially as described and
illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
4. An umbrella or similar stick divided at or near the centre of its length and
connected by a socket for the purpose of reducing the diameter at that part
substantially as described and illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the accompanying
drawings.
5. The combination with an umbrella or similar stick having its diameter reduced
at the part indicated of a stretcher having its end bent or turned towards the stick
for the purpose of taking full advantage of the said reduction in the diameter of
tlie stick substantially as described and illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 25th day of February 1892.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicants.