IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND SUNSHADES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Francis Harvey, of No. 145, Strand, in the
County of Middlesex, Umbrella Manufacturer, for the Invention of
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Francis Harvey
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 21st January 1874.
I, JOHN FRANCIS HARVEY, of No. 145, Strand, in the County of
Middlesex, Umbrella Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND SUNSHADES,"
to be as follows:-
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The object of the Invention is to facilitate the holding and releasing
of the runners of umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades, and to avoid the
necessity for cutting or otherwise forming openings in the "sticks or
stems thereof for the holding springs. For this purpose the stick or
stem has projections applied to it in position adapted to hold the ribs
and cover when the umbrella, parasol, or sunshade is " open" or

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closed," and these studs or projections are capable of being embraced
by bayonet or such like openings, one at each end of the runner tube.
The runner wheel," in place of being, as is customary, fixed to the
runner tube, is separate therefrom to admit of a slight rotary motion of
the runner tube therein, and it carries projections capable of covering
the inlet passages to the bayonet openings, which when either bayonet
opening has received a stud closes by spring pressure against that stud
to retain it in position.
The entrances to the bayonet openings are inclined to facilitate the
passage of the corresponding stud or projection thereto, and the releasing
is effected by first simply turning the runner tube in its runner wheel
slightly to overcome the spring pressure before sliding the runner.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Francis Harvey in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 20th July 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JoпN
FRANCIS HARVEY, of No. 145, Strand, in the County of Middlesex,
Umbrella Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Francis Harvey, Her special
license that I, the said John Francis Harvey, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Francis
Harvey, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time.
agree with and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
usc, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
“IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND SUNSHADES," upon the condition
(amongst others), that I, the said John Francis Harvey, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature

page_text: of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Francis Harvey, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
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The object of the Invention is to facilitate the holding and releasing
of the "runners" of umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades, and to avoid
the necessity for cutting or otherwise forming openings in the "sticks
or stems thereof for the holding springs, as in arrangements now in
general use. For this purpose, according to my Invention, the stick or
stem has projections applied to it in position adapted to hold the runner
with its ends of the ribs and the cover when the umbrella, parasol, or
sunshade is "open," or when it is "closed," as the case may be, and
either of these studs or projections is capable of being embraced by
bayonet or such like openings, one of which is formed at each end of the
runner tube. The runner "wheel" in place of being, as is customary,
fixed to the runner tube, is separate therefrom to admit of a slight rotary
motion of the runner tube therein, and this runner wheel carries projec-
tions capable of covering the inlet passages to the bayonet openings, and
which when either bayonet opening has received a stud closes by spring
pressure against that stud to retain it in position.
The entrances to the bayonet openings are inclined to facilitate the
passage of the corresponding stud or projection thereto, and the releasing
is effected by first simply turning the runner tube within its runner
wheel slightly sufficiently to overcome the spring pressure before sliding
the runner.
But that the Invention may be better understood I will by the aid of
the accompanying Drawings proceed to describe means pursued by me

page_text: and under side views of the same; and Figure 5 is a horizontal section
taken through just below the middle of it.
Figures 6 and 7 indicate a section and longitudinal view of a portion
of "
stick," with one of the studs in it. The Figures are drawn to an
enlarged scale. In each of the views the same letters indicate corres-
ponding parts.
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F a indicates the "runner," and the runner "wheel." The "runner
is formed with two somewhat bayonet shaped openings a³, a³, a³, a², in it,
and the "wheel" is formed with a pair of projections or horns b', b¹,
which are capable of closing the passages to the bayonet openings a².
For this purpose the "wheel" is applied on the " runner a between
two rims or projections a³ affixed to the runner a or otherwise, so that
whilst the "wheel" 6 and runner a are controlled to move together endwise
on the "stick" the "runner" a is yet capable of a slight partial rotary
motion within the "wheel" b, the wheel being held between the two rims
or projections a³. A spiral spring c is applied, so that one end of it bears
against a projection a' on the runner a, and the other end of it bears
against a projection 6' forming part of the wheel b. The object of this
spring c is to cause the wheel b to be borne with a tendency to cause the
horns b¹ to cover the entrances a¹ to the bayonet openings a², as stated,
and as indicated by Figure 1 of the Drawing. d represents one of the
studs; e is a cover or guard to cover the spring c. Supposing the
runner a to be held as indicated by Figure 1 by a stud d towards either
end of the "stick," and it is desired to release the runner a from such
stud d it will be simply necessary to turn the runner a partially on the
stick in a direction that will cause that stud d to bear on and press back
the horn 6 bearing against it, as indicated by Figure 2, when the
"runner may be readily slided off the stud. The same operation applies
to whichever stud may for the time be in operation. In order to bring
the runner a into holding position on a stud d it will be simply necessary
to slide the runner on to the desired stud d with just sufficient force to
bear back the horn b¹ with its wheel, when the stud will find its way
between the outer inclined end of such horn b¹ and the inclined side of
the entrance a¹ to the bayonet opening a², and it will then become locked
in position until released, as before stated.
Having thus described my Invention, and means which I adopt in
carrving the same into effect. I would have it understood that I do not

page_text: confine myself to the precise arrangements of the parts as shown and
described, as the same may be varied without departing from the peculiar
character of my Invention; but what I do claim is, the arranging or
combining parts whereby the "runners" of umbrellas, parasols, and
sunshades are provided with notches or openings to receive studs from
the "sticks," and whereby the "runner" and its "wheel are capable
of partial rotary motion in relation to each other, and such parts are held
in correct relative position by spring pressure acting in manner substan-
tially as described
In witness whereof, I, the said John Francis Harvey, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.