Improvements in and connected with Umbrellas.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1889
Complete Specification Loft, 31st Jan 1800 Accepted, 12th Apr. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Umbrellas.
THOMAS EDWARD LANE Spirit Merchant 16 Ribble Place Broadgate Preston
County of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a removably, or permanently, fixed
receptacle furnished with a suitable receiver, capable of intercepting, receiving, and
containing, in conjunction with the said receptacle, for the time required such a
quantity of water, as may drain from a saturated umbrella; and thereby to prevent
the nuisance frequently arising therefrom; together with other necessary arrangements
relative thereto. The receptacle which by preference 1 employ, 1s, a brass, or other
metallic tube, affixable to the stick of the umbrella in any suitable manner. The said
tube is furnished with a receiver affixable on its outer circumference by screw thread
arrangement, or otherwise; and in close proximity to that point where the extreme
ends of the ribs are connected to the rib-holder.
The receiver may have any suitable shape or dimension; by preference, semi-
globular, or egg shaped, and whose respective edges meet the external circumference
of the receptacle tube. The end of the receiver, adjacent to the rib holder, is formed
into a continued channel, extending from the outer circumference of the receiver, to that
of the receptacle tube; and which said channel is provided with a series of perforations
and likewise that part of the receptacle tube enclosed by the receiver for the object
aforesaid. The receiver may furthermore be utilised as a protector for the cover of
the umbrella at its terminus in proximity to the rib-holder.
The said rib-holder may be fixed to the receptacle tube instead of its original
fixture to the stick. I may sometimes employ two receptacle tubes instead of one,
on the telescope principle, for the purpose of accommodating the same to hold a larger
quantity of water which may on some occasions be necessary. I furthermore provide
a means of enclosing the extreme end of the receptacle tube by the means of a valve
like stopper, which is kept closed by a spiral spring, through the coil of which a pin
enters, having an enlargement or shoulder in conjunction with which a corresponding
projection is provided in the interior of the receptacle tube, and by which the runction
of the spring is effected, as will be well understood. Cork, india-rubber, or other
washers, may be employed in connection therewith as may be found necessary
When
the extreme end of the vertical tube is closed, then the extreme end of the said pin by
the pressure of the spring projects slightly beyond the same, and by the pressure of
which, against the ground, the spring is forced back together with the stopper, by
which the discharge of the water aforesaid is effected. I may sometimes employ a cap, or
the like, to be screwed, or otherwise affixed externally, or internally, upon, or into, the
extreme end of the receptacle tube; or 1 may adopt any equivalent arrangement in
heu thereof 1 may substitute the aforesaid arrangement, by the following modification
thereof, and in which I employ a waterproof cap attached to an india-rubber band; or
other equivalent contrivance, provided to clasp the stick of the umbrella, in the situation
adjacent to that point where the ribs are connected to the rib-holder, and which
said band, or its equivalent, is capable of expansion, for the necessary discharge of the
water contained in the said cap, when employed for the purpose aforesaid.
The said cap is so arranged as to open and fold with the covering of the umbrella,
and may be attachable thereto, or to the ribs at the extreme edge of the cap in this
arrangement.
The said cap may be removably or permanently applied as may be desirable.

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Umbrellas.
I, THOMAS EDWARD LANE of Broadgate, Preston, Lancashire Wine and Spirit
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
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The object of this invention is to provide a removable, or permanently fixed water
receptacle furnished with a suitable drainer or receiver capable of intercepting,
receiving and containing in conjunction with the said receptacle, for the time required,
such a quantity of water as may drain from a saturated umbrella, with all necessary
arrangements relative thereto, and thereby prevent such nuisance discomfort, and work,
likewise damages, and losses that have hitherto arisen therefrom.
Fig 1, of the accompanying drawing is an elevation of an umbrella furnished with
a water receptacle, and showing the position of what I call the drainer or receiver in
connection therewith, and an outlet for the necessary discharge of water as hereinafter
described.
Fig. 2 is an umbrella with the drainer or receiver, and receptacle tube partly
in section, and varying from Fig. 1, with regard to its outlet as hereinafter
described.
Fig. 3, is a full size section of the drainer or receiver showing an intercepting
channel round its surface as refered to in Fig. 4, also showing the receptacle tube
provided with a spring valve outlet as referred to in Fig. 2, and as hereinafter
described.
Fig 4 is a plan showing the perforations in the intercepting channel referred to in
Fig 3 with an outlet in its outer circumference as referred to in Fig. 1, and as
hereinafter described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in each figure.
The receptacle which by preference I employ is a brass or other metallic tube
affixable to the stick, or cane of the umbrella an inch or so within the cover or at any
suitable distance in order that the end of the stick or cane may not take up any of
the required water space in the receptacle tube A, as shown by the dotted line at O,
Fig. 3, or in any other suitable manner. The receptacle tube A. I furnish with a
dianer or receiver denoted by C in Figs. 1, 2 & 3 and affixable by screwthread
arrangement or otherwise at B, in order that its outer or corresponding edge R, as
shown in Fig. 3 may meet the edge of the cap E, as shown in Fig. 2, which also fits
on to the receptacle tube A, and over the extreme end of the cover of the umbrella.
It is also intended that the outer circumference of the drainer or receiver at Q, shall
come in a line (or nearly so) with the end of the cover of the unbrella where it fits
over the termination of the ribs and their connection to the rib holder as shown
at X&Q Fig. 1. Between the inner edge R of the drainer or receiver which fits
closely round the receptacle tube A, and its outer circumference Q, I provide a
continued channel F, as shown in Figs. 2, & 3 for the purpose of intercepting any
water that may drain from the cover of an umbrella when turned down after exposure
to rain, and in the said channel F, I provide a series of perforations U, as shown in
the plan Fig 4, likewise in the "receptacle tube A at G or P as shown in Fig. 3 for
the purpose of giving water free access to both drainer or receiver, and the receptacle
tube as fast as it is possible for it to leave the cover of the umbrella when turned
down, but the situation of the perforations in the receptacle tube A, varies according
to the situation of the outlet and their relation thereto.
The drainer or receiver may be of any suitable dimensions, and may have any
suitable shape, by preference oval as shown in the drawings, but tubular if found to
best suit the purpose herein described. In the extreme rim of the drainer or receiver C,
Fig. 1. I provide for the discharge of water, a small outlet D, which is also shown by
the same letter in Fig. 4 through which, by extending the umbrella slightly past
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page_text: parallel, as will be well understood, both drainer or receiver, and receptacle tube will
discharge freely all water contained therein, by the adoption of this outlet only two,
or perhaps sometimes three small perforations will be required in the top of the
receptacle tube, as shown at P, Fig. 3 in summer, or at any time, it may be thought
necessary, the drainer or receiver C may be readily disconnected from the receptacle
tube A, or the stack, or cane to which it may be fixed, and if desired a neat cap, or
ferrule may be substituted for the time or season required. I furthermore provide
for the discharge of water by the substitution of a spring valve, as shown in section,
within the cap I, which I employ, and screw or otherwise fix on, or into the end of
the receptacle tube A at L, in the extreme end of the receptacle tube A will be seen
a small socket K in which the end of the valve J passes, and in the same end of the
receptacle tube A, and at a suitable distance between the socket K, and the outer
circumference of the receptacle tube A, I provide several small perforations into the
groove T, surrounding the socket K, for the purpose of giving water contained in the
receptacle tube A, free access into the cap I, where it is retained for the time required,
by the pressure (produced by the spiral spring H) of the tapered part of the valve J
tightly into its socket, also of its enlargement or shoulder M against the india rubber,
or other washer N which is embeded in a groove round the bottom of the cap I, and
to effect the requisite discharge the valve J (which as will be seen in the illustrations
Fig. 2 & 3 projects slightly) must be forced back against a solid substance, through
the medium of the handle, as far as the socket K will allow which will produce a free
opening, not liable to obstruction, round the tapered part of the valve J, as, the said
valves projection, being greater than its room in the socket K, to recede, will not
admit of the opening in the end of the cap I coming in contact with the substance
(if solid) against which it is pressed, as will be readily understood.
I may sometimes employ a cap, or the like to be screwed or otherwise fixed
externally, or internally, upon, or into the end of the receptacle tube, by which 1
may provide a ready outlet I may also sometimes employ two receptacle tubes
instead of one, on the telescope principle for the purpose of holding, in times of
necessity, an extra quantity of water It will not always be essential to manufacture
the receptacle tube, and the drainer or receiver in two, or three parts or for the
receptacle tube A to be continued through the interior of the drainer or receiver, I
may therefore sometimes to lighten, also to economize water space employ a vessel
made in one, or more parts, of a similar shape and to answer the same purpose as the
herein before described drainer or receiver, and receptacle tube, combined, and as
illustrated in Figs 1, & 2, except that it will be hollow in its entirety, viz-devoid
of that part of the receptacle tube as shown between B, & R Fig. 3, or 1 may
sometimes employ the stick, or caue of the umbrella as it is in its original form, in
lieu of the receptacle tube, as it is illustrated in Fig 3 and siníply screw, or otherwise
fix my drainer or receiver thereon for the purpose heren-before described, or I may
without departing from the nature of any invention adapt any equivalent arrangement
in heu thereof, and whatever the shape of the drainer or receiver that I employ the
same, or an attachment thereto may be appropriated as a finish, and protection to
that part of the cover of the umbrella which fits over the termination of the ribs, and
their connection to the rit-holder.
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 connection with umbrellas, the use of the drainer or receiver C, in combination
with the receptacle tube A, together with the intercepting channel F, and the outlets,
all arranged substantially as, and for the purpose, hereinbefore described, and illustrated
n the accompanying drawings.
In connection with umbrellas, the use of a drainer or receiver either oval, or

page_text: tubular, or of any other suitable shape affixable to the stick, or cane either within,
or without the covor, and arranged substantially as herein before described
The improvements in and connected with umbrellas as hereinbefore described, and
represented in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of January 1890.
THOMAS EDWARD LANE.