Improvements in or relating to Umbrellas and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th May, 1897-Accepted, 26th June, 1897
Improvements in or relating to Umbrellas and the like.
1, JOHN DOUTHWAITE, of 79 to 82 Fore Street in the City of London,
Umbrella and Sunshade Mauufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to umbrellas and the like its object being the provision of
a ferrule or tip of improved form and construction, particularly advantageous for
use with umbrellas which are adapted to roll up tightly into a finely tapored form.
According to this invention the improved ferrule is made to comprise also a cap
which will cover or come into close proximity to the hinged ends of the ribs.
Conveniently it is made of metal tubing tapered to correspond more or less to the
taper of the rolled umbrella and slightly flared or bell-mouthed at its larger end to
serve also as a cap for the ribs; at its smaller end the tapered tip is closed by a
plug of steel or other wear-resisting material which may be secured in place by
brazing or otherwise. The interior of the tube is preferably filled with a wooden
or other plug bored centrally to fit the end of the umbrella-stick or tube, to which
it can he secured by glue. Or the filling of the tube, or the tube itself, can be
internally screw-threaded to engage with a sorew-threaded portion of the umbrella-
stick; or the tube can be screwed directly on to the "notch" or a projection
therefrom.
As an alternative the improved ferrule may be solid-drawn, a sufficient thickness
of metal being left at the tip to permit of a certain amount of wear without
necessitating renowal of the ferrule. The employment of a loug. ferrule of this
sort materially improves the appearance of the umbrella or the like.
Dated this 22nd day of August 1896..
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Umbrellas or the like.
I, JOHN DOUTHWAITE, of 79 to 82 Foro Street, in the City of London,
Umbrella and Sunshade Manufacturer, 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 umbrellas or the like its object being the provision of a
ferrule or tip of improved form and construction, particularly advantageous for use
with umbrellas which are adapted to roll up tightly into a finely tapered form.
An improved ferrule constructed according to this invention is shown in longi-
tudinal central section in Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing, Figuro 2 being a
similar view of the larger end of an ordinary ferrule. Conveniently the improved

page_text: ferrule, Fig. 1, is made of metal tubing A, tapered to correspond more or less to
the taper of the rolled umbrella on which it is to be fixed. One end is formed with
a trumpet-mouthed flare, as at A', to form a cap for the ribs, different from the
bell-shaped mouth C of Fig. 2; the other end is small and taper as at A' and
formed solid, preferably by a plug of steel or other wear resisting material, which
may be secured in place by brazing or otherwise. Or the ferrule may be solid
drawn, and a sufficient thickness of metal left at the tip to permit of a certain
amount of wear without necessitating the renewal of the ferrule.
The interior of the tube A is filled with a plug B preferably of wood, with a
hole bored centrally, as at B', to fit and obtain the necessary hold upon the end of
the metal umbrella stick or tube, to which it may be secured by glue or other
cement.
Where the umbrella has a wooden stick this plugging is not necessary as the
wood of the stick and metal of the ferrule will hold sufficiently with glue or by
mere adhesion if the ferrule be driven on tight.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said iuven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
olaim is :-
1. A hollow metal ferrule such as A plugged or lined at B substantially as and
for the purpose described and illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying
drawings.
2. The combination with the wooden stick of an umbrella or the like of a hollow
motal ferrule A extending to the silk or other cover and secured by glue or simple
adhesion substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. The hollow metal ferrule substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 1
of the accompanying drawings.
Dated thig 24th do- M. 1007
JOHN DOUTHWAITE.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.