Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1887.
Complete Left, 5th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 5th Aug., 1887.
I, JAMES WILLIS, of the Stocksbridge Works, Deepcar, Sheffield in the County
of York, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the Specification of a former Patent granted to me No. 1182 in the year 1885
I described marking the frames of umbrellas sunshades and parasols by securing
within the stretcher a strip of thin sheet metal having the mark or label printed on
its surface.
The means described in that Specification for affixing such strips of thin sheet
metal within the stretchers are not adapted to the stretchers of lock rib frames where
the ribs have to lie within the stretchers when the umbrella is closed.
In order to affix thin sheet metallic marks or labels within the interior of a lock
rib or it might be other stretcher I according to my present invention form such
strips of metal at their two ends into two pins or rivets projecting backwards from it
and in the bottom of the trough of the rib I form two holes for these ends to pass
through and I then secure them by rivetting over. Or in place of forming the ends
of each strip into rivets separate short rivets of wire may be used and in this case
each mark may be retained by a single rivet only at its centre. Metallic marks
or labels may also be secured in the same way to the ribs near to their tip ends-
where the ribs may be perforated without affecting their strength.
In place also of using thin sheet steel or iron as the material on which the marks
are printed I now print the marks upon thin tin plate upon which material a stronger
contrast of colors and consequent greater legibility can be obtained. I also print a
number of marks together all on one sheet and afterwards cut the sheet up into
separate marks. Each mark I dish somewhat to make it fit to the bottom of the
trough rib in which it is to be secured and also so as to expose its raw edges to
view when it is secured within the rib.
These edges after exposure to damp for some time will become somewhat rusted so
that without impairing the appearance of the mark as a mark yet the same advantage
is obtained as in the construction described in the Specification of my former Patent
viz. that an old mark can be readily distinguished from a new one.
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CARPMAEL & Co.,
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Marking the Frames of Umbrellas, Sunshades,
and Parasols.
I, JAMES WILLIS of Rosendale, Bournemouth, Hampshire, Gentleman, 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:-
-
In the Specification of a former Patent granted to me No. 1182 in the year 1885
I described marking the frames of umbrellas sunshades and parasols by securing
within the stretcher a strip of thin sheet metal having the mark or label printed on
its surface.
The means described in that Specification for affixing such strips of thin sheet
metal within the stretchers are not adapted to the stretchers of lock rib frames where
the ribs have to lie within the stretchers when the umbrella is closed.
In order to affix thin sheet metallic marks or labels within the interior of a lock
rib or it might be other stretcher, I according to my present invention form such
strips of metal at their two ends into two pins or rivets projecting backwards from it
and in the bottom of the trough of the rib I form two holes for these ends to pass
through and I then secure them by rivetting over. Or in place of forming the ends
of each strip into rivets separate short rivets of wire may be used and in this case
each mark may be retained by a single rivet only at its centre. Metallic marks or
labels may also be secured in the same way to the ribs near to their tip ends-where the
ribs may be perforated without affecting their strength.
In place also of using thin sheet steel or iron as the material on which the marks
are printed I now print the marks upon thin "tin plate" (sheet iron or steel coated
with tin) upon which material a stronger contrast of colors and consequent greater
legibility can be obtained-I also print a number of marks together all on one sheet
and afterwards cut the sheet up into separate marks. Each mark I dish somewhat to
make it fit to the bottom of the trough rib in which it is to be secured and also so as
to expose its raw edges to view when it is secured within the rib.
These edges after exposure to damp for some time will become somewhat rusted so
that without impairing the appearance of the mark as a mark yet the same advantage
is obtained as in the construction described in the Specification of my former Patent
viz. that an old mark can be readily distinguished from a new one.
Figure 1 of the drawings hereunto annexed shews a plan view of a lock rib stretcher
marked in the manner above described.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same taken through one of the marks.
Figure 3 shows the form of the marks or labels as they are cut from the sheet of
tin_plate.
Figure 4 is a plan view. Figure 5 a cross section and Figure 6 a side view of
one of the marks bent to a trough form and ready to be inserted into its place in
the stretcher.
Figure 7 is a plan view of part of an unmarked stretcher ready to have the mark
applied to it.

page_text: A number of the marks are as above stated printed upon a sheet of tin plate-the
surface of the tin plate is first coated with a white coating or enamel and on to this
the marks are printed preferably in black so that they may be as distinct as possible.
The marks are punched or cut out from the sheet to the form shewn at Figure 3 after-
wards each strip of metal a so cut out is dished into a trough form such as shewn at
Figure 4 with the tongues of metal a¹ at its ends bent downwards. The mark when
so bent can readily be inserted into the trough of the stretcher and the tongues of
metal a¹ passed through the holes 6 which have previously been punched through the
bottom of the trough stretcher as shewn at Figure 7.
After the mark has so been put into place in the stretcher, the stretcher and mark
are squeezed between a pair of dies so formed as to make the mark correspond exactly
to the form of the inside of the stretcher and at the same time set its edges well
upwards so as to expose them to view. The tongues a¹ at the ends of the marks are
also bent over as shewn at Figure 2 so as to secure the mark to the stretcher.
The piercing of the holes through the stretcher does not materially affect its
strength as the required stiffness of the stretcher is obtained chiefly from its sides.
Marks may be applied in the above manner not only to lock rib stretchers but also
to ordinary trough stretchers or to trough ribs near their tip ends.
Metallic marks formed of strips of what is known as tin plate coated with a
white or other suitable ground and having any required words or device printed
upon it may in the case of ordinary trough stretchers be secured within the trough
either in the way above described or in the way described in the Specification of my
former Patent.
One advantage of forming the marks of tin plate is that with this material a
thin coating of the white color or composition applied over its surface gives a purer
and brighter white than can be obtained with the same thickness of coating on
untinned steel or iron and consequently there is a stronger contrast between the
white ground and the black or color printed upon it-the legibility of the mark is
therefore increased which is of extreme value in marks which are necessarily of
small size. It is advantageous to use a thin coating for producing the white
ground surface so that the coating may remain sound when the mark is subsequently
bent.
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. Securing metallic marks or labels in the manner herein before described within
the interior of the trough stretchers or ribs of the frames of umbrellas, sunshades
and parasols.
2. Marking the trough stretchers or ribs of the frames of umbrellas, sunshades
and parasols by securing within them a metallic mark formed of a strip of what
is known as "tin plate" coated with a white or other suitable ground and having
any required words or device upon it.
3. Marking the trough stretchers or ribs of the frames of umbrellas, sunshades
and parasols by securing within them a metallic mark formed of a strip of what
is known as "tin plate" coated with a white or other suitable ground and having
any required words or device upon it and also dished or bent to make it conform to
the interior contour of the trough and to expose its edges to view substantially
as described.
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CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.