Improvements in the Manufacture of Ferrules for Umbrellas and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Ferrules for Umbrellas and
the like.
We, ALFRED CECIL WRIGHT and JAMES LESLIE WRIGHT, Members of
the Firm of Wright and Harrington Limited, of Bradford Street, in the City
of Birmingham, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to the manner in which we construct ferrule caps for
walking sticks, umbrellas and the like, for the purpose of producing a stronger and
cheaper ferrule than is at present possible by the existing ordinary methods of
construction.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct our ferrules or caps of sheet or
strip iron or steel instead of employing brass or other metals for this purpose,
and we dispense with the loose or independent steel or iron top or end which
is now generally employed in the construction of ferrules with steel or iron ends.
We form our ferrules of the ordinary shapes and sizes by a series of cupping and
drawing presses or machines, the solid ends of the cups or ferrules being tapered
from the open ends to suit any particular requirement.
We prefer to coat the body of the cap ferrule with bronze or other alloy and to
clean off the bronze or coating alloy at the extreme point and solid end. We also
sometimes clean off the bronze, by turning or forming rings or other ornamental
bands upon the surface of the ferrule so as to permit bright rings or bands to be seen
beneath the bronze or coating upon the ferrule body.
By this substitution of a solid steel or iron sheet ferrule for the composite or steel
ended ferrule now in common use, or for the brass or other ordinary metal ferrules
now employed, we are enabled to produce a stronger and more durable ferrule than
is at present possible for the expenditure of the same amount of time, material and
money when constructing the ferrules now in ordinary use.
Dated this 5th day of Ma 1909
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Ferrules for Umbrellas and
the like.
We, ALFRED CECIL WRIGHT and JAMES LESLIE WRIGHT, Members of the
Firm of Wright and Harrington Limited, of Bradford Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturers, 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 manner in which we construct ferrules for walking
sticks, umbrellas and the like, for the purpose of producing a stronger and
cheaper ferrule, than is at present possible by the existing ordinary methods of
construction.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 a plan of the metal blank or disc from
which we produce our ferrules.

page_text: Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 show intermediate cupping stages of our process.
Figure 7 is a sectional elevation, Figure 8 a front elevation and Figure 9 a plan
of the finished ferrule, constructed in accordance with our present invention.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct our ferrules, of sheet or strip iron,
or steel, instead of employing brass or other metals for this purpose, and we dispense
with the loose or independent steel or iron top or end, which is now generally
employed in the construction of ferrules with steel or iron ends.
We form our ferrules, of the ordinary shapes and sizes from a blank of iron or
steel A, then we form a series of cups such as B, C, or other intermediate sizes,
when so desired by ordinary cupping and drawing presses or machines, the solid
ends d, of the cups or ferrules D being tapered from the open ends to suit any
particular requirement.
We prefer to coat the body of the ferrule with japan, lacquer, bronze, or other
alloy, and to clean off the bronze or coating alloy at the extreme point and solid
end D¹. We also sometimes clean off the bronze, by turning or forming rings D²,
or other ornamental bands upon the surface of the ferrule, so as to permit
bright rings or bands to be seen beneath the bronze or coating upon the ferrule
body D. By this substitution of a solid steel or iron sheet ferrule, for the composite,
or steel ended ferrule now in common use,.or for the brass or other ordinary metal
ferrules now employed, we are enabled to produce a stronger and more durable
ferrule; than is at present possible for the expenditure of the same amount of time,
material and money when constructing the ferrules now in ordinary use.
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 construction of ferrules for umbrellas and the like, from sheet iron and
steel, substantially as, and for the purposes hereinbefore described, and as illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
1004
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street; Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.