Improvements in Rib-tip Holding Devices for Umbrellas, Sunshades, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1899-Accepted, 22nd July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rib-tip Holding Devices for Umbrellas, Sunshades,
and the like.
I, CHARLES BROMILALL, of 11, Newton Street, Piccadilly, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Umbrella 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:-
These improvements relate to rib-tip holding devices for umbrellas, sunshades
and the like, and refer in part to the invention. covered by Letters Patent
No. 27185 A.D. 1898.
According to this invention the collar or sleeve described in the specification of
the said patent for receiving and holding the tip-ring is dispensed with, and the
ring is carried by a preparation or enlargement on the runner, so that the said
runner and tip-holding devices are contained in one attachment, and no special
preparation of the stick is necessary. Moreover, the said devices are out of the way
when the umbrella is opened, and the ring is always in position when required
for use.
On the accompanying drawing Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate so much of an umbrella
on the
as is necessary to illustrate my invention, and Fig. 1 shewing the tip-ring
aforesaid enlargement and the rib-tips loose, and Fig. 2 shewing the tip-ring
drawn down over the rib-tips.
Fig. 3 illustrates the runner separate from the umbrella, and
Fig. 4 illustrates a section of the tip-ring.
Fig. 5 illustrates a modification of the tip-ring.
(A) is the runner, and (B) the preparation or enlargement, the size of which
is such as to produce a shoulder (B) large enough to allow the rib-tips (C) to lie
below it, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and receive the tip-ring (D) as such ring is
drawn off the enlargement.
The enlargement is, by preference, formed with a slight annular recess, as shewn
for the better retention of the ring (D), but it may be formed with parallel sides,.
or be slightly tapered from the lower and wider end upwards. The recess is, by
preference, of the peculiar irregular form shewn, so that the ring will lie snugly
on the enlargement and not appear bulky.
The position of the runner relatively to the umbrella ribs when closed is such
that the shoulder (B) lies immediately above the tips (C) ready to receive the
ring as it is drawn off the enlargement.
The ring (D) is composed of an inner ring of flexible material, such as india-
rubber, and an outer rigid shell, such as metal, celluloid or xylonite, as shewn
more clearly in Fig. 4, the inner periphery of the flexible ring protruding beyond
that of the shell, and by its frictional grip or contact with the enlargement (B)
remaining on such enlargement until drawn over the tips (C). The ring may be
variously got up to suit the quality of umbrella.
In the example shewn the umbrella has a metal tubular stick (E), and wooden

page_text: handle or stock (F), but my invention may be applied to other shapes or makes
of umbrellas.
In Fig. 5 I shew a slightly modified form of ring, comprising a flat washer (G)
and an outer rigid shell (H) enclosing and nipping the washer upon each side,
but I prefer the section of ring and shell shewn in Fig. 4.
Having thus 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: In rib-tip holding devices for umbrellas, sunshades and the like, the com-
bination of a runner, an enlargement or preparation on such runner, and a flexible
ring enclosed in an outer rigid shell adapted to work on and off the said enlarge-
ment, substantially as herein set forth and illustrated on the accompanying
drawings.
2: A runner with enlargement or preparation, as and for the purposes set
forth.
Dated this 21st day of June 1899