Improvements in Umbrellas.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 26th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrellas.
I, LENA LINCKE, née Leske-Wollmann of 35 Hummerei, Breslau, in the
Empire of Germany, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
The object of this invention is an umbrella, that can be folded up to a small
compass. The stick of the umbrella consists of five telescopically arranged very
thin tubes, held in the open state by suitably placed click springs. The largest
tube has eight, or any other convenient number of, uniformly arranged slots serving
as guidings for an upper and a lower row of pivots, while the tube itself has like-
wise a pivot.
Said rows of pivots are secured to the next smaller tube and
sufficiently long to pass through the largest tube. To each pivot of the upper row
is hinge-fashion secured one shank of a shear-like frame, the other shank of which
is hinge-fashion connected with the pivot of the outer tube. To each pivot of the
lower row are hinge-fashion connected two jointed rods, the outer of which is
connected to the shears. Over the shears the umbrella cloth is stretched.
When the umbrella is closed, the smallest tube is pulled while holding the
largest tube, until all tubes are drawn out and the springs have snapped in. By
subsequently pulling further, also the second largest tube is drawn out. Thereby
the pivots of the upper row descend so far as to reach the pivots iof the largest
tubes, so that the shears are extended and the cloth stretched out. The unbrella
is thus opened. The jointed rods mentioned above are likewise extended by the
opening of the umbrella and serve to prevent the latter from collapsing by the wind
catching under it.
Dated this 26th day of October 1891.
HUELSER & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrellas.
I LENA LINCKE, née Leske-Wollmann, of 35, Hummerei, Breslau, Germany,
Lady 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 has for its object to provide an umbrella which can be folded and
collapsed into a small bulk so as to be conveniently carried when travelling.
For this purpose the construction is such that the umbrella may not only be
folded like ordinary umbrellas but may moreover be telescopically closed.
This stick
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 shows the umbrella fully extended while,
Fig. 2 shows the greatest part of the same at an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 shows a
part of the umbrella with the frame partly closed, Fig. 4 being a similar view
showing such frame entirely closed and laid flat against the stick.
consists of a solid rod or cane a provided with a handle, of a tube 6 in which the
rod a can slide; of a second tube c in which the tube b with the cane a can be
stored, and of a third tube d designed to contain the tubes c and 6 together with
the rod a. The tubes c and d carry the umbrella frame consisting of the frame
proper e and of the stretchers 9. The frame e consists of a pair of lazy tongs
which is automatically closed or opened by the stretchers and the telescopic parts.
The tube d is provided with slots & extending from the top to about midway of the
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page_text: same and with pins h at its lower end, these pins being connected with the lower
link or member of the lazy tongs.
The pins i which move in the slots k are fixed to the upper end of the tube c and
are connected with the upper members of the lazy tongs. The slots enable the
umbrella to be folded (Fig. 3) as the two pins hi are capable of being separated.
The tube d is further provided with a hole m at its lower end wherein the pin e¹
engages with the stretchers. When it is merely required to close the umbrella in
the usual way the pin el is released from the hole m and the umbrella is folded in
the same manner as an ordinary umbrella. If it is required to telescopically
collapse the umbrella the pin el is released from the hole m in the tube d and the
pin is separated from the pin by telescoping the stick when the lazy tongs
are collapsed in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3 and laid flat against the stick,
Fig. 4. Fig. 2 shows how the slots enable the umbrella frame to be laid
against the stick, the rivets of the member p moving in the slots of the
member o, so that when the umbrella is opened, they occupy the centre of the slot /
but when it is closed they reach the top thereof.
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. A folding and collapsible umbrella consisting of two articulated frames the
lower members of which are jointed to the telescopic tubular stick whereby the
umbrella can be readily collapsed into a small bulk and as readily extended for
ordinary use substantially as herein described and shown.
2. The improved umbrella arranged, constructed and operating substantially as
herein described and shown.
Dated this 13th day of Datahar 1802
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.