IMPROVEMENTS IN THE " FRAMES OF UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM HOYLAND of Eckland Bridge Works Penistone in the County of
Yorks Umbrella Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
"
FRAMES OF UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS to be as
follows:-
•
;
The object of this Invention is first to construct the runners of umbrellas and
parasols in such a manner that the ribs may lie close to the barrel of the runner
and to do away with the bulky, projecting flanges or wheel of the ordinary
rúnnor. For this purpose I form the barrel of the runner near the end to which
the stretchers are to be jointed with a number of outward bends or bulges along
its sides at equal distances apart all around its circumference so that this part of
the runner becomes of a corrugated form. Each outward bead or corrugation is
mado open at its ends and a length of flattened wire is passed end wise through
each. Both ends of the wires extend beyond the corrugations-one and is formed
with a flattened head to which the stretcher ends are to be jointed by means of a
rivet -the other extremities of the other end may be made to enter the open ends
of another series of outward bends or corrugations formed in the sides of the
barrel so that the extremities of the wires may be thereby covered over and
protected. Or in place of using loose bits of steel for the stretcher ends to be
rivetted to parts of the metal forming the runner might be made to stand out
radially from the barrel so that the stretchors might similarly be rivetted to them.
Tho way herein described of forming the runners is especially applicable when
double stretchers are used as described in the specification of a Patent granted to
me dated the 12th of November 1875 but it can also be used with other kinds of
umbrella and parasol frames. The top notches of umbrellas and parasols may also
be formed in the same manner.
Tada - FAL
AT
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page_text: 1, WILLIAM HOYLAND of Eckland Bridge Works Penistone in the County of
Yorks Umbrella Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
" IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FRAMES OF UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS " and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is first to construct the runners of umbrellas and
parasols in such a manner that the ribs may lie close to the barrel of the runner
and to do away with the bulky projecting flanges or wheel of the ordinary runner.
For this purpose I form the barrel of the runner near the end to which the
stretchers are to be jointed with a number of outward bends or bulges along its
sides at equal distances apart all around its circumference so that' this part of the
runner becomes of a corrugated form. Each outward bend or corrugation is made
open at its ends and a length of flattened wire is passed end wise through each.
Both ends of the wires extend beyond the corrugations one end is formed with a
flattened head to which the stretcher ends are to be jointed by means of a rivet―
the other extremities of the other end may be made to enter the open ends of
another series of outward bends or corrugations formed in the sides of the barrel
so that the extremities of the wires may be thereby covered over and protected.
Or in place of using loose bits of steel for the stretcher ends to be rivetted to, parts
of the metal forming the runner might be made to stand out radially from the
barrel so that the stretchers might similarly be rivetted to them.
The way herein described of forming the runners is especially applicable when
double stretchers are used as described in the Specification of a Patent granted to
me dated the 12th of November 1875 but it can also be used with other kinds of
umbrella and parasol frames. The top notches of umbrellas and parasols may also
be formed in the same manner.
.
Figure 1 is an end view and Figure 2 a side view of the barrel of a runner
formed with a number of outward bends or bulges along its sides to receive
flattened wires as above described.
Figure 3 is an edge view and Figure 4 a side view of one of the wires. Figure 5
is a plan view and Figure 6 a side view of the completed runner with double
stretchors jointed to the heads of some of tho wires.
:
A is the barrel of the runner-B and C are two sets of bulges formed around the
sides of the barrel. The bulges in each set are at equal distances apart from one
another and both ends of the bulges in the upper set B are open as shown at
Figure 2 whilst the lower set of bulges C are only open at their upper end. A
wire D is passed through each upper bulge and the lower end of the wire is
received, into the-open end of the bulge C below it-E are the double stretchers
jointed to the heads of each of the wires D. A hole is bored through the head of
each wire and through the ends of the two parts of the stretcher which is to be
jointed to it and the joint is formed by a rivet passed through these holes as
shown.

page_text: Preferably I form the bulges in the barrel of the runner in the following
manner-I place the barrel on to a cylindrical mandril which has standing out
from it a pair of projections corresponding to one of each of the bulges B and O
and I cause a tool with corresponding recesses in it to descend onto the barrel and
form on it one pair of bulges and similarly I form the remaining pairs of bulges in
succession one after the other. In order that the ends of the bulges B may be
open I also punch small holes through the barrel at each end of each bulge B-
this may similarly be performed by a pair of punches caused to descend on to the
barrel when it is supported upon a suitable mandril.
Figure 7 is a plan view and Figure 8 a side elevation of a runner in which
parts of the metal forming the barrel of the runner are made to stand out radially
from the barrel for the ends of the stretchers to be jointed to. This may
conveniently be effected by making each barrel of two thin tubes one within
the other and by making a series of L shaped cuts at equal distances apart
from one another in the upper end of the outer tube and by bending outwards
the tongues of metal which are so left connected with the tube on one side only so
as to make the tongues stand out radially from the tube. The outer tube may be
of the same length as the inner tube or it might be only a short ferrule surrounding
its upper part only.
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.―The construction of the runners of umbrellas and parasols with the barrel of
the runner formed with a series of outward bulges through which wires are passed
the wires being formed with heads to which the stretchers are to be jointed
substantially as described.
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2. The construction of the runners of umbrellas and parasols substantially as“
herein before described and illustrated at Figures 5 and 6.
3.-The construction of the runners of umbrellas, and parasols substantially as
herein before described and illustrated at Figures 7 and 8.
Dated this 5th day of August 1885