An Improvement in the Method of Manufacturing Umbrella and Sunshade Bands,
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 11th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 13th Dec., 1887
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Method of Manufacturing Umbrella and
Sunshade Bands,
I, JOSEPH HICKS of 22, Aldermanbury in the City of London umbrella material
manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An umbrella band is a strip of silk or elastic or other material (known as the body)
having at one end a button or stud, at the other end a ring or perforated plate to fit over
the button or stud. Attached to the ring or plate is a shorter strip of silk or other
material (known as the tab) which is gripped by the fingers when buttoning or un-
buttoning the band. Both body and tab are usually attached to the ring or plate by
means of sewing.
My invention consists of the substitution for the ordinary sewing of a flexible water-
proof cement with which I propose to attach the body and the tab severally to the
ring or plate described above.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Method of Manufacturing Umbrella and
Sunshade Bands.
I, JOSEPH HICKS of 22, Aldermanbury, in the City of London, umbrella material
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:―
An umbrella band is a strip of elastic or other material having at one end a button
or stud, and at the other end a ring or perforated plate of the requisite size to fit over the
button or stud. Attached to the ring or perforated plate is a tab of silk or other
material which is gripped by the fingers in buttoning or unbuttoning the band when
on the umbrella or sunshade. The ring or plate is usually attached to the body of the
band and to the tab by sewing.
My invention consists of a substitution for sewing of an elastic cement by which
the parts above described are cemented instead of sewn together. The cement used
may be a solution of india-rubber and turpentine or other suitable materials, and the
method of applying it is as follows:-
The strip of material to be manufactured into a tab having been cut double the
length of a finished tab, and having been coated on one side with cement, is passed
through the ring or perforated plate, the cemented side being towards the inner edge
of one side of the ring or plate. The strip is then doubled evenly over outside the
ring or plate, thus bringing the cement into contact, and being pressed firmly together
forms a compact and strong lever by which the ring or plate when attached to the
body of the band may be worked on or off the stud described above. The body of
the band, viz., the part which encircles the umbrella or sunshade is treated in the
same way as the tab, but is attached to the other side of the ring or plate.
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 :-
The substitution of cement for the ordinary sewing by needle and thread, whereby
greater neatness and strength result, combined with a reduction in the cost of
manufacturing the umbrella and sunshade bands described above.
Dated this Tenth day of November 1887.