AN IMPROVED MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR ORNAMENTING THE HANDLES OF WALKING-STICKS, OR THE STICKS OF ÜMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS ARTICLES.”
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clissold, of Cainscross, in the County
of Gloucester, Engineer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MODE
OF AND APPARATUS FOR ORNAMENTING THE HANDLES OF WALKING-STICKS, OR
THE STICKS OF ÜMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS ARTICLES.”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clissold at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th September 1875.
I, WILLIAM CLISSOLD, of Cainscross, in the County of Gloucester,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "“An
IMPROVED MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR ORNAMENTING THE HANDLES OF WALKING-
STICKS, OR THE STICKS OF UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS ARTICLES,”
to be as follows:-
-
Ornamenting the handles of the sticks of umbrellas has heretofore
been done by hand, with the use of gravers, knives, or other cutting
tools, and requires skilled and highly paid labour to effect the object;
the operation is therefore a tedious and costly one.

page_text: The object of the present Invention is to produce the required orna-
mentation in a much more expeditious manner by the use. of special
tools, which can be used by any ordinary workman.
In carrying out my Invention the stick to be ornamented is first
prepared by being turned down smooth to the required shape; it is then
subjected to the action of a tool which forms an essential feature of the
Invention. This tool consists of a stationary_die_box, in which.are-fixed-
by means of solder or lead or in any other convenient manner steel
cutting edges arranged in any suitable pattern. In addition to these
steel cutting edges a steel or other hard-metal engraved-die-or-block-is
-fixed--in tho-die box. On the top of this die box and a short distance
above the same is fitted a hand lever, which is or may be made to carry
another die box provided with projecting steel cutting edges, which may
form a portion of the ornamental pattern. This hand lever with the
top die is mounted in such a manner that it is capable of being moved
on a vertical pin in a horizontal direction to the right and left. The
lower die box, although it is not intended to move when in use, is
möünted on a centre pin, and is capable of a slight vertical motion, so
that sticks of different thicknesses may be introduced between the two
dies, the lower one being kept up to its work by means of a powerful
weighted lever.
The handle end of the stick to be operated upon is introduced between
the two dies, and is tightly pinched between them, so as to force the
vertical cutting edges of the dies into the surface of the wood or other
substance. The stick is then rolled to and fro over the face of the lower
die by moving the hand lever and top die to and fro in a horizontal
direction. By this means the stick handle can be very quickly
ornamented with an elaborate pattern, and without the use of skilled
labour.
.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent,.bearing date the Tenth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Clissold, Her special license
that I, the said William Clissold, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Clissold, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR ORNAMENTING THE HANDLES OF WALKING-STICKS,
OR THE STICKS OF UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS ARTICLES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Clissold, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Clissold, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto
annexed and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say) :-
Ornamenting the handles of the sticks of umbrellas has heretofore
been done by hand with the use of gravers, knives, or other cutting
tools, and requires skilled and highly paid labor to effect the object;
the operation is therefore a tedious and costly one.
.
The object of the present Invention is to produce the required orna-
mentation in a much more expeditious manner by the use of special
tools which can be used by any ordinary workman.
In carrying out my Invention the handle of the stick to be ornamented
is first prepared by being turned down smooth to the required shape; it
is then subjected to the action of a tool which forms an essential feature
of the Invention.

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In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 shows in side elevation, and
Fig. 2 in end elevation, the tool or apparatus used for ornamenting
umbrella and other sticks.
In these Figures A is a frame of cast iron carrying a plate B on a
horizontal pivot pin, and a plate C on a vertical pivot pin. To each of
these plates is attached a die box marked respectively B' and C¹, the
box-B¹ being on-the-upper-side,-and-the box Con-the-lower-side_of_the
plates which carry them. In these boxes are fitted the ornamenting
dies b and c, which may be made of steel types set to any required
pattern, and fixed in place by lead or solder. The plate-B-of-the-lower-
die is held in position by a counterweight lever D, which is secured by-a-
pivot pin to the framing A. This is to allow of the self-adjustment of
the dies to suit the diameter of stick intended to be operated upon. The
upper plate O is cast with rack teeth near its outer edge, and into these
teeth gear a pinion which forms the termination of a hand lever E;
this pinion has for its axle a stud pin or bolt carried by the framing A,
and it is intended to impart a reciprocating motion to the plate C.
In order to apply this tool to the ornamentation of a stick handle the
lower die is depressed to allow of the insertion of the stick between the
dies. The counterweight lever will then cause the dies b and c to bite
the stitch between them. If now the handle E is rocked to and fro, as
indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, a reciprocating horizontal motion
will be imparted to the upper die, and the stick will be thereby caused
to roll to and fro, it being indented by the steel projecting surfaces of
the dics. One pattern of die used is shown in plan at Fig. 3. By this
means the stick handle can be quickly ornamented with an elaborate
pattern, the character of which will depend upon the nature of the dies
employed at a comparatively slight cost, and without the use of skilled
labour.
Having now described my Invention of "An Improved Mode of and
Apparatus for Ornamenting the Handles of Walking-sticks, or the
Sticks of Umbrellas, Parasols, and other analogous Articles," and having
explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I claim as the

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Signed, sealed, and delivered
by the above-named William
Clissold, in the presence of
SAMUEL PHIPPS,
Solicitor,
Cainscross.
WILLIAM CLISSOLD. (L.S.)