Improvements in Umbrella Holders for Railway Carriages all
Year: 1892

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrella Holders for Railway Carriages
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I, AGNES GILL of 8, Lee Park, Blackheath, in the County of Kent, Spinster,
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: -
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My invention relates to improvements in and relating to railway carriages
and has for its objects to provide means for suspending out of the way 'the' wet
umbrellas of passengers in such a manner that the water dripping therefrom. may
be carried off and that wet umbrellas may not come into contact with people's
clothes especially with ladies' dresses, boots and the like. ...
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In carrying my invention into practice I arrange above the parcel racks provided
on both sides of every compartment of railway carriages a slightly inclined and
curved sheet of india rubber or other water tight material which extends along the
said rack and merges at the bottom into a metal gutter furnished at one end with a
short pipe passing through the side of each compartment. Suitable curved hooks
or like devices are fixed in the partitions above the said channel to hold the umbrella
handles in such a manner that the umbrellas may assume a slant position.
When the weather is fine this channel which is secured by such hooks to the
partitions may be detached and removed or folded up and secured in that position
to a row of small hooks fixed at the top of the said partitions.
According to a modification of my invention I form the channel of two collapsible
parts which are jointed in the centre when required for use and disconnected and
folded against each side of the compartment when the weather is fine. Or when wet
weather prevails I may use the lower end of the channel only thus leaving half the
rack free for luggage or parcels. I may also fit one only of the racks of a compart-
ment with my improved channel which in some cases may be a fixture the other
rack only being used for parcels or small luggage.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is an elevation showing the rack furnished with my improved appliance
Fig. 2. being a plan and Fig. 3. a cross section of the same.
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are an elevation a cross section and a detail respectively of a
modification of my invention.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures.
According to my invention I provide a gutter g of metal or strong vulcanite which
is attached on each side to a long strip or piece a of india rubber or other suitable
water proof material a secured by rings to the hooks o fixed to the partitions of the
compartment and to the bar or rail of the parcel rack n respectively. This forms a
channel which is inclined at a suitable angle and leads to a metal piece terminating
with a pipe d passing through the sides of the railway carriage. The umbrella
handles are placed in the hooks h in an inclined position as shown in Fig. 1. the
ends of the sticks resting in the gutter g. The water dripping from these umbrellas
runs along the gutter g and is discharged outside through the pipe d the side strips
preventing water proceeding from an overflow in the gutter, or from any splashings
caused by the jerking motion of the railway carriages from falling upon the head
of the passengers sitting underneath.
These strips a may be readily detached and stored away with the gutter g
under carriage seats when no longer required in consequence of the cessation of
wet weather.
In the modification shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the gutter g is made of sections
which telescope one within the other the strips being folded as shown on the left
hand side of Fig. 4. The chamber is made of two parts meeting in the centre

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When one part or half of the channel is found to be sufficient, the lowermost part
leading to the pipe & must obviously be the only one that can be used the other
being collapsed against the side of the railway carriage as shown in Fig. 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
Fitting railway compartments with detachable or collapsible channels for
draining or discharging outside the water dripping from the wet umbrellas
suspended above the parcel or luggage racks of the said compartments substantially
as herein described and shown.
Dated this 6th day of December 1892.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.