Improvements connected with Umbrellas and Parasols.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 9th May, 1893-Accepted, 10th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Umbrellas and Parasols.
We WILLIAM CARTER of 23 Duke Street Manchester Square W. FREDERICK
ARTHUR ELLIS 157 Bird in Bush Road S.E. all of London, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates first to an improved tip-cap to secure the ends of the
ribs and secondly to an improved way of securing to top notch or rib holder to
the stick.
According to the first part the tipcap is formed as a ring and held by two side
arms sliding in suitable guide attached to handle, and retained in guide by knob at
end. According to the second part: the top of the stick is reduced smaller than
usual, a shoulder being left where the notch is desired to stop. The sleeve part
of the notch is made with inner projections preferably two; one on each side
which groove into the small of the stick when the notch is forced down upon the
shoulder. Then a wooden case is put upon the small of the stick and bears upon
top of notch and secured by a cross pin; by this arrangement the stick is not
weakened by the usual pin passing through notch and stick.
Dated this 10th day of December 1892.
FREDERIC PRINCE,
Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Umbrellas and Parasols.
We WILLIAM CARTER of 23 Duke Street Manchester Square London, W.
Umbrella Maker and FREDERICK ARTHUR ELLIS of 157 Bird in the Bush Road
Surrey S.E. Umbrella Furniture Maker 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 relates first; to an improved tip-cap to secure the outer ends of
the ribs to and secondly; to an improved way of securing the top notch or rib
holder to the stick.
To enable this invention to be properly understood we will proceed to describe
the same with aid of the accompanying drawings.
Figures 1, 2 and 3, illustrate the first part of this invention in different
positions.
Figures 4 and 5, the second part of this invention as applied to the end of the
stick.
Figure 6 a detached perspective view of a part embodied in Figures 4 and 5.
The tip cap as shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3 consists of a ring A held by side
rods B arranged to slide in guides C formed on a band D, attached to the handle
part of the stick.
The ends of the rods B are formed with heads B₁ to retain them in their
guides C. E ribs as retained by ring A. F, is the top notch which instead of
being secured near the top of stick by a cross pin, which weakens the stick at this
part, the end of the stick G is made of slightly smaller diameter so as to form a
shoulder H for the notch to rest upon. To prevent the notch from turning round
when put upon this smaller part the notch is made with an inner projection J
which when the notch is forced down, the smaller part of stick and on to the
shoulder H. The projection J embeds. into same forming a groove K in the

page_text: wood. Then a piece of tubular wood or other material L, is fitted upon the small
part of stick and secured near the end and through the thimble M of the ferrule
by a pin N. O the usual cap ferrule over notch.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improved arrangement of tip-cap for umbrellas and parasols substantially
as described and illustrated at Figs. 1, 2 and 3..
2. The improved manner of attaching the rib notch to the end of the stick
substantially as described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of May 1893.
FREDERIC PRINCE,
.1, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for Applicants.