Improvements in the Head Fittings of Umbrellas, Walking-sticks, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1890-Accepted, 12th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Head Fittings of Umbrellas, Walking-sticks,
and the like.
I, CHARLES DUMENIL, of No. 16, Broad Street, Golden Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturing Silversmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the head-fittings-that is, the handle
fittings of umbrellas, walking sticks, and the like, adapted to receive a pencil or the
like therein, and to eject the same by the resilience of a spring as soon as a detent is
drawn back.
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But it not unfrequently happens that when the detent is released the pencil is
expelled so vigorously that it is missed and falls on to the ground, involving the
inconvenience of stooping to pick it up.
The object of my invention is to obviate this, and I affect my purpose by fitting the
inside of the tube with a number of spring fingers which bear upon the pencil, and
act as brakes when the detent is drawn back, so that the pencil-top is protruded for a
sufficient distance only.
Dated this 1st day of A nonst 1880
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in the Head Fittings of Umbrellas, Walking-sticks,
and the like.
1, CHARLES DUMENIL, of No. 16, Broad Street, Golden Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturing Silversmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to he performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in the head, or handle, fittings of umbrellas,
walking sticks, and the like, in so far as they may be adapted to receive a pencil, or
its equivalent, to be ejected therefrom when required for use by the resilience of a
spring set free by the withdrawal of a detent; and consists in the adaptation of
spring fingers to the pencil-tube, which fingers operate as a brake upon the pencil, to
the extent of preventing its being thrown out of the handle as soon as the detent is
released, or of being dropped if the stick be turned upside down.
In order that my invention, and the means by which it is to be carried into practical
effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe them in detail, referring in
so doing to the accompanying figures which are to be taken as part of this specification
and read therewith.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the head-fitting of an umbrella handle made
according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation illustrating the action of the invention.
Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line A-B of the previous
figure.
Figure 4 is an elevation illustrating the application of my invention to a walking-
stick.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the loose tube.
A is the top of the stick; B is the tube. C is the pencil and D, the spring. E is
the pencil-top: and e, a collar thereupon. F is a spring detent adapted to engage with
the collar for the wisnose of bensin the nonail in the tube Gis loose tube
It

page_text: is large enough to surround the pencil. 9, 9 are the spring fingers. h is a slot in one
side of the tube. It is provided for the purpose of allowing the tube to pass the
detent F. is a second slot in which the studenters for the purpose of limiting the
traverse of the tube.
The operation of my invention is as follows:-
When the detent is released, the spring D moves the tube and pencil into the
position illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The pencil is held by the fingers g, g in the
protruded position indicated.
The loose tube G may be dispensed with; and the spring fingers be fixed upon the
pencil-tube B. The spring would then bear upon the pencil instead of upon the loose
tube.
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 :-
1. The combination in a head-fitting, of spring and spring-fingers, as set
forth.
2. The combination in a head-fitting, of spring, loose tube, and spring fingers, as
set forth.
3. The combination in a head-fitting, of spring, collar, detent, and spring fingers, as
Dated this 1st day of May 1890.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Patentee.