Improvements in Umbrellas, Parasols, and like Artioles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 5th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 8th Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrellas, Parasols, and like Artioles.
I, JOSEPH CROSs, of 29 Tangier Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, Umbrella
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:---
My invention relates to an improvement in umbrella frames and has for its object
the prevention of turning by the wind, as obtains with those as hitherto made and
employed.
In carrying my invention into effect, I arrange the notched collar carrying the
stretchers in such a manner as to freely move between two collars or shoulders upon
the runner, and I so arrange the proportions of said stretchers and also the ribs
relatively to each other, as to cause the "stretch" of the umbrella when open, to move
the notched collar up to, and so as to rest against the upper ring, collar, or shoulder
on the runner before mentioned. Any further strain upon the ribs in the direction of
opening the umbrella, causes said notched collar to descend, and thereby close said
umbrella, and prevent injury from the turning thereof.
This arrangement, according to my invention, allows of the frame fitting closer to
the stick than is the case with such frames in general use.
Dated this 31st day of May 1889.
FREDK. WALKER & HYDE,
4, Little Moorfields, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrellas, Parasols, and like Articles.
I, JOSEPH CROSs of 29 Tanger Street Whitehaven Cumberland Wire Worker
and Umbrella 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.-
In carrying out my improvements, I form a runner with a fixed tip cap at the end
nearest the handle of the umbrella or parasol. The other end of this runner passes
through a notch or wheel on a suitable barrel or tube which is free to slide on the
runner aforesaid Raised rings or other suitable projections are provided on the
runner to form stops at the requisite distance apart, and between which the loose notch
wheel is free to slide.
The stretchers, connecting the notched wheel with the ribs are of such a length and
the stop in the handle or stick is so placed that on the umbrella being opened the
notched wheel is capable of sliding upwards on the runner so as to take the stretchers
beyond the horizontal line between the points where such stretchers are attached to
the ribs
By this means, as the umbrella is being opened the notched wheel bears on the
lower stop of the runner until the horizontal line aforesaid is reached, after which the
notched wheel transfers its pressure to the upper stop sliding from the one to the
other.
This enables the umbrella or parasol to keep open without the aid of the usual spring
catch. When the umbrella is closed the capped runner is pushed or slided through
the notched wheel, when the cap passes over the tips or ends of the ribs and thus keeps
the umbrella in the closed position.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 shews an elevation and Fig. 2 a longitudinal
section of the runner and notched wheel arranged in accordance with my invention

page_text: The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.
A A is the capped
runner having the cap A' A' fixed at the end. B B is the notched wheel, which in
Fig. 1 is in the position of the closed umbrella, and in Fig. 2 in that of the open
umbrella.
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 18:
In umbrellas or parasols; the tube or runner A A having attached thereto the
cap A A combined with the loose notched wheel B'B' which passes or slides from one
stop to the other during the act of opening and closing the umbrella, in manner
substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 4th day of December 1889
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent.