Improvements in Walking Sticks.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd May, 1892-Accepted, 25th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Walking Sticks.
We, RICHARD VON HORVATH of I Wollzeile 21 Vienna, Austria, Clerk, and
FRANZ UZEL of JV Gusshausgasse, 16, Vienna, aforesaid, Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a stick the head or knob of which is made of trans-
parent material such as for example glass, and encloses a small incandescence lamp
which is caused to glow when the stick is made to assume an inclined or inverted
attitude. For this purpose there is arranged in the hollow body of the stick a cell
or a battery consisting of a number of cells connected in series whose poles are
connected by the illuminating filament of the incandescence lamp, the arrangement
being such that the liquid conductor of the cell or battery (chromic acid, or the
like) will not come into contact with the electrodes (zinc and platinum or the like)
so long as the stick is carried in an upright position. But if the stick be inclined
or inverted, the liquid conductor will come into contact with the electrodes, thus
closing the circuit and causing the lamp to glow.
The accompanying drawings illustrate by way of example a stick provided
with an incandescence lamp and means for causing it to glow according to this
invention.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the stick and
Fig. 2 is a vertical section, on a larger scale, taken through the battery
located in the stick and which consists, in the arrangement shown, of three
cells.
The zinc
As shown in Fig. 1, the body A of the stick is hollow and carries in its
interior A a battery the superposed cells of which are coupled in tension or in
series. Each of these cells consists of a tube H of ebonite or similar material, in
which is arranged a platinum tube P and a zinc rod Z. Each tube H is connected
to that next it by means of a stopper or plug T screwed into the abutting ends of
the tubes. The plug closing the upper end of the uppermost tube H is further
screwed into the stick A by means of a screw-threaded shoulder t.
rods Z are screwed centrally into the plugs T and each is thereby pressed tightly
against a wire d which is inserted into a lateral perforation and is connected by
twisting with the wire d' of the next cell, that passes through its tube H and is
soldered to the platinum tube of the said cell. In order to prevent short-circuiting
between the two solid conductors in the several cells, the zinc rods carry rings f of
insulating material, so that the platinum tubes P cannot come in contact with the
zinc rods.
The cells are coupled in tension in the following manner :- -The zinc rod of the
top cell projects from the plug and is connected by a wire with the illuminating
filament of the incandescence lamp, whilst the wire d' from the platinum tube of
the bottom cell is connected by a wire p with the illuminating filament.
In order that the liquid conductor, with which the stick is charged to an extent
such that it will not come into contact with the battery when the stick is held
vertically with the knob or head uppermost, shall be able to enter the cells when
the stick is inclined or inverted, the lowermost cell is open, and the tube H of the
other cells are provided with lateral openings g.
The hollow space A' of the stick is closed at top by a cap a of non-conducting
material, which cap for the purpose of effecting a tight closure, presses a caoutchouc
ring mounted on the plug T, on to the opening of the stick, and carries the knob b
of the stick. This knob consists of transparent material and encloses the incan-
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page_text: The stick is closed at bottom by a removable tip or ferrule e.
For the purpose of charging and discharging the stick with the liquid the entire
battery is withdrawn by screwing the plug shoulder t out of the stick.
To enable the zinc rods to be renewed when required, the cap a together with
the knob b, is screwed off, the incandescence lamp is placed out of circuit, and the
twisted wires d d are undone. Then the tubes H are screwed apart, and the zinc
rods are screwed out of the plugs.
The cells are connected together in the reverse manner to constitute a battery.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Walking Sticks.
We, RICHARD VON HORVATH of I Wollzeile 21 Vienna, Austria, Clerk, and
FRANZ UZEL of IV Cusshausgasse, 16, Vienna, aforesaid, Merchant, 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 to a stick the head or knob of which is made of transparent
material such as for example glass, and encloses a small incandescence lamp which
is caused to glow when the stick is made to assume an inclined or inverted attitude.
For this purpose there is arranged in the hollow body of the stick a cell or a battery
consisting of a number of cells connected in series, whose poles are connected by the
illuminating filament of the incandescence lamp, the arrangement being such that
the liquid conductor of the cell or battery (chromic acid, or the like) will not come
into contact with the electrodes (zinc and platinum or the like) so long as the stick
is carried in an upright position. But if the stick be inclined or inverted, the liquid
conductor will come into contact with the electrodes, thus closing the circuit and
causing the lamp to glow.
The drawings filed with our Provisional Specification illustrate by way of
example a stick provided with an incandescence lamp and means for causing it to
glow according to this invention.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the stick and
Fig. 2 is a vertical section, on a larger scale, taken through the battery located
in the stick and which consists in the arrangement shown, of three cells.
As shown in Fig. 1, the body A of the stick is hollow and carries in its interior A¹
a battery the superposed cells of which are coupled in tension or in series. Each of
these cells consists of a tube H of ebonite or similar material, in which is arranged
a platinum tube P and a zinc rod Z. Each tube H is connected to that next it by
means of a stopper or plug T screwed into the abutting ends of the tubes. The
plug closing the upper end of the uppermost tube H is further screwed into the
stick A by means of a screw-threaded shoulder t. The zinc rods Z are screwed
centrally into the plugs T and each is thereby pressed tightly against a wire d
which is inserted into a lateral perforation and is connected by twisting with the
wire d' of the next cell, that passes through its tube H and is soldered to the
platinum tube of the said cell. In order to prevent short-circuiting between the two
solid conductors in the several cells, the zinc rods carry rings of insulating
material, so that the platinum tubes P cannot come in contact with the zinc rods.
The cells are coupled in tension in the following manner :-The zinc rod of the
top cell projects from the plug and is connected by a wire with the illuminating
filament of the incandescence lamp, whilst the wire d from the platinum tube of the
bottom cell is connected by a wire p with the illuminating filament.

page_text: In order that the liquid conductor, with which the stick is charged to an extent
such that it will not come into contact with the battery when the stick is held
vertically with the knob or head uppermost, shall be able to enter the cells when
the stick is inclined or inverted, the lowermost cell is open, and the tubes H of the
other cells are provided with lateral openings g.
The hollow space A¹ of the stick is closed at top by a cap a of non-conducting
material, which cap for the purpose of effecting a tight closure, presses a caoutchouc
ringh mounted on the plug T, on to the opening of the stick, and carries the knob b
of the stick. This knob consists of transparent material and encloses the incan-
descence lamp c
The stick is closed at bottom by a removable tip or ferrule e.
For the purpose of charging and discharging the stick with the liquid the entire
battery is withdrawn by screwing the plug shoulder t out of the stick.
To enable the zinc rods to be renewed when required, the cap a together with
the knob b, is screwed off, the incandescence lamp is placed out of circuit, and the
twisted wires d d' are undone. Then the tubes H are screwed apart, and the zinc
rods are screwed out of the plugs. The cells are connected together in the reverse
manner to constitute a battery.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A walking stick having in its head or knob an incandescence lamp whose
filament connects together the poles of a galvanic cell or battery arranged inside
the stick, the parts being so arranged that when the stick is carried in an upright
position, the liquid conductor does not reach the electrodes but when the stick is
inclined or inverted the liquid will come into contact with the electrodes whereby
the incandescence lamp will be caused to glow substantially as described and
illustrated.
2. The improved walking stick having an incandescence lamp and a battery for
operating the same substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
n...d:L: 0.1 3. af Aa 1000.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.Č., Agent for the Applicant.