IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLAS AND LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOSEPH KOPPEL of N° 3 Sunderland Villas, Forest Hill, in the County of
Kent, Doctor of philosophy do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLAS AND LIKE ARTICLES and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
My invention consists of an improvement in the appearance and utility of
umbrellas and like articles in manner hereinafter described. First I employ an
ordinary umbrella stick into which I cut four grooves of suitable depth from the
point where the notch or ribholder is usually fixed, running gradually out on to
the surface of the stick to a convenient distance towards the handle thus forming
this part of the stick more or less square as shown in Fig. 1 and section Fig. 1 A.
I then form a notch or ribholder by cutting a metal blank to the required shape as
shown in Fig 2 and roll the saine to a tube or ring with its four lips or tongues
outwardly turned over as shown in Fig. 3. I then form a ring with four lips or
tongues of metal tube or other suitable material so shaped as shown in Fig. 4.
I now take the tube or ring as shown in Fig. 3 and place the same into the
required position on the stick so that the turned-over tongues or lips rest in the
I then thread
upper ends of the grooves and fix said ring to the stick by a rivet.
eight ordinary ribs on a wire and place the same in such manner that two ribs
rest in each recess between the turned-over lips or tongues and in each of the
grooves in the stick respectively and place the wire into the turned-over lips or
tongues fastening it by twisting its two ends together and closing the said lips
or tongues over it. I now place the tube or ring as shown in Fig. 4 over the
aforesaid tube or ring Fig. 3 in such manner that its four lips or tongues rest over
the wire and between each two ribs not divided by the turned-over lips or tongues
by which the ribs are kept in the required position and fix the said ring in its
place by pressing the ends of the four lips or tongues slightly inwardly as shown
in Fig. 5 and section Fig. 5 B and cross section Fig. 6. The covering is fixed in
the ordinary or any other convenient manner.
Fig. 1 is a general view of the stick.
Fig. 1 A is a cross section thereof.
Fig. 2 shows the blank for Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 is a general view of the inner part of the notch or ribholder.
Fig. 4 is a general view of the outer part of the notch or ribholder.
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page_text: Fig. 5 A is a section thereof showing the inner part of the notch or ribholder
more distinctly.
Fig. 5 B is a section of Fig. 5 showing the outer part of the notch or ribholder
more distinctly.
Fig. 6 is a cross section of Fig. 5.
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 is
First. To improve the appearance and utility of Umbrellas and like articles by
cutting the stick to the shape substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 and section Fig. 1 A.
Second. The construction and application of a notch or ribholder substantially
as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Third. The combination of my improved stick and notch or ribholder with
other parts of an umbrella or like article substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
London, twenty fifth day of November 1884.