Improvements in Machinery employed in the Manufacture of Umbrellas and Parasols.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery employed in the Manufacture of
Umbrellas and Parasols.
I, HENRY GALLON of Upper Fountaine Street, Leeds in the County of York,
Hardware Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
The object of this invention is to form recesses in the sticks of umbrellas and the
like for the reception of springs or catches of the form described in the specification
of Letters Patent granted to me on the 11th day of July 1888 and numbered 10,085,
also for the purpose of drilling holes through the sticks and springs or catches together
when placed in position to receive pins or rivets for securing the springs.
To carry out my invention I employ two circular saws of the same radius as the
are forming the outline of one side of the spring or catch, these saws are mounted
upon a slide fixed upon a table and are set to run at right angles to one another.
The saw running vertically is mounted by preference at the right hand of the
slide and in close proximity and in line with this saw is a V guide into which the
stick of the umbrella is pressed to insure the cut being in the centre line of the stick,
and the V guide being supported upon a spiral spring, gives way with pressure until
it rests upon a stop which is adjustable and can be regulated according to the depth
of the cut or recess required.
The other or left hand of the slide is provided with a thimble or socket into which
the point or ferrule end of the umbrella-stick is placed in the first instance before a
cut is made, and at a regulated distance from the thimble is mounted the saw running
horizontally upon a slide-rest operated by means of a lever in front of the table, by
pressing which lever the saw while running is forced into the stick to the required
depth, which is regulated by means of a stop fixed to the slide of the rest.
Both circular saws are actuated by the same cord or gut band passing over grooved
pulleys and a guide pulley is interposed between them which can be adjusted to take
up slackness of the cord.
In operating this machine the umbrella-stick is grasped in the right hand near the
handle and the ferrule end of the stick is pressed home in the thimble.
The stick is then pressed down firmly into the V guide which sinks until the
vertical saw has cut the required recess when the horizontal saw is brought into
operation by pressing the lever of the rest upon which it is mounted, whereby the
horizontal recess is cut.
These two cuts are made with one fixing of the stick.
The springs or catches are then placed in position in the recesses formed to receive
them and holes are drilled through the sides of the stick and the body of the spring
at one operation, to receive the pin or rivet.
The drilling machine employed for this purpose is exactly similar in construction to
the sawing machine except that drills mounted and running one vertically and the
other horizontally are employed instead of circular saws.
The spindles upon which both saws and both drills are mounted are with their
bearings adjustable laterally as also is the thimble or socket in which the ferrule end
of the stick is placed in the manner described.
Dated this Twenty third day of January 1889.
WILLIAM JAMES BAKER,
2, New Street, Huddersfield, Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery employed in the Manufacture of
Umbrellas and Parasols.
I HENRY GALLON of Upper Fountaine Street, Leeds in the County of York,
Hardware 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 :-
The object of this invention is to form recesses or slits in the sticks of umbrellas
and the like for the reception of springs or catches of the form described in the
specification of Letters Patent granied to me on the 11th day of July 1888 and
numbered 10,085 also for the purpose of drilling holes through the sticks and the
springs or catches, when placed in position, to receive pins or rivets for securing the
springs.
To carry out my invention I employ two circular saws of the same radius as the arc
forming the outline of one side of the spring or catch, these saws are mounted upon a
slide fixed upon a bed or table and are set to run at right angles to one another.
The saw running vertically is by preference mounted at the right hand of the
slide and in close proximity and in line with this saw is a V guide into which the
stick of the umbrella is pressed to insure the cut being in the centre line of the stick
and the V guide being supported upon a spiral spring gives way with pressure until
it rests upon a stop which is adjustable and can be regulated according to the depth
of the cut or recess required.
The other or left hand of the slide is provided with a thimble or socket into which
the point or ferrule end of the umbrella stick is placed in the first instance, before a
cut is made, and at a regulated distance from the thimble is mounted the saw running
horizontally upon a slide-rest operated by means of a lever in front of the table by
pressing which lever the saw while running is forced into the stick to the required
depth, which is regulated by means of an adjustable stop fixed to the slide of the rest.
Both circular saws are actuated by the same cord or gut band passing over
grooved pulleys and a guide pulley is interposed between them which can be adjusted
to take up slackness of the cord.
In operating this machine the umbrella stick is grasped in the right hand near
the handle end and the ferrule end of the stick is pressed home in the thimble.
The stick is then pressed down firmly into the V guide which sinks until the
vertical saw has cut the required recess when the horizontal saw is brought into
operation by pressing the lever of the rest upon which it is mounted whereby the
horizontal recess is cut. These two cuts are made with one fixing of the stick.
The springs or catches are then placed in position in the recesses formed to receive
them, and holes are made drilled through the sides of the stick and through the body
of the spring at ono operation, to receive the pin or rivet.
The drilling machine employed for this purpose is similar in construction to the
sawing machine except that drills mounted and running one vertically and the other
horizontally, are employed instead of circular saws.
The spindles upon which both saws and both drills are mounted are with their
bearings adjustable laterally as also is the thimble or socket in which the ferrule end
of the stick is placed in the manner described.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figures 1. 2. and 3,
represent a front elevation, plan, and end elevation respectively of the slit sawing
machine.
Figures 4. 5. and 6, represent front elevation, plan, and end elevation respectively
of the drilling machine.
Figure 7 represents the improved form of spring herein referred to, fixed in the
stick of an umbrella.
Similar letters refer to similar parts in all the drawings.

page_text: In the sawing machine the two circular saws are represented at S and S¹ and are
both driven by the same endless cord A, shown in dotted lines, the saw S running
vertically and S horizontally.
A forked or V shaped guide is shown at B in which the stick rests during the
sawing operation, at the same time the point of the stick is held in the thimble C.
The guide B brings the stick perfectly over the centre of the vertical saw so that the
slit may be sawn in true position and also being upheld by a spiral spring D the
guide descends upon vertical pressure being applied to the stick until arrested by an
adjustable stop which regulates the depth of the slit.
The horizontal saw S' is mounted upon a slide rest F and can be drawn forward by
the lever E when sawing a horizontal slit.
The drilling machine resembles the sawing machine in construction except that
drills take the place of saws but are operated in a similar manner.
In operating the sawing machine the thimble is first adjusted at the required
distance from the saw S¹ and the saw S with its guide B is also adjusted by means of
the set screws by which it is fixed.
The point of the unbrella stick is placed in the thimble C and the middle of the
stick is pressed down into the guide B which descends with the stick, and pressure
being applied a vertical slit is sawn.
The lever E being pressed causes the saw S¹ to move forward and saw the horizontal
slit. Both these slits are sawn with one fixing of the stick.
When the two slits have been sawn they are exactly in the form of the segment
of a circle and one of the springs Figure 7 is placed in each slit and then the drilling
operation is performed, the sticks being then ready to receive the rivets which secure
the springs to the stick.
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,
1. For sawing slits in the sticks of umbrellas and parasols the machine as described
and represented at Figures 1, 2, and 3 having two circular saws running at right
angles to one another.
2. For drilling holes in the sticks and springs of umbrellas and parasols the machine
as described and represented at Figures 4, 5, and 6, having two drills running at right
angles to one another.
Dated this Twelfth day of November 1889
WILLIAM JAMES BAKER,
2, New Street, Huddersfield, Agent for the Applicant.