Improvements in and relating to Umbrellas.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 8th Apr., 1899
Improvements in and relating to Umbrellas.
I, PHILIPP MEYER, Junior, of 25, Breiteweg, Magdeburg, Germany, Manu-
facturer, 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 my invention is to provide means allowing any system of umbrella
to be shortened, which has been possible, heretofore, only with ordinary
umbrellas, the stick of which carries in this case stop-springs on its surface.
I attain this result by the following arrangement: In the hollow stick A of
the umbrella I have inserted a movable hinge adapted to be turned and com-
prising three parts; D, D'D³. The part D, which is prevented from rotating
in stick A, has an extension, provided with annular groove L, and extending
into the hollow part D, through which extends obliquely a pin 1, moving in said
groove L as the whole is turned, whereby the parts D and D' are movably con-
nected with one another. The part D' is connected with the part D³ through the
agency of the tongue d and by the rivets d'and, the end of the part 12 carry-
ing the handle K, secured thereto. Within the hollow part 1 above the handlo
is arranged a locking spring f by means of which the whole inner hinge is held
or locked in the double bayonet joint i, 2 and 3 on the extreme end portion of
stick A. By this locking of the hinge at the extreme end portion of the stick
of umbrella, I may dispense with the stop-spring usually arranged on the surface
of said stick and employ any system of skeleton or mounting with the latter.
At the upper end of the part D of hinge is a connecting-rod h, connected with
the part H forming the point of the umbrella stick. Over said connecting-rod h
is fitted a coil 9, pressing against a projection g' provided within the umbrella
stick A.
As the whole hinge will be withdrawn from the stick A, the connecting-rod h
as well as the point II secured thereto are caused to enter the hollow stick A,
whereby the length of umbrella will be shortened by the length of point H and,
as the handle K will be folded, at the same time by the length of said handle K.
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) An umbrella adapted to be shortened and provided with automatic con-
trolling device and characterized by the rotable hinge (D, D', D³) arranged within
the hollow umbrella stick A, said hinge being adapted to be locked in a double
bayonet joint by means of a locking-spring f at the extreme end portion of said
umbrella-stick, whereby the usual stop-spring on the surface of said stick may be
omitted, and the umbrella freely opened and closed, at the same time allowing
of employing any kind of skeleton and of shortening the umbrella.
2) In the umbrella claimed in 1), the combination of the rotable hinge (D, D' D³)
within the hollow stick A with the loose point II of the stick, in such a manner,
that the latter, by means of the coil g, located between said hinge and said point
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page_text: and compressed as the hinge is turned over, will be drawn into the hollow stick
and that the same, as the hinge is turned back, will be drawn out automatically
by the releasing of the coil.
Dated this 26th day of August 1898.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc.M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E.,
Chartered Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Associate Agent.