An Improvement in the Manufacture of Umbrellas and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 1st Nov., 1892-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Manufacture of Umbrellas and the like.
I, JAMES THOMAS AKERMAN, trading as J. T. Akerman and Co. of 1, Errol
Street, Whitecross Street, in the City of London, Umbrella Stick Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of umbrellas having
for its object to enable the top notch to which the ribs are jointed to be made only
so much larger in diameter than the stick as is necessary to accommodate the ends
of the ribs, and this without weakening the stick and to give the stick the
appearance of being made of the full diameter throughout and admit of ordinary
sticks as kept in stock by umbrella makers being readily adapted to receive the
top notch at any time when it is required to make up an umbrella.
According to my invention, the upper end or point of the stick is reduced to the
proper diameter to receive the top notch which when slipped upon such reduced
portion abuts against a shoulder at the proper distance from the handle according
to the intended size of the umbrella. Upon the reduced part of the stick above
the top notch is then fitted a tubular piece by which the stick is apparently made
up to its original diameter, this tubular piece being provided with an ordinary
ferrule at one extremity and with an open cap or ring at the other by which the
top notch and the umbrella covering are usually protected and finished off, said
tubular ferrule piece being secured in place by a cross-pin after the umbrella is
made up.
In this way the top notch is clamped between the shoulder formed on the stick
and the open cap of the tubular ferrule piece and an appearance of great neatness
and elegance is imparted to the umbrella when rolled up, without weakening the
stick, as in all previous attempts to similarly diminish the dimensions of the
umbrella.
Dated this 21st day of A nous 1900
J. T. AKERMAN,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Manufacture of Umbrellas and the like.
1, JAMES THOMAS AKERMAN, trading as J. T. Akerman and Co. of 1, Errol
Street, Whitecross Street, in the City of London, Umbrella Stick Manufacturers,
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:-
My invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of umbrellas and
the like and has for its object to enable the "top" notch to which the ribs are jointed,
to be made only so much larger in diameter than the stick as is necessary to
provide the flanges for the reception of the jointed ends of the ribs and this
without weakening the stick and to give the stick the appearance of being made of
the full diameter throughout.
I am aware that this object has heretofore been sought to be attained by other
means but in consequence of the stick being wholly severed into two portions
Sunited by the "notch" interposed between them the stick has been greatly
weakened and its weight increased. Moreover this mode of construction involved
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page_text: a special construction of the top notch and a special mode of uniting it to the
parts of the stick and did not admit of the stick, as kept in stock by the retail
umbrella maker, being readily adapted to receive the notch at any time when it is
required to make up an umbrella which it is a special object of my invention to
provide for
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, wherein have represented on an enlarged scale a longitudinal
section of so much of the upper end of an umbrella as is necessary to illustrate my
improvement.
A is the stick, B. is the top notch" and C are the ribs jointed thereto by their
apertured ends being received in slots cut in the flanges of the notch and pivoting
upon a joint wire threaded through them and lying in the groove between the
flanges.
According to my invention, the upper part of the stick A is reduced in diameter
as shewn at a to correspond to the bore of the top notch B, such reduced portion
remaining integral with the stick and the top notch when slipped on such reduced
portion abutting against a shoulder a' at the proper distance from the handle
according to the intended size of the umbrella. Upon the reduced part of the
stick a is then fitted a tubular piece D of material similar in appearance and
corresponding in diameter to the stick itself, so that when placed in position it
apparently forms a continuation thereof. This tubular piece may conveniently be
made of the same wood as the stick and is bored out to fit tightly on the reduced
part of the stick. It is provided with an ordinary ferrule d at its one extremity,
and with an ordinary open conical cap or ring d' at its other extremnity by which
the top notch B and the umbrella covering E are usually protected and finished off,
said tubular piece D being secured in place by the wire cross pins d² ² rivetted in
holes drilled through the ferrule d and cap d' respectively and through the tube D
and part a after the umbrella is made up and the parts are fitted together. In this
way the top notch B is clamped between sheath D and the shoulder a' formed on
the stick and is covered by the cap d',,and as the notch only exceeds the stick in
diameter by the depth of its flanges necessary to accommodate the joint ends of
the ribs when the umbrella is folded, an appearance of great neatness and elegance
is imparted to the umbrella when rolled up, without weakening the stick, as in all
previous attempts to similarly diminish the dimensious of the umbrella.
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-
stick
1. In an umbrella or the like, the combination, with the stick whose upper end
is reduced in diameter as described, of a top notch and tubular sheath fitting on
said reduced portion, the sheath being secured to the reduced portion of the stick
so.as to imprison the notch between it and the shoulder on the stick, as specified.
2. In the manufacture of an umbrella or the like, the combination, with
having its upper end reduced in diameter to fit the bore of the top notch, of a
tubular sheath fitting on such reduced portion of the stick, a top notch held
between such sheath and a shoulder on the stick, and of a ferrule and open cap on
the extremities of the sheath secured by cross pins driven through them and through
the sheath and reduced part of the stick, as described.
Dated this Dist day
October 1004.
J. T. AKERMAN,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
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