IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Johann Carl Martin Steib, Manufacturer, in the City of
Hamburg, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS."
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10170 and debad the 04th Tul., 1977
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Johann Carl Martin Steib
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th July 1877.
JOHANN CARL MARTIN STEIB, Manufacturer, in the City of Hamburg. "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS.
This Invention relates to details of the moving parts of umbrellas in or by
which the frame can be held close to the stick or handle by a sliding inverted
bell-shaped cap covering the ends of the stretchers when the umbrella is closed.
The Invention will be clearly understood by the annexed Drawings, in which
Figures 1 and 2 represent it applied to an ordinary umbrella; Figures 3 and 4 is
a modification of same; and Figures 5 and 6 show the Invention applied to what
is termed the balanced umbrella.
a is the stick or cane, and b the handle; c is the runner, and d the notch ring to
which the stretchers e are fastened in the usual manner by wire being passed through
holes therein and lying in a groove of the ring.
The runner and the notch ring are in one, and the barrel portion of the runner
is sufficiently deep or long as to permit of the barrelled portion e of the cap f
to move up and down upon it; in the first case to be pushed up, that the cap F may
cover the end of the stretchers, and thus hold them in close contact with the stick
when the umbrella is closed or shut, whereby the ribs are kept rigid and the covering
more compact. The cap enclosing the end of the stretchers and the notch ring also
preserves the fabric of the covering by preventing its contact therewith.
The cap fis limited in its movement up and down by a pin g on the runner
barrel c riding in a slot h of the cap barrel.
The lower end of the runner c has a ferrule-like projection j, by which the
umbrella can be opened when it is pushed up the stick in the usual manner.
In Figures 3 and 4, I have shown the pusher ferrule j in a piece with the cap f,
between the barrel e of which and the runner barrel I fit a spring, that the cap f
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page_text: may be always inclined to spring upwards to cover the end of the stretchers, but
which is held back, when desired, by drawing down the ferrule j, and then turning
it partially round for the pin g to enter the bayonet groove k of the slot h. The
ferrule then forms part of the runner by the sliding up the stick of which the
umbrella can be opened.
In Figures 5 and 6, I have shown my Invention as applied to a
"balanced
umbrella. Here the barrel of the runner c is arranged above the notch ring d
and encircles another barrel l, between which and the barrel of the runner c the
spring m is fitted, against which the tension of the stretchers is held after they
have passed the horizontal position in which they keep the umbrella open without
spring catches in the stick, the grooves in which weaken it considerably.
The cap and ferrule j are in one in this arrangement, and it is kept from the
stretchers by the bayonet groove, as referred to with reference to Figures 2 and 3.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Johann Carl Martin Steib in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th January 1878.
JOHANN CARL MARTIN STEIB, Manufacturer, in the City of Hamburg. "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS."
This Invention relates to details of the moving parts of umbrellas, in or by which
the frame can be held close to the stick or handle by a sliding inverted bell-shaped
cap covering the ends of the stretchers when the umbrella is closed.
The Invention will be clearly understood by the annexed Drawings, in which
Figures 1 and 2 represent it applied to an ordinary umbrella; Figures 3 and 4 show
a modification of same; and Figures 5 and 6 show the Invention applied to what
is termed the balanced umbrella.
a is the stick or cane, and b, the handle; c is the runner, and d, the notch ring
to which the stretchers e are fastened in the usual manner by wire being passed
through holes therein and lying in a groove of the ring.
The runner and the notch ring are in one, and the barrel portion of the runner
is sufficiently deep or long to permit of the barrelled portion e¹ of a cap ƒ to
move up and down upon it; in the first case to be pushed up that the cap f may
cover the end of the stretchers and thus hold them in close contact with the stick
when the umbrella is closed or shut, whereby the ribs are kept rigid and the
covering more compact. The cap enclosing the ends of the stretchers and the
notch ring also preserves the fabric of the covering by preventing its contact there-
with.
The cap is limited in its movement up and down by a pin g on the runner
barrel c riding in a slot h of the cap barrel. In some cases this pin and slot may
be entirely dispensed with.
The lower end of the runner c has a ferrule-like projection j by which the
umbrella can be opened when it is pushed up the stick in the usual manner.
In Figures 3 and 4, I have shown the pusher ferrule j in a piece with the cap f,
between the barrel e¹ of which and the runner barrel I fit a spring, that the cap f
may be always inclined to spring upwards to cover the end of the stretchers, but
which is held back, when desired, by drawing down' the ferrule j, and then turning

page_text: it partially round for the pin g to enter the bayonet groove k of the slot h. The
ferrule then forms part of the runner, by the sliding up the stick of which the
umbrella can be opened.
In Figures 5 and 6, I have shown my Invention as applied to a "balanced
umbrella." Here the barrel of the runner c is arranged above the notch ring d
and encircles another barrel l, between which and the barrel of the runner c, the
spring m is fitted, against which the tension of the stretchers is held after they
have passed the horizontal position in which they keep the umbrella open without
spring catches in the stick, the grooves in which weaken it considerably.
The cap and ferrule j are in one in this arrangement, and it is kept from the
stretchers by the bayonet groove, as referred to with reference to Figures 2 and 3.
The modifications of my Invention are numerous, but what I claim is, the appli-
cation of a sliding inverted bell-shaped cap for covering the notch ring and the
ends of the stretchers when the umbrella is closed, either moved by hand or auto-
matically by means of a spring or springs, in the manner and for the purpose
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Johann Carl Martin Steib, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Tenth day of January, One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-eight.
JOHANN CARL MARTIN STEIB. (L.S.)