Improvements in Ferrules for Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, and for like purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 6th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 1st Oct., 1892
Improvements in Ferrules for Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, and for
like purposes.
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We, ALFRED CECIL WRIGHT, and JAMES LESLIE WRIGHT, trading as
Wright & Harrington, of 260 Bradford Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
follows:-
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This invention relates to the manner in which we construct metal ferrules for
attaching to the ends of walking sticks, umbrella handles, and for like purposes,
whereby we dispense with the operation of soldering or brazing for connecting the
iron or steel point to the brass or other metal body of the ferrule.
In carrying our invention into effect, we construct our ferrules with a brass or
other metal body or case, and close the end with a harder metal point in the form
of a case or cap preferably of iron or steel.
We form the main body of the ferrule as a case having a conical tube with or
without a closed end; while the larger end we leave open for passing on to the
stick.
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Over the small end of this inner body or case, we place a cap or cover of iron,
steel or other hard metal, formed out of sheet metal, into a cup or cover. This cup
or end cover when placed on the ferrule body projects beyond the surface of the
inner case; but we expand this inner case out to suit the outer surface of the cap
by means of a punch or mandril, forced into the combined case and cap; the case
and cup we place in a die or former, arranged upon a press or other ordinary
machine, for giving pressure to a plug, punch or other tool.
By thus expanding the inner case, we make a rigid attachment of the cap or cup
to the body or case without the aid of soldering or other similar operation for this
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The cap we sometimes form out of tinned metal plate to prevent oxidation, and
for improving the surface when polished for purposes of display in shop windows,
or when required to be kept in stock or stored in positions likely to be affected by
a humid temperature.
We sometimes form the cap or cover with an internal bead or band by forcing
over or closing in the upper end of the cap case, in order that a rim or shoulder
may be produced for the inner case or body to be closed under, and thus to be more
effectually connected one portion with the other. The inner case we expand or
force out by means of punches and dies or other ordinary tools arranged in the
ordinary manner in presses or machines for exerting pressure.
When providing for very large ferrules or for sticks requiring greater thickness
or strength of point than the ordinary umbrella stick, we construct our improved
ferrules with the cap closed over or formed out of double thickness of sheet plate,
or with a solid disc which we force into the end of the case.
We construct the body of our improved ferrules out of any suitable metal and in
any well known manner at present employed for producing the cases wherein solid
ends or points are now employed.
Dated this 5th day of November 1891.

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ferrules for Umbrellas, Walking Sticks, and for
like purposes.
We, ALFRED CECIL WRIGHT, and James LESLIE WRIGHT, trading as
Wright and Harrington, of 260 Bradford Street, in the City of Birmingham,
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 :-
This invention relates to the manner in which we construct metal ferrules for
attaching to the ends of walking sticks, umbrella handles, and for like purposes,
whereby we dispense with the operation of soldering or brazing for connecting the
iron or steel point to the brass or other metal body of the ferrule.
In carrying our invention into effect, we construct our ferrules with a brass or
other metal body or case, and close the end with a harder metal point in the form
of a case or cap preferably of iron or steel.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings,
Figure 1 is an elevation of the metal base blank.
Figure 2 a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of the base cup formed from the blank.
Figure 4 is an elevation of the ferrule case.
Figure 5 is an elevation of the ferrule case connected to the base cup the latter
being in section.
Figure 6 is an elevation of the finished or completed ferrule and base.
We form the main body of the ferrule as a case having a conical tube A Figure 4
with or without a closed end; while the larger end we leave open for passing on to
the stick. Over the small end of this inner body or case A, we place a cap or
cover B of iron, steel or other hard metal, formed out of sheet metal shown in
Figure 1 and Figure 2, into a cup or cover shown in Figure 3. This cup or end
cover B when placed on the ferrule body A projects beyond the surface of the
inner case; but we expand this inner case out as shown in Figure 5 to suit the
outer surface of the cap by means of a punch or mandril, forced into the combined
case and cup; the case and cup we place in a die or former, arranged upon a
press or other ordinary machine, for giving pressure to a plug, punch or other
tool.
By thus expanding the inner case we make a rigid attachment of the cap or cup
to the body or case without the aid of soldering or other similar operation for this
purpose producing a combined ferrule and cap as shown in Figure 6.
The cap we sometimes form out of tinned metal plate to prevent oxidation, and
for improving the surface when polished for purposes of display in shop windows,
or when required to be kept in stock or stored in positions likely to be affected by
a humid temperature.
We sometimes form the cap or cover with an internal bead or band by forcing
over or closing in the upper end of the cap case, in order that a rim or shoulder
may be produced for the inner case or body to be closed under, and thus to be more
effectually connected one portion with the other. The inner case we expand or
force out by means of punches and dies or other ordinary tools, arranged in the
ordinary manner in presses or machines for exerting pressure.
When providing for very large ferrules, or for sticks requiring greater thickness
or strength of point than the ordinary umbrella stick, we sometimes construct our
improved ferrules with the cap formed out of double thickness of sheet plate, and
thus obtain the additional thickness of metal at the wearing point.
We construct the body of our improved ferrules out of any suitable metal and in
any well known manner at present employed for producing the cases wherein solid
ends or points are now employed.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
ion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. The construction of metal ferrules having an inner case or tube connected to
or forced into or upon a separate lower cap or cup cover, substantially as and
for the purposes herein before described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The combination of a metal tube or case with a lower cap or cup to form a
ferrule when compressed or forced one on to or into another substantially as and for
the purposes herein before described.
3. The construction of ferrule caps or points in the form of cups produced from
flat discs or sheet metal, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 5th day of August 1892.
MARKS & CLERK,
5, Furnival's Inn, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicants.