Improvements in Walking Sticks and Umbrella Sticks.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Walking Sticks and Umbrella Sticks.
We CARL KREISSIG, of Grüna, near Chemnitz, Saxony, Manufacturer, and
BRUNO ROMER, of Siegmar, Saxony, Germany, Pressed Horn Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
A stick according to the present invention is composed of a number of separate
tubular pieces, which may be of waste buffalo horn or hard wood, each formed at
the top with a central recess, that is to say, hollowed out after the manner of a
hollow sphere, and turned to half round form at the bottom, these pieces being
strung on a steel tube in such a manner that all the pieces can move freely.
By this construction each joint forms a hinge and the stick is consequently very
flexible and supple, while it will always retain its shape and will not wear away so
readily as other sticks.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a complete stick according to this invention.
Fig. 2 illustrates a single joint and
Fig. 3 shews the steel tube with some of the pieces of horn or wood placed
thereon and also the spring hereinafter referred to.
Each of the horn or wood pieces a is formed at the upper end with a recess a¹
and at the lower end is turned to the form of an arc of a circle such as a³, so that
cach piece when placed on the steel tube can move freely in the preceding
or next following oue. By this means breakage of the stick is rendered
impossible. The steel tube & terminates at its lower end in a spring c which is
fixed to the steel tube band is connected at its lower end with the ferrule-screw d,
Fig. 3. This spring c has for object to expand when the stick is bent to a
considerable extent (in which case the steel tube is shortened) so that the joints
do not jam. Furthermore the spring c forms between the ferrule-screw d and the
pieces a or the steel tube b, an elastic connection, so that a hard knock on the
ferrule 9 will not be transmitted to the several joints and to the handle, because
the ferrule is screwed on to the lower screw d only to an extent such that the steel
spring c, when the stick is bent, shall be able to expand to a certain extent,
and when the stick strikes against any object, can contract. The strong screw
thread at the upper end of the stick serves to enable any sort of handle to be
screwed on.
Dated this 20th day of July 1892.
CARL KREISSIG,
By L. W., per F. B.
BRUNO RÖMER,
By L. W., per F. B.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Walking Sticks and Umbrella Sticks.
We, CARL KREISSIG, of Grüna, near Chemnitz, Saxony, Manufacturer, and
BRUNO RÖMER, of Siegmar, Saxony, Germany, Pressed Horn Manufacturer, 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 :-
A stick according to this invention is composed of a number of separate tubular
pieces, which may be made of waste buffalo horn or hard wood, each formed at

page_text: the top with a central recess, that is to say, bollowed out after the manner of a
hollow sphere, and turned to semi-spherical form at the bottom, these pieces being
strung on a steel tube in such a manner that all the pieces can move freely.
By this construction each joint forms a hinge and the stick is consequently very
flexible and supple, while it will always retain its shape and will withstand wear
and tear more readily than other sticks as heretofore constructed.
Referring to the drawings filed with our Provisional Specification,
Fig. 1. is a side elevation of a complete stick according to this invention.
Fig. 2 illustrates a single joint, and
Fig. 3 shows the steel tube with some of the pieces of horn or wood placed
thereon and also a spring hereinafter referred to.
.
Each of the horn or wood pieces a is formed at the upper end with a concave
recess a¹ and at the lower end is turned to the form of an arc of a circle such as a²
or convex so that cach piece when placed on the steel tube b can move freely in
the preceding or next following one. By this means breakage of the stick is
rendered impossible. The steel tube terminates at its lower end in a spring c
which is fixed at its upper end to the steel tube and is connected at its lower
end with the ferrule screw d, Fig. 3. This spring c is designed to expand when
the stick is bent to considerable extent, (in which case the steel tube b is shortened),
and thereby prevent the jointed or articulated pieces becoming jammed. Further-
more the spring forms between the ferrule-screw d and the pieces a or the steel
tube, an elastic connection, so that a hard blow on the ferrule will not be
transmitted to the several jointed pieces and to the handle, the ferrule being
screwed onto the lower screw d only to an extent such that the steel spring, when
the stick is bent, will be able to expand to a certain extent, and when the stick
strikes against any object, can rebound. The strong screw thread at the upper
end of the stick serves to enable any suitable form of handle to be screwed
thereon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
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1. A walking stick or umbrella stick composed of a number of separate short
tubular pieces of material such as waste buffalo horn or hard wood slipped or
strung upon a flexible rod band formed with spherical surfaces a¹ a² that engage
one with the other substantially as described.
2. In a stick of the kind specified in the preceding claim, the arrangement of
the spring between the ferrule and the flexible rod for the purpose of
permitting the flexible rod to yield substantially as described.
Dated this 24th day of January 1893.
C. KREISSIG,
By L. W., per F. B.
B. RÖMER,
By L. W., per L. W.