Improvements in Umbrellas and Parasols.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 29th Jan., 1892-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1892
. PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrellas and Parasols.
I, JOHN SIMPSON, of Stocksbridge, in the County of York, Foreman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to an improved method of connecting the stretcher to the
rib so as to obtain a frame which will fold up into as small a compass as possible
without injury to the rib in the formation of the joint.
The trough which forms the rib is opened out for a short distance on one or both
sides to form a wider place for the reception of the git. The git is formed out of a
strip of iron or steel which is wrapped round the outside of the trough its ends
being bent over and inserted into it. When the joint is pressed up the end portions
of the strip forming the git rest against the inner faces of the sides of the trough
at the places where the latter has been widened the space between the ends of the
git being now about the same as the width of the trough. The middle portion of
the hinge piece at the end of the stretcher is received in this space so that the pin
can be placed much nearer to the rib than is usual.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1891.
JOHN SIMPSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Umbrellas and Parasols.
I, JOHN SIMPSON, of Stocksbridge, in the County of York, Foreman, 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 an improved method of connecting the stretcher to the
rib so as to obtain a frame which will fold up into as small a compass as possible
without injury to the rib in the formation of the joint.
The trough which forms the rib is opened out for a short distance on one or both
sides to form a wider place for the reception of the git. The git is formed out of a
strip of iron or steel which is wrapped round the outside of the trough its ends
being bent over and inserted into it. When the joint is pressed up the end portions
of the strip forming the git rest against the inner faces of the sides of the trough
at the places where the latter has been widened the space between the ends of the
git being now about the same as the width of the trough. The middle portion of
the hinge piece at the end of the stretcher is received in this space so that the pin
can be placed much nearer to the rib than is usual.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a plan of the rib having the middle of the portion shewn opened out
as above described.
Figure 2 is a plan of the strip of metal from which the git is formed.
Figure 3 is a plan of the rib with the git in it.
Figure 4 is a side elevation and Figure 5 a transverse section of the same.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of the completed rib and stretcher and
Figure 7 is a transverse section of the same.
In these figures A is the rib, B the git, C the piu forming the hinge, D the hinge
piece and E the stretcher.
Price Rd 1

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A trough rib opened out for a short distance on one or both sides to form a
wider place for the reception of the git substantially as described.
2. The combination of a rib such as is referred to in the preceding claim with a
git formed of a strip of metal bent round the outside of the trough and with its
ends bent over and inserted into the trough substantially as described.
3. The method of connecting the stretcher to the rib substantially as described
and shewn in the drawings.
T
1000
JOHN SIMPSON.