IMPROVEMENTS IN WALKING, UMBRELLA, AND OTHER LIKE STICKS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Cohen, of 18, Bury Street, London, Stick
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WALKING,
UMBRELLA, AND OTHER LIKE STICKS."
Scaled the 25th November 1862, and dated the 28th May 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Cohen at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
May 1862.
I, CHARLES COHEN, of 18, Bury Street, London, Stick Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
WALKING, UMBRELLA, AND OTHER LIKE STICKS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the mode of making and securing the handle of
canes or sticks of all descriptions. The same is split down the middle about
six to twelve inches, and a wedge-shaped piece of wood, ivory, or 'other like
material is inserted of the shape and form desired; the two halves of the cane
are then bent round and glued or cemented to the handle, and follow the
shape of the same.
The handle has thus a flexibility and strength which prevents, its breaking
on letting it fall or receiving a sudden blow, as the shock is distributed in the
cane.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Cohen in the Great Seal Patent Office, on
the 28th November 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
COHEN, of 18, Bury Street, London, Stick Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Charles Cohen, Her special licence that I, the said Charles
Cohen, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Charles Cohen, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WALKING, UMBRELLA, AND OTHER LIKE STICKS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Charles Cohen, my executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Cohen, do hereby declare
the nature of the' said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
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This Invention' consists in the mode of making and securing the handle of
canes or sticks, of all descriptions. The cane is split down the middle about
six to twelve inches, and a wedged-shape piece of wood, ivory, or other like
material is inserted of the shape and form desired, the two halves of the cane
are then bent round and glued or cemented to the handle, and follow the shape
of the same.
The handle has thus a flexibility and strength which prevents its breaking
on letting it fall or receiving a sudden blow, as the shock is distributed in the
cane.

page_text: And that the Invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe
the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed, and forming part of this Specifi-
cation. In each of the following Figs. the same letters of reference indicate
like parts.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of part of an ordinary umbrella stick, shewn
full size, to which my Invention is applied; it is constructed as follows:-
Before stripping and cleaning the cane C, it is split down about twelve inches,
and the two split sides B, B', are thinned a little, especially towards the
extremities, a wedged-shape piece of wood, ivory, or other suitable material A
is then prepared and shaped to any suitable and convenient form, as shewn in
the Drawing; this piece A is then glued between the two split sides B, B', the
cane being bent round the corners by applying heat by gas flame in the usual
manner, the two sides are then pressed firmly against A until the glue is
thoroughly dry, the end D is then cleaned off, and a piece of ivory or wood
applied to make a neat finish. The stick when cleaned and polished is
completed. A few ivory pegs E, E, to take the strain off the glue is
advisable.
Figs. 2 and 3 represents front elevations of two other sticks of a more
ornamental character with my Invention applied thereto.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Cohen, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Witness,
JOSEPH WILLCOCK,
Patent Agent,
89, Chancery Lane.
London.
(L.S.) CHARLES COHEN.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Cohen, of 18, Bury Street, London, Stick
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WALKING,
UMBRELLA, AND OTHER LIKE STICKS."
Sealed the 25th November 1862, and dated the 28th May 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Cohen at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
May 1862.
I, CHARLES COHEN, of 18, Bury Street, London, Stick Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
WALKING, UMBRELLA, AND OTHER LIKE STICKS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the mode of making and securing the handle of
canes or sticks of all descriptions. The same is split down the middle about
six to twelve inches, and a wedge-shaped piece of wood, ivory, or other like
material is inserted of the shape and form desired; the two halves of the cane
are then bent round and glued or cemented to the handle, and follow the
shape of the same.
The handle has thus a flexibility and strength which prevents its breaking
on letting it fall or receiving a sudden blow, as the shock is distributed in the
cane.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Cohen in the Great Seal Patent Office, on
the 28th November 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
COHEN, of 18, Bury Street, London, Stick Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Charles Cohen, Her special licence that I, the said Charles
Cohen, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Charles Cohen, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WALKING, UMBRELLA, AND OTHER LIKE STICKS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Charles Cohen, my executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Cohen, do hereby declare
the nature, of the said 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 consists in the mode of making and securing the handle of
canes or sticks of all descriptions. The cane is split down the middle about
six to twelve inches, and a wedged-shape piece of wood, ivory, or other like
material is inserted of the shape and form desired, the two halves of the cane
are then bent round and glued or cemented to the handle, and follow the shape
of the same.
The handle has thus a flexibility and strength which prevents its breaking
on letting it fall or receiving a sudden blow, as the shock is distributed in the

page_text: And that the Invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe
the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed, and forming part of this Specifi-
cation. In each of the following Figs. the same letters of reference indicate
like parts.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of part of an ordinary umbrella stick, shewn
full size, to which my Invention is applied; it is constructed as follows:-
Before stripping and cleaning the cane C, it is split down about twelve inches,
and the two split sides B, B', are thinned a little, especially towards the
extremities, a wedged-shape piece of wood, ivory, or other suitable material A
is then prepared and shaped to any suitable and convenient form, as shewn in
the Drawing; this piece A is then glued between the two split sides B, B', the
cane being bent round the corners by applying heat by gas flame in the usual
manner, the two sides are then pressed firmly against A until the glue is
thoroughly dry, the end D is then cleaned off, and a piece of ivory or wood
applied to make a neat finish. The stick when cleaned and polished is
completed. A few ivory pegs E, E, to take the strain off the glue is
advisable.
Figs. 2 and 3 represents front elevations of two other sticks of a more
ornamental character with my Invention applied thereto.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Cohen, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
5 Witness,
JOSEPH WILLCOCK,
Patent Agent,
89, Chancery Lane.
London.
(L.S.) CHARLES COHEN.