Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1886.
Complete Left, 24th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 25th Mar., 1887.
1, PAUL EHRT of Reichsstrasse No. 10, Leipzig in the Empire of Germany Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct an umbrella which may be easily and
commodiously opened and closed from the handle of the stick, and the improvements
consist essentially in the peculiar construction of the cover carriers, and in the various
parts for opening and closing the same.
The
Each rib is formed of a rod, with a stretcher above and a stretcher below.
upper stretchers are either fixed elastically, or hinged, to the ribs. The ribs are hinged
in a sliding crown, by moving which the umbrella is intended to be opened or closed;
while the upper stretchers are hinged to an upper stationary crown fixed to the stick.
The lower stretchers are hinged in a sliding crown in the same manner as usual. The
covering of the umbrella is fastened on the upper stretchers and the outer part of the
ribs. A couple of parallel rods arranged along the stick of the umbrella, connect the
crown carrying the ribs with a sliding ring arranged close to the handle, so that the
crown follows the movement of the sliding ring on the stick, so that, when the sliding
ring is moved towards the handle, the inner ends of the ribs are pulled downwards,
thus causing them to turn about the points, where they are connected with the upper
set of stretchers and so open or spread the frame; and vice versa to fold or close the
frame when the sliding ring is moved backward from the handle. The umbrella is
secured when open by a spring catch holding the sliding ring by catching into a recess
in the same when the slide is in this position. When the umbrella is to be closed, the
spring, by pressing on a knob, is forced back out of the recess and the ribs and frame
collapse by the tension of the cloth. When the umbrella is closed the ribs are secured
as usual round the stick by a hollow ring. A distance ring fixed on the stick serves
to determine the movement of the crown carrying the ribs.
A device may be added, which previous to the opening of the umbrella presses the
ribs outwards from the stick and thus facilitates the opening of the umbrella. This
device consists of a small casing sliding on the stick, between it and the crown carrying
the ribs, this casing is slightly longer than the crown carrying the ribs and is provided
with flanges to prevent the said crown from sliding off. This casing is provided at one

page_text: of its ends with an angular shaped ring forming a sliding cone adapted to meet suitable
projections either on the ribs or upper stretchers (according to the position of the
opening ring) and when the casing is drawn downward, press the same outward. In
this case the pair of actuating rods are attached to the casing, instead of to the crown
carrying the ribs. The two parallel connecting rods may be replaced by a single rod
placed inside the stick and connected to the casing or crown and hand slide by means
of pins moving in slots in the stick.
By moving the hand slide towards the handle, when the frame is closed at first the
abovementioned casing with its cone is drawn against the projections on the ribs or
stretchers, thus pressing the latter outward from the stick, subsequently the rib crown
is met, and carried down either by the cone of by the flange of the casing and the
umbrella frame opened by the latter in the above described manner.
Dated this 1st day of June 1886
PAUL EHRT.
Pp Herbert & Co.,
67, Strand, W.C.,
Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Umbrellas.
I, PAUL EHRT of Reichsstrasse No. 10, Leipzig, in the Empire of Germany,
(Merchant) 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:-
The object of this invention is to construct an umbrella which may be easily and
commodiously opened and closed from the handle of the stick.
As shown by Figs. 1 to 7 of the accompanying drawing, the improvements consist
essentially in the peculiar construction of the cover-carriers kihand in the various
parts for opening and closing the same; in the arrangement of the tube c³ movable on
the stick a in the direction of its axis and provided with a cone c³, on which tube is
situated the sliding ring c¹; and in the arrangement of the rods m outside the
umbrella stick a which rods connect the ring c¹ and therefore the tube c² with the
slide situated at the handle g of the stick. As shown by Figs. 1, 6 and 7, each rib
is formed by a rod i with a stretcher above and a stretcher / below. The upper
stretchers are either fixed elastically or are hinged to the ribs i. The ribs i are hinged
in the sliding ring c¹ by moving which the umbrella is intended to be opened or closed,
while the upper stretchers are hinged to an upper stationary crown or ring d fixed
to the stick a. The lower stretchers are hinged in a sliding crown ne in the same
manner as usual. The covering of the umbrella is fastened on the upper stretchers k
and the outer part of the ribs i. A couple of parallel rods m arranged along the stick
of the umbrella, connect the crown c₁ with the sliding ring arranged close to the
handle g, so that the crown c¹ follows the movement of the sliding ring on the stick a.
When the sliding ring is moved towards the handle g (Fig. 1), the inner ends of
the ribs are pulled downwards thus causing them to turn about the points, where they
are connected with the stretchers and so open or spread the frame and vice versa fold
or close the frame, when the sliding ring fis moved backward from the handle.
The umbrella is secured when open by the tooth z of the spring r, which tooth catches
into a recess in the slide, when the latter is in the position shown in Fig. 1. When
the umbrella is to be closed, the tooth z, by pressing a knob o is forced back out of
the recess, and the ribs and frame collapse by the tension of the cloth. When the
umbrella is closed the ribs are secured as usual round the stick a by the hollow ring t.
A distance ring a fixed on the stick a, serves to determine the movement of the
crown c¹.
The rods m should be lodged either inrecesses in the crowns, as shewn by Fig. 4, or
in recesses of the crown tubes, so that the rods m lie as close as possible to the stick a,
as shown by Fig. 5.-Figs. 2 and 3 show a contrivance, which previous to the opening
of the umbrella presses the ribs outward from the stick a and thus facilitates the
opening of the umbrella.
This device consists of the tube sliding on the stick a between it and the crown
carrying the ribs. This tube is slightly longer than the crown carrying the ribs, and

page_text: is provided with flanges to prevent the said crown from sliding off. This tube is
provided at one of its ends with an angular shaped ring forming a sliding cone adapted
to meet suitable projections either on the ribs or upper stretchers, and when the
casing is drawn downward, press the same outward.-In this case the pair of actuating
rods are attached to the tube c instead of to the crown el carrying the ribs. The two
parallel connecting rods may be replaced by a single rod a placed inside the stick a
and connected to the tube c or crown and hand slide ƒ by means of pins p moving in
slots in the stick.
By moving the hand slide towards the handle g, when the frame is closed, at first
the tube with its conce³ is drawn against the projections u on the ribs or stretchers,
thus pressing the latter outward from the stick a; subsequently the crown c² is met
and carried down either by the cone c³, Fig. 2, or by the flange of the tube c² (Fig. 3)
and the umbrella frame opened by the latter in the above described manner.
The described umbrella frame is connected with the stick a by simply shifting it on
the stick a from the top of the same and by subsequently suitably fastening the upper
crown d and the ring x. Consequently, this umbrella frame has the advantage of being
so adapted as to be brought into trade without the stick.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :
1.) In umbrellas the ribs i connected with the crown c¹ by the displacing of which
on the stick a the umbrella is opened and closed, each rib i being provided with a
fork secured in the crown d and a fork h secured in the crown n substantially as
set forth.
2.) In the umbrella frame mentioned in claim 1), the combination of the tube c
sliding on the umbrella stick a with the crown tube c' displaceable thereon, the said
tube being provided with the cone c³; with the pegs u, arranged on the forks k or on
the ribs i substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3.) In the umbrella frame mentioned in claim 1), the combination of the slide f
with rods m connected to the crown e¹ or to the tube c', substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1887.