Improvements in or connected with Umbrella and Parasol Sticks and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 17th .ept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Umbrella and Parasol Sticks
and the like.
I, JAMES STEDSTONE GOULDSMITH, of Newcastle Place, Clerkenwell, in the
County of London, Walking and Umbrella Stick Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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My invention refers to the sticks of umbrellas, parasols, and the like, whereby
lightness combined with strength and good appearance, is obtained.
According to my invention I make the stick of wood, and preferably of that
kind known as pimento wood, although of course other woods may be used. The
stick is of rectangular section the four surfaces being grooved or inwardly curved
to say within four or five inches of the lower or ferrule end, where it is rounded as
usual, but is made in a piece with the stick proper and not connected thereto by
screw or joint.
The handle portion is connected to the stick proper by an invisible joint whereby
I am able to dispense with a tip cap.
Sticks made of wood as before described, can have their size varied according to
fancy, and can therefore be fitted with handles of sizes in accordance with, and
suitable for, the size of stick employed.
With sticks constructed according to my invention, I employ square or concave
runners corresponding in shape with the section of the stick, as well as the usual
Furniture employed for making up the umbrellas, parasols or such like articles.
Dated this 18th day of November 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Umbrella and Parasol Sticks
and the like.
1, JAMES STEDSTONE GOULDSMITII of Newcastle Place, Clerkenwell, in the
County of London, Walking and Umbrella Stick 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 :-
My invention refers to the sticks of umbrellas, parasols, and the like, whereby
lightness combined with strength and good appearance is obtained.
According to my invention I make the stick of wood, of rectangular or poly-
gonal section, the surfaces being grooved or inwardly curved to near the ferrule
end where it is rounded as usual, the latter being in one piece with the stick proper
and the handle portion is fixed to the stick by a suitable joint.
With sticks according to my invention 1 employ runners corresponding in shape,
with the section of the stick as well as the usual furniture employed for making
up the umbrellas, parasols, or such like articles.
My invention will be clearly understood by the reference in this Specification to
the accompanying drawings, on which similar letters indicate like parts in the
several figures.
Figure 1 is an elevation shewing a stick formed according to my invention and
shewn without the fittings; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the upper part of the same
stick drawn to a larger scale than the previous figure and shewing the runner

page_text: thereon, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line X Y of Fig. 2, but drawn
to a still larger scale than the latter figure in order to clearly shew the runner:
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the runner detached.
Fig. 5 shews in elevation a portion of the upper part of the umbrella with the
cover removed and the, ribs folded to the stick.
Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional elevation shewing the construction and fitting
of the ferrule end of the umbrella.
Figs. 7, 8, and 9' shew examples of other inwardly curved sections of sticks
according to my said invention these being drawn to a large scale in order to clearly
shew same.
Fig. 10 is an elevation of such an umbrella when finished.
Referring to Fig. 1, A. is the stick proper which I form of wood and preferably
of that kind known as "Pimento" wood, although of course other woods may be
used.
The part marked A is of rectangular or polygonal section the sides being
somewhat hollowed out or inwardly curved as shown in Figures 7, 8 and 9, to say
within four or five inches of the lower or ferrule end, where it is rounded as usual
at the part marked A', this being formed in a piece with the stick proper and not
connected thereto by screw or joint. A is the handle portion of any suitable kind
connected to the stick A. by such an ordinary joint as will not be readily noticeable
and by this novel construction I am enabled to combine strength of the stick with
lightness and the capability of receiving ribs into the curved spaces and thus
folding the umbrella into a very small compass, whereby I am able to dispense with
a tip cap. B.Fig. 4 is the runner I employ for a stick A of the section shewn
at Figs. 1 to 9 this being adapted to suit the shape of the stick and fitting closely
thereto.
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To the runner B are secured the, inner ends of the stretchers C, Figs. 3 and 4,
by a ring of wire B' in the usual manner; B2 is a slot in the runner B into., which
the spring catches A³ on the stick take: A is a stop stud to limit the motion of
the runner.
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When folded the stretchers C and ribs D lie within the inwardly curved surfaces
of the stick A. so that when the umbrella has eight ribs, two will lie in every
curved surface of a rectangular stick as is shewn at Fig. 5: the ribs D may be
slightly flattened where they pass over the projecting parts of the runner B.
Fig. 7 is an enlarged section of the stick A, Fig. 1 and shews on one inwardly
curved surface the position which the ribs D and stretchers C occupy when closed,
lying two in a recessed surface when the umbrella has eight ribs, but when ten are
employed may form the stick A with more than four inwardly curved surfaces
on each rib and its stretcher may lie in a separate recess as shewn at Fig. 8, which
is suitable for eight ribs, or as at Fig. 9 which is suitable for a ten ribbed umbrella.
E, Fig. 6, is the notch piece which I form with a sleeve part E' fitting the
rounded end A¹ of the stick A and over the sleeve part. E' is slidden..the.. outer
case Fon which the ferrule G is mounted and also the notch piece. or open
cap H, the whole being secured by pins passing through the part A of the stick.
Sticks formed of wood as before described can be varied in size according to fancy,
.and can therefore be fitted with handles of sizes in accordance with, and suitable
for the size of stick employed, and such construction may be applied. with equal
advantages to parasols and the like articles in a manner similar, to, that herein-
before described with reference to umbrellas, applicable also to, what are known as
"Burlington sticks.
By my invention I am enabled to manufacture umbrellas,which combine cheapness,
strength, and lightness with an elegant appearance the cover and the ribs occupying.
an exceedingly,small bulk.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inyeu-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare, that I am aware
it is not new to form umbrella, parasol, or the like sticks. with grooves to receive

page_text: the ribs neither is it new to make them of metal of a cross form in section.
therefore lay no claim broadly to fluting a stick nor to the placing of the ribs in
the flutes, but what I claim is :-
1. An umbrella or parasol stick formed of wood, square or polygonal in cross
section and solid having the respective faces inwardly curved longitudinally the said
inwardly curved surfaces extending, from the notch piece to the handle, in combina-
tion with a rounded ferrule end formed in one piece with the said stick, and a
handle fixed or attached to the said stick by a suitable joint substantially as set
forth.
2. The improved umbrella having a wooden stick with four or a greater number
of inwardly curved surfaces extending from the notch piece to the handle for the
reception of the ribs and stretchers the said improved umbrella being constructed
substantially as, and for the purposes described.
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1711 A 1000
J. S. GOULDSMITH,
By Brewer & Son.