Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 18th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 20th Dec., 1887
We HENRY FRANCIS, of Cambridge Villa, Castle Road, Newport, Isle of Wight,
Gentleman, and ALFRED EDWARD CAREY of No. 170, North Street, Brighton Sussex,
Civil Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The object is to provide a tent pole which whilst it possessed the necessary rigidity
and strength can be easily elongated or shortened so that the fabric of the tent may
be maintained at the required tension during climatic variations without necessity for
going outside the tent to slacken or tighten the guy ropes and tent lines. A second
object is to provide convenient and strong hangers, or hooks on the improved pole.
For these purposes we construct tent poles in two pieces and connect such pieces
by means of male and female screw appliances arranged to be actuated by a hand
wheel or lever.
Under one modification, one end of each portion of the pole is made hollow, usually
of metal and threaded wholly, or in part internally, one end having a right and the
other a left handed thread. Into these parts a connecting piece having left and right
handed threads is screwed.-On the said connecting piece there is a hand wheel or
lever. On screwing in one direction the coupling is effected and in screwing in the
other direction the parts are disengaged.
The connecting piece has hooks, or projections for the hanging of Accoutrements
and garments, and the like and is not only novel, but of great convenience.
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J. T. KING,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We HENRY FRANCIS of Cambridge Villa Castle Road Newport Isle of Wight
Gentleman and ALFRED EDWARD CAREY of No. 170 North Street Brighton, Sussex,
Civil Engineer 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 is to provide a tent pole which whilst it possesses the necessary rigidity
and strength can be easily elongated or shortened so that the fabric of the tent may
be maintained at the required tension during climatic variations without necessity for
going outside the tent to slacken or tighten the guy ropes and tent lines. A second
object is to provide convenient and strong hangers or hooks on the improved pole.
For these purposes we construct tent poles in two pieces and connect such pieces
by means of male and female screw appliances arranged to be actuated by a band
wheel or lever.
Under one modification one end of each portion of the pole is made hollow usually
of metal and threaded wholly or in part internally one end having a right and the
other a left handed thread. Into these parts a connecting piece having left and right
handed threads is screwed. On the said connecting piece there is a hand wheel or
lovers.
On screwing in one direction the coupling is effected, and on screwing in the
opposite direction the parts are disengaged.
The connecting piece has hooks or projections for the hanging of accoutrements
and garments and the like and is not only novel but of great convenience.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a tent supported by a pole under our invention. Fig. 2 is
a transverse section of the pole and fig. 3 a vertical section of part of the pole.
a. a¹ are upper and lower portions of a pole of wood or metal. b¹ are hollow
metal caps secured to the adjacent ends of the pieces a. a'.
The said caps are made one with a right handed and the other with a left handed
internal thread. c is a connecting piece made with ends d. d¹ screwed to fit into the
caps b. b.
E. are curved metal lugs formed with or secured to the connecting
piece, c. these lugs are so shaped and are of such size and strength that they serve
both as hooks for carrying accoutrements garments and the like and as levers for
actuating the connecting piece. f tent.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of a modified construction of pole in which the portions a a¹
have screwed metal ends bb¹ which fit into a screwed hollow connecting piece c.
9, hand wheel by which the centre piece is actuated. h, hooks.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is.
First. Compound tent poles constructed substantially as described for the purposes
set forth.
Second. Tent poles having two portions a a' provided with screwed caps or ends 6 b¹
and coupled by a connecting piece c. substantially in the manner and for the purposes
set forth.
Third. The combination with the connecting piece c. of compound tent poles with
hooks and actuating appliances substantially in the manner and for the purposes set
forth.