Improvements in or applicable to Umbrella and Parasol Frames.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th July, 1894-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1894
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Umbrella and Parasol Frames.
I LEVI MELLOR of 4 Belvoir Avenue Levenshulme in the County of
Lancaster, Blacksmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention is applicable to the frames of umbrellas and parasols, and the
object of the invention is to afford a simple and ready means for depressing the
spring which holds the "runner so that the latter can be released to open
the umbrella or parasol without passing the hand inside the ends of the ribs as
usually done, and the same is also applicable for depressing the spring near the..
"notch plate" to which the ribs are jointed at or near the top of the stick. or stem,
so as to allow of the closing of the same.
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For the purposes of my invention I make the tube of the "runner" rather
longer than usual and I provide, this clougated part with two longitudinal slots
corresponding with the two springs on the stick or stem so that the spring instead
of projecting below the end of the runner tube as usual will project through one or
other of these slots and hold the frame in the opened or closed position as the case
may be.
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Outside this tube I arrange a second tube so as to slide telescopically thereon
and this second tube is provided also with slots corresponding with those of the
runner" tube, each slot in the former being provided with an inclined shield or
guard so formed and arranged that when the outer tube is caused to slide longi-
tudinally on the "runner" tube one or other of these inclined shields will press its
corresponding spring inwards so as to release the "runner" tube and allow it to be
moved on the stick or stem to open or close the frame.
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The outer tube is of such a length that its end will project beyond the ends of
the ribs when closed so that it can be easily reached and caused to slide
longitudinally..so0
BO as to depress the spring and release the " runner without
passing, the band inside the ends of the ribs. In closing the frame also the sliding
tube can be reached and actuated without raising the hand nearly so high as the
top spring.
The two tubes are connected together by a pin and slot or otherwise, in such a
manner that the outer one can move to a limited extent in a longitudinal direction,
but cannot turn upon the inner one.
Dated this 31st day of October 1893.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Umbrella and Parasol Frames.
I LEVI MELLOR of 4 Belvoir Avenue Levenshulme in the County of
Lancaster, Blacksmith, 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 is applicable to the frames of umbrellas and parasols, and the
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object of the invention is to afford. a simple and ready means for depressing
the spring which holds the " runner so that the latter can be released to open the
umbrella or parasol without passing the hand inside the ends of the ribs as is
usually done, and the same is also applicable for depressing the spring near the
"notch-plate" to which the ribs are jointed at or near the top of the stick or stem,
so as to allow of the closing of the same.
The nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to
the sheet of drawings hereunto aunexed and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. is a front viow and Fig. 2 a side view of the upper part of the stick of an
umbrella showing the runner and slide in the position which they occupy when the
umbrella is open; and
Figs. 1 and 2 are similar views of the handle end of the stick with the
runner and slide in the position which they would occupy when the umbrella is
closed.
Fig. 2B is a sectional plan taken on the line A-B.
Figs. 3, 34, 3, and 4, 4 are similar views of a slight modification horeinafter
more particularly referred to.
a is the stick and the runner.
For the purposes of my invention I make the
tube or slide of the runner rather longer than usual, and I provide this elongated
part with two longitudinal slots e corresponding in position with the two springs d d'
on the stick or stem.a so that the spring d'instead of projecting below the edge of
the runner tube c'as usual, will project through one or other of these slots and hold
the frame in the opened or closed position as the case may be.
Outside the runner tube c I arrange a second tube e so as to slide telescopically
thereon and this second tube e is provided also with slots f corresponding with
those of the runner tube, each slot being provided with an inclined shield or
guard so formed and arranged that when the outer tube e is caused to slide
longitudinally on the runner tube c, one or other of these inclined shields will press
its corresponding spring d or d' inwards, so as to release the runner tube c and allow
it to be moved on the stick or stem. a to open or close the frame. The tube e is
also provided with a third slot f¹ (see Figs. 2 and 24), in which works a stud f"
fixed in the runner tube c, so that the slide e can move a sufficient distance to first
compress the spring d or d without moving the runner; the stud g then arrives at
the end of the slot and the slide moves the runner c with it and opens or closes
the frame.
The slot fi and stud f" also serve the purpose of preventing one tube from
turning upon the other so that the shields or guards gare always in a position to
act on the springs d'and d¹.
The outer tube e is of such a length that its end will project beyond the ends of
the ribs when closed (see Fig. 2) so that it can be easily reached' and caused to
slide longitudinally so as to depress the spring and release the runner without
passing the hand inside the ends of the ribs. In closing the frame also the sliding
tube e can be reached and actuated without raising the hand nearly so high as the
top spring.
Figs. 3, 34, 3, 4 and 4* illustrate a slight modification wherein the top and
bottom springs d and d' are both on the same side of the stick or stem a In this
case the slide e is only provided with one inclined shield or guard g' which is made
with a double incline, as shown, so that it can act upon either spring.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination with the runner tube of the umbrella or parasol frame of an
elongated tube sliding telescopically thereon and provided with slots, having
inclined shields or guards for depressing the springs, the two tubes being connected

page_text: together by a pin and slot or otherwise in such a manner that the outer one can
move to a limited extent in a longitudinal direction to depress the spring before it
moves the runner tube to open or close the frame, substantially as hercinbefore
described, and 'illustrated by the drawings;annexed,
Dated this 27th day of July 1894.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.