IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Raphael Hunter Brandon of N° 1 rue Laffitte Paris in
the Republic of France Engineer and Patent Agent, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS" a communication to him
from Emile Marie Léon Blaguière of Paris France
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Raphael Hunter Brandon
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd March 1883.
RAPHAEL HUNTER BRANDON, of N° 1 rue Laffitte Paris, in the Republic of
France, Engineer and Patent agent* IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS AND
PARASOLS, a communication to me by Emile, Marie, Leon Blaguière, of Paris,
France,
The object of this invention is to attach the cover on the mount in such a
manner that any person can readily & rapidly detach and replace the same.
For this purpose I make a central hole in the cover which I pass over the stick
and at the circumference I fix as many eyelets as there are ribs in the mount, each
eyelet being passed over the end of each rib and between these two points of
attachment, I fix to the inner face of the cover, as many clips as there are ribs:
I prefer making these clips of a soft non-elastic metal such as thin copper plate
in the shape of a disk or.a square, each of which comes centrally over each rib
round which it is easily fixed by bending its two sides; if requisite I employ more
than one of such clips for attaching the cover to each rib

page_text: SPEĊIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Raphael Hunter Brandon in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th September 1883.
RAPHAEL HUNTER BRANDON of No 1 rue Laffitte, Paris in the Republic of
France, engineer and Patent Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS AND
PARASOLS" a communication to me by Emile Marie Léon Blaguière of Paris,
France
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This invention consists in a combination of devices forming part of the mount
& covering for making umbrellas & parasols of all kinds & all systems, the said
combination enabling any one to readily & rapidly detach and replace the cover,
without any labor and to utilise the same mount for new and varied coverings
according to the use to be made, also according to the requirements, weather, season,
circumstances, the wearing apparel of the person, etc.
This result is obtained by making three important changes in the present make
of umbrellas & parasols, as follows: first a link 7 fig. 1 & 2 of circular or other
appropriate form is attached firmly at each point on the tissu and is passed over
each rib 3, the rib 3 being suitably shaped and swelled out towards its end to retain
the link 7 and allow of its removal; second the cover is attached towards the
middle of each rib 3 by means of one or more flexible metal plates 8 fig: 3 in
which several holes are made, and which are sewn to the covering. The metal
plate S is then bent over around the rib 3 by hand, see fig: 4, and can be removed
also by hand, when taking the covering off the mount; third the top notch is not
nailed onto the stick 1 as hitherto practised, but it is made so as to be removable.
The top notch is composed of a plate 2 secured to the stick 1 & to which are
jointed the ribs 3, one of which only is shown in the drawing, and of a second
plate 4 notched at 5 and slipped over a projecting pin 6 fastened to the stick 1.
The covering is placed between and held in place by the two plates 2 & 4.
the top plate is to be removed, it is turned by hand until the notch 5 corresponds
with the pin 6 and can then be slipped off.
When
It is to be understood that the central hole in the top of the covering is provided
with a circumferential pocket through which a strong thread or string passes for
reducing or widening such hole to suit different sizes of sticks.
Having thus described the nature of this invention, as well as the best means
I am acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, I claim & wish to secure
by Letters Patent, the hereinbefore described arrangement constituted by the
combination of the movable plate 4, flexible metal fastening plates 8, swelling of
the ribs 3 and rings 7; the central hole in the top of the cover -being provided so
as to be widened or reduced to suit the size of the stick 1, substantially as herein
described and shown in the accompanying drawing.
In Witness whereof, I the said Raphael Hunter Brandon have hereunto set
my hand and seal this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord
1883