Improvements in Fittings for Umbrella and Sun Shade Sticks.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 15th July, 1889-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fittings for Umbrella and Sun Shade Sticks.
I JOHN TAYLOR of 147 Praed Street Paddington in the County of Middlesex
Watch Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A Spring Push Peice inserted in the Stick to hold the Umbrella or Sun Shade in
position when either open or closed.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fittings for Umbrella and Sun Shade Sticks.
I, JOHN TAYLOR of 147 Praed Street Paddington London in the County of Middlesex
Watch Maker 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 :-
A Tube of any required length size or shape with a closed end fitted with a loose or
fixed spiral spring with a Push Peice to work up and down inside the said Tube the
said Push Peice to have a slot or cut so that a Pin can be fixed through the Tube and
through the slot or cut in Push Peice to admit of an up and down movement so that
it will fit when inserted in the Sticks of Umbrellas Parasols & Sunshades, a hole cut
in the Runners used for Umbrella Parasol & Sunshade Sticks the said hole in runner
to be cut to the size or shape required to admit the Push Peice through to the
required heighth or length so as to fix the Umbrella Parasol or Sunshade up when
open and keep it in position when closed. The Tube, spiral spring and Push Peice as
complete to be made in any required shape in metals, minerals, wood or other suitable
material to fit any size stick, as used in the manufacture of Umbrellas Parasols or
Sunshades, the said Push peice as completed to be inserted in the sticks of Umbrellas
Parasols and Sunshades also the said runners for the said sticks to have holes cut in
them to the required size and shape to fit the said complete Push Peice also the said
Push Peice in principal to be used for the tips or ends of Umbrella Parasol or
Sunshade Sticks.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
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Fig. 1 is an enlarged elevation of my improved appliance. Fig. 2 is a sectional
elevation. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing another form of cylinder. Fig. 4 is a
partial view of an umbrella, showing the runner engaged or secured in the "open
position, and Fig. 5 is a similar view with the runner secured in the "closed"
position.
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a is a small cylinder which is inserted into the side of the stick, as shown by dotted
lines in Figs. 4. and 5. The cylinder a is sometimes formed with a flange a¹, as
shown in Fig. 3. b is the push peice or bolt, which is chamfered in the direction
in which the runner approaches it as shown. The push peice or bolt is reduced in
diameter at c. (Fig. 2) to accommodate the coiled spring d. e is a slot cut through
the push peice, f is a pin, secured to the cylinder and passing through the slot in the
push peice to recede into the cylinder, and to prevent the push peice falling out of the
cylinder, when pressed outwards by the spring d. g is the runner, which has in it a
hole or transverse slot, into which the push peice projects after being pressed inwards
by the runner.

page_text: The runner is released from the push peice by pressure applied to the latter by
the thumb or finger.
One cylinder and push piece is fitted in the stick of the umbrella or parasol at
the "open" position, and an other near the handle at the closed position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim as novel and original is
The spiral spring and Push Peice in connection with the Runners before mentioned
as and for the purposes herein described.