IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURE OF UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND SUN SHADES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Julius Emden, of Hamburg, Germany, Umbrella Manu-
facturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND
MANUFACTURE OF UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND SUN SHADES."
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Julius Emden at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th October 1879.
IMPROVE-
JULIUS EMDEN, of Hamburg, Germany, Umbrella Manufacturer.
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURE OF UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND
SUN SHADES."
This Invention consists of improvements in the construction and manufacture
of umbrellas, parasols, and sun shades, and has reference to the runner top notch
and cup.
To carry out my Invention I make a tube of suitable length, to the top end of
which I fix the notch with indentations or receptacles to receive the ends of the
stretchers; at the other end of the tube is an annular ring, and on the outside of
the same I fix a tip cup for the purpose of receiving the tips or ends of the ribs
of the umbrella, parasol, or sunshade.
It will thus be seen that the runner notch and cup is in one piece and is capable
of sliding up and down freely, and that on opening the umbrella the cup is slightly
pulled back to release the tips of the ribs, and then by pushing the tube the
umbrella easily opened and as easily shut; no lower spring, feather, or clip is
required; the umbrella is raised or lowered by simply moving the runner without
the trouble of pressing a spring.
The notch is connected or joined to the tube by which it is made into a runner
by soldering.
By this combination of cup runner and notch an improved appearance is given
to the umbrella, parasol, and sun shade, and it is easy and simple in its manu-
facture. The length of the tube is so arranged that the stretchers and ribs of the
ordinary length can be used.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Julius Emden in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th April
1880.
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JULIUS EMDEN, of Hamburg, Germany, Umbrella Manufacturer. IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURE OF UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND
SUN SHADES."
This Invention consists of improvements in the construction and manufacture
of umbrellas, parasols, and sun shades, and has reference to the runner top notch
and cup or bowl.
To carry out my Invention I make a tube of suitable length, to the top end of
which I fix the notch with indentations or receptacles to receive the ends of the
stretchers; at the other end of the tube is an annular ring, and on the outside of
the same I fix a tip cup for the purpose of receiving the tips or ends of the ribs of
the umbrella, parasol, or sunshade.
It will thus be seen that the runner notch and cup is in once piece and is capable
of sliding up and down freely, and that on opening the umbrella the cup is slightly
pulled back to release the tips of the ribs, and then by pushing the tube the
umbrella is easily open and as easily shut.
The notch is connected or joined to the tube by which it is made into a runner
by _soldering.
By this combination of cup or bowl runner and notch an improved appearance
is given to the umbrella, parasol, and sunshade, and it is easy and simple in its
manufacture.
The length of the tube is so arranged that the stretchers and ribs of the ordinary
length can be used.
And in order that this my said Invention may be understood I will now proceed
to describe the same by reference to the annexed Drawings, wherein similar letters
of reference indicate similar parts in all the Figures.
Figures 1 and 2 represent my Invention in vertical elevation and in plan.
Figures 3 and 4 are longitudinal transverse sections.
Figures 5 and 6 are similar sections to those shewn in Figures 3 and 4, but
shewing an alternative arrangement.
Figure 7 shews my Invention in action.
The slide is formed of a long tube a, of any 'suitable length, carrying on its
extremity (higher than the notch or nut b where it joins the ribs) the runner a,
which latter is of the ordinary section or form given to such parts. We adjust
freely the bowl or cup g by the direct introduction of a ferrule c. It is this point
that distinguishes the second arrangement shewn from the first arrangement. In
the first case the ferrule c is brought into action by setting it on the tube a; it is
this that determines the position of the bands d, d, employed to limit the course of
the runner a. In the second arrangement the bands are formed out of the tube or
runner a itself. The bowl or cup g is passed on to the ferrule c or on to the
runner a before the formation of the bands d, d, which are formed afterwards.
The tube a is formed of the necessary length for the bowl g; in practice we
make a vertical notch to receive the spring from the upper part of the handle when
the umbrella is opened. The action of my Invention is very simple; for opening
the parasol it is simply to lower the bowl or cup g. The parasol is opened either
by pushing back the bowl or cup g or by accompanying the runner a with the
hand, as shewn in Figure 7.
Having thus described the nature and object of my said Invention, I declare that
what I claim and desire to be secured to me by the hereinbefore in part recited

page_text: Letters Patent is, the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of the
runner top notch and cup together forming my improvements in umbrellas, parasols
and sun shades, substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn on the
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Julius Emden, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Seventeenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One 1880.
JULIUS EMDEN. (L.S.)