Improvements in Rib-holding Rings for Umbrellas and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rib-holding Rings for Umbrellas and the like.
I, CHARLES BROMHALL, of 8 Stevenson Square, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Umbrella Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improvement in the present form of ring, made
usually of rubber or metal employed for keeping the projecting ribs or "tips" of
an umbrella or parasol close against the stick. This ring may be made of metal,
ivory, celluloid, rubber or other suitable material, but the substance I prefer to
use is wire, and its peculiarity is that it is formed of a series of beads, preferably
circular, joined together. This beaded ring will not so readily be worked over the
ribs as the smooth rings previously used because the beads will engage with the
beaded ends or tips of the ribs.
If desired instead of the whole ring being beaded, the exterior face may be
smooth, and the interior portion coming in contact with the ribs be beaded only.
The spaces between the beads in the interior part of the ring may be filed away
to form grooves to receive the tips.
As an alternative any desired number of grooves may be formed in the interior
face of the ring adapted to receive the tips.
Dated this 13th day of June 1894.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rib-holding Rings for Umbrellas and the like.
1, CHARLES BROMHALL, of 8 Stevenson Square, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Umbrella Manufacturer, 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 relates to an improvement in the present form of ring, made
usually of rubber or metal, employed for keeping the projecting ends or "tips"
of the ribs of an umbrella or parasol close against the stick. This ring may be
made of metal, ivory, celluloid, rubber or other suitable material, but the substance
I prefer to use is wire, and its peculiarity is that it is formed of a series of beads,
preferably circular, joined together. This beaded ring will not so readily be
worked over the ribs as the smooth rings previously used because the beads will
engage with the beaded ends or tips of the ribs.
If desired instead of the whole ring being beaded, the exterior face may be
smooth, and the interior portion coming in contact with the ribs be beaded only.
The spaces between the beads in the interior part of the ring may be filed away
to form grooves to receive the tips.
As an alternative any desired number of grooves may be formed in the interior
face of the ring adapted to receive the tips.
The accompanying drawings show various constructions of these rings, and will
be referred to separately.
Figure 1 shows a ring or hoop of beaded wire, the beads of which when placed
upon the tips of the ribs of the umbrella engage with the beads upon the rib ends
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page_text: and thus takes a firmer hold the ring being therefore less likely to work off than if
it were smooth. In this case the beads project upon both the inside and the outside
of the ring, but in Figure 2, the outside of the ring is shown smooth, the beads
projecting upon the inside only.
In Figure 3 the ring is not made of beaded wire, but of a plain wire with
portions A of its inner periphery removed leaving the beads or projections B to
engage with the beads upon the tips of the ribs.
Figure 4 is similar to 'Figure 1 except that the ring is in two halves 'pivotted
together at C, and open at D, so that it may be closed up after it is inserted upon
the stick of the umbrella, and a rivet, screw, ring or equivalent placed through
the holes D'. With the forms shown in Figures 1, and 3 the ring may be placed
in its proper position upon the stick before the frame of the umbrella is fastened
upon the stick or, if the handle be merely screwed to the stick as is frequently
the case, the rings shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 may be applied by the user by
unscrewing the handle from, and placing the ring on the stick and then replacing
the handle. The ring shown in Figure 4 can be applied at any time after the
umbrella is finished without necessitating the detachment of the handle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. A beaded umbrella ring substantially as described.
2. A beaded umbrella ring substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 1
of the accompanying drawings.
3. A beaded umbrella ring substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 2
of the accompanying drawings.
4. A beaded umbrella ring substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 3
of the accompanying drawings.
5. A beaded umbrella ring substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 4
of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of October 1894.
CHARLES BROMHALL.
'W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.