Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 17th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 19th July, 1887.
I, EDWIN BOWYER GAZE, of 14 Phillip Lane in the City of London Merchant do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention refers to improvements in the construction of umbrellas and parasols
so as to render the operation of covering the same, of extreme simplicity, and my
present invention is for further improvements upon the invention for which Letters
Patent were granted to me dated 20th June 1885 No. 7553.
In the Specification of my patent aforesaid I have at page 2 line 27 described, and
in the drawings accompanying the said specification I have shewn at Figure 6 a view
of the clip which I then used to fit on to the taper end or tip of rib, it is to these clips
that my present invention relates. According to my invention I make the clip before
referred to of the shape or form of a cap and preferably in shape to correspond with
that of the end of the rib over which the said cap is placed. The silk or other material
of which the umbrella or parasol is composed, is secured to the cap aforesaid. The
cap itself may or may not be provided with a tip.
Caps of the kind described are particularly applicable for use with the improvements
referred to in the Specification of my patent aforesaid, or they may be used separately
and distinct therefrom, that is to say they may be used in combination with the screwed
notch piece and cap and the attachments for holding the cover to the ribs as described
in the said Specification, or the said caps may be used alone.
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11 11 Santambor 1886

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Construction of Umbrellas and Parasols.
I, EDWIN BOWYER GAZE of 14 Phillip Lane in the City of London Merchant 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:
My invention refers to improvements in the construction of umbrellas and parasols
so as to render the operation of covering and re-covering the same, one of extreme
simplicity, and my present invention is for further improvements upon the invention
for which Letters Patent were granted to me the 20th June 1885 No. 7553.
In the Specification of my patent aforesaid I have at page 2 line 27 described, and
in the drawings accompanying the said Specification I have shewn at Figure 6, a view
of the clip which I then used to fit onto the taper end or tip of the rib and it
is to this part of the fittings or attachments that my present invention more
particularly relates.
According to my invention in place of the clip before referred to, I make the
attachment of the shape or form of a cap and preferably to correspond with the shape
of the end of the rib over which the said cap is to be passed, the silk or other material
forming the covering of the umbrella or parasol is secured to the aforesaid cap.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will further describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings of which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation
of portions of an umbrella frame shewing the jointing of the rib with the stick and
stretcher and also the end of the rib provided with the cap made according to my
invention; Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical section shewing the means I employ for
securing the covering at its central part; Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the end of
the rib shewing the cap formed or constructed according to my invention applied
thereto; Figures 4 and 5 illustrate the end of the rib and the cap separated;
Figure 6 is a perspective view of the fixing I employ to secure the cover to the
rib between the end or tip and the stick.
A Figure 1 is the stick of the umbrella or parasol, A¹ is one of the ribs, and A²
one of the stretchers. B is the notch piece, B₁ the elongated ferrule formed in a
piece with the aforesaid notch piece; C is the dome cap screwing on the ferrule B¹;
D Figures 1 and 6 is the intermediate clip fastening; E Figures 1, 3 and 5 is
the cap at the end of the rib A¹.
In fixing the cover onto the umbrella frame the stick A is passed through the
central part of the cover, and the dome cap C being screwed down the cover is
firmly fixed and held between the said dome cap and the notch piece B; or in
some cases and as shewn by Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings annexed I introduce
india rubber or other washers B2 and C2 Figure 2 for protecting the material forming
the cover from direct contact with the metal and also ensuring a watertight joint.
The central part of the cover having been secured the metal clips D which have
been previously secured to the cover by sewing or otherwise are pressed over their
respective ribs and that part of the cover intermediate between the notch piece and
the tip of the rib is thus secured. The cap E Figures 1 and 3 and shewn separately

page_text: in section at Figure 5 is formed of a shape to correspond with the form or shape
of the rib onto the end of which it is to be passed; in the figures before mentioned
the cap E is formed with a hollow or socket E¹ to receive the somewhat conical end
of the rib A¹ Figure 4; the cap is also shewn as being made in a piece with the
usual tip E' but the said cap may or may not be formed or provided with this tip all
as found most convenient; neither is it absolutely necessary that the end of the rib as
at Figure 4 should be made conical as the socket E¹ of the cap E could be made to
suit other shapes of ribs as desired. The caps E are each provided with a hole or
holes E3 through which they are sewn onto the cover or otherwise connected and are
then slipped over the ends of the ribs, when the fixing of the cover is complete.
Such caps E are particularly applicable for use with the combination of fittings
hereinbefore described or with any part of such combination, or they may be used
separately and distinct therefrom.
The covers are made of different sizes to correspond with the different sizes of the
frames, the sizes being marked on the frames and covers, whereby a cover can be
purchased separately from a frame to suit the umbrella required to be re-covered and
at any shop or place where such are kept in stock. By these means there is little or
no trouble necessary to re-cover a frame when for example, the old cover is worn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I am aware it has been
heretofore proposed to clip the central part of the cover between the dome and the
notch piece; and that it is not new to secure the cover to the ribs by metal clips ;
neither is it new to secure the ends or points of the cover to the tops of the ribs by
hooks links or eyelets; and it is not new to form an enlargement on the rib to keep
such attachments in their places, I therefore lay no claim to such devices when taken
separately and alone, except as hereafter claimed but what I claim is :
1st. In umbrellas and parasols, the construction and employment of the removable
attachment or cap E passing over or fitting onto the end of each rib, whereby the
cover is secured to the ends of the said ribs in a simple and efficient manner, all
substantially as herein before described.
2nd. In the construction of umbrellas and parasols, the attachment or cap E in
combination with the elongated screwed ferrule B', notch piece B and dome C
substantially as herein set forth.
3rd. In the construction of umbrellas and parasols, the attachment or cap E in
combination with the clip D substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
4th. In the construction of umbrellas and parasols, the attachment or cap E in
combination with the clip D, elongated screwed ferrule B', notch piece B, and dome C
all substantially as herein described and shewn with reference to the accompanying
drawings.