Improvements in and relating to Tents.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 20th May. 1893-Accepted, 1st July; 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Tents.
I, FRANÇOIS JOSEPH PICOT, of 81 Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Mechanician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to tents.
In order that the particulars of my system and the advantages which result from
its application may be properly understood I will describe my said invention with
reference to the accompanying drawing.
Figures and 2 represent front and side views of the framework of a tent.
Figure 3 represents a front and side view of the connection of the inclined rods
with the upper rod and the mode of fitting an inclined rod into its upright.
Figure 4 represents the mode of uniting two segments of the upper rod.
Figure 5 shows an exterior view of the fitting of an upright upon the picket
provided with ribs.
Figure 6 shows a front view of a weighted lever placed in the diametrical plane.
Figure 7 represents the arrangement for bracing the uprights.
Figure 8 represents the canvas hanging down and folded over so as to form a
pocket which may receive heavy materials for pulling the canvas and stretching it.
Figure 9 represents a perspective view of a general arrangement of a tent
provided with its canvas.
Figure 10 shows a perspective view of the whole of the frame-work.
Figure 11 shows in detail a modification of the mode of fixing.
Figure 12 shows in detail a modification of the mode of fixing the extremity of
the lever.
Figure 13 represents the general arrangement of a tent with a central pole,
provided with its canvas.
In these various figures similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts.
In principle the frame-work of this improved tent is made of uprights a which
are hollow at their extremities for fitting the inclined rods and the rods c of the
ribbed pickets d.
These pickets, the ribs of which have for their object to increase the fixity in
the ground, receive the vertical downward pressure which the levers e provided
with weights transmit to the collars g. For each upright the lever placed in the
diagonal plane augments the stability of this upright and is especially opposed to
its being turned over into the diagonal plane.
As shown in Figure 3, the inclined rods and the upper rod / can, owing to
the articulations iij be folded up into a very portable bundle.
The upper rod is constructed in segments, Figure 4 connected by means of
their screw-threaded ends k and and a pin m.
Figure 6 represents to a larger scale the arrangement of the lever e from which
is suspended a sack f charged with heavy materials at disposal such as stones
earth or the like.
Figures 5 and 7 represent to a larger scale the mode of fixing the uprights in the
ground, with the arrangement of the collar n enabling the ties o and the bracing
wires p to be secured.
For stretching the canvas the lower part of the same is folded so as to form a
kind of pocket Z in which heavy materials are placed, the canvas will thus be
stretched without pickets Figure 8.

page_text: Of course the tent may be made of any desired length for this purpose it is
sufficient to join one end of the aforesaid segments of the upper rod to the other and
to support the same from distance to distance.
The lever may be arranged at any point of the upright upon which it acts.
When the lower part of the canvas of the tent is to be raised for cleaning and
ventilating purposes the levers constitute supports of great usefulness.
As will be more particularly seen from Figure 11, the pile or picket 7 driven
into the ground is passed through a sleeve. In this sleeve are diametrically
opposite openings designed to serve for the passage of pickets in case the
central picket should encounter a stone or any obstacle preventing it from entering
the ground.
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The sleeve carries one or more links s receiving the cord t on the tension ring.
The lever u is articulated upon the sleeve rat and its point of application is
about one centimetre from ².
a
The extremity of this lever is held in its lower or pressing position either by
hook Figures 9, 10 and 13, or by a weight 2, Figure 11, or by a sack containing
sand or earth or stones and the like, or by a pile u³ passed obliquely into the eye
provided at the extremity of the lever u, Figure 12, so as to effect the adherence to
the ground.
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It is evident that by driving the piles and ³ obliquely into the ground I obtain
a resistance which is added to the power of the lever.
As the traction of the levers takes place in the direction of the diagonals of the
plane of the tent, whatever side may be attacked by the wind, the resistance will
always be the same.
+
Each lever u may extend from any upright of the tent to the following upright.
In this case the sleeve is placed between two uprights of a tent having a
rectangular base, and the lever carries at its extremity a vertical eye with which
the upright of the tent engages.
The cord may extend from the top of the tent and form a cross, or from any
point of its height, Figures 10 and 11.
This cord may or may not be provided with a stretcher v, Figure 10.
The parts and ¹, articulated each to one of the uprights, are connected with
each other by a sleeve y, so as to obtain greater rigidity, as shown more particularly
in Figure 10.
It is understood that I may apply the above-described mode of fixing to tents of
any kind.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Tents.
1, FRANÇOIS JOSEPH PICOT, of 81 Boulevard Voltaire, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Mechanician, 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 relates to tents.
In order that the particulars of my system and the advantages which result
from its application may be properly understood I will describe my said invention
with reference to the drawings left with my Provisional Specification in which,
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Figures and 2 represent front and side views of the frame-work of a tent 5
constructed according to my invention.
Figure 3 represents a front and side view of the connection of the inclined rods
with the upper rod and the mode of fitting an inclined rod into its upright.

page_text: igure 4 represents the mode of uniting two segments of the upper rod.
Figure 5 shows an exterior view of the fitting of an upright upon the picket
provided with ribs.
Figure 6 shows a front view of a weighted lever placed in the diametrical plane..
Figure 7 represents the arrangement for bracing the uprights.
Figure 8 represents the canvas hanging down and folded over so as to form a
pocket which may receive heavy materials for pulling the canvas and stretching it.
Figure 9 represents a general arrangement in perspective of a tent provided with
its canvas.
Figure 10 shows a perspective view of the whole of the frame-work.
Figure 11 shows in detail a modification of the mode of fixing.
Figure 12 shows in detail a modification of the mode of fixing the extremity of
the lever.
Figure 13 represents the general arrangement of a tent with a central pole
provided with its canvas.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawings.
. The frame-work of this improved tent comprises uprights a which are hollow
at their upper extremities for receiving the bent rods and also at their lower
extremities for receiving the rods c of the ribbed pickets d.
C
These pickets, the ribs of which have for their object to increase the rigidity in
the ground, receive the vertical downward pressure which the levers e provided
with weights transmit to the collars g. Each upright is provided with a lever e
arranged diagonally which increases the stability of this upright and opposes any
tendency of the latter to turn over into the diagonal plane.
As shown in Figure 3, the inclined rods and the upper rod can, owing to
the articulation iij, be folded up into a very small compass and is thus very
portable.
The upper rod is made in segments, Figure 4, connected by means of their
screw-threaded ends k and I and a pin m.
Figure 6 represents to a larger scale the arrangement of the lever e from which
is suspended a sack f charged with any heavy materials at disposal, such as stones,
earth or the like.
Figures 5 and 7 represent to a larger scale the mode of fixing the uprights in
the ground, with the arrangement of the collar n enabling the ties o and the bracing
wires to be secured.
P
For stretching the canvas the lower part of the same is folded so as to form a
kind of pocket in which heavy materials are placed, the canvas will thus be
stretched without pickets, Figure 8.
The tent may if desired be made of any desired length for this purpose it is
sufficient to join one end of the aforesaid segments of the upper rod to the other
end and to support the same from distance to distance.
The lever may be arranged at any point of the upright upon which it acts.
When the lower part of the canvas of the tent is to be raised for cleaning and
ventilating purposes, the levers constitute supports of great usefulness.
As will be more particularly seen from Figure 11, the pile or picket driven
into the ground is passed through a sleeve r. In this sleeve are diametrically
opposite openings designed to serve for the passage of pickets in case the
central picket should encounter a stone or any obstacle preventing it from entering
the ground.
The sleeve carries one or more links s for receiving the cord t on the tension
ring.
The lever u is articulated upon the sleeve at r² and its point of application is
about one centimetre from r².
The extremity of this lever u is held in its lower or pressing position either by
a hook u', Figures 9, 10 and 13, or by a weight Figure 11, or by a sack
containing sand or earth or stones and the like, or by a pile u³ passed obliquely into

page_text: an eye provided at the extremity of the lever u, Figure 12, so as to secure the same
to the ground.
It is evident that by driving the piles 7 and 3 obliquely into the ground I obtain
a resistance which is added to the power of the lever.
As the traction of the levers takes place in the direction of the diagonals of
the plane of the tent, whatever side may be attacked by the wind, the resistance
will always be the same.
Each lever u may extend from any upright of the tent to the following upright.
In this case the sleeve is placed between two uprights of a tent having a
rectangular base, and the lever carries at its extremity a vertical eye with which
the upright of the tent engages.
The cord may extend from the top of the tent and form a cross, or from any point
of its height, Figures 10 and 11.
This cord may or may not be provided with a stretcher » Figure 10.
The parts and r¹ articulate each to one of the uprights, are connected with
cach other by a sleeve y so as to obtain greater rigidity, as shown more particularly
in Figure 10.
It is understood that I may apply the above-described mode of fixing to tents of
any kind.
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 is :-
:-
First. In the improved system of mounting tents the combination of ribbed
piles d uprights a with levers e having weights f, as herein described and
represented in the drawings.
Second. In the improved system of mounting tents, the arrangements of pockets
receiving heavy materials for the tension of the cloth, as herein described and
represented in the drawings.
Third. In the improved system of mounting tents the arrangement of piles or
pickets planted in the ground and passing through sockets provided with
openings for the passage of piles g as herein described and represented in the
drawings.
Fourth. In the improved system of mounting tents the combination of sockets r
with levers u held down either by weights u² or by hooks u', or by piles u³
driven obliquely into the ground, as herein described and represented in the
drawings.
Dated this 20th day of Mar 1902
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.