An Appliance for Rolling-up and Fastening Umbrellas and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 8th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 30th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Rolling-up and Fastening Umbrellas and the like.
I, FREDERICK HUTCHINS, of Marie Villa, Peckham Road, London, S.E.,
Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of an appliance, which I preferably make of a strip of flat
spring steel wound flat on a mandril to form a spiral of one or more turns, for
facilitating the rolling-up of umbrellas and parasols, and for keeping them fastened
when rolled-up.
In the usual method of rolling-up an umbrella, it is clasped in one hand and
turned with the other, and is then usually fastened with a baud on which there are a
button and eye; instead of this method I use my spiral spring to clasp the
umbrella, thus keeping its folds in position, the spring being held in one hand, whilst
the umbrella is turned as usual with the other; and, when the spring has been
drawn to the usual position of the band and button or other fastening, it is left
there, thus dispensing with the said band or other fastening; when the umbrella is
required for use, the spring is slid up to the handle and left there or else is removed
altogether.
I do not confine myself to the use of a spiral of flat steel, but may use any
suitable form of expanding ring which will exert the required pressure on the
umbrella. I may also make my appliance in two or more pieces, hinged or otherwise
fastened together to facilitate removal from the umbrella, parasol, or the like.
Dated this Ninth day of September 1891.
FREDERICK HUTCHINS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Rolling-up and Fastening Umbrellas and the like.
I, FREDERICK HUTCHINS, of Marie Villa, Peckham Road, Camberwell, London,
Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention ard in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to provide an appliance for facilitating the rolling
up of umbrellas and parasols, on which the said appliance is left as a fastening to
keep the article rolled up until required for use.
The form in which I prefer to make my appliance is shown in Fig. 1; it consists
of a spiral of flat steel of about one and a half turns and of a suitable diameter;
this strip
cover with silk or other similar material of a smooth character, partly
for the sake of appearance and partly to prevent the steel damaging the material of
umbrella. ornament the appliance and to give a better hold for the fingers
when being used, I fasten a snake's head or other ornament on one end by sewing
or by means of screws or rivets or by other methods.
The way my invention is applied is as follows:-The spring is held in one hand
and slipped over the ferrule and up the umbrella, whilst the latter is rotated in the
usual way with the other hand, the umbrella being thus neatly rolled-up; when the
spring has reached the usual position of the ordinary band and button or other
fastening, it is left there, as shown in Fig. 2, the said band or other fastening being
thus dispensed with. When the umbrella is required to be opened for use, the
spring is slipped up to the handle; the umbrella can then be opened and the spring
remains loose on the handle or else the end on which there is no head or other
ornament is slipped under one of the wire catches usually provided for keeping the
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umbrella open or closed, or else the spring may be removed altogether, which
may be done by slipping it over the handle if the latter is not too large, in which
case the flexibility of the spring allows of its being easily twisted off.
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 :-
An appliance consisting of a spiral spring, substantially as herein before described,
for facilitating the rolling-up of umbrellas and parasols, being also a fastening in
place of those usually employed which are permanently attached to the umbrella or
parasol.
Bach law of March 1900