Improvements in the Joints of Umbrella and Parasol Framings.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application. 11th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th Aug.. 1895-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Joints of Umbrella and Parasol Framings.
We, WILLIAM HOLLAND the younger, Managing Director of Cox Brothers
and Holland Limited, of Greet, near the City of Birmingham, and JAMES
WILLIAM WOODCOCK, of Deepcar near Sheffield, Tool Maker, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
:
This invention relates to the joints or fork joints of umbrellas and parasols, for
connecting the stretchers to the ribs, and has for its object, a compact joint formed
by contracting the length of the forks and bringing the pivot or joint pin close up
to the rib.
In making a joint according to my invention, I form both the rib and stretcher
from trough or paragon sectioned wire, with the rib reinforced at the joint part by
a short length of hardened and tempered steel wire inserted or laid within the
trough, the metal at the middle part of the walls of which is partially enclosed
around it, whilst closed around and circumferentially embracing this gathered-in
part is a git or middle bit, with thickened or block terminal ends, which come
together upon the inner presented side of the rib, and form a bearing block, through
a cross hole in which, the joint or pivot pin (which may come right up to the inner
edge or side of the rib) passes.
By producing a compact joint in the way described, close folding of the paragon
members one over the other is effected.
Dated this 10th day of December 1894.
Improvements in the Joints of Umbrella and Parasol Framings.
We, WILLIAM HOLLAND the younger, Managing Director of Cox Brothers
and Holland Limited, of Greet, near the City of Birmingham, and JAMES
WILLIAM WOODCOCK of Deepcar, near Sheffield, Tool Maker, 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 the joints or fork joints of umbrellas and parasols, for
connecting the stretchers to the ribs, and has for its object, a compact joint formed
by contracting the length of the forks and bringing the pivot or joint pin close up
to the rib.
In making a joint according to our invention we form both the rib and stretcher
from trough sectioned wire, with the rib reinforced at the joint part by a short
length of hardened and tempered steel wire inserted or laid within the trough the
metal at the middle part of the walls of which is partially enclosed around it, whilst
closed around and circumferentially embracing this gathered-in part is a git or
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page_text: middle bit, with thickened or block. terminal ends, which come together upon the
inner presented side of the rib, and form a bearing block, through a cross hole in
which, the joint or pivot pin (which may come right up to the inner edge or side
of the rib) passes.
By producing a compact joint in the way described, close folding of the paragon
members one over the other is effected.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a side elevation of such a joint,
upon an enlarged scale.
Figure 2 is an underside plan of the same, shewing the opposed block ends of
the git coming together, with the internal support in the form of a reinforcing wire
lying within the trough of the paragon rib.
:
Figure 3 represents a longitudinal vertical section of the said joint and rib.
Figure 4 represents a cross section upon the dotted lines - Figure 1.
Figure 5 is an edge view and a plan of the blank from which the git is made,
separately.
Figure 6 represents an underside plan of the reinforced part of the rib at which
the joint comes, separately....
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Figure 7 is a side elevation of the same part of the rib and Figure 8 is a cross
section of the same upon the dotted line x-x Figure 7.
a is the paragon rib, having a hardened and tempered steel reinforcing wire b,
laid within the trough a', of the same at the joint part, with the walls a³, of the
outer edge turned or gathered over the said internal support or reinforcing wire
at a³, so as to enclose or affix the same in position and leave a strong reduced
part a', around which the git or middle bit blank c, having pierced block ends c³,
for receiving a pivot pin, is gathered and closed, thereby forming a compact, strong
and efficient joint which admits of the close folding of the rib and stretcher members
one over the other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
:-
First. In the joints of umbrella and parasol framings, providing the troughed
member, at part where the middle bit is to come, with an internal support or
reinforcing wire, kept in its assigned position by closing the surrounding walls of
the member upon it, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly. A joint part for umbrella and parasol framings made by a reinforcing
wire enclosed within the trough, and surrounded by a gathered-in part, of the walls
of a framing member, which said reinforced part is surrounded by a block-ended
and closed git or middle bit, substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 24th day of August 1895.
WILLIAM HOLLAND, JUNIOR,
JAMES WILLIAM WOODCOCK,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.