Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 25th May, 1889
We ADOLPH NOA, and EMANUEL NOA, of the firm of Noa Gebrüder, of 54 B
Kochstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, Merchants, do hereby declare the
nature of our invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide umbrellas with means whereby the wet
dropping from the same, after having been exposed to the rain, can be caught and
collected, on placing the same in a room, so as to prevent the wet from running onto
the floor.
Our invention consists principally in providing the lower extremities of the
umbrella with a supplementary or umbrella-shaped receptacle, which when the
umbrella is closed, opens, and when open is out of sight.
This, our invention, may be carried out in various ways.
The stick of an ordinary umbrella is formed longitudinally with a small hole, and
its lower extremities provided with a tube of suitable length, in which is arranged to
slide up and down, a cross-head through which the said rod passes.
To the lower extremities of the said rod a ferule is attached and a suitable distance
above the same, a collar to receive a number of ribs, which by means of a corresponding
number of rods are connected to the aforesaid cross-head, which ribs are covered in a
manner similar to those of an umbrella, thus constituting the supplementary umbrella,
which is opened by moving the said rod down, and closed by moving it up, the
supplementary umbrella, on closing, folding itself and disappearing in the said tube,
in a manner reverse to the ordinary umbrella, the said ferule fitting against the
said tube.
Instead of folding the supplementary umbrella as described, it may be arranged to
fold in the same manner as an ordinary umbrella by employing on the said longi-
tudinal rod a narrow tube sliding on the same the lower end of which is formed

page_text: with a cross head to which the rib rods are connected, or by forming a narrow tube
around the said longitudinal rod on the collar of the umbrella itself and hinging
the ribs of the supplementary umbrella to a collar formed on the lower end of the
said narrow tube and tieing the lower ends of the same together by means of an
india-rubber ring.
The aforesaid ferule, in this case, is made longer to admit of the supplementary
umbrella folding therein.

page_text: Improvements in Umbrellas.
We ADOLPH NOA and EMANUEL NOA of the firm of Noa Gebrüder of 54JB
Kochstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, Merchants, do hereby declare the
nature of our invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be.
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
"The object of our invention is to provide umbrellas with means whereby the wet
dropping from the same, after having been exposed to the rain, can be caught and
collected, on placing the same in a room, so as to prevent the wet from running onto
the floor.
Our invention consists principally in providing the lower extremity of the umbrella
with a supplementary or umbrella shaped receptacle which when the umbrella is closed,
opens, and when open is out of sight.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused to
be appended hereunto 1 sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference indicating
like parts in the various figures & showing the invention carried out in four various
forms.
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 11, are partly vertical sections & partly vertical
side elevations & Fig. 5 is a plan of Fig. 4.
In each form of carrying out our invention, the umbrella stick A is formed centrally
with a small hole D, in which is made easily adjustable the rod a, formed at its top
with a button-headed stud m, see Fig. 4 and held in position by a suitable spring,
provided with a supplementary or umbrella shaped receptacle, employed near the tip
of the stick below the usual umbrella & which in the first form consists of a collar h,
secured to the rod a & having attached ribs g, furnished at 7 with a corresponding
number of stay rods f, hinged to the cross head c, which by means of studs d is arranged
to slide in slots formed in a tube b secured to the tip of the umbrella stick. When
drawing back the rod a the lower extremity of which is furnished with a ferule k and
the ribs 9 of which are covered with suitable material, the supplementary umbrella
closes & enters the tube 6 the ferule k fitting onto the end of the latter, see Fig. 4.
Fig. 1 shows the supplementary umbrella opened out & on the same being drawn
in it assumes the position shown in Figs. 2 & 5 & afterwards that shown in
Fig. 3, where the frame g, f is reversed & folded together, the collar h bearing
against the cross head c, after which it takes up its final position as already described
and shown in Fig. 4.
The second form of carrying out our invention differs from the one described,
inasmuch, that the frame f, g of the supplementary umbrella is closed without reversing
its frame f. g, which is effected by employing the rod a capable of sliding in a tube r
fitted to the cross-head c.
This tube extends through the hole D to near the handle of the umbrella and is
operated in the same manner as the rod a.

page_text: If the supplementary umbrella is open, see Fig. 6 and desired to be closed, it is
drawn together in the same manner as an ordinary umbrella by drawing the tube r
inwards, which when in position, see Fig. 7, takes the rod a with it, and causes the
disappearance of the supplementary umbrella in the tube b, the end of which is also
closed by a ferule k.
In the third form of carrying out our invention the cross-head c, tubes r and b
are dispensed with, c is substituted by the collar E of the ordinary umbrella 6 &
also by the tubet &r by the tube 1, which latter is secured to the collar E. The
lower extremity of the tube rl is furnished with a collar h¹, to which are hinged the
ribs, the lower ends of which are under the influence of an india rubber rings,
see Fig. 9, which causes & retains the supplementary umbrella open, as soon as it has
left the tube t & permits its closing on drawing the rod a back simultaneously when
closing the ordinary umbrella, & of the tube t being drawn over the same.
The fourth form of our invention differs from the foregoing-only in as much,
that the india rubber ring is substituted by springs to which bear against each
rib g & are fixed to the collar h¹. It is advisable to form the ribs g" of thin
piping v, & to let the continuation of the spring w pass through the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
In umbrellas :-
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1) The application of a water receptacle forming a supplementary small umbrella,
employed near the tip of the ordinary umbrella & consisting of the rod a arranged to
slide in the umbrella stick A & provided with the collar h, to which are attached
ribs g connected to stays f, hinged to the cross head c the said rod a on being drawn
out opening the supplementary umbrella & on being drawn in causes the stays fto
fold against the ribs 9 & then enter the tube b & the latter to be closed by the ferule k
as set forth & with reference to figs. 1 to 5.
g
2) The addition of the sliding tuber for the purpose of effecting the folding
of the supplementary umbrella independently of the drawing in of the same, as
set forth & with reference to Figs. 6 & 7.
3) The substitution of the ribs g, by the ribs g₁ which reach above the collar
& that of the stays f, by the india rubber ring s, & the ferule k by the tube t, for
the purpose of hiding the water receptacle in the tube t & automatic opening after
having left the same, as set forth with reference to Figs. 8 & 9.
4) The substitution of the ribs g¹ in connection with the india rubber rings, by
the ribs g formed with springs w and piping v, as set forth and with reference to
Figs. 10 & 11.