US144876A

US144876A - Improvement in umbrellas

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Publication number: US144876A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1873-11-25
Anticipated expiration: 1890-11-25

Description

C. B. SPENCER. Umbrellas.

Patented Nov. 25, i873.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES B. SPENCER, OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA., ASSIGNOR. OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO MARCUS MARX, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLAS.

Specification forming part ofLettcrs Patent No. 144,576, dated November 25, 1873; application filed April 29, 1673.

To Il whom `it may concern:

Be it known that I, GiLiRLEs 13. SPENCER, of Hastings, in the county of Dakota and State ot' Minnesota, have invented certain Improvementsin Umbrellas and Sunshades, ot' which the following is a speeitication:

lhe firstpart of myinvention relates to the combination ot' an adjustable sliding and folding umbrella or sunshade, the umbrella o1' sunshade to be folded up, so that it can be put in a valise or coat-pocket when traveling, and to be attached to the cane when in use. lhe second partl of my invention relates to the combination of sectional screw-ring fastening', by which the umbrella or sunshade is attached to the cane.

Figure l is a side elevation ot' an umbrella when spread, embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view ot' the umbrella when detached from the cane C and folded up to put in a valise or pocket. Fig. Bis the same halt' folded up. Fig. @L is a View ot' the sliding and Jfolding arms and brace-arm, all ot' which may be made ot' square or half-round steel or tempered brass. Fig. 5 is a quarter sectional view ot' the screw-ring fastening that holds the cane iu place when the same is attached tothe umbrella. Fig. is an end view of the screw-ring fastening in i'our sections, which, itl preferred, may be made in two sections. Fig. 7 is the screw-ring having thread on the inside to iit the screw on each section, which, when turned with thumb and iin ger, compresses each section against the cane and holds the same in place. Fig. 8 is an end view of screw-rin g, showing thread on 9 is a view of the thumbpiece. Fig. 10 is an end of the block which slides up and down on the arm, to which the brace-arm is attached. Fig. l1 is au end view of the band that holds the sliding arms in place. Figs. l2 and 13 are, respectively, end

and side views of the block Iin which the folding arms swing and are prevented from swinging sidewise, and forms a stop.

A A in Fig. 5 represent two sections of the upper and lower fastening', made and shaped like tapered screws, and cutl in two or i'our sections, which gripe the cane Gr by turning' ring lf3, and holds the same in place. fI/"is the spring by which each member A is attached to the member 0, and having on the inside iine teeth, by which the cane O is held iirmly in place. g in Fig. 9 is a thumb-piece attached to the lower fastening-member O, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3. ll in Fig. 4 is the upper sliding arm, the upper end ol which is iliade to t slot lil, as shown in Fig. (i, and the lower end passes through block L, to which. the brace-arm l) is attached. One end of bracearm l) is fitted to slot E, (shown on Fig. (5,) and is attac-hed to the upper end of the lower fastening with wire running round the same in slot D, as shown in Fig. 5. m is the band that holds the sliding arms together. I is the center sliding arm, to which the folding' arm 7.: is attached by a block, which is prepared with slot in lower end for arm to rest in, as shown in Figs. l2 and 13.

I make no claim to the cane C, or the mode by which the upper end ot' the arm II or the lower end ot' the brnce-armF is attached with wire to the fasteni'ngs; but

I claim as my inventionrlhe combination ot adjustable fastening-sections A, screw-ring B, springs f, thumb-piece g, sliding arms H and I, folding arms 7u, and block N, substantially as and for the )nirpose herein set forth.

CHARLES P. SPEYCEF.

Yi'itnesses:

G. S. WINsLow. G. F. GREENE.