US478250A - Umbrella-runner - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

.L. B. COUCH. I v UMBRELLA RUNNER.

No. 478,250. Patentd July 5, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT O ICE.

LOUIS BRADFORD COUCH, OF NYAOK, NEW YORK.

UMBRELLA-RUNNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,250, dated July 5, 1892.

Application filed April 18, 1891. Serial No. 389,475- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I,LoUIs BRADFORD CoUcH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nyack, in the county of Ro'ckland and State of 1 New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parasol and Umbrella Runners; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact descriptionof the invenpanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in umbrella-runners; and it consists in certain novel features of construction which will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide an umbrella-runner sleeve with a peculiar holding-hook at its upper and lower ends, which will be presently described, and to place a runner-head upon the sleeve, which is so constructed that the sleeve is allowed a partial revolution, so that the holding-hook at its upper end is made automatic in its action.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a runner which embodies my invention, showing a portion of the umbrella stick upon which it is placed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the runner, showing a modified form of securingthe runner-headin place. Fig. 3 is a detached plan view of the runner-head, showing the slot made in its inner face. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the runner-sleeve, showing the holding-hooks formed by raising the metal. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the upper or lower end of the sleeve, showing the edges of the opening rolled or doubled back for the purpose of strengthening the holding-hooks and slots leading thereto. Fig. 6 is a view of the upper end of the runner-sleeve, showing a modified form of the holding-hook. Fig. 7 is a view of the upper end of the runner-sleeve, showing the runner-head placed above the holding-hook. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the runner-head shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a side elevation showing the ribs extended.

The runner consists of a runner-sleeve A, which is provided with the two annular ridges, flanges, or beads B, which may be formed by securing to the outer side of the sleeve two rings, or by forming the metal out of which the sleeve is made outward, or by projecting portions B, as shown in Fig. 2. IMade in one side of the upper end of the runner-sleeve A is a V-shaped opening 0, which has formed at oneside of the termination of the V a hook D, and below this hook D is formed a small recess F, the purpose of which will be presently explained. Below this hook and inside of it the recess is provided with a substantially' straight edge G, as shown, and the opposite side of this recess is provided with an inwardly-curved edge E, which curves gradually until it joins the lower end of the straight edge G, as shown. By means of this construction it will be seen that the hook overlaps the junction of the curved, edge E and the straight edge G, and also overlaps the small recess F, the object of which will be described hereinafter. I

Placed between the flanges or beads Bis a runner-head H, to which the ribs are connected in the usual or any suitable manner, and this runner-head is provided with a recess I in its under face, as shown in Fig. 1, or with a recess 1, as shown in Fig. 3. In this latter instance the recess is made in the inner face of the runner and may either extend entirely through the thickness of the head or only partially through its thickness, as may be preferred. Extending outward from the sleeve A is a pin or projection J, which enters the said recess and limits the movementof the runner-sleeve in the runner-head, as will be readily understood.

Formed in one side of the lower end of the runner-sleeve is a V-shaped recess K, which has the curved slot L extending from its lower end and terminating in a recess N, as shown, and by means of this recess the runner is locked near the handle end of the umbrellastick in a manner to be described presently.

Extending outward from the u inbrella-stick, near its upper end, is a pin P, of any suitable size, shape, or construction that may be pre ferred, and as the runner is forced upward for the purpose of opening the-umbrella this-pin enters the V-shaped recess 0, made in the upper end of the runner-sleeve A. As the sleeve is forced on the pin is guided by the curved edge E under the hook to thejunction of the edge E and G, and then when the runner is released the tendency of the umbrella to close forces the pin up against the lower side of the hook D, which, being inclined upward, as shown, guides the pin into the recess F under the hook, and the runner is thereby locked against longitudinal movement upon the stick and cannot be dislodged except designedly,

nor can the umbrella be blown wrong side out.

As the pin engaged the curved edge E the runmovement within the head H by the recess I and projection J, the sleeve is always held in the properposition to have the pin upon the umbrella-stick enterthe V-shaped opening 0, and then, owing to the action just described, the hooking of the upper end of the sleeve,

upon the said pin is automatic.

Extending outward fromthe umbrella-stick, 1

near its handle end, is a second pin R, similar to the one at the top of the stick,,and this pin is guided into the V shaped slot K (owing 5 to the limited movement of the runner-sleeve) as the umbrella is lowered, and then the pin is guided to the recess N at the end of the curved recess L by giving the runner-sleeve a partial turn with the fingers.

If desired, the sleeve A will be roughened or milled for a portion of its length or-entirely throughout its length, as desired, in a manner similar to the ornamental and useful milling usually found upon the handles of dental tools, and which will enable the sleeve to be more readily turned by the user.

I do not desire to limit myself to the recess F, formed under the hook D, for this maybe omitted, if desired, and the hook formed as shown in Fig. 6. In this instance the inclined lower edge of the hook is depended upon to hold the pin in place under it; but :in either instance it will be noticed that the curved edge E extends under the lower end of the hook, so that the :pin is guided beneath, as before described.

If desired,therunner-head H can beplaced upon the extreme upper end of the sleeve A,

as shown in Fig. 7, and in this case the runner- I head will be provided with an opening S, as shown in Fig. 8, through which the pin upon the stick will pass to the V-shaped recess and under the hook. I

Instead of cutting a recess in the ends of the sleeve for the purpose of forming hooks, the metal can be raised or forced outward,

as shown in Fig. 4, thus forming shoulders which correspond in shape to the edges of the recess and hooks, and are covered by a hood (1, formed by the metal forced or pressed out to form the socket. the edges of the recess can be doubled or folded for the purpose of strengthening them and the hooks. The sleeve is released from either of the pins upon the stick by giving it As shown in Fig. 5, r

a partial revolution, as will be readily understood.

By means of the above construction it will be seen that I have produced an umbrellarunner which does away with the sawing into the stick for the reception of a spring, which very materially weakens the stick, and which does not have to be turned around until a slot in the sleeve is opposite the spring, and which cannot be blown wrong side out, the whole being simple and cheap to manufacture.

While I have shown and described the runner-head as being loose upon the runnersleeve, I do notidesire to limit myself to that particular construction, so far as the constructing of an automatic hook is concerned. As it is only necessary for the sleeve to rotate about twice the thickness of the pin, this amount of rotation would be allowed by the twisting of the ribs or by making the upper ends of the ribs loose in their connections; so, also, theupper endsof the ribs may be connected to the loose sleeve D',as shown in Fig. 9.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The umbrella-runner consisting of the single sleeve having exterior projections, the single exterior ring H, loosely confined on said sleeve by said projections, means to limit the turning of the sleeve independently of the ring, the curved pin-holding socket opening through the lower end of the sleeve having the pin-recess, and the pin-holdingsocket at the opposite end of the sleeve having a curved edge E on one side terminating at the lower end of straight edge G, and the hook D, projecting from the opposite side of the socket over the meeting-point between edges E and G, for the purpose as set forth.

2. The runner-sleeve, the ring II loosely confined thereon by exterior projections, so that the sleeve has a limited turning movement independentof the ring, the curved pinreceiving socket at one end of the sleeve with a pin-holding recess and the pin-receiving recess at the opposite end of the sleeve tapering inwardly and having the long curved edge Ev on one side terminating with the straight edge G, the hook D, having an inclined outer edge projecting over the junction between edges E and G, and the pin-holding recess F under said hook and above edge G, as set forth.

3. The runner-sleeve carry-ing a loose ring, and the pin-receivingsockets at the ends of the sleeve, having inclined curved edges and pin-holding recesses and covered by exterior hoods formed by pressing out the metal to form the sockets, as set forth and shown.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS BRADFORD COUCH.-

Witnesses:

A. M. Voonrns, FREDERICK PERRY.

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