US927914A - Detachable drip-cup for umbrellas. - Google Patents

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R. WINKELMAN. DETAGHABLE DRIP 0UP FOR UMBRELLAS. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 18, 1908.

Patented'July 13, 1909.

UNITED srArEs r a rnur OFFICE.

RICHARD WIN KELMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DETACHABLE DRIP-CUP FOR UMBRELLAS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD i VINKEL- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadehaliia, in the county of Philadelphia and. State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Detachable Drip-Cup for Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in umbrella attachments adapted to catch and hold the drip from the umbrella when the latter has been closed and inverted.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a drip cup for umbrellas that is simple in construction, eflieient in use and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a drip cup for umbrellas that is neat and sightly in appearance and which in effect has the appearance of being the ordinary end of the umbrella rod.

Other objects of the invention relate to details of construction which will be pointed out hereinafter.

The invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which:

Figure 1, is a top or plan view of the drip cup embodying the invention. Fig. 2, is a view in central section illustrating the drip cup of the invention applied to an umbrella having a metal rod. Fig. 3, is a view in elevation thereof. Fig. 4, is a view in section taken upon the line AB of Fig. 3, but detached from the umbrella. Fig. 5, is a view in section taken upon. the line CD looking upward and Figs. 6 and 7, are fragmentary views in elevation and central section illustrating the drip cup of the invention applied to an umbrella having a wooden rod.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, the drip cup is shown to comprise an elongated tubelike member A, provided at its base with a steel or other tip G, and having at its top a generally flaring or funnel-shaped portion B. Centrally disposed with respect to the member A, and shown as being arranged within the funnel-like portion B, thereof is a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 18, 1908.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 439,218.

short tube section F, the top of which is shown as coming flush with the upper rim of the funnel-like portion B. As clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, this tube section F, is provided with a screw-threaded exterior 1. Located beneath the short tube section F, and shown as being formed integral therewith is a spider shown to comprise a series of blades C, having therebetween water passages J. It has been found convenient in manufacture to arrange the blades C, at an inclination with respect to each other, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4.

In practice the tube section F, together with its complemental spider may be secured within the member A, by brazing or other suitable methods. In order to connect and hold the drip cup of the invention to the tip of the umbrella rod E, it is necessary to remove or cut off the lower part of said umbrella rod including its complemental ferrule so that the said rod will extend beyond the umbrella cover but a short distance. The interior of thistruncated rod E, is then screw-threaded as at N, in order to receive the screw-threaded tube section F, as clearly illustrated in the drawings. By this construction the drip cup may be screwed to the umbrella rod E, in such manner that the flaring funnel-like portion B, thereof will come adjacent to the umbrella cover H, thus presenting to the eye an umbrella attachment that is neat, and attractive and that does not present a detrimental appearance to the umbrella.

From the above description it will be readily understood that the drip from the umbrella when in closed or inverted position will pass by way of the funnel-like portion B, and openings J, to the interior of the member A, from which the accumulated water may be readily removed by unscrewing the drip cup A, and pouring the contents thereout, or by merely placing the umbrella in upright position and permitting the water to run out.

Referring now to Figs. 6 and 7, the tubelike member A, is provided with a centrally arranged socket L, that terminates in a spider comprising blades K, having openings therebetween and which may be secured to the member A, in any desired manner. Shown as being seated within this socket L, is a wooden umbrella rod M, which may be secured to place by means of a rivet 0.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of an umbrella rod having a truncated and screw-threaded. end, and a drip cup comprising a rigid tube-like member terminating at its upper end in a flaring mouth arranged within which is a comparatively short screw-threaded member adapted for application to the said rod, and a spider also within the flaring mouth connecting the said screw-threaded member and the tube-like member said spider serving to permit water to gravitate within the said tube.

2. A drip cup for umbrellas comprising an elongated straight tube having a flaring mouth and a spider adapted for the passage therethrough of water, located within said tube adjacent to said flaring mouth, said spider terminating in an upwardly extending member adapted to have secured thereto a truncated umbrella stem.

3. A drip cup for umbrellas comprising an elongated rigid tube-like member having a flaring mouth, a spider arranged within the said member immediately below said flaring mouth and adapted to permit water to gravitate therethrough and an upwardly extending screw-threaded member carried by said spider and rising to a point substantially level with the top of theflaring mouth and adapted for application to an umbrella rod.

4. A drip cup for umbrellas comprising an elongated tube-like member having a flaring mouth, a spider within said member, said spider being provided with blades arranged at an inclination to each other the faces of which are vertically disposed and a screw-threaded member carried by and extended above said spider and adapted for application to an umbrella rod.

5. The combination of an umbrella having a truncated stem and a drip cup comprising a rigid and straight tube the upper walls of which are expanded to form a flaring mouth, a spider adapted for the passage therethrough of water carried by the inner walls of said member adjacent to said flaring mouth, said spider terminating in upwardly extending means adapted to receive and have secured thereto said truncated stem.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed. my name.

RICHARD VVINKELMAN.

Witnesses WILLIAM J. JAoKsoN, M. E. EASTLACK.

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