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J. 'B. POWELL.

v UMBRELLA GATGH AND RUNNER. No. 288,486. g PatentdfNov. 13, 1883.

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JOHN B. POWELL, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO a A WILLIAlVLA. DBOWN, or SAME rLAon.

UMBRELLA CATCH AND RUNNER.

" SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,486, dated November 13, 1883.

Application filQdJunB 7,1883. o model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JonN B. POWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella Catches and. Runners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- Fig. 5 is a transverse section of runner and stick. Fig. 6 is a perspective of catch.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved catch for umbrella-runners which will dispense with cutting the stick for its attachment thereto, and which for its operation will require the same manipulation as an ordinary umbrella-catch.

My improvements consist in the peculiar construction ,of the spring-catch, hereinafter described, and of the sleeve or runner used in conjunction therewith, as well as in the combination of said catch and runner with each other and with the umbrella-stick.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates an umbrella-stick, and B a runner designed and adapted to slide thereon for the purpose of opening and closing the umbrella. 'Said runner consists of a tubular sleeve, 1), and a notch, G, to which latter the ends of the stretchers are to. be secured in the usual or any suitable manner.

The sleeve b has on one side a longitudinal groove or channel, 22, forming a passage-way for the catch hereinafter described, and the notch G has an opening, 0, registering with said groove and forming an entrance or opening thereto; Flaring projections b b, consisting of parts of the sleeve'b, projecting beyond the notch 0, form guides to the openings in the latter. i

D represents a metal collar or ring secured to the umbrella-stick A, near the upper end thereof, and in such position that the catch of hereinafter described, with the runner when the umbrella is opened. Said ring or collar is fastened to the stick by pins (Z d, driven into the latter, or in any suitable and. equivalent der, 6 against which the lower edge of the while the other end of said head has ashoul-i sleeve impinges when the runner is slid over the stick, the upper edge of said sleeve then meeting the collar D, and the projections b b then extending over said collar. The tendency of the spring 6 is to fly outwardly at its free end; but it is restrained by a pin, f, having a head, f, passing through an opening, 6 and into the stick A, and this pin also pre= vents lateral'motion of said catch, and keeps the latter aligned with the opening in the notch and groove in the slide.

The operation is substantially as follows: To open the umbrella and cause it to be retained opened, the runner is merely slid up the stick until its ascension is arrested by the collar D.

By this time the catch E has passed into the notch-opening c and through the groove 11 until its head projects beyond the lower edge of the sleeve 1). The catch then springs outwardly, and the'shoulder e prevents the runner fromsliding down the stick. To close the umbrella, the spring-catch is depressed toward the stick by thumb-pressure onits head, and the runner then drawn over and away from it. To retain the umbrella closed, any suitable or convenient catch may be employedfor example, one like the upper catch tion of the runner to effect opening and clos- I00 7 50 which it forms the base will duly engage, as

ing is exactly the same as that of the common umbrella-runner, so that users thereof do not require to be educated into a new method of opening and closing,,but will fall to this device naturally and intuitively. 1

It will be noted that the groove 7) does not open to the outside, and is therefore not-a slot.

It forms a closed passage-way, open only at the ends and on the inner side.

WVhat I claim as my invention is 1. The umbrella runner B, composed of, sleeve 2) and notch C, said sleeve having a I), secured thereto by pins d (1, spring 6, hav- 2o ing head 6, and restraining-pin f, substantially as shown and described.

. 4;. The combination, with umbrellarunner B, 'compri'sing'grooved sleeve 1) and notch C, with opening 0, of spring-catch E, having head 6, and secured to a collar, D, whereby when said runner is slid up on the umbrellastick it is caused to pass over the spring, and is caught and retained between the head thereof and said collar, as set forth.

" In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of June, A. D. 1883.

. 7 JOHN B. POWELL. Witnesses:

WM. H. POWELL,

ANDREW ZANE, J r.

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