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J.T. Eichoerft. Umbrella.

JT° 302/3 Patented Oct.2,/860

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH T. EICHBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PARASOL AND FAN.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,213, dated October 2, 1860.

To dll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Joseph T. Eichberg, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Combined 5 Parasol and Fan; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which—

Figure 1, represents an elevation of my invention. Fig. 2, is a transverse section ofthe same in an enlarged scale, the line ®, x, Fig. 1. indicating the plane of section and looking in the direction of the arrow marked 15 opposite to that line. Fig. 3, is another transverse section in an enlarged scale taken in the plane indicated by the line y, y, Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrow marked opposite to that line. Fig. 4, is a 20 detached sectional view of one of the arms of the fan in an enlarged scale, showing the manner in which the cloth or other material is fastened to the arms.

Similar letters of reference in the several 25 figures indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in arranging the handle of a parasol in such a manner that a portion of the same can be taken off and used as a fan when it is desired, and it con30 sists also in the arrangement of the fan which forms the encl of the handle with folding sides united by hinges and spring catches or in any other convenient manner, and of a tapering form which when folded 35 up form a case or box that runs down tapering toward one end which, when rounded, can be fastened by means of a spring catch in a suitable socket attached to the outer end of the handle whereby the fan is ren40 dered convenient for the hand to take hold, and at the same time the fabric of the fail is protected.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to de45 scribe its construction and operation with reference to the drawings.

The parasol A, is constructed in the ordinary manner with the handle B, which may be made to fold or which may be left rigid 50 according to taste and convenience. The handle B, is cut off at a distance of about ten inches more or less from its end, and after having thus been cut, a short piece of metal tubing C, is firmly secured to the end. 55 This metal tube forms the socket to receive the end of the fan D. This fan is provided with four sides a, a', b, b', and the sides a, a', are united by hinges c, and the sides b, b', by hinges cl. Instead of four sides however any other number of sides may be given to 60 the fan and its sides may also be made in a half circular form, so that two are sufficient to inclose the fabric, which constitutes the working part of the fan. When the sides of the fan are closed, a spring catch e, at- 65 tached to the inside of the side a', catches under a hook g, at the edge of the side b', and a spring-catch /, at the inside of the side b, catches under a hook h, at the edge of the side a, and a case or box is formed whereby 70 the fabric i, of the fan is perfectly protected., and at the same time a good and convenient hold for the handle is provided. The springcatches e, and /, are operated by pressingon the buttons e' and f', on the sides a', and 75 b', of the box, and after the sides of the box have been opened the fabric i, can be unfolded in the usual manner. The arms k, of the fan are secured to the fabric as represented in Fig. 4, of the drawing, and if the fan is 80 closed up, the thin end of the case is rounded so that it fits into the socket C, and a spring catch I, serves to retain it in said socket.

The application of the fan to the handle 85 of the parasol does not interfere in any way with the regular use of the parasol, and the shape of the box which incloses the fan, provides for a good and convenient hold of the hand and at the same time the fabric of the 90 fan is perfectly protected against injury to which it would otherwise be exposed, if the hand holding the parasol would be brought in contact with said fabric.