Manual-opened and auto-closed umbrella
OwnerShih-Shin Kuoinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a manual-opened and auto-closed umbrella, which utilizes two springs provided around a shaft and therein accompanying with a runner and a frame to control the umbrella being opened manually and closed automatically. The umbrella is to be opened manually that compresses the springs at the same time, and by a touch to automatically close the umbrella. The manual-opened and auto-closed umbrella therefore obtains a certain utilization and improvement.
Claims2
A manual-opened and auto-closed umbrella including a shaft being consisted by at least three tubes, which includes an outer tube, a middle tube, and an inner tube, a handle with a button connected with a lower end of the shaft and an upper joint connected with a top end of the shaft;
- a runner provided around the shaft, a double-ears receiver provided around the shaft above the runner, a control-closing spring also provided around the shaft between the upper joint and the receiver;
- the umbrella frame having its inner ends pivoted with the upper joint and the runner, and by use of movement of the runner, the frame is expanded to open the umbrella or concentrated to close the umbrella;
- an upper controller and a middle fixer with an inner spring therebetween provided in the shaft, a bow received in the upper controller having a lower hook end extend outward from a slot of the middle fixer, a lower fixer placed below middle fixer having a rod for winding inner ends of two ropes, both of which have their outer end extend upward to pass around a related wheel under the upper joint, then downward to pass around another wheel on the receiver, and at last upward to connect with the upper joint, meanwhile the ropes being kept in tension always;
- the lower fixer having a bottom V-shaped elastic slice, an inner controller received in a lower inside position of the shaft connecting with the bottom end of an inner wire, which has its top end connect with the upper controller, the inner controller provided with a side projection facing the button of the handle, a loop placed in the handle having a convex opposite to the button and facing a head of the inner controller.
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