EP 0518814 A2 19921216 - Automatically opening and closing umbrella.
Title (en)
Automatically opening and closing umbrella.
Title (de)
Selbstöffnender und selbstschliessender Schirm.
Title (fr)
Parapluie à ouverture et fermeture automatique.
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 16778491 A 19910612
Abstract (en)
An umbrella having a tubular shaft 1, a set of rib assembly 2 expandable and collapsible by a runner mechanism, a handle 3 arranged to be slidable in relation to the shaft 1, an umbrella-opening energy accumulating mechanism 4 including an upper energy accumulating device 41 and a lower energy accumulating device 42, a linkage mechanism 6 capable of linking and controlling the umbrella-opening energy accumulating mechanism 4, an actuating mechanism 6 worked by an operating mechanism 7 and an umbrella-closing coil spring 8 disposed between the inside lower end of said shaft 1 and the front end of said intermediate shaft 32. The invention has for its purpose to provide a self opening and closing umbrella capable of being opened or closed without having to consume any extra energy and with a little strength, while at the same time the umbrella will in no way collapse accidentally. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A45B 25/14 (2006.01); A45B 25/16 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A45B 25/143 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0518814 A2 19921216; EP 0518814 A3 19930310; JP H05245004 A 19930924; JP H0767405 B2 19950726
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 92810377 A 19920520; JP 16778491 A 19910612