Patent ID: 6021931
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: A42C

Abstract:
A cooling hat sizer rack for use with a hat molding machine using advanced features to produce a completed hat form from an unshaped felt, wool or straw configuration form to a completed hat form shape,said machine including a movable crown shape portions and a corresponding female flange brim portion, said rack comprising:a base supporting a support flange for a hat in a malleable state, at least one male hat crown insert plug and at least one reciprocal female reducer flange, said male hat crown plug having a movable crown portion, said movable portion of said male crown plug advancable against a crown of a malleable hat, said male plug insertable within a fenestration hole with said corresponding female reducer flange, said reducer flange removable adjacent to and supported by a female support flange upon said rack, said male hat plug and said reciprocal female hat reducer flange clamping the malleable hat form in a tight cavity formed therebetween, said male insert plug being insertable within said crown portion of the hat for a predetermined period of time sufficient to squeeze the malleable hat to a desired completed hat shape during cooling of the hat upon said cooling rack.