Improvements in Apparatus used for Ourling and Setting the Brims of Hats.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus used for Ourling and Setting the Brims
of Hats.
We HENRY SUTTON of The Orchards, Mile End, and JOHN EATON of Swallow
Street both of Stockport in the County of Chester Hat Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to enable an ordinary wooden frame' to be used
for curling and setting the brims of hats at one operation in the curling press.
The invention consists in dividing the ordinary wooden frame into two parts
longitudinally, the frame being shaped to the exact curl of brim required and the
division being by preference vertical and in the centre of the front and back of the
brim.
Upon each part of the frame and at either end thereof we fix a metal plate
provided with a socket and projecting partly over the edge thereof so that when the
two parts are joined together the respective sockets at each end will come one above
the other and correspond, so that a loose peg or wedge can be inserted in and passed
through both of them, to connect and hold the two parts of the frame firmly together.
If desired the adjacent edges of the two parts of the frame may be faced with
metal to make the joint more true and the said joint may be made diagonal instead
of vertical as above described.
In some cases instead of providing the frame itself with metal fittings for
connecting the two parts together we provide suitable cheeks adjustable by levers
or otherwise on the base plate of the curling press between which the two parts are
fitted and pushed up to a suitable stop so placed on the said base plate that when
the frame is arrested thereby the hat which is in the frame is in the exact position
required for having its brim curled and set by the water-bag of the press, and the
cheeks of the base plate will prevent the two parts of the frame from being separated
by the pressure of the water bag. When the brim has been curled and set it will
be found that the two parts of the wooden frame can be readily separated and
removed from the hat, the brim of which will be most perfect in shape.
It will be evident also that being made of wood a new frame can be very readily
supplied whenever a fresh form or style of brim is required and that the use of
such frame will dispense with the separate processes of curling and hand ironing
to set the brit and will produce a more perfect curl than has been hitherto
attainable.
Dalhin nd Ince of Mouch 1900
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus used for Curling and Setting the Brims
of Hats.
We HENRY SUTTON of The Orchards, Mile End and JOHN EATON of Swallow
Street both of Stockport in the County of Chester, Hat Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The object of this invention is to enable an ordinary wooden frame' to be used
for curling and setting the brims of hats at one operation in the curling press.

page_text: The nature of our said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to
the annexed sheet of drawings and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 is an end elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of a curling and setting
"frame" made according to our invention.
Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of a modification hereafter more particularly
described, and
Fig. 5 illustrates a further modification hereafter more particularly described.
The invention consists in dividing the ordinary wooden frame into two parts
longitudinally as shewn at a a' on Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings the
frame being shaped to the exact curl of brim required and the division being by
preference vertical as shewn and in the centre of the front and back of the brim.
Upon each part of the frame a a¹ and at either end thereof we fix a metal plate b
provided with a socket and projecting partly over the edge thereof so that when
the two parts a a¹ are joined together the respective sockets b' at each end will come
one above the other and correspond, so that a loose peg c or wedge can be inserted
in and passed through both of them, to connect and hold the two parts of the
frame firmly together. We prefer to make the metal plates inclined or sloping at
their point of junction as seen at Fig. 1.
If desired the adjacent edges of the two parts of the frame a a¹ may be faced with
metal as seen at a* on Fig. 2 to make the joint more true and the said joint may be
made diagonal instead of vertical as above described (see Fig. 5).
In some cases instead of providing the frame itself with metal fittings for con-
necting the two parts a a¹ together we provide suitable cheeks b¹ (Figs. 3 and 4)
adjustable by levers or otherwise on the base plate d of the curling press between
which the two parts are fitted and pushed up to a suitable stop 6 so placed on the
said base plate d that when the frame is arrested thereby the hat which is in the
frame is in the exact position required for having its brim curled and set 'by
the water-bag of the press, and the cheeks of the base plate will prevent the
two parts a a of the frame from being separated by the pressure of the water bag.
When the brim has been curled and set it will be found that the two parts a of
the wooden frame can be readily separated and removed from the hat, the brim of
which will be most perfect in shape. Or instead of cheeks and stops the frame
may be fixed together and upon the base plate by metal pins, a as shewn on Fig. 5
in which case there will be four pins, that is, one at each end of each division.
It will be evident also that being made of wood a new frame can be very readily
supplied whenever a fresh form or style of brim is required and that the use of
such frame will dispense with the separate processes of curling and hand ironing
to set the brim and will produce a more perfect curl than has been hitherto
attainable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A wooden frame for curling and setting the brims of hats consisting of two
parts provided at either end with metal plates and sockets and lock pins or other
equivalent means for fastening the same together substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. The combination with a wooden hat curling and setting frame made in two
parts divided longitudinally of cheeks and a stop or stops or other equivalent
means of fastening the same together and upon the base plate of the curling press,
substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 28th day of December 1892
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.