Improvements in Hat Cord Attachments.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1896-Accepted, 20th June, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hat Cord Attachments.
I CARL SCHEIDEREITER, of Holsten Strasse 173 Altona, in the Empire of
Germany, Tinman, 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 :-
This invention for improvements in hat cord attachments has for its object to
provide a device whereby the cord may be automatically drawn into the interior of
the hat when not in use and consists essentially of a drum or roller controlled by
a coil spring and enclosed in a suitable casing secured to the hat.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. 1 shows the device
arranged in the inside of a hat; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same to a somewhat larger
scale, Fig. 3 represents the interior of the device, the cover being removed; Fig. 4
is a side view and Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken through x-x Fig. 2.
From
In the centre of a disc a having a circular projecting flange b is fixed a pin c
which serves as a rotary axis for a roller d having on one side a central cavity in
which is arranged a coil spring whose ends are respectively connected with the
roller at e and with the pin c. Over the roller is placed a cover h having a
projecting flange which fits inside the projecting flange b and is secured by a.
bayonet joint m. The cover and disc form a casing for the winding roller.
a hole i in the cover h protrudes the free end of a hat cord furnished with a
button or knob k and wound upon the roller. Upon the cover a pressing button p
is fixed on a short double armed lever o pivoted at n to the cover h. The lever o
is formed at one end with a hooked projection q which is arranged to protrude
through a slot in the cover h and engage with one of the apertures ff* formed
near the periphery of the roller. The hooked end of the lever is caused to engage
with the apertures before mentioned by means of pressure exerted by a spring g
protruding through an opening in the cover h underneath the pressing button p
and attached at its other end to the fixed central pin c. The hooked lever,
engaging in the apertures in the roller prevents the winding up of the cord while
the spring is held in tension. The hook-shaped catch on the lever is rounded
off on one side to prevent its engaging with the apertures whilst the cord is being
unwound.
When desirable to use the hat cord the knob on the outside of the hat is taken
hold of and the cord pulled out entirely, the catch on the lever o engaging with
the apertures in the roller preventing the recoil of the spring. By pressing the
button p the catch is raised and the spring, being released by its reaction, turns the
roller, thereby automatically rewinding the cord thereon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a device for securing and automatically winding up hat cords, the arrange-
ment of a winding roller, on which the cord is wound, controlled by a spring
governed by a catch and turning on a fixed axis in a casing formed by a disc with
a projecting flange to which a cover is secured by a bayonet joint substantially as
described.

page_text: 2. The improvements in hat cord attachments substantially as described with
reference to the drawings.
Dated this 13th day of May 1896.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.