A Combined Mirror, Ventilator, and Name and Address Card for Hats and other Head Coverings.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Appl cation, 21st Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 21st July. 1894-Accepted, 15th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Mirror, Ventilator, and Name and Address Card for
Hats and other Head Coverings.
We, JAMES BEST, of 3 Clarence Place, Belfast Agent and CHARLES JAMES
KNOX, of Bedford Hotel, Belfast, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Our invention relates to a combined mirror, ventilator and name and address
card which can be fitted in the inside of felt and other hats and caps, worn by
either sex.
In carrying out our invention we provide a small mirror which has a folding cover
hinged or jointed to it. The mirror and its cover is or may be secured to the hat
by means of a screw and nut or similar device.
The outside of the cover is or may be used for the name and address of the hat
manufacturer or dealer and the inside of the cover for the name and address of the
wearer.
The back of the mirror may have a flange or rim on it which is perforated with
holes through which the heated air from the head may pass and escape by holes
punched or made in the crown of the hat. Instead of having a flange and holes,
the mirror may be held at a slight distance from the crown of the hat by teeth or
projections. In this case the heated air passes through between the projections.
The plate for the back of the mirror may have four or more projections in it.
The entire article, the glass of course excepted, may be made of aluminium,
celluloid, zinc, or other suitable metal or material and afterwards japanned,
varnished, or covered with leather, cloth, paper, or other suitable material.
The hinge of the cover is, preferably, made with a spring so as to open and close
with a jerk. If desired the cover may be secured by a fastener or catch.
The cover is provided with a small projection for opening it.
Dated this 20th der of Webruary 1894
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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A Combined Mirror, Ventilator, and Name and Address Card for
Hats and other Head Coverings.
We, JAMES BEST of 3 Clarence Place, Belfast, Agent, and CHARLES JAMES
KNOX of Bedford Hotel, Belfast, 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:-
Our invention relates to a combined mirror, ventilator and name and address
card which can be fitted in the inside of felt and other hats and caps, worn by
either sex.
In carrying out our invention we provide a small mirror which has a folding
cover hinged or jointed to it. The mirror and its cover is or may be secured to the
hat by means of a screw and nut or similar device.

page_text: The outside of the cover is or may be used for the name and address of the hat
manufacturer or dealer and the inside of the cover for the name and address of the
wearer.
The back of the mirror may have a flange or rim on it which is perforated with
holes through which the heated air from the head may pass and escape by holes
punched or made in the crown of the hat. Instead of having a flange and holes, the
mirror may be held at a slight distance from the crown of the hat by teeth or
projections. In this case the heated air passes through between the projections.
The plate for the back of the mirror may have four or more projections on it.
The cover is or may be provided with a small projection for opening it.
And in order that our said invention may be properly understood we have
hereunto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the hat mirror as it appears when fitted in a hat and
'with the cover closed.
Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the device.
Eig. 3 is a view showing the device as it appears when the cover is open.
Fig. 4.is a section through the device on the line. Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a detail view.
Referring to the drawings whereon the same reference letters wherever repeated
indicate the same parts.
As will be seen we, by preference, use a bevelled edged glass mirror a, Eig. 3,
which is secured in a ring frame b. The mirror is held in place by a backing
plate. (Fig. 2) which has a backwardly projecting externally screwed pin d (see
Fig. 4 and 5). is a milled edge nut which screws on to the pin d. f is the cover
which is hinged to the frame bat g. This cover consists of a ring frame h which is
provided with an external lip or flange h¹ on the outside (see Fig. 1) and a
removable ringi on the inside. jisa card or plate which is held in place between
the internal flange and the. removable ring aforesaid. k is a small pin for
holding the ring in: position in the frame. 1 is a catch for facilitating the opening
of the cover:
As will be seen at Figs. 2. and 4 the rim b. of the mirror is made with teeth or
projections m,. n. The teeth m project backwards and bear against the inside
surface of the crown o of the hat, whilst the teeth n are bent over so as to hold the
backing. plate c of the mirror. in place. The teeth. m keep the mirror at a slight
distance from. the crown.o of the hat and so that the heated air can readily escape
round the back of the mirror and then through the usual ventilating perforations p
in the hat.
Instead of the teeth m, the rim & may be enlarged and have perforations in it.
To fix the device in place all that is necessary is to press the pin d through the
crown of the hat and then screw the nut e on its outer projecting end. When the
nut is screwed up tight the device will be securely held in place as shown at
Fig. 4.
The object of using the cover is to conceal the mirror, and, at the same time, to
bear the name of the hat manufacturer or the hat dealer on one side (preferably
the outside as at Fig. 1) and the name of the owner on the other side (preferably
the inside) as at Fig. 3. The card or platej forming the centre of the cover can
be easily removed and replaced, by taking out the ring i in order to facilitate the
attaching of the names.
The cover when closed is preferably held in the closed position by a slight
friction between its frame h and the frame of the mirror.
The device may be made of any shape and the entire article, the glass of course
excepted, may be made of aluminium, celluloid, zinc, or other suitable metal or
material and afterwards japanned, varnished, or covered with leather, cloth, paper,
or other suitable material.
The hinge g of the cover is, preferably, made with a spring so as to open and
close with a jerk. If desired the cover may be secured by a fastener or catch.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
consider novel-and-desire-to-claim-is-:--
1. The general construction or combination of parts of the device, substantially
as hereinbefore described with reference to the drawings annexed.
2. The combination with a mirror for hats and other head coverings of a cover
substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated this 12th day of July 1894.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.