An Improved Hat-band.
Year: 1897

page_text: *PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hat-band.
We, MORRIS GREENBERG, of 103, Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, in the
County of London, Merchant, and JOSEPH TAYLOR, of 27, Adswood Lane, Stockport,
in the County of Cheshire, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:
The object of our invention is to produce a grease-proof and waterproof hatband
for use on the inside of hats, in order to prevent grease or moisture from the head
from soaking through the substance of the hat and so disfiguring it.
In carrying our invention into practical effect we roll, spread, or otherwise
apply a thin layer of semi-liquid celluloid or xylonite over silk, cambric, linen,
canvas, or other suitable fabric or material to be used for the internal bands of
hats, thus rendering such fabric or material practically water-proof and impervious
to grease.
For this purpose we preferably use celluloid that has reached a semi-liquid state
in the course of manufacture, but we may also take solid celluloid and liquefy
it by any known chemical or other means and then make use of it for the purpose
of our invention.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.
An Improved nav-vади.
We, MORRIS GREENBERG, of 103, Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, in the
County of London, Merchant, and JOSEPH TAYLOR, of 27, Adswood Lane, Stockport,
in the County of Cheshire, Manufacturer, 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 our invention is to produce a grease-proof and water-proof hatband
for use on the inside of hats, in order to prevent grease or moisture from the head
from soaking through the substance of the hat, and so disfiguring it.
In carrying our invention into practical effect, we roll, spread, or otherwise
apply a thin layer of semi-liquid celluloid or xylonite over silk, cambric, linen,
canvas, or other suitable fabric or material to be used for the internal bands of
hats, coming in contact with the head of the wearer, thus rendering such fabric
or material practically water-proof and impervious to grease.

page_text: For this purpose we preferably use celluloid that has reached a semi-liquid state
in the course of manufacture, but we may also take solid celluloid and render it
liquid or semi-liquid by any known chemical or other means and then make use
of it for the purpose of our invention.
When the thin layer of celluloid or xylonite has dried and hardened, the silk,
cambric, linen, canvas, or other suitable fabric or material to which it is applied
will be practically grease- and water-proof, and thus tend to preserve the hat or
the like, to which it is fitted and attached. in the form of an internal band, so as
to come in contact with the head of the wearer.
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 claim is:
(1) Internal grease- and water-proof bands for hats, caps, and the like consisting of
silk, cambric, linen, canvas, or other suitable fabric or material coated with a thin
layer of celluloid or xylonite substantially as described.
(2) Hats, caps, and the like fitted with internal grease- and water-proof bands
of silk, cambric, linen, canvas, or other suitable fabric or material, coated with
celluloid or xylonite substantially as described.
(3) The method of coating silk, cambric, linen, canvas, or other suitable fabric
or material with celluloid or xylonite substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 24th day of January 1898.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.