Improvements in and relating to Hats, Caps, and other Head Coverings.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 10th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Hats, Caps, and other Head
Coverings.
I, ADAM MCMEEKIN of Cogry Mills, Doagh, in the County of Antrim Ireland,
Flax Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to elastic and compressible air tube or tubes for hats, and
special and improved means for securing same in position by means of a bag
cylindrical or spiral casing enclosing or partly enclosing the said tube or tubes.
combined with brachering," i.e. applying a fine fibre of cane covered with cloth
to the edge of the leather, as is now commonly done.
According to this invention the elastic tube or tubes may be cylindrical or
oblong in section, and enclosed in a bag or casing of woven fabric, or of thin
leather secured to the lower margin of the "leather" or sweat band, there being.
combined, with the tube or tubes and the bag or casing "brachering" secured in
position by line of stitching which also serves to secure the whole to the leather or
sweat band. Or the enclosing casing whether of woven fabric or of thin leather,
may be wound spirally around the air tube or tubes, with or without the brachering,
forming a covering or enclosing medium through which by aid of stitching the whole
can be secured to the leather or sweat band, or to the inner surface of the hat.
Dated this 7th day of August 1896.
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'BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Hats, Caps, and other Head
Coverings.
I, ADAM MCMEEKIN, of Cogry Mills, Doagh, in the County of Antrim, Ireland,
Flax Spinner, 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 relates to elastic and compressible air tube or tubes for hats, and
special and improved means for securing same in position by means of a bag
cylindrical or spiral casing, enclosing or partly enclosing the said tube or tubes
combined with brachering," i.e. applying a fine fibre of cane covered with cloth
to the edge of the leather as is now commonly done.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a complete
description of same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a sectional end view of a hat leather with my improvements applied
thereto.
front elevation of the improved hat leather.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a view of the back of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a sectional end view of a sweat band with the air tube attached thereto by
woven fabric spirally wound thereon and then stitched.
Fig. 5 is a back view of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 1 but drawn to an enlarged scale.
According to this invention, the elastic tube 1, or tubes, may be cylindrical or
oblong in section, and enclosed in a bag or casing 2 of woven fabric, or of thin leather
secured to the lower margin of the "leather" or sweat band 3, there being combined
with the tube 1, or tubes, and the bag or casing 2, "brachering" 4, secured in
position by a line of stitching 5, also the line of stitching 6 which serves to secure
the whole to the leather or sweat band 3.
"Brachering" is the technical term for securing. the sweat band or leather 3 in
the hat by means of a narrow band of woven fabric 2, such fabric being stitched
around a thin fibre of cane 4, the whole being then stitched to the inside edge of
the hat. The narrow band of fabric is extended so as to form the bag or casing
for carrying the tube or tubes 1. At 5 is the line of stitching along the cane 4.
At 6 is a line of stitching to attach the bag or casing 2 to the sweat band 3, and
7 is a line of stitching along the edge of band of woven fabric, holding it in the
bag form.
The enclosing casing, whether of woven fabric, or of thin leather, may be wound
spirally around the air tube or tubes 1 (see Figs. 4 and 5) with or without the
brachering, forming a covering or enclosing medium through which by aid of stitching 7
the whole can be secured to the leather or sweat band, or to the inner surface of
the hat.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1.) The sweat band or leather 3, bag or casing 2, air tube or tubes 3, and the
"brachering" process herein described for fixing the air tubes in position, all in
combination, as and for the purpose herein described, and substantially as illustrated
by the annexed drawings.
(2.) Sweat bands or leathers of hats with air tubes applied and fixed thereto by
being carried in a bag or casing formed of a strip of thin leather or woven fabric
wound spirally around the air tube or tubes, such bag or casing being then stitched
to the sweat band or leather, as herein described, and substantially as illustrated by
Figs. 4 and 5 of the annexed drawings.
Dated this 9th day of October 1896