Improvements relating to Material used in the Manufacture of Caps and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 24th Mar., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Material used in the Manufacture of
Caps and the like.
I, WILLIAM SHORE of 39, Landor Road, Clapham, London, S. W. Woollen
Agent, 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 improvements in connection with material used in the
manufacture of caps and the like, and has for object to produce such a material in
such manner as to afford adequate ventilation to the head of the wearer of the cap
or other covering made of the same. Hitherto in caps and the like no efficient
means of ventilation have been provided, and to attain this purpose it has been
necessary to make use of separate and additional devices allowing of the passage of
air;
but in accordance with this my invention the material itself from, which the
cap or other article of head gear is formed is so woven or constructed, all as more
particularly hereinafter described, as to provide sufficient air passage or passages
to allow of perfect ventilation.
Now, in accordance with this invention, I weave, either by shafts alone or by the
addition of doups or by any other suitable and convenient mechanism adapted to
the purpose such as Jacquard harness or the like, the material for use in cap making
with certain open work spaces therein at determined intervals. That is to say at
approved or desired distances apart I have suitably sized portions of the fabric of
a lighter weaving than the remainder, giving thereby a gauze or open work effect
to such parts, and permitting same to serve as ventilating passages when made up
into caps and the like.
And in order that this invention may be more fully understood I have appended
hereto a sheet of drawings illustrative of the manner in which the open work or
gauze like ventilating spaces are formed in the material.
In said drawings, a represent the piece of material and b the ventilating spaces
formed therein.
In diagram Figure 1. said ventilating spaces bare shewn as formed with the warp
in lines running parallel with the selvedge, and for convenience in cap making the first
line should be centred say 6 ins. or thereabouts from the selvedge. From the centre of
that line of ventilating spaces to the centre of the next say 12 ins. and so on across
the width of the piece the last line being say 6 ins. from the opposite selvedge.
Running warp way of the piece these spaces 6 will be about 1 from centre to centre.
These spaces, however may be formed weft way of the piece when the distances
apart from centre to centre of the lines of air spaces will be say 12 inches the first
line starting that distance from the end of the piece, their distances apart laterally
from centre to centre being say 1 inches.
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Material constructed as above described and formed with the ventilating spaces
at approximately the distances apart above mentioned will be found of convenient
dimensions for cutting out for cap making, and the open work or gauze like spaces
will adapt themselves in position so as to afford ample and complete ventilation to
the head of the wearer, as well as permit of the solid cloth being cut through for
each quartering and thus give a firm edge to each of the quarterings for stitching
when cut out. And the ventilating spaces will occupy the same relative positions
in each of the cap quarterings giving a symmetrical effect when made up. Of
course, without departing from this invention the shape or configuration of the air
spaces b may be varied to suit taste or requirement, and any ornamentation desired
may be added thereto. As an instance in diagram Figures 2, 3 different

page_text: modifications of the shape and number of air spaces in the given limits of dimension
are illustrated.
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Again, this invention is equally applicable when the material has to be cut "
the cross," the open work or gauze like ventilating spaces being so arranged and
spaced as to allow of various designs being formed when the material is cut out and
the cap is made. For instance these spaces may be so arranged as to form a cross,
or star, or other desired pattern or design, when the cap is made up.
In felts or finer cloths of a doe skin or melton character and in fine worsted the
same arrangement of ventilating spaces may be carried out, but in lieu of weaving
the same in the material as above described the air spaces may be perforated either
lengthwise or in the width of the piece.
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. In material used in the manufacture of caps and the like the open work or
gauze like air spaces b formed therein, arranged and operating substantially as and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
2. The improvements relating to material used in the manufacture of caps and
the like, substantially as herein before set forth and illustrated.
Dated this 8th day of December 1893.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.