Improvements in Ventilating Head Gear.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ventilating Head Gear.
THOMAS BLACKLOCK HARRIS, 13, Sheffield Street, Carlisle, Plumber, etc., March
3rd, 1897, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Improvements in Ventilating Head Gear being a frame made of wire of
any suitable metal and shaped to engage with a cap or hat by pro-
jecting jointed pins B as shewn' on frame A a portion of frame being
covered with suitable material C to insulate the frame from coming in
direct contact with the head the frame supports the cap or hat in an elevated
position and allows a current of air to pass over the head while the head gear or
covering is worn producing an agreeable & efficient cooling of the head as I can
testify having worn it myself for two years.
Deted this 2nd day of March 1897
Improvements in Ventilating Head Gear.
I, THOMAS BLACKLOCK HARRIS, of 13, Sheffield Street, Carlisle, in the County
of Cumberland, Plumber, 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 a frame made of wire or narrow metallic bands for
supporting a cap, hat or other head gear a certain distance above the head to allow
a current of air to pass between the head and the hat. The two sides of the frame
are made parallel to each other, and bent into the form of an arch. The front
ends of the wires or bands forming the arch are tied together by a wire or band,
while the back ends are loose and provided with turn up points. Two or more
intermediate tie pieces are also provided for connecting the sides of the frame
together. The intermediate tie piece nearest the front has its ends provided with
turn up points which with those on the ends of the frame engage the inside of the
cap or hat when in place. The front tie piece when in use rests on or near the
forehead. It may be in one piece with the sides of the frame or it may be con-
nected to them. It may be plain or covered with any soft material such as kid,
chamois, leather, cloth, worsted, and the like. Instead of making the sides
parallel to each other they may be wider apart at the front than at the back or
the reverse, or they may be brought together at the middle and twisted together
or otherwise connected.

page_text: In the annexed drawings:-Fig. 1 shows a frame with the front tie piece
covered with some soft material for resting on the forehead, and with two inter-
mediate tie pieces. Fig. 2 shows a frame with a plain tie piece formed of the
same piece of wire as the side arches, and with three intermediate tie pieces
Fig. 3 shows a frame with the sides brought together at the middle and there
twisted together. A are the sides or arches of the frame, B the front tie piece,
C turn up points on the rear ends of the frame, D turn up points on the inter-
mediate tie piece E, F and F¹ are other intermediate tie pieces.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
The new or improved means for permitting the ventilation of head gear con-
sisting of a frame composed of arch like components such as A A connected by
tie pieces such as B, E, F with or without intermediate twisting as in Fig. 3,
the said frame having points such as C C D D for engaging the interior of a cap
or other head gear and supporting it in such a manner as to allow a current of
air to pass between the head gear and the head of the wearer.
1000
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London.