Improvements in Means for Securing Hats and Bonnets to the Hair or Coiffure.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th May, 1894-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1894
PRUVIDIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Securing Hats and Bonnets to the Hair
or Coiffure.
I JABEZ WEDDERBURN of 113 Hill Street, Peckham, in the County of
Surrey Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in means for securing hats and
bonnets, to the hair or coiffure.
In carrying this invention into practice, a spring clip is employed intermediately
of two pins which will extend from the spring joint or union portion in such wise
that when at rest they will lie parallel to each other.
When the pin is to be introduced the points are to be brought together (against
the resilience of the spring) and be pushed in at the place or in the position
required and as the double pin is further forced in as far as requisite the pins will
open and a retaining resistance of the hair will thus be set up sufficient to hold and
retain the fastener effectually in position required.
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In the case of a hat or bonnet, of felt or other solid "body or " foundation
an eyelet may be fixed therein at the side or elsewhere through which eyelet the
points of the pins when brought together will be passed and when the pins are
pushed in further their spring connection will cause the points to separate further
apart so as to span and retain between them a wedge-like quantity of hair, thus
setting up a sufficient resistance to withdrawal by accident and for retaining a hat,
bonnet, head-dress or hair ornament as occasion offers or necessitates.
A convenient mode of applying the spring between the pins is by making use
of a spring clip, consisting of two plates hinged together and having a coiled spring
upon the hinge-bar between them. Upon the clip side of the hinge of the plates, the
points or lengths of the pins will be secured and will extend out therefrom.
Dated 5th December 1893.
WALTER A. BARLOW
(Pro J. Wedderburn),
7, John Street, Bedford Row, W.C
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Securing Hats and Bonnets to the Hair
or Coiffure.
I, JABEZ WEDDERBURN of 130 Hill Street, Peckham, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer 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 certain improvements in means for securing hats and
bonnets to the hair or coiffure.
In carrying this invention into practice a spring clip as hereinafter described is
employed intermediately of two pins which pins will extend from the spring joint
or union portion of the clip plates or the springs of the pins, in such wise that
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page_text: the pair of pins will when at rest lie parallel or approximately parallel to each
other.
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When the pin is to be introduced the points thereof are brought together (against
the resilience of the spring) and are pushed in at the place or in the position required
and as the double pin is further forced in as far as requisite a retaining resistance
of the hair will thus be set up sufficient to hold and retain the fastener effectually
in position required.
In the case of a hat or bonnet of felt or other solid "body" or "foundation" an
eyelet may be fixed therein at the side or elsewhere through which eyelet the points
of the pins when brought together will be passed, and when the pins are pushed in
further, their spring connection will cause the points to open and come apart so as
to span and retain between them a wedge like quantity of hair thus setting up a
sufficient resistance to withdrawal by accident and for retaining a hat or bonnet.
A convenient mode of applying the spring between the pins is by making use of
a spring clip consisting of two plates hinged. together and having a coiled spring
upon the hinge-bar between them: Upon the clip the butt-ends of the pins will be
secured and will extend out therefrom.
In order that the invention may be well understood there is annexed hereto a
sheet of drawings illustrative thereof wherein :-
Fig. 1, represents a hat or bonnet fastener made according to this invention.
Fig. 2, shows the fastener with the points of the pins a brought together for
insertion thereof into the hat or bonnet fabric, or insertion through the centre
perforation of an eyelet, such as shown in Figs. 8. 9. 10 or Fig. 11. The dotted
lines a¹ indicate the position which the pins will assume when pressed forward and
passed through the hair or coiffure.
It is well known that hat and bonnet pins pass through from one side of the
hat or bonnet to the other so that the pin will pierce the opposite side of the hat
or bonnet when in use. With this fastener the pins a, will pass through from one
side to the other and hold between the pins a¹ the wedge like portion of the hair and
so hold the same securely without derangement.
Fig. 3, shows the joint pin of the plates c of the spring clip. The dotted
lines a, in this figure indicate that the wire of the pins a, may be continuous and
be formed into a spiral intermediately and serve as a spring to the fastener. The
plain portion or space of the joint pin b, at each end as shown in this figure, will
when the clip is put together, be occupied by or be passed through holes in the
arms c¹² of the clip plates c.
When the continuous pins are used they need not necessarily be formed into the
spiral intermediately of their length to serve as a spring but they may be flattened
or not at that position and be bent half round and be tempered so as to form the
spring, or a bent piece of band spring may be used to which the butt ends of the
pins will be attached and so form the spring clip. Fig. 34, illustrates this, the pins
being turned over at their butt ends and rivetted into the clip piece c³ which will
subsequently be bent further round so as to bring the pins a in parallellism and the
band piece c³ will then be tempered.
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Fig. 4, shows the two arms c¹ c² of the clip plate c of different length so that
when the arms of each of the two clip plates c c are bent up at right angles to the
plates c and are brought face to face for the rivetting joint pin 6 to be applied the
long arms will be outside and the short arms inside of the jointed portions as will
be clearly understood from Fig. 7. The one blank Fig. 4. will thus be usuable
for both of the spring clip plates e without making right and left stamping tools.
The ornamentation of these plates may be as shown or of any pattern that may be
brought up in the operation of stamping.
Fig. 5 illustrates a blank of like character to that shown by Fig. 4, but the
tongues or catches care provided to be used as holding pieces for any ornamental
plate embossed or stamped up or the like which may be applied or be made use
of. Such ornamental additions may be of various kinds in metal and be silvered,
gilded, bronzed or fitted with ornamental stones, or glass jewels (so called) crystals

page_text: or "paste" imitations of jewels. Such ornamentation may be applied as shown in
Figs. 6 and 7 by the metal of the clip plates c being formed with "claw" settings
as indicated by said figures.
In Fig. 8, is shown a fastener and an eyelet with elongated piercing and the pins
may be crossed over on being inserted so that when pressed in through the hat or
bonnet material and the hair the like embracement of a wedge like portion of the
hair or coiffure by the pins a will have effect in manner substantially similar to that
before described.
There will be no strain upon the fabric through which the fastener is pierced
and the enhanced security attained is of great advantage with this style of
fastening whilst the hair will not suffer derangement if the hat or head-dress be
subjected to shock.
The eyelets shown in Figs. 8 to 10 are made somewhat similar to paper
fasteners with tangs, which eyelets and tangs will be applied by forcing the
tangs through the material of the hat or head-gear and flattening the same down
on the reverse side as is more particularly shown by Fig. 10.
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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 :-
First. The improved means for securing hats or bonnets to the hair or coiffure
as and for the purpose herein described in reference to and shown by the
drawings.
Secondly. The combination of the double pins with spring device intermediate
thereof with the eyelets having the elongated or doubly pierced opening for
securing hats or bonnets to the hair or coiffure as set forth and shown by the
drawings.
Thirdly. The spring clip with the arms c c of the plates c jointed by the
pin and the interposed spring between the pins b, as and for the purpose herein
set forth
Dated this 28th day of May 1894.
Pro JABEZ WEDDERBURN,
Walter A. Barlow,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Expert,
7, John Street, Bedford Row.