Improvements in Ladies' Hat Pins.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th June, 1891-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ladies' Hat Pins.
We JOSEPH LEVER of Number 11 Marsden Square Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Mill Furnisher JOB HOLLAND of Number 11 Marsden Square
aforesaid Mill Furnisher and WILLIAM HENRY TODD of Number 9 Tib Lane
Manchester aforesaid Solicitor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:
:-
The large pins used by ladies to affix their hats to the head are liable to work
out and leave the hat loose.
In order to obviate this we curl the pin at or near the end on which the head is
affixed into a spiral.
When the lady has pushed the pin through the hat until the spiral touches the
hat, she then gives the pin a turn whereby the spiral is screwed into the hat the
pin then becomes firmly affixed and will not come out until the pin is turned round
in a reverse direction. The spiral may consist of one or more turns or any fraction
thereof.
The pins can also be used for affixing ladies bonnets in like manner as before
described in connection with ladies hats.
Dated this Thirtieth day of September 1890.
JOSEPH LEVEK.
JOB HOLLAND.
W. HENRY TODD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ladies' Hat Pins.
We JOSEPH LEVER of Number 11 Marsden Square Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Millfurnisher and JOB HOLLAND of Number 11 Marsden Square
aforesaid Millfurnisher and WILLIAM HENRY TODD of Number 9 Tib Lane
Manchester aforesaid Solicitor 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:-
Our invention relates to pins used for affixing ladies hats to the head and our
object is to construct a pin which will not be liable to come out of the hat after it
is properly put in. In order to attain this object we make the shank or shaft of
the pin at or near the head end into a spiral of one or more turns or any fraction
thereof. The spiral can be made in any known way now used for making spirals.
The pin thus constructed is shown in the plan annexed hereto. In that plan A is
the head and B the shaft or shank of the pin C is the spiral constructed on the
shank or shaft.
In using the pin the pin is pushed through the hat in the same manner as an
ordinary hat pin until the spiral comes into contact with the hat. A turn or two
is then given to the head of the pin with the fingers whereby the spiral is caused
to screw into the hat and thus becomes affixed and firm until it is released by
turning the pin in a reverse manner.
The pins can also be used for affixing bonnets in like manner as before described
for hats

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
inventica and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1 The making of a sniral upon the shaft or shank of a
hat nin in manner s
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our sai
inventica and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that wha
we claim is
1
The making of a spiral upon the shaft or shank of a hat pin in manner
before described.
2. A spiral upon a hat pin at or near the head end as before described.
Dated this Twenty-ninth day of June 1891.
JOSETH LEVER.
JOB HOLLAND.
W. HENRY TODD.