Improvements in Ventilators for Hats.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 4th June, 1890-Accepted, 5th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ventilators for Hats.
I, JOSEF VON PAUR, of Mährisch Schönberg, in the Empire of Austria, Tand-owner
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The hat-ventilator which constitutes the subject of this invention comprises a leather
strip one end of which is secured to the lining or the body of the hat, being passed
twice through the lining at the front side whilst the other end of the same has a
number of eyes or a small hook for attaching this end to a pin or projection on the
body or the lining of the hat. Upon the aforesaid leather strip may be placed another
leather strip or covering which can be shifted thereon and which is connected by
means of a thread or bands with the lining or the body of the hat. If the former of
these two strips is stretched more or less by hooking one or the other eye in the free
extremity thereof upon the above-mentioned pin or projection on the body of the
lining of the hat the middle part of the said strip will be at a distance from the lining,
and the front part of the hat will bear upon the forehead only through the medium of
one or the other of the above-mentioned strips thus leaving between the front part of
the lining and the said strip a space for the passage of the air, which permits the free
perspiration of the skin of the forehead. If by long use the aforesaid strip becomes
distended it is only necessary to turn round the lining and hook another eye upon
pin or projection on the body or the lining in order to stretch the said strip again.
This leather strip which is provided with another strip or covering adapted to be
shifted thereon, can also be stretched and permanently fixed at its other end; or the
second leather strip or covering may be dispensed with and the other end of the first
mentioned strip may be permanently secured to the lining or the body of the hat or
attached to the said pin or projection thereon and as this strip is at a distance from
the lining it can also be connected by means of a thread or bands with the lining or
the body of the hat.
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The two strips can also consist of fabric india-rubber, straw plaiting, thin sheet
metal or a steel spring, thin wood provided with a covering, either simple or composed,
plain or perforated.
In order to enable the ventilating hole to be closed in case of need, the lining has
at the front part of the hat, in line with the said ventilating hole an opening cut in it
and the piece cut out is replaced by a ribbon of satin or other fabric or india-rubber
which is fixed above to a leather strip and below to the lining.
The satin ribbon may have several small openings covered by strips, or pieces
placed under, it so as to obtain more regular folds.
To the back of the leather strip with which the satin ribbon is connected as above
stated, is attached a strip of paste board or the like, the two ends of which are movably
arranged upon the lining of the hat in order that in the displacement the said leather
strip shall be moved regularly and the satin ribbon shall be properly folded.
In the aforesaid leather strip is fixed a knob or button which can be shifted with
friction in a guide secured to the lining or the body of the hat. If this knob or
button is pressed downwards the said satin ribbon forms a fold and closes or controls
the ventilating hole; the device for closing the ventilating hole may however be
dispensed with. A hat may be provided with two of the improved ventilators one
being arranged at the front side and the other at the rear side of the same..
Dated this 13th day of September 1889.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ventilators for Hats.
I, JOSEF VON PAUR, of Mährisch Schonberg, in the Empire of Austria, Land-
owner, 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 ventilators for hats, and is illustrated in the accompanying
drawing in which
Figure 1 is a vertical section, partly in elevation,
Figure 2 is a plan,
Figure 3 is a similar section to Figure 1 and
Figure 4 is a detail.
The invention comprises a leather strip C one end of which is secured at D to the
lining B or the body of the hat, being passed twice through the lining at the front side
(Figure 2) whilst the other end of the same has a number of eyes E or a small hook for
attaching this end to a pin or projection F on the body or the lining of the hat.
Upon the aforesaid leather strip C may be placed another leather strip or covering U
which can be shifted thereon and which is connected by means of a thread or bands K
with the lining or the body of the hat. If the strip is stretched more or less by
hooking one or the other eye E in the free extremity thereof upon the above-mentioned
pin or projection F on the body or the lining of the hat the middle part of the said
strip will be at a distance from the lining as shown in the drawing and the front part
of the hat will bear upon the forehead only through the medium of one or the other of
the above-mentioned strips C or C, thus leaving between the front part of the lining
and the said strip Ca space for the passage of the air, which permits the free
perspiration of the skin of the forehead."
If by long use the aforesaid strip C becomes distended it is only necessary to turn
round the lining (Figure 1) and hook another eye E upon the pin F to stretch the
said strip C again.
This leather strip C which is provided with another strip or covering C adapted to
be shifted thereon, can also be stretched and permanently fixed at its other end; or
the second leather strip or covering C¹ may be dispensed with and the other end of
the first mentioned strip C may be permanently secured to the lining or the body of the
hat or attached to the said pin or projection thereon and as this strip C is at a distance
from the lining, it can also be connected by means of a thread or bands with the
lining or the body of the hat.
The two strips C and C¹ can also consist of fabric india-rubber, straw plaiting, thin
sheet metal or a steel spring, thin wood provided with a covering either simple or
composed, plain or perforated.
In order to enable the ventilating hole to be closed in case of need, the lining has
at the front part of the hat, in line with the said ventilating hole an opening cut in it
and the piece cut out is replaced by a ribbon D2 of satin or other fabric or india-rubber
which is fixed above to a leather strip B' and below to the lining.
The satin ribbon B2 may have several small openings covered by strips, or pieces
placed under it so as to obtain more regular folds.
To the back of the leather strip C with which the satin ribbon is connected as
above stated, is attached a strip of paste-board or the like, the two ends of which are
movably arranged upon the lining of the hat in order that in the displacement the said
leather strip B shall be moved regularly and the satin ribbon shall be properly folded.
In the aforesaid leather strip B is fixed a knob or button H which can be shifted
with friction in a guide G secured to the lining or the body of the hat. If this knob
or button H is pressed downwards (as shown in Figure 3) the said satin ribbon 132
forms a fold and closes or controls the ventilating hole.
The device for closing the ventilating hole may however be dispensed with. A hat

page_text: may be provided with two of the improved ventilators one being arranged at the front
side and the other at rear side of the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. In hat ventilators the strip C secured at both ends to the lining or the body
of the hat.
Second. The strip C one end of which is permanently fixed at D to the body or to
the lining of the hat and the other end of which can be adjustably fixed by means of
eves or hooks E and a pin or projection F to the body or to the lining of the hat.
Third. The combination of the strip C with the strip or covering C" which is
adapted to be displaced thereon.
Fourth. The combination of the strip C with the folding ribbon B².
Fifth. The combination of the strip C with the folding ribbon B², leather strip B¹,
knob or button H and guide G.
Dated this 4th day of June 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.