Improvements in Apparatus employed in Coating or Veneering Felt Hat Bodies with Comminuted Wool or Fur.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 8th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus employed in Coating or Veneering Felt
Hat Bodies with Comminuted Wool or Fur.
I, HENRY BERNOULLI BARLOW, of 17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, which has been communicated to me from abroad by Frederick William
Cheetham, at present residing at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, America,
Hat Manufacturer, to be as follows :—
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus employed in coating or
veneering felt hat bodies with a coating or partial coating of comminuted wool or
fur, and the improved apparatus consists in a tilting tumbling barrel or box
octagonal square round or of other suitable form mounted in or on a frame or stand
and arranged to be rotated by suitable gearing and also by means of a lever to be
adjusted to work at any desired angle.
The barrel or box is provided with a loose bottom or door which can be removed
or opened for filling the same with the desired quantity of hot water or other liquid
and veneering material, into which a number of hat bodies are placed, the bottom
or door being then replaced and secured.
The barrel may be so arranged that it receives a tilting or up and down move-
ment simultaneously with its rotatory motion or it can be simply tilted by a hand
lever when required, or for convenience of filling and emptying the barrel.
If desired steam can be admitted, by a pipe with flexible coupling, to the barrel
while it is in motion.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus employed in Coating or Veneering Felt
Hat Bodies with Comminuted Wool or Fur.
I, HENRY BERNOULLI BARLOW, of 17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, which has been communicated to me from abroad by Frederick William
Cheetham, at present residing at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, America,
Hat Manufacturer, 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 apparatus employed in coating or
veneering felt hat bodies with a coating or partial coating of comminuted wool or
fur, and the improved apparatus consists in a tilting tumbling barrel or box
octagonal square round or of other suitable form mounted in or on a frame or stand
and arranged to be rotated by suitable gearing and also by means of a lever to be
adjusted to work at any desired angle.
And in order that this invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan both partly in section of the
improved apparatus for use in coating or veneering felt hat bodies with comminuted
wool or fur.
In these views,-a designates the frame or stand on which are secured bearings b
supporting a shaft c. The barrel or box d is secured to a plate e on which are

page_text: shaft f which is supported in
On the frame a is fulcrumed
formed teeth e' and from the boss of which projects a
bearings in a frame g fulcrumed on the cross shaft c.
at a¹ a cam and hand lever i; the cam h bears upon a cross bar or stay g' on the
swivel frame and by operating the hand lever i and so moving the cam h the
barrel or box d can be tilted to any desired angle.
which
The cross shaft c is driven by means of a pair of. fast and loose pulleys k k
or otherwise as convenient and on the shaft c is fixed a bevel wheel
gears with the teeth e¹ and so drives the barrel or box di
The barrel or box d may be provided with a loose bottom or door, not shown,
which can be removed or opened for filling the barrel with the desired quantity
of hot water or other liquid and veneering material, into which a number of hat
bodies are placed, the bottom or door being then replaced or secured:
Inside the barrel or box d are any convenient number of pegs d' or equivalents
which lift the hat bodies and tumble them about and so aid the veneering
operation.
If desired steam can be admitted by a flexible coupling from a pipe m' to the
barrel without lid or cover while it is in motion, or if preferred the barrel might
be steam jacketed.
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 :-
In apparatus employed in coating or veneering felt hat bodies:
1. The combination with a tilting tumbling barrel or box mounted on a suitable
frame or stand, of means for rotating the same, and means for adjusting said barrel
or box to work at any angle desired.
2. The general arrangement and combination of parts substantially as and for
the purposes herein described with reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated this 18th day of February 1893