Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1888
Specification Accepted, 16th Mar., 1888
PROFCOL.
I, JOHN CASE of 9 Huntingdon Street, in the Borough of Nottingham, Mob Cap
Shape Manufacturer, 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 the manufacture of what are known as mob cap shapes,
and it has for its object the construction of such shapes without pleats, whereby a
superior shape can be produced in less time and with less material than heretofore: it
will he best understood by reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of my improved mob cap shape and Fig. 3
shows on a smaller scale the material and the method of cutting it up to form
the shapes.
Hitherto in making mob cap shapes it has been customary to take an oval piece of
muslin or fabric and form it into a shape by making a number of pleats or folds in it,
which are secured in position by the subsequent binding of the edge of the shape.
In carrying out this invention the muslin or fabric of which the shape A is made
is cut into the form shown at B Fig. 3 with two recesses (), and two openings or
incisions D; the edges of the two openings C are brought together as at E to form
the front of the shape and the edges of the openings D are also joined to form the
back of the shape as at F.
The edges of these openings may be secured together by cement, or in any other well
known manner thus forming a mob cap shape which is ready for binding on the lower
edge in the usual manner.
If preferred the two openings at D may be dispensed with, and pleats or folds
formed at this portion of the shape.
By cutting the muslin or fabric into the shapes B and cutting them in alternate
rows as shown at Fig. 3 a considerable amount of material is saved, the portion cut
from the recesses at C forming a portion of the next row of shapes B instead of
being pleated into the shape where it is useless.
It is obvious that by cutting the muslin or fabric into suitable forms any variety of
mob cap shape may be produced without pleats or folds and the rate of production

page_text: increased as the forms B may be cut out by specially shaped knives or dies in the
same manner as boot soles.
To give the shape A additional strength I bind the lower edges with two or more
wires, cords or wires and cords G and G¹ with preferably a cord G¹ on the bottom
edge of the shape where it touches the head of the wearer; by this means I obtain
additional strength without increasing the weight also additional comfort as the
cord G¹ on the lower edge adapts itself to the head of the wearer better than wire.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what mannor the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A mob cap shape made without pleats or folds substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. A moh cap shape made without pleats or folds in the front of the shape substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. The binding of mob cap shapes with two or more wires, cords or wires and cords
such as G G substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. The shape such as B for a mob cap blank having the recesses such as C and
with or without the openings or incisions D substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
5: The binding of a mob cap shape with wire as at G and with cord at the bottom G¹
substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
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