Improvements in the Manufacture of Hats and in the Apparatus Employed in such Manufacture.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 7th July, 1886.
Complete Left, 7th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 10th May, 1887.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Hats and in the Apparatus
Employed in such Manufacture.
I JAMES HAGUE, of Hooley Hill, in the County of Lancaster, Hat Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURE to be as
OF HATS AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN SUCH
follows:-
My invention relates to the process of putting the "curl" into the brims of hats and
in the plates or dishes employed in such process, and consists chiefly in forming a
flange on the outer side of the curl of the brim, the object being to enable the binding
to be put on by machine instead of by band labour as now customary.
To effect this I form on the curling plate or dish a projection of the necessary form
according to the shape of curl desired, and I provide a flange on the outer side of this
projection on the curling plate or dish so that when the hat body is placed in the
curling press and the curl is put into the brim in the ordinary manner a flange is left
on the outside of the curl on which flange the foot of the hat sewing machine is free
to rest.
By forming the curl with a flange in this manner I am subsequently enabled to
employ a hat sewing machine to stitch on the binding, thereby saving time and
labour.
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent.

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hats and in the Apparatus
Employed in such Manufacture.
I JAMES HAGUE of Hooley Hill in the County of Lancaster Hat 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:-
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My invention relates to the process of putting the "curl" into the brims of hats
and in the plates or dishes employed in such process and consists chiefly in forming
a flange on the outer side of the curl of the brim the object being to enable the binding
to be put on by machine instead of by hand labour as now customary.
To effect this I form on the curling plate or dish a projection of the necessary form
according to the shape of curl desired and I provide a flange on the outer side of this
projection on the curling plate or dish so that when the hat body is placed in the
curling press and the curl is put into the brim in the ordinary manner a flange is left
on the outside of the curl on which flange the foot of the hat sewing machine is free
to rest.
By forming the curl with a flange in this manner I am subsequently enabled to
employ a hat sewing machine to stitch on the binding thereby saving time and
labour.
And in order that my 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 an end view of an ordinary curling dish or base.
Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section of the dish or base the curling plate and the
top plate the curling plate being provided with one form of extension flange for the
purposes of my Invention.
Figure 3 is an end view and Figure 4 a plan of the above named curling plate.
Figures 5, 6, and 7 are views of hats respectively formed according to my Invention
with extension flanges or outer curls on the curls of the brims.
Referring first to Figures 1 to 4. a designates the dish or base, b the curling plate
which is formed in two or more pieces and is provided as shown with an extension
flange or projection 6' in addition to the ordinary projection 62 for the curl which may
be of any shape desired and c is the top plate.
In carrying out my Invention the hat body is put into the dish or base a with the
brim of the body resting on and projecting beyond the edges of the curling plate.
The top plate c is then placed over and upon the brim of the hat body and the curl
is then put into the brim and the extension flange or outer curl simultaneously formed
by means of water pressure or otherwise by any of the methods well known to hat
manufacturers for putting the curl into the brims of hats. The hat is then taken out
of the press and the brim with a curl d and what I have termed an extension flange

page_text: or outer curl d¹ of the shape shown in Figure 5 is produced. By varying the form of
either or both of the extension flange b' and the ordinary curling projection 6' on the
curling plate various shapes of curls with extension flanges or outer curls may be
obtained such for example as those shown on the hats Figures 6 and 7.
The extra flange or projection for the extension flange or second curl instead of
being formed on the curling plate as shown and described might be formed on the
dish or base but this arrangement would be obviously less convenient.
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-
1. The herein described improvements in the manufacture of hats consisting chiefly
in forming an extension flange or second curl in addition to and on the outer side of
the ordinary curl on the hat brim by means of the ordinary curling process applied in
conjunction with a special outer flange or projection on the curling plate dish or base.
2. The combination with the ordinary curl on the brim of a hat of an extension
flange or second curl such as d substantially as described and as illustrated by
Figures 5, 6, and 7.
3. The improved curling plate constructed substantially as and for the purposes
herein set forth.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for. Applicant.