Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 15th Feb., 1887.
We BERNHARDT HERZBERG and LEO HERZBERG both of 23 Jewin Crescent,
London Hai Manufacturers 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 improvements in the manufacture of felt hats made either
of wool or fur or of a mixture of both.
Our invention is as follows:-Having made the hat body in the ordinary manner we
place such body on a block and prepare it with sand paper or pumice stone after which
we finish the same with one or more sponge or sponges which may be either dry damp
or wet as found most convenient. When using fur as the material out of which to
manufacture the hat we prefer to use both a wet and a dry sponge.
We prove or stiffen the hat body either before or after finishing the same or before
or after dyeing the same according to the material employed and the nature of the hat
required to be produced.
We dye such hat body any required color after which we place the same on a suitable
shape to again finish it and when finishing it we again employ a sponge or sponges.
By employing a sponge or sponges in the finishing process and also by subjecting
the hat body to a double finishing process in the manner above described we obtain a
softer and more perfect finish combined with a glossy and lustrous surface.
We would here observe that we make no claim to that part of our invention
which relates to placing a hat body on a suitable block or shape in order to finish
the same save in combination with the application of our improved double finishing
process thereto.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is.
1. Finishing the body of a hat made either of wool 01 fur or of both
conbined as well before as after dyeing the same substantially in the manner and
for the purposes hereinbefore described.
2. Employing one or more suitable sponge or sponges in such finishing process
substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings,
Holborn, London,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We BERNHARDT HERZBERG and LEO HERZBERG both of 23 Jewin Crescent,
London Hat Manufacturers 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 improvements in the manufacture of felt hats made either
of wool or fur or of a mixture of both.
Our invention is as follows:-Having made the hat body in the ordinary manner we
place such body on a block revolving at any suitable rate of speed and prepare it with
sand paper or pumice stone after which we finish the same with one or more sponge
or sponges which may be either dry damp or wet as found most convenient. When
using fur as the material out of which to manufacture the hat we prefer to use both a
wet and a dry sponge.
We prove or stiffen the hat body either before or after finishing the same or before
or after dyeing the same according to the material employed and the nature of the hat
required to be produced.
We dye such hat body any required color after which we again place the same on a
suitable shape to again finish it and when finishing it we again employ a sponge or
sponges in the manner above mentioned.
By employing a sponge or sponges in the finishing process and also by subjecting
the hat body to a double finishing process in the manner above described we obtain a
softer and more perfect finish combined with a glossy and lustrous surface.
We would here observe that we make no claim to that part of our invention
which relates to placing a hat body on a suitable block or shape in order to finish
the same save in combination with the application of our improved double finishing
process thereto.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is.
1. Finishing the body of a hat made either of wool or fur or of both
combined as well before as after dyeing the same substantially in the manner and
for the purposes hereinbefore described.
2. Employing one or more suitable sponge or sponges in such finishing process
substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described.