An Improvement in Hat Leathers.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Hat Leathers.
I WILLIAM NORFOLK BATTERSBY of Stockport in the County of Chester Hai
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
The object of this invention is to make a bat leather which shall be easy fitting and
at the same time admit of ventilation and maintain its oval form.
For this purpose I form a strip of corrugated material, (say) about one inch wide
and I fix the same by cement or other adhesive substance to the inside or back of the
hat leather near its upper edge at the front part of the hat, the corrugations being
made in a perpendicular direction or nearly so, and 1 perforate the lower part of the
leather with small holes by punching or pricking so as to admit of the passage of air
through the lower part of the leather over the forehead to the back of the leather
the corrugated material aforesaid keeping the leather away from the inside of the hat
and allowing a free passage to the air behind the leather.
Between the lower part of the leather and the hat I attach to the latter a piece of
soft felt so as to give an easy fit, and this felt being about the same thickness as the
corrugated material the leather is kept perfectly smooth and level and maintains its
oval form. I have found the stiffened material known in the trade as "Gossamer
to be a suitable substance for forming the corrugated material as it is light and will
keep its corrugated form without being too hard.
Dated this 7th day of November 1888.
"
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Hat Leathers.
WILLIAM NORFOLK BATTERSBY of Stockport in the County of Chester 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 :-
The object of this invention is to make a hat leather which shall be easy fitting and
at the same time admit of ventilation and maintain its oval form.
The nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to
the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1. in the annexed drawing is a horizontal section through the body of a hat,
showing the application of my invention thereto. Fig. 2 is a front view (full size) of
the central or front portion of one of my improved hat leathers, and Figs. 3 and 4
are slight modifications thereof hereinafter more particularly referred to.
a (Figs. 1. and 2) is the hat leather and is a strip of corrugated material (say)
about one inch wide which I fix by cement or otherwise to the inside or back of the
hat leather near to its upper edge at the front part of the hat, the corrugations being
made in a perpendicular direction or nearly so, and I perforate the lower part of the
leather with small holes c by punching or pricking so as to admit of the passage of
air through the lower part of the leather a over the forehead to the back of the
leather a the corrugated material aforesaid keeping the leather a away from the
inside of the hat as seen at Fig. 1. and allowing a free passage to the upward current
of air behind the leather a.

page_text: Between the lower part of the leather and the hat I prefer to attach to the latter a
piece d of soft felt so as to give an easy fit, and this felt being about the same
thickness as the corrugated material & the leather is kept perfectly smooth and level
and maintains its oval form.
I have found the stiffened material known in the trade as "Gossamer" to be a
suitable substance for forming the corrugated material as it is light and will keep its
corrugated form without being too hard.
In the modification shown at Fig. 3. the perforations are represented in a higher
position and in the form of eyelets e to which is soldered a small piece of wire gauze,
in the modification shown at Fig. 4. the corrugated strip is shown wider and
extending to the lower part of the leather a, the strip of felt. d being in the latter
case dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what.1
claim is :-
The improvement in hat leathers consisting in the combination with a perforated
leather of a strip of corrugated material substantially in the manner and for the
purpose hereinbefore more particularly set forth.
Dated this 7th day of August 1889.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.