Improvements in the Manufacture of Lace Hats and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 21st Feb., 1891-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Lace Hats and the like.
I, JAMES SANDERS COOKE, of 55, Sandon Street, New Basford, in the Borough
of Nottingham, Lace Manufacturer's Manager, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates more especially to the manufacture of hats and the like
which are manufactured of lace and it has for its object improvements in the manu-
facture of such lace hats.
Heretofore in the manufacture of lace hats, the lace is first cut into or formed in
strips of any suitable width, these strips are then formed into shapes approximating
to the shape of the finished hat in a similar manner to hats manufactured of
straw plait after which they are finished on a block in a well known manner.
In carrying out this invention I form blanks preferably of lace or lace hosiery of
any suitable size and shape approximating in form to the shape of the hat required,
these blanks are manufactured with a varying quality or class of work in different
parts so that they will where required stretch or adapt themselves readily without
seams to the shape of the block on which they are finished and which is of the
requisite form.
The blanks may be manufactured on a lace, warp lace, or hosiery machine such
as a jack machine, and may be in a lace machine made in the net and afterwards
cut out, they may also be made in any suitable pattern or design. In some cases
draw threads may be inserted to assist in forming the shape these may be in some
cases inserted in the process of manufacture as in a lace machine or afterwards; in
the former case each draw thread would enter the blank on one side pass half round
and out at the other side and into the next blank a corresponding thread being
inserted in the other half of the blank.
Dated this 22nd day of May 1890.
ว
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Lace Hats and the like.
I, JAMES SANDERS COOKE, of Grove House, Langtry Grove, New Basford,
late of 55, Sandon Street, New Basford, in the Borough of Nottingham, Lace
Manufacturer's Manager, 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 more especially to the manufacture of hats and the like
which are manufactured of lace and it has for its object improvements in the manu-
facture of such hats.
It will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Figs. 1 and 3 are lace blanks, and Figs. 2 and 4 are lace hats formed from the
corresponding lace blanks shown in Figs. 1 and 3.
Heretofore in the manufacture of lace hats, the lace has first been cut into or
formed in strips or breadths similar to lace edging of any suitable width, these
strips have then been formed into shapes approximating to the shape of the finished
hat or bonnet in a similar manner to hats or bonnets manufactured of straw plait
after which they are finished in a well-known manner.

page_text: In carrying out this invention. I form blanks of lace in a single undivided piece
each blank containing or being formed with a complete design which is of any
suitable size and shape according to the size and shape of the blank required.
These blanks A, Fig. 1 may be manufactured on a lace, warp lace, or hosiery
machine, such as a jack machine and may be in a lace machine, manufactured in the
net or piece and afterwards cut out.
The blanks after being sized and dried may be damped where necessary and
manipulated or otherwise formed in any well known manner into the shape required
(such for example as shown in Fig. 2) which they retain when dry.
When it is desired to form a shape with a raised crown, (see Figs. 3 and 4) the
blanks B are formed with open work C, preferably arranged radially as shown and
alternating with a stiffer quality of work D, both of which may contain a pattern
but not of such a nature as to alter the quality of work. In forming the sides E
of the crown the openwork C is damped preferably by steaming the blank is then
blocked on a block of suitable shape in a well-known manner and the blank will
readily take the shape of the block by reason of the adaptability and disposition of
the openwork C.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A lace blank for hats or bonnets made of a single undivided piece, containing
a complete design substantially as specified.
2. A lace hat or bonnet made from a lace, warp lace or lace hosiery blank, con-
taining a complete design substantially as specified.
3. A lace blank formed in a single undivided piece made with varying qualities
of work such as C and D substantially as described.
Dated this 20th day of February 1891
JAMES SANDERS COOKE.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.