IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD-BOARD RESTERS OR APPLIANCES FOR PACKING HATS
Year: 1885

page_text: racking Hats.
I GEORGE DOWNS of Manor Street Hooley Hill, near Manchester, in the County,
of Lancaster, Box Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD-BOARD RESTERS OR APPLIANCES FOR PACKING HATS," to
be as follows:-
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These improvements refer to that class of card or straw-board resters or
appliances used for packing hats to prevent the bodies and rins thereof being
injured. Instead of making the top and bottom with straight and parallel edges
as heretofore. I score the straw-board in parallel lines to the desired width to
facilitate the bending and then bending one edge. overlapping the other-glue the
two edges together. The top and bottom edges are then cut out in a suitable
curve to fit the form of the brim of the hat and so as to lie and press equally all
over the surface of the brim instead of only being in touching contact at the two
sides as hertofore.
In this manner I secure a much steadier packing of hats than has hitherto been
practicable and effectually prevent the hats being damaged in transit.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for Applicant.

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I, GEORGE DOWNS, of Manor Street, Hooley Hill near Manchester in the County
of Lancaster; Box Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD-BOARD RESTERS OR APPLIANCES FOR PACKING HATS
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
These improvements refer to that class of card or straw-board resters or
appliances used for packing hats to prevent the bodies and rims thereof being
injured.
Instead of taking the length of card-board and cutting it into a strip of the
desired width to make the necessary depth of rester as heretofore and making the
rester in a cylindrical form whereby much room is occupied I take the length of
card-board of sufficient width and score it down the centre to facilitate the bending
at the scored line and then doubling the card-board with one edge overlapping
the other glue the two edges together or I bind the two edges in case they come
flush with a strip of paper, textile fabric or other material which is pasted over
the two edges to form the joining. In this manner I make a flattened tube and
if it is considered advisable I also paste a similar strip of material over the scored
edge of such flattened tube. I then submit such tube to the action of a knife
carried by a guillotine machine or fly or other press such knife being formed
of the desired shape to produce the curves a a a illustrated in Fig. 1 which
represents the flattened tube and thus I cut up the tube into a series of resters bbb
of the desired. depth one of which is illustrated separately and opened out in Fig. 2.
and shewing a section of a hat being supported thereby. Resters so formed occupy
little room when lying flat and when opened out into cylindrical form are capable
of standing firmly and yet are curved on the upper edge so as to approximate to
and form a better support for the curl of the brim of the hat than is produced
when the two edges are cut in straight parallel lines as heretofore-Instead of
having both edges curved as illustrated or of a similar curve it will be obvious
that one edge might be cut straight but this would involve the use of more card-
board to make a given number of resters-And instead of scoring the card board
down the centre and doubling the same together it will be apparent that the two
sides of the flattened tube might be separated and be stamped out in the desired
form and the two adjoining edges secured together by strips but this I should
consider a modification of my invention. I do not necessarily confine myself to
the edges being curved as it will be readily seen that the improvement is applicable
to resters for soft hats capable of folding flat in accordance with this invention in
which case the upper and lower edges may be in straight parallel lines as
heretofore.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st Making resters with the upper edge curved to suit or approximate to the
curl of the hat brim substantially as and for the purposes herein before described.
2nd The improved construction of rester capable of folding flat and so as to
occupy little room—and with straight or curved edges as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 11th day of August 1885.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant,