An Improvement applicable to Hats.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1891-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement applicable to Hats.
We HARRY WALKER of the firm of T. & W. Walker Hat Manufacturers and
ALFRED SUTCLIFFE, Hatter hoth of Denton in the County of Lancaster do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of silk, felt or other similar hats having a
curl on each side in addition to the flat brim, and consists in a means of strengthening
such curl.
It has for some time been a common practice in certain classes of hats especially
of light make to insert or affix a metal wire all round the outer rim thereof so as
to strengthen the same and make it more rigid.
My invention consists in fixing to the curls of such hats (in addition to the
ordinary wire around the brim) a strip of steel or spring wire which runs along
the outer and under edge thereof, and is secured thereto by metal clips (or other
suitable means) which binds or holds the two wires together at about the shoulder
of the curl.
The binding is then sewn on in the usual manner which hides these wires entirely
from view.
By the use of this additional wire to the curl, as well as to the brim, it will be
found that this part of the hat may be made much lighter, and greater rigidity
and firmness will be imparted thereto, besides which it will keep its "set" or shape
much longer than hitherto.
Dated this 10th day of October 1890.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement applicable to Hats.
We HARRY WALKER of the firm of T. & W. Walker, Hat Manufacturers and
ALFRED SUTCLIFFE, Hatter, both of Denton in the County of Lancaster 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 that class of silk, felt or other similar hats, having a
curl on each side in addition to the flat brim and consists in a means of strengthening
such curl.
It has for some time been a common practice in certain classes of hats especially
those of light make, to insert a metal wire all round the outer rim thereof so as to
strengthen the same and make it more rigid.
The nature of our invention which is an improvement upon the above method
of strengthening the brims and curls will be readily understood on reference to
the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation thereof.
Our invention consists in fixing to the curls of such hats, in addition to the
ordinary wire a around the brim (as seen in plan view at Fig. 1 on the drawings
annexed) a strip of steel or spring wire b which runs along underneath the extreme
inner edge of the curl c (as shown at Fig. 2) and is secured to the wire a by metal
clips d (or other suitable means) which bind or hold the two wires a and b together
at about the shoulders of the curl.

page_text: The binding is then sewn on in the usual manner which hides these wires entirely
from view.
By the use of this additional wire to the curl at each side as well as the wire a
to the brim it will be found that the brim of the hat may be made much lighter
than usual and greater rigidity and firmness will be imparted thereto, besides which
it will keep the "set" much longer than hitherto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The combination with the ordinary brim wires of silk, felt, or other hats, of
additional side wires to support the extreme inner edge of the curls substantially as
hereinbefore described.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.