Improvements in Machines for Paring the Brims of Soft Felt Hats.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Paring the Brims of Soft Felt Hats.
We, HENRY HERBERT TURNER, ALBERT TURNER, and ARNOLD TURNER, all
of Turner Street, Denton, near Manchester, Hatters Machinists, do hereby
declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of a novel construction of machine or appliance for
accurately trimming or paring the brims (or edges of the brims) of soft felt
hats, which said machine comprises the following parts, viz.: An upright
pillar or pedestal to stand upon a table or floor,-a (by preference) swivelling
head with arms or brackets adapted to carry, or form, the bearings of a pair
of shafts horizontally disposed one above the other, a large circular cutter keyed
upon the upper shaft, and a small circular cutter upon the lower shaft, and
the edges of the respective cutters over-lapping, and producing a scissor-like
action when rotated under the action of a driving pulley and small spur pinion
on the opposite end of the lower shaft, and a large spur wheel on the opposite
end of the upper shaft.
The lower shaft is provided with a clutch and lever to stop and start the
cutters instantly.
The cutters are, by preference, fitted to milled edged discs, which grip and
feed the felt between the cutters. Upon the upper shaft is an adjustable arm
carrying a curved guide and alongside the lower shaft is a grooved block for
guiding the felt and regulating the amount of felt cut off.
The unequal sized cutters, and the disposition of the arms for carrying the
shafts, allow ample room for the manipulation of the hat.
The upper shaft has a slight endwise movement, and is surrounded by a
spring to hold the cutters against each other.
Dated this 21st dow of Tu... 1808
Improvements in Machines for Paring the Brims of Soft Felt Hats.
We, HENRY HERBERT TURNER, ALBERT TURNER, and ARNOLD TURNER, all
of Turner Street, Denton, near Manchester, Hatters Machinists, do hereby
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page_text: 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:
Our invention consists of a novel construction of machine or appliance for
accurately trimming or paring the brims (or edges of the brims) of soft felt
hats.
The accompanying drawing illustrates such machine, Fig. 1 being a side
elevation, Fig. 2 an end or front elevation, and Fig. 3 certain details detached.
The improved machine consists of an upright pillar or pedestal (A) with broad
base (B) for standing upon a table or floor, a (by preference) swivelling head (C)
with arms or brackets (D), (D) adapted to carry or form the bearings of a pair
of shafts (E) and (F) horizontally disposed one above the other as illustrated.
The machine also consists of a large circular cutter (G) keyed upon the upper
shaft (E) and a small circular cutter (H) upon the lower shaft (F). The edges
of the two cutters over-lap as shewn more clearly in Fig. 3, and produce a
scissor-like action when rotated under the action of a driving pulley (I) and
small spur pinion (J) on the lower shaft (F), and a larger spur wheel (K) on
the opposite end of the upper shaft (E).
The lower shaft (F) is provided with a clutch (L) and lever (M) to engage the
pulley (I) with the shaft and disengage it instantly in starting and stopping the
action of the cutters (G), (H). These cutters are, by preference fitted to milled
edged dises (N) which grip and feed the felt between the cutters. Upon the
upper shaft (E) is an adjustable arm (0) carrying a curved guide (P), and
alongside the lower shaft (F) is a grooved block (Q) for guiding the felt and
regulating the amount of felt cut off. The hat brim to be pared is placed upon
the_guide_(Q),-the-guide-(P)-is-brought-down-upon-the-felt, and immediately
over and into the groove in the guide (Q). It also takes into a slight groove in
the felt representing the line of paring, and with the machine started and the
felt nipped by the discs (N), the brim is fed automatically between the cutters.
The unequal sized cutters (G) and (H) and the disposition of the arms (D), (D³)
are the chief features of our invention in that they allow ample room for the
manipulation of the hat brim between the cutters.
The upper shaft (E) has a slight endwise movement, and is surrounded by a
spring (R) to hold the cutters against each other.
Having thus 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: In machines for paring the brims of soft felt hats, cutter discs (G), (H),
swivelling or fixed head (C), with arms (D) and (D*) for carrying the shafts
on which the said discs are mounted, and means for holding such cutters discs
against each other, rotating them, and feeding and guiding the felt, substantially
as herein set forth.
Dated this 92nd day of An: 1900
HENRY HERBERT TURNER,
ALBERT TURNER,.
ARNOLD TURNER,
By John G. Wilson & Co.,
Agents.