Improvements in Ventilating Silk, Felt, and other Hats and Head .Coverings, and in Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 24th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ventilating Silk, Felt, and other Hats and Head
.Coverings, and in Apparatus therefor.
I, JOHN EATON, of Fernlea, Stepping Hill, Stockport, in the County of Chester,
Hat Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to an improved method of ventilating silk, felt and other
hats and head coverings, after the leather or sweat band has been sewn in position.
For this purpose I punch a series of small holes both through the felt or other
body of the hat and through the leather or sweat band at one operation whereby I
obtain a perfectly free ventilation. These holes I prefer to make in groups and I
punch them either at the front only, or all round or otherwise as may be preferred,
the said holes being situated as low down on the brow as possible so that they may
be covered by the silk or other band which is put on afterwards and which is
sufficiently porous for ventilating purposes.
The apparatus which I employ for this purpose is constructed as follows:-
Upon a suitable frame I support a table carrying a horizontal slide formed so as
to carry the hat or other head covering and provided with a rack which is in gear
with a toothed pinion actuated by a lever so that the slide and the hat with it can
be readily moved to and fro end wise. In a convenient position on the table opposite
to the end of the slide I fix a bracket or arm carrying a lever.
The inner end of the lever is provided underneath with a group of blunt needles
or fine punches and the front end of the slide is pierced with a corresponding group
of holes.
The slide being in its backward position and the punches raised, the hat is placed
on the slide in the proper position. The slide is then brought forward by means of
the pinion lever until the holes are just below the punches which will then be inside
the hat. The punch lever is now actuated bringing the group of punches down
simultaneously and thus punching a corresponding group of holes through both hat
and leather or sweat band at the same time.
The same effect might be partly obtained by punching the hat and the leather or
sweat band separately in exactly the same positions but I find it greatly preferable
to punch through both at the one operation, as it is more accurate and saves time.
Dated this 14th day of November 1890.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ventilating Silk, Felt, and other Hats and Head
Coverings, and in Apparatus therefor.
I, JOHN EATON, of Fernlea, Stepping Hill, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved method of ventilating silk felt and other
hats and head coverings, after the leather or sweat band has been sewn in position.
For this
purpose I punch a series of small holes both through the felt or other
body of the hat and through the leather or sweat band and preferably at one opera-
tion whereby I obtain a perfectly free ventilation. These holes I prefer to make
in groups and I punch them either at the front only, or all round or otherwise as
may be preferred, the said holes being situated as low down on the brow as possible
Price 6d.1

page_text: so that they may be covered by the silk or other band which is put on afterwards
and which is sufficiently porous for ventilating purposes, and for hot climates where
extra ventilation is required I punch additional holes through the leather and hat
above the band, and in cases where a grease proof material is employed between the
leather and the body of the hat I punch the holes through the grease proof material
also.
The apparatus which I prefer to employ for this purpose will be readily under-
stood on reference to the annexed sheet of drawings in which Figs. 1 and 2 represent
side and front elevations of the improved punching machine which is constructed as
follows:-
Upon a suitable frame a I support a table carrying a horizontal slide c formed
so as to carry the hat or other head covering d (Fig. 1) and provided with a rack e
which is in gear with a toothed pinion actuated by a lever so that the slide c
and the hat d with it can be readily moved to and fro end wise.
In a convenient position on the table opposite the end of the slide c I fix a
bracket or arm g carrying a lever h.
The inner end of the lever h acts on a punch which is provided underneath with
a group of blunt needles or fine punches k and the front end of the slide c is pierced
with a corresponding group of holes.
C
until the holes
raised, the hat d is
The slide c is then
are just below the
The slide being in its backward position and the punches
placed on the slide in the proper position as shown at Fig. 1.
brought forward by means of the pinion lover
punches which will then be inside the hat d.
The punch lever is now actuated bringing the group of needles or punches k
down simultaneously and thus punching a corresponding group of holes through both
the hat d and the leather or sweat band at the same time.
The same effect might be partly obtained by punching the hat and the leather or
sweat band separately in exactly the same positions but I find it greatly preferable
to punch through both at the one operation as it is more accurate and saves time.
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 I
claim is :-
:-
First. The improvements in ventilating hats and other head coverings by punching
a series of identical or opposite holes through both the body of the hat and the leather
or sweat band and also through the grease proof material if employed, some or all of
which holes are covered by the exterior silk or other band, and
Secondly. I claim the construction of the apparatus for punching a group or series
of holes at one operation substantially as herein before described and illustrated by
the drawings annexed.
Dated
100
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.