Improvements in or connected with Hat and Bonnet Pins.
Year: 1897

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Hat and Bonnet Pins.
I, DANIEL DEELEY THOMPSON of Charles Street, Goodwood West, South
Australia, Jeweller, 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 improvements in or connected with hat and bonnet'
pins and has for its object to provide a shield or protection to be applied to
the point to cover the same and give it an ornamental appearance.
My improved shield and protector consists essentially of a short length of
externally grooved metal tubing provided at one end with an ornamental disc or
head and formed with an internal screw-thread for screwing upon the pointed end
of the pin which is provided with an external screw-thread for this purpose. The
point of the pin is thus held within the said tube and is thereby covered or
protected whilst its disc or head gives it an ornamental appearance.
And in order to clearly understand my said invention will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 shows a hat pin with a shield or protector, shewn in section, attached to
its end or point.
Fig. 2 is a face view of the ornamental disc or head,
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the externally grooved tube forming the protector,
Fig. 4 is an end view thereof and
Fig. 5 is a length of grooved tubing from which the short tubes or
protectors are cut
a is the short metal tube forming the shield or protector and provided with
external grooves a¹ is the ornamental head or disc attached to one end of the
tube, and c is the hat pin whose point c' enters the bore of the tube and is
secured therein by the screw-thread c formed on the pin engaging with an
internal thread formed in the tube.
In constructing my improved shields or protectors I provide a suitable length of
tubing formed with external grooves a', as shown in Fig. 5, and cut off the
required length for the protector. I fix this in a lathe and turn down the shoulder a
at one end and the recessed curved part a³. I then fix the head or disc formed-
of metal stamped or moulded to any suitable design, and provided with a hole in
the centre. The said centre is passed over and secured to the shoulder a² by
pressing and working a pointed tool against it so as to force it into the end of the tube
as shown in Fig. 1 thus securely attaching the said disc to the tube. The tube a
is then formed with an internal screw-thread and its outer end filled up with a short
piece of wire a soldered into the bore thereof. The end is then smoothed off and
the article is ready for the finishing process.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performned, I declare that what I
claim is,-
(1) In hat or bounet pins forming the pointed end thereof with an external
screw-thread for engaging with an internal screw-thread formed in a short length

page_text: protector for the point of the pin substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
(2) In shields or protectors for the points of hat or bonnet pins forming the
same of a short length of externally grooved tubing provided with an internal
screw-thread, for engaging with a screw-thread on the pin, and with an ornamental
disc or head secured to the inner end of the said tubing substantially as described
and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 17th day of February 1897.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.