Improvements in Head-wear of Soft or Pliable Material.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 23rd Oct.21897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Head-wear of Soft or Pliable Material.
I, EDMUND ZUCKER, of 312 Strakonitz, in the Kingdom of Bohemia, ipartiof the
Empire of Austria, 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:-
Heretofore head-wear manufactured from soft or pliable materials has presented
the inconvenience that all parts of the same being equally soft and pliable, the
slightest pressure from the outside has resulted in a corresponding deformation
of the head-wear.
This invention removes this disadvantage in a simple and cheap manner by
strengthening the connecting lines of the more or less vertical parts with the
horizontal by some suitable elastic material.
In carrying out my invention I prepare a solution of India-rubber or gutta-
percha in a suitable solvent, and apply this solution to the inner or outer side or
to both sides of the head-wear at those parts where the vertical portion of the cap,
hat, and so forth connects with the crown for a sufficient width. I then cover
the parts thus prepared with a strip of non-vulcanised rubber, upon which a
solution of sulpho-chloride and carbon bisulphide, preferably in the proportion of
2 parts of sulpho-chloride to 100 parts of carbon-bisulphide, is applied by means
of a brush, thereby fitting the rubber for the application of strips of textile or
other material which I fasten to the rubber by means of a hot iron.
I may also carry out my invention without the medium of strips of non-
vulcanised rubber, and by means of the solution of india-rubber or gutta-percha
and the subsequent application of sulpho-chloride and carbon bisulphide directly
apply the strips of textile or other material to the connecting lines of the vertical
and horizontal parts, securing the elastic material to the fabric by means of a hot
iron.
I may also attach the strips of non-vulcanised rubber directly without the aid
of the rubber or gutta-percha solution, either by sewing or sticking such strips
on in some way or other after the said strips have been coated with the solution
of sulpho-chloride and carbon bisulphide whereupon the strip of textile or other
material is applied in the manner before stated.
By this invention those parts of the head-wear where the horizontal portions
connect with the crown, and which determine the shape of the cap, hat and so
forth are rendered stiffer, and such stiffening being effected by means of elastic
material the article always regains its original shape upon being deformed momen-
tarily by pressure, whereby greater durability and a more pleasing form of the
head-wear is obtained.
I may also omit the strips of textile material, relying upon the dissolved rubber
and strips of rubber or gutta-percha to render the walls of the head-wear elastic.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
First. The improvement in head-wear of soft or pliable materials which con

page_text: sists in coating the connecting lines of the more or less horizontal parts with the
more or less vertical, or the rounded parts, with a solution of india-rubber upon
which strips of non-vulcanised rubber are placed, and, by means of a solution of
sulpho-chloride and carbon-bisulphide, covering the same with a strip of textile
or other material fastened thereto by the help of a hot iron, for the purpose of
stiffening the said parts of the head-wear.
Second The process set forth in Claim 1 omitting the strips of non-vulcanised
rubber.
Third. The process set forth in Claim 1 omitting the coating of rubber-solution.
Fourth. The processes set forth in Claims 1, 2, and 3, omitting the strip of textile
or other material.