IMPROVEMENTS IN VENTILATING HATS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Cooper, of Laurence Pountney Lane,
in the City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
VENTILATING HATS."
Sealed the 26th October 1869, and dated the 28th April 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Cooper at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th April 1869.
I, EDWARD COOPER, of Laurence Pountney Lane, in the City of
London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN VENTILATING HATS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in adapting to the inside of hats, and by
preference at that part thereof where the head lining is situated, a piece
of cork or other suitable waterproof material or fabric so made as to leave
a series of vertical or diagonal channels or passages for the admission of
air and emission of perspiration or heated air from the inside of the hat
when placed on the head of the wearer thereof.

page_text: If desirable the aforesaid passages may be used in combination with
an opening or openings made in and through the crown of the hat. The
aforesaid ventilating piece of cork or other material I propose to fix to
the head lining of the hat by any suitable means at that part thereof
that comes over the forehead of the wearer, and I fix the head lining
of the hat by sewing in the usual way; but for the purposes of this
Invention I make holes or perforations through that part of the head
lining that covers over the ends of the passages in the aforesaid ven-
tilating piece, the aforesaid holes in the head lining being placed opposite
to the openings in the ventilating piece; and, finally, I affix to the head
lining at the forehead part thereof a silk pad stuffed with any soft
material. I wish it, however, to be understood that I do not intend to
limit myself to the employment of a ventilating piece of material placed
within the head lining of the hat only, but, if desirable, make the said
piece nearly the entire depth of the body of the hat, or on a level with
the top of the head lining, or at any height therefrom less than the
entire height of the inside of the body of the hat, and it is this mode of
combining a perforated head lining with a ventilating piece and pad that
constitutes the novelty of this Invention; and I declare this Invention
to consist solely in applying the said combination of parts to hats for the
purpose of ventilating them, as above stated.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Cooper in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 28th October 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
COOPER, of Laurence Pountney Lane, in the City of London, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Edward Cooper, Her
special licence that I, the said Edward Cooper, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward Cooper, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,

page_text: and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN VENTILATING HATS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Edward Cooper, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Cooper, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in adapting to the inside of hats, and by
preference at that part thereof where the head lining is situated, a piece
of cork or other suitable waterproof material or fabric so made as. to leave
a series of vertical or diagonal channels or passages for the admission of
cold air and emission of prespiration or heated air from the inside of the
hat when placed on the head of the wearer thereof.
If desirable the aforesaid passages may be used in combination with
an opening or openings made in and through the crown of the hat. The
aforesaid ventilating piece of cork or other material I propose to fix to
the head lining of the hat by any suitable means at that part thereof
that comes over the forehead of the wearer, and I fix the head lining of
the hat by sewing in the usual way; but for the purposes of this Inven-
tion I make holes or perforations through that part of the head lining
that covers over the ends of the passages in the aforesaid ventilating.
piece, the aforesaid holes in the head lining being placed opposite to the
openings in the ventilating piece; and, finally, I affix to the head lining
at the forehead part thereof a silk pad stuffed with any soft material.
I wish it, however, to be understood that I do not intend to limit myself
to the employment of a ventilating piece of material placed within the
head lining of the hat only, but, if desirable, make the said piece nearly
the entire depth of the body of the hat, or on a level with the top of the
Lead lining, or at any height therefrom less than the entire height of

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the novelty of this Invention; and I declare this Invention to consist
solely in applying the said combination of parts to hats for the purpose
of ventilating them, as above stated.
And in order to explain this Invention more completely I now proceed
to describe the illustrative Sheet of Drawings accompanying these
Presents by reference to the numeral figures and letters of reference
marked thereon, as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a longitudinal and vertical section of a hat
shewing my improvements adapted thereto; Figure 2 is a plan view
looking at the inside of the hat; Figure 3, is a horizontal section through
the line A, B, at Figure 1. At each of the above Figures I employ similar
letters of reference to denote corresponding parts in so far as such parts
appear at each of such said Figures respectively.
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A marks the body of the hat; B, the brim; C, the head lining; D, piece
of cork or other waterproof material or fabric made with vertical or
diagonal half-round channels or grooves a, a, therein. This piece of
material I fix to the lining C of the hat at the inside thereof, and at that
part that is intended to come over a person's forehead;, I tlien sew the
head lining C, formed of leather or other suitable material, to the hat
in the usual way, taking care to so fix the lining that the perforations b
formed therein come opposite to the ends of the grooves a, a, with which
the lining should be in contact; and, finally, I affix to the lining Ca
silk pad E stuffed with any soft material, or the said pad may be fixed
to the head lining before it is sewn in the hat.
By this Invention a current of cool air is always passing over the head
of the wearer. The hat is rendered grease proof, and the elasticity of the
padded part of the head lining prevents unpleasant pressure on the
forehead, thus affording case and comfort to the wearer.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my
said Invention for "Improvements in Ventilating Hats," together with
the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into practical
effect, I would remark in conclusion that I do not claim the exclusive
use of any of the parts above described when taken separately; but

page_text: what I claim as my Invention intended to be secured to me by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, combining the perforated
head lining C with the groved piece of cork or other waterproof
material or fabric D and silk pad E as constituting improvements in the
manufacture of ventilating hats.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Cooper, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
material or fabric D and silk pad E as constituting improvements in the
manufacture of ventilating hats.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Cooper, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
EDWARD COOPER. (L.S.)