Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 20th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th July, 1887.
We, EDGAR BLUCK, of 16 and 17 Old Cavendish Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Military Tailor, and HENRY FERDINAND IHLEE, of Cronberg House,
Wimbledon, in the County of Surrey, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide in a simple and efficient way for
ventilation of the interior of a head covering such as a hat or a stiff cap, for which
purpose there is provided a channel or channels for inlet of air between the body of
the hat and the forehead of the wearer in conjunction with openings (which may be
such as heretofore employed) for egress of air through another part of the body of
the hat or cap.
In carrying out this invention it is preferred to use a woollen lining of the kind
known as Dr. Jaegers, but instead of extending entirely around the interior of that
part of the hat or cap that fits upon the head and uniting the two ends at the back of
the hat or cap as usual, the lining is so arranged and secured that it extends not quite
all round the interior of the hat, and the free ends are placed not at the back but at
the front, and usually it is advantageous to turn the extremities under or otherwise to
give additional thickness to the lining where it terminates. By arranging the lining
as described, there is formed between its extremities a channel which when the hat or
cap is worn on the head will form a passage between the body of the hat or cap and
the forehead of the wearer in such a way that air may circulate in actual contact with
the wearers skin. As will be obvious, the invention may be carried out under various
modifications without departure from its distinctive characteristic, and is applicable
to head coverings of any kind worn after the manner of a hat or cap.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coverings for the Head such as Hats and Caps.
We, EDGAR BLUCK of 16 and 17 Old Cavendish Street in the County of
Middlesex. Military Tailor and HENRY FERDINAND IHLEE of Cronberg House,
Wimbledon, in the County of Surrey, Merchant, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide in a simple and efficient way for
ventilation of the interior of a head covering, such as a hat or a cap, for which purpose
-there-is-or are provided a channel or channels-for-inlet of air between-the-body of the
hat and the forehead of the wearer in conjunction with an opening or openings
(which may be such as heretofore employed) for egress of air through another part or
parts of the body of the hat or cap.
Referring to the annexed sheet of illustrative drawings,
Fig. 1. is a central vertical transverse section (looking towards the front of the
interior) of a hat of the kind known in the trade as a "silk hat" having this
invention applied to it.
Fig. 2 is an underside view.
Fig. 3-is a central longitudinal vertical section of-a-hat-of the-kind-known in-the-
trade as a felt hat with this invention applied to it, (part of a head being indicated in
outline), and
Fig. 4 is an underside view of the same hat.
In each case A is the body of the hat, B the brim and C the lining band, D D being
holes for egress of air.
In carrying out this inventon it is preferred to use a woollen lining of the kind
known as Dr. Jaeger's but other kinds of linings may be used. Instead of the
lining C extending around the interior of that part of the hat or cap that fits upon
the head and having its two ends united at the back of the hat or cap as usual, the
lining C is so arranged and secured to the hat that it (the lining) extends not quite
all round the interior of the hat, and the free ends C³ Care placed not at the back
but at the front.
Usually it is advantageous to turn the extremities under as represented in Figs. 3
and 4, or otherwise, to give additional thickness to the lining where it terminates,
thereby increasing the space between the forehead and the body of the hat.
By arranging the lining as described there is formed between its extremities a
channel E which when the hat or cap is worn on the head will form a passage
between the body of the hat or cap and the forehead of the wearer in such a way that
air may circulate in actual contact with the wearer's skin, as indicated by arrows
in Fig. 3.
As will be obvious, the invention may be carried out under various modifications
without departure from its distinctive characteristic. For example, the lining might
be in two or more parts so as to form at the front two or more air passages instead of

page_text: one only, or the lining might be of two or more thicknesses or layers, the outer one
extending entirely around the interior of the hat or cap, and the inner one extending
only partly round so as to leave a passage for air between the wearer's head and the outer
thickness or layer of lining. Or the lining might be made to extend entirely round
the interior of the hat or cap, a part or parts being cut away at the front for a portion
of the depth of the lining (at the lower part thereof) as indicated in Fig. 5, where C
is lining with parts cut away to form air passages at E E.
As will be evident, the invention as described is applicable to head coverings of
any kind worn after the manner of a hat or cap.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner it is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :—
A hat or similar head covering having in conjunction with an opening or openings
such as D for egress of air a lining formed and applied as hereinabove described
with reference to the drawings annexed figs. 1 and 2, or 3 and 4; or fig. 5 for the
purpose specified.
Dated this 20th day or June 1657.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.