Improvements in Hats.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hats.
We, ARTHUR GEORGE THOMAS, House Decorator, of 3, Rownham Place, Hot-
wells, Bristol, and PHILIP ROBERTS, Engineers' Pattern Maker, 24, Park Road,
Southville, Bristol, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a novel and improved method for the attraction of a
continuous current of fresh air, by means of which the head is kept perfectly cool,
in the form of a novel hat band, which is corrugated and applied in the room
of present interior band, and therefore a sanitary means of ventilating the head.
Dated this 30th day of September 1897.
ARTHUR GEORGE THOMAS,
PHILIP ROBERTS.
Improvements in Hats.
We, ARTHUR GEORGE THOMAS, of 3, Rownham Place, Hotwells, Bristol, House
Decorator, and PHILIP ROBERTS, of 24, Park Road, Southville, Bristol, Engineers'
Pattern Maker, 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:-
Our invention relates to a new or improved method for ventilating hats, and
consists in the provision of a ribbed or corrugated hat leather or band to take the
place of the ordinary leather lining, which permits a continuous current of fresh
air to pass between the wearer's head and the body of the hat, through the channels
or air spaces formed by the corrugations, thus keeping the head cool and free from
perspiration.
A suitable means of carrying this invention into effect is described in connec-
tion with the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 shows part of
the inside of an ordinary hat leather with a piece of thin metal cemented or
fastened thereto ready for corrugation; Fig. 2 is a perspective sketch of the same
after it has been corrugated; Fig. 3 is a view of the outside of the corrugated
leather, partly curved ready for fitting in a hat; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the
interior of a hat (rim broken) showing the corrugated lining fitted therein.
A is an ordinary hat leather, with a strip of thin metal or other suitable stiffen-
ing material B placed on the inside of the leather, the edges a being turned over

page_text: on the metallic surface; on the upper edge of the leather, the turned over edge is
left a little wider than the metal or other lining, to allow the needle to pass through
in sewing the leather to its place in the hat: the stiffening piece B being secured
to the leather in any suitable way, the leather is passed through a fluting or
corrugating machine of any kind that will form alternate channels and projec-
tions C and D as shown in Figs. 2 and 3; the channels Callow the air to pass
between the leather lining and the body of the hat, while the narrow channels D
are between the wearers head and the lining, thus forming a double set of
ventilators, one set on each side of the leather lining; as shown in Fig. 3 the
smooth face of the leather, i.c., with the wide corrugations C, is placed to be
worn next the head, and as it is primarily intended for use in the front part of the
hat only, the corrugations D are made deeper in the centre and gradually diminish
towards the sides; preferred however, the band may be corrugated throughout
its entire length, so that ventilation may be obtained at the back as well as at the
front of the head. The leathers are sewn to the hat in the usual way, except
that the corrugations D) only are sewn in, the parts C being left projecting from
the body of the hat, this forms an elastic cushion for the head.
With leathers formed as described and fitted in the hats, a continuous current
of air will pass between the head and the leather and between the leather and
body of the hat, and escape through the usual ventilating apertures in the crown
or sides.
We are aware that various appliances have hitherto been provided and Letters
Patent have been obtained for the same, which have aimed at the ventilation of
hats, but they have been clumsy in construction or heavy in material, so that they
have been of little practical utility, to the mere ventilation of the hats by attach-
ments to the leathers we make no claim.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
The attachment of metallic or other stiffening substances to the leathers of hats
which will keep them rigid, and corrugating the leathers in such a manner that
two sets of ventilators are provided for the passage of air, one between the head
and the leather, and the other between the leather and the hat, thus keeping the
head cool and free from perspiration, substantially as and for the purposes
described and illustrated in the drawings.
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J. G. WESTLAKE,
Applicants' Agent, 2, John Street, Bristol.