Improvements in Army Pattern Field Service or Fatigue Caps.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 12th June, 1899-Accepted, 22nd July, 1899
Date of Application, on May
Complete Specification Left, 12th June, 1899-Accepted, 22nd July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Army Pattern Field Service or Fatigue Caps.
HENRY JOHN TOWELL, Army and Navy Accoutrement Manufacturer and
Contractor, 10, Argyll Place, London, W., do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Manufactured of one or more layers of cork, adhered together by means of
india rubber solution or other material, covered with cloth or other material,
the same adhered to the cork body or structure, by the same means as mentioned
above, or pulled loose over the body, without being adhered to the same.
1000
Improvements in Army Pattern Field Service or Fatigue Caps.
I, HENRY JOHN TOWELL, 10, Argyll Place, Regent Street, in the County of
London, Army and Navy Contractor and Accoutrement 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:
The object of this invention is to produce an Army pattern field service or
fatigue cap, which shall be lighter in weight and more durable and better adapted
to be formed into a smarter and more finished shape or style than those hitherto
made and used.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation of a field service or
fatigue cap constructed according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a section taken
on the line of Fig. 1.
In the construction of a fatigue cap according to this invention I proceed as
follows. I first make a body of the shape and size required from a layer or
layers of sheet cork A. I preferably use two layers of cork each of about
one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness and secure these layers together by means
of india-rubber dissolved in naphtha, or other suitable adhesive material or
substance, preferably of a waterproof character. I then submit this cork body A
to the action of steam or hot water so as to render it pliable or supple when I
stretch it on to a suitable wooden or other block made of the pattern, shape and
style required. The block with the cork body A thereon I then place in an
oven heated to a temperature of about 100 degrees Fahrenheit and leave it there
until the cork body is rendered firm and hard and retains the shape of the block;

page_text: this is usually effected by leaving the block with the body thereon in the oven
for about 1 hour. When the cork body A is hardened I remove the block and
body from the oven, and allow them to cool, after which the body A is ready for
the cover of cloth or other material B, which is first preferably coated with
india-rubber solution or other adhesive, and then stretched on over the cork
body A, sufficient material being left across the top to form the central longi-
tudinal dent or fold D shown in Fig. 2. The block with the body A and
cover B thereon is again placed in the oven for about 1 hour after which the
block is removed when the shape of the cork body A is fixed and the cover B is
firmly secured thereto.
If desired the cap may then be lined, the lining C being preferably secured
to the inside of the cork body A and to the cover B across the top of the cap
by means of a rubber or other waterproof solution.
It will be understood that when waterproof solutions are used throughout
the manufacture, which I prefer the finished cap will be waterproof, besides being
extremely light and durable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
An Army pattern field service or fatigue cap made on a cork body substantially
in the manner herein described.