A CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HATS OR COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jeremiah Woodrow, of Oldham, in the County of
Lancaster, Hat Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HATS OR COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jeremiah Woodrow at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th February 1862.
I, JEREMIAH WOODROW, of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Hat Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HATS OR COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD," to be
as follows:-
The improvement relates to that part of hats or other coverings for the head
called the "brim," and particularly to such brims as have the under side or
surface covered with silk or satin or other smooth substitute for "plush," the
present improvement being an extension of such covering to the upper surface
also. The silk or satin is to be stretched over the upper surface of the "brim"
and pass over the edge to the under side in one piece, whereby the binding of
the edge of the brim is dispensed with, and the upper surface is prevented
from becoming disordered by the wearer.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Jeremiah Woodrow, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
10th July 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JEREMIAH
WOODROW, of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Hat Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and 'successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Jeremiah Woodrow, Her special. license that I, the said Jeremiah Woodrow,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jeremiah
Woodrow, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, 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 "A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF HATS OR COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD," upon the condition, amongst
others, that I, the said Jeremiah Woodrow, by an instrument in writing under
my hand. and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said. Invention, 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 Jeremiah Woodrow, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):-
The improvement relates to that part of hats or other coverings for the head
called the "brim," and particularly to such brims as have the under side or
surface covered with silk or satin or other smooth substitute for "plush," the
present improvement being an extension of such covering to the upper surface
also. The silk or satin is to be stretched over the upper surface. of the "brim,"
and pass over the edge to the under side in one piece, whereby the binding of
the edge of the brim is dispensed with, and the upper surface is prevented
from becoming disordered by the wearer.
In the employment of plain or figured satin in one piece to cover the upper
and lower parts of the brim, it will be evident that no binding will be required

page_text: consequently the stitching usually required is dispensed with, and a thinner
edged brim is obtained. I would also remark that if preferred the edge may
be bound either to cover the satin edge or to form a connection between the
upper and lower covering of satin, as in brims having much "curl," such as
the "Anglesea curl," as in such it is preferred to put the satin on singly, and
connect the upper and lower covering with binding. The satin is cut in one
piece to form the circumference of the brim, and sufficiently wide to cover the
upper and lower portions, the seam joining the ends being "back stretched
at the back part of the brim, and is scarcely perceptable.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
method of carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be distinctly
understood, that I claim covering the upper and lower surfaces of hat "brims"
with plain or figured satin, either in one piece or in two pieces, connected by
binding, so as to be equivalent to one piece..
In witness whereof, I, the said Jeremiah Woodrow, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
JEREMIAH WOODROW. (L.S.)