Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Manufacture of Hats or Head Coverings.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 18891
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Manufacture of Hats
or Head Coverings.
We, THOMAS TOWNEND, of Lime Street, in the city of London, JOHN EATON, of
Hillgate, Stockport, in the county of Chester, and ARTHUR POWELL TOWNEND, of
Lime Street, in the city of London, Hat Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to the manufacture of ventilated felt, silk and other hats, and
other head covering of the kind described in the Specification filed with our
application for Provisional Protection dated May 4th A.D. 1889, No. 7508 and our
invention comprises apparatus for perforating such hats for effecting the ventilation.
In carrying out our invention we provide blocks or dies adapted to fit any part of a
hat or a roller for running around the same. These blocks or rollers are provided
with a series of needle pointed pins which project from the surfaces. The said pins
may be arranged to form a monogram, pattern or the like as desired.
The blocks or rollers are adapted to be heated when desired so that the pins will
also be heated but in order to prevent the heat of the blocks, dies or rollers from
damaging or drawing the shape, they are each provided with a covering of felt, cork
or other non-conducting material the pins being made long enough to project
sufficiently far through the said covering.
Dated the 21st day of June 1889
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Manufacture of Hats
or Head Coverings.
We, THOMAS TOWNEND, of Lime Street, in the city of London, JOHN EATON, of
Hillgate, Stockport, in the county of Chester, and ARTHUR POWELL TOWNEND, of
Lime Street, in the city of London, Hat Manufacturers, 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 the manufacture of ventilated felt, silk and other hats, and
other head covering of the kind described in the Specification filed with our
application for Provisional Protection dated May 4th A.D. 1889, No. 7508 and our
invention comprises apparatus for perforating such hats for effecting the ventilation.
In carrying out our invention we provide blocks or dies adapted to fit any part of a
hat or a roller for running around the same. These blocks, dies or rollers are provided
with a series of needle pointed pins which project from the surfaces. The said pins
may be arranged to form a monogram, pattern or the like as desired.
The blocks, dies or rollers are adapted to be heated when desired so that the pins
will also be heated, but, in order to prevent the heat of the blocks, dies or rollers from
damaging or drawing the shape, they are each provided with a covering of felt, cork
or other non-conducting material the pins being made long enough to project
sufficiently far through the said covering.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which
Figures 1 and 2 are a sectional elevation and plan respectively of a perforating die
constructed according to our invention.

page_text: Figure 3 is a sectional view of a block upon which a hat is placed whilst being
perforated.
Figures 4 and 5 are views illustrating different forms of dies.
a is a hollow die or block, hereinafter called the piercing block, adapted to be
heated by gas-jets, the gas for which is introduced through the pipe band burns at the
openings ; c, c are needle-points which are fixed in a cap d, screwed onto a pro-
jection e formed upon the piercing block a. These points may be arranged in any
suitable manner. As shown in Figure 2 they are arranged in the form of a star.
In order that the heat of the piercing block shall not soften the dressing of the hat-
bodies, pieces of non-conducting material are placed upon the said pins as shown in
figure 1. It will thus be seen that the heat of the piercing block is only com-
municated to the pins. g is the handle by means of which the apparatus is
manipulated.
In perforating a hat body the same is advantageously placed upon a block h
(covered with felt or other non-conducting material ) as shown at figure 3 whereby
the hat-body is prevented from becoming deformed when the necessary pressure to
cause the points c, c to perforate the felt is applied. The felt covering i acts as a
cushion to prevent the points c, c from being damaged as would be the case if they
came directly into contact with the block h.
In figure 4 we have shown a piercing block of the required shape to pe..orate the
entire upper portion of the hat body. In this case the piercing block is adapted
to fit the inside of the hat and a block j covered with felt i is provided to fit the
outside or the opposite side of the hat to that at which the piercing block is
applied, to prevent the deformation of the said hat.
Instead of making the piercing blocks hollow they may be made solid so as to
retain heat for a sufficient time to enable them to perform the necessary operation.
In figure 5 we show such solid block, which in this case is adapted to be heated
by gas burners k. The piercing block shown in Figure 4 is also adapted to be
heated externally.
It is obvious that the piercing blocks may be made of any desired shape according
to the part of the hat which is perforated, and in some cases when the sides of the
hat are to be perforated entirely around them we employ a roller, on the periphery
of which pins are secured and around which felt or other non-conducting material
is wrapped for the purpose hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :—
(1.) Apparatus for use in ventilating hats and other head coverings comprising a
block adapted to be heated by means of gas or otherwise, the said block being
provided with a number of needle points, and having non-conducting material placed
over the said needle points, so that when the apparatus is used the heat of the block
will not damage the dressing of the hat-body, substantially as described.
(2.) The manufacture and use of perforating apparatus constructed substantially as
herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawing for the purpose
specified.
Dated the 20th of Decemtjoon
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.