Means and Apparatus for Temporarily Fixing Silk Hats in their Boxes or Cases (Leather or other).
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1893-Accepted, 12th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Means and Apparatus for Temporarily Fixing Silk Hats in their
Boxes or Cases (Leather or other).
1, CHARLES EDWARD GREEN, of 25 Ely Place, Holborn, London, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to prevent silk hats shaking about in a hat case or
hat box when lodged therein for travelling.
For the purpose of my invention, I arrange in or to the bottom of a hat box or
case, a spring pad or plate preferably covered with velvet, plush, soft leather,
or other material of the shape of the crown of a hat, so that the weight of the hat
is borne by the edge only, or mostly so, the spring or springs being put slightly in
tension by the folding or fixing of the lid or cover which lightly presses on the hat
and retains it in contact with the spring pad or plate at the bottom.
By this invention, hat cases or boxes may, as is usual in railway travelling, be
thrown from hand to hand, be pitched into the luggage van, or be carelessly thrust
into the back rack and in some instances kicked along without even the silk being
ruffled.
Dated this 11th day of October 1892.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Charles Edward Green.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Means and Apparatus for Temporarily Fixing Silk Hats in their
Boxes or Cases (Leather or other).
I, CHARLES EDWARD GREEN, of 25 Ely Place, Holborn, London, 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 prevent silk hats shaking about in a hat case,
or hat box when lodged therein for travelling.
For the purpose of my invention, I arrange in or to the bottom of a hat box, or
case, a spring pad or plate, preferably covered with velvet, plush, soft leather, or
other material of the shape of the crown of a hat, so that the weight of the hat is
borne by the edge only, or mostly so, the spring or springs being put slightly in
tension by the folding or fixing of the lid or cover which lightly presses on the hat
and retains it in contact with the spring pad or plate at the bottom.
Examples of my invention are indicated on the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 sectional elevation of travelling hat case with lid open.
Figure 2, a similar view with the lid closed down upon the hat, both views
baving my invention represented.
Figure 3 part sectional elevation of two pans reversed with coiled or helical
springs uniting them for affixing in a hat case.
Figure 4 shows plate springs from the inner surface of a pan, the legs of the
springs being of such width and length as to steady the pan and to centralize a hat
when placed on it.
A is a shallow pan, or disc coated with a fabric, such as plush, and preferably
near to and at the edges only, as at B. C, C, are springs to rest upon the inner

page_text: bottom of the hat case-D, which springs by a rebound after compression fixes the
brim or the head rim of the hat E by the lid F, as at Figure 2.
At Figures 1, 2, and 4, a single pan A is shown but at Figure 3 I represent two
pans A, A, the lower having spikes G for contact with the case D.
By this invention, bat cases or boxes may, as is usual in railway travelling, be
thrown from band to hand; be pitched into the luggage van, or be carelessly thrust
into the back rack, and in some instances kicked along without even the silk being
.ruffled..
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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Fitting, or providing, the interior of a travelling hat case, with one or more
shallow pans or discs, and with springs, for pressing a "hat brim" or "head rim
against the closed lid, to prevent vibration and injury to the contained hat, as aud
for the purposes described.
1 De 11th day on July 1995.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said C. E. Green..
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said C. E. Green..