Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Attaching Hat Bands to Straw and other such Hats.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1594-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
COMPLETE
SIMULATION.
Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Attaching Hat Bands
to Straw and other such Hats.
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We, FRANCIS WILLIAM FRANKLIN, trading as William Franklin & Son, of
Bayley Lane, Coventry, Manufacturers, PHILIP EDчUND TAYLOR, of 1 'Rothesay
Terrace, Barras Lane, Coventry, Manager, and BERNARD FRANKLIN, of
Highfield, Coventry, Ribbon Manufacturer, and all in the 'County of Warwick, do
hereby declare the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-9
Our invention has, for its object improvements in the mode of and means for
attaching hat bands to straw and other such hats by which the hands can be
readily attached without the necessity of sewing which is of great convenience tó
retailers of straw hats as they can readily fix and change the band to suit the
requirements of their customers as regards variation in design and color. The
bows are also made more square firm and neater in appearance while.the packing
or stiffener gives them more prominence, with a, perfectly even surface.
In carrying our invention. into effect we make up the band, with the usual bow
at one end and in one of the loops of the said bow we insert and sew in an
attachment having a number of projecting spikes which pass through the band.
In attaching the band to the hat the plaintend is placed in position and the band
wrapped round the hat after which the spikes are pressed through the side of the
hat, and as the spikes are of a soft pliable metal they are then beut over on the
inside of the hat and, the, hat band is thereby firmly secured in position. Or
the spikes may be used for fixing the attachment to the band and a pin having a
screw or pointed head and foot may be used for securing the band to the hat. Or
the ends of the band may be so secured together by elastic or an elastic band or
bands, that it may be stretched sufficiently to be sprung over the crown of the
hat. By these means the bow is improved in appearance and the wearers of straw
hats may have interchangeable bands which they can readily change without the
necessity of sewing.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise we have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which we have illustrated the nature of our said improvements together with the
mode of carrying the same into effect.
Figure 1, is a general view of a straw hat with the band attached in accordance
with my improved means.
Figure 2, is a view of the attachment for, fixing the band to the hat.
Figure 3., is a back view of the that band with the attachment fixed therein.
Figure 4., is a part internal view of the hat showing one mode of attachment
inside.
Figure 5., is a view showing a modification in the attachment.
Figure 6., is also a view showing a modification.
Figure 7., is a part internal view of tho hat showing a. modification, in the mode
of fixing the attachment shown in Figure 6.
Figure 8., is a view of the reverse end of the, band to that of the bow.
Figure 9., is a back view of a band shewing a modification in the mode of
attaching the ends of the band together.
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Figure 10., is a view of a bolster for use in pressing the spikes through the hat.
Figure 11., is a view of a cardboard stiffener showing one mode of inserting
spikes.
Figure 12., is a view of the same stiffener with a pin for securing the band to
the hat.
Figure 13., is a back view of the same attachment when secured in the band.
Figure 14., is an enlarged vertical section through part of the hat showing one
form of fixing the band to the hat.
Figure 15., is a similar view to Figure 14 showing a modification.
Figure 16., is a view of the pin detached..
Figure 17., is a similar view to Figure 14 but showing a further modification.
Figure 18., is a view of the bow when attached by this method.
Within the loopic of the usual bow of the hat band C we insert the metal card-
board or other suitable attachment B which may be either sewn within the loop or
in the case of metal secured by means of the teeth &' which are pressed through the
ribbon and bent over as shown in Figure 3. In the case of cardboard being used
metal bars or strips bearing the teeth would first be secured to the card-board.
The band is then placed around the hat the end being provided with any suitable
hook arrangement E by which it may readily be fixed in position while the band C
is tightly drawn around the hat, the spikes or teeth 6 being then pressed through
the hat and the whole is then secured in position by the bending over of the teeth b
upon the inside of the hat as shown at Figure 4. The band may be secured from
the inside by means of the bar strip or plate B shown in Figure 6 the teeth being
inserted from the inside and bent over outside the points being hid by the fold c³ of
the bow. The teeth 6 and 62 may be formed of wire pointed as shown by Figure 5
and attached to the plato or bar by any suitable means such as soldering, piercing
and riveting or by forming two points of one length of wire and folding the metal
plate over the connecting part of wire as shown at bor by one length of wire for
the two points the connecting wire being placed intermediately between two pieces
of cardboard glued or cemented together as shown by Figure 54. To assist the
insertion of the pins through the hat we provide the metal plate. F which forms a
bolster which supports the hat during the pressing in of the pins. This bolster
plate is made either portable or for attachment to the edge of the counter or table
and is provided with suitable slots f¹ to allow of the passage of the pins.. The
band is thus firmly attached and secured while the bow is stiffened and retained in
position by the attachment. In the modification shown by Figure 9-the two ends c
and of the band C are secured together by the elastic H which can be stretched
sufficiently for the band to be put over the crown of the hat. The stiffener B may
be formed of a piece of cardboard folded as shown by Figure 11 with intermediate
bands of metal pointed and projecting through the cardboard at b* the pin K also
being inserted within the bend of the stiffener as shown at Figure 12 after which
the two sides of the stiffener are glued together. The stiffener. B.is then secured
in the band C as shown at Figure 13 by pressing through and bending over the
points the bent head k' of the pin K being also forced through the band. The
band C is attached to the hat in this case by first pressing the point into the brim
of the hat A the head ¹ being afterwards pressed into the side of the hat where it
is retained by the shoulder or the head may be screwed to receive the fastening
nut Figure 15. The foot of the pin is provided with the shoulder to prevent
the pin from being forced too far through the hat but the foot may be made to
project and a nut fixed thereon. In any of the cases the band may be sewed to
the stiffener or attachment one of which forms part of each band supplied. The
stiffener B may be of metal and have the head and foot of the pin formed thereon
or the pin may be used without the stiffening plate B. The clip or pin K can be
sold separately and thus enable wearers to change their own bat bands and thus use
a variety of bands for the same hat. The pin may be provided with a projection
Figure 12 or may itself 'be flattened to prevent turning, when being pushed into
the hat

page_text: 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 :-
1st. The improvements in the mode of and means for attaching bands to straw
and other such hats, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
shown.
2nd. For attaching hat bands to straw and other such hats, the attachment or
stiffener B substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shown by:
Figures 2 to 7 inclusive.
3rd. For attaching hat bands to straw and other such hats the pin or olip K
substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shown by Figures 12 to 18
inclusive.
11.
1001
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.