CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VENTILATION OF HATS OR OTHER COVERING DATA
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Gee, of Manchester, in the County of Lan-
caster, Hatter, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
VENTILATION OF HATS OR OTHER COVERING DATA"
Sealed the 16th April 1867, and dated the 29th October 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Gee at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th October
1866.
I, JAMES GEE, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Hatter, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE VENTILATION OF HATS OR OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD," to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to a novel method and means of ventilating hats or
other coverings for the head, and consists in the application and use of one
or more air channels or ducts at each side of the hat by which the fresh air
is admitted from below, and also in the use of an opening or openings in or near
the crown of the hat of an elliptical shape (in contradistinction to a circular
hole) by which the heated air escapes. The air passages at the sides of the
hat are situated at that part which extends over the "temples" of the head,
and are of a conical form, being wider at the bottom (near the brim) and

page_text: tapering upwards, and they are fixed at an inclination or slope towards the
opening at or near the crown, which may either be in the front or back part
of the hat, the latter being preferable. The passages may be made of thin
leather, cork, or other suitable material that will be sufficiently soft and elastic
and yet remain open for the admission of air, and they may be made in the
body of the hat or placed between the said body and the lining leather, or
they may form part of such lining. The principle features of the Invention
being the use of passages tapering upwards for the supply of fresh air over
the "temples," and pointing towards an aperture or apertures in or near the
crown, which are to be of elliptical form, such peculiar form admitting of a
more rapid egress of air than any other form of like areas.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Gee in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th
April 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
GEE, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Hatter, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said James Gee, Her special license that I, the said James Gee, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James
Gee, 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 "CERTAIN -IMPROVE-.
MENTS IN THE VENTILATION OF HATS OR OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James Gée, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Gee, 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 and accompanying Drawings (that is to say) :-
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5. My Invention relates to a novel method and means of ventilating hats or
other coverings for the head, and consists in the application and use of one.
or more air chambers or ducts at each side of the hat by which the fresh air
is admitted from below, and also in the use of an opening or openings in or near
the crown of the hat of an elliptical shape (in contradistinction to a circular
hole) by which the heated air escapes.. The air passages at the side of the
hat are situated at that part which extends over the "temples" of the bead
and are of a conical form, being wider at the bottom (near the brim) and
tapering upwards, or vice versâ, and they are fixed at an inclination or slope
towards the elliptical opening at or near the crown, which may either be in
the front or back part of the hat, the latter being preferable. The passages
may be made of thin leather, cork, thin steel, or brass plate, or other suitable
material that will be sufficiently soft and elastic, and yet remain open for the
admission of air, and they may be made in the body of the hat, or placed
between the said body and the lining leather, or they may form part of such
lining. The principal features of the Invention being the use of passages
tapering for the supply of fresh air over the "temples," and pointing directly
towards an aperture or apertures in or near the crown, which are in
ference to be of elliptical form, such peculiar form admitting of a more rapid
egress of air than any other form of like area.
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In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings illustrative of same.
In Figs. 1 and 2, a, a, is the hat body, and b, b, are the air passages, which
may be of taper form, and used either with the wide end downwards, as
shewn in Fig. 1, or upwards, as in the Diagram, or the sides may be parallel,
or undulating, or in any suitable form, so that the air may pass up through
them into the hat and out at the opening c, which I prefer to make of an
elliptical shape, although it may be made circular or square. If the current.
of air through the hat be found excessive an arrangement is provided to close
the outlet by means of the plate d, which turns upon a centre piu and. fits
the aperture when closed.
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 the application and use of the air passages for the

page_text: supply of air in combination with an aperture for the egress of air, as herein-
before described, set forth, and fully illustrated in the Drawings attached.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Gee, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witnessed by
JOHN L. DAVIES, C.E.,
Office for Patents,
Manchester.
JAMES GEE. (L.B.)