Improvements in Linings or Internal Bands for Hats, Caps, or other Head Coverings.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 25th June, 1890-Accepted, 26th July, 1890.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Linings or Internal Bands for Hats, Caps, or other
Head Coverings.
ROBERT MACGREGOR 42 St. John Street West Smithfield London E.C. Leather
Goods Manufacturer' do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My improvement consists in the Manufacture of Linings for Hats, Caps and other
Head Coverings of a special material which I have found to possess high sanitary
qualities peculiarly adapting it to this particular purpose in combination with a
material having absorbant properties.
The portion of the lining or internal band of the hat or cap which will come in
contact with the head of the wearer I form of a material composed of cellulose
matter in combination with camphor and such material is to be obtained in
venient form by employing the celluloid compound known as xylonite.
a con-
From a sheet of such material I form a band or lining of any requisite width in
which I cut or stamp a number of holes or perforations, such perforated band or
lining is then fitted into the hat or cap in the usual way at the back of the perforated
portion, that is to say between the lining and the hat, I fit or fix a strip of any
suitable absorbant material such for instance as blotting paper or flannel in such a
manner that it can be readily removed when soiled and replaced by a clean strip,
The combination of the perforated celluloid band backed by the absorbant fabric
in the manner described forming the complete lining.
25th September 1880
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Linings or Internal Bands for Hats, Caps, or other
Head Coverings.
I ROBERT MACGREGOR of 42 St. John Street, West Smithfield, London E.C.
Leather Goods Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to he performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My improvement consists in the Manufacture of Linings for Hats, Caps, and other
Head Coverings of a special material which I have found to possess high sanitary
qualities peculiarly adapting it to this particular purpose in combination with a
material having absorbant properties.
The portion of the lining or internal band of the hat or cap which will come in
contact with the head of the wearer I form of a material composed of cellulose
matter in combination with camphor and such material is to be obtained in a con
venient form by employing the ordinary celluloid of commerce or the compound
known as xylonite.
From a sheet of such material I form a band or lining to fit the hat in the ordinary
way and of the usual width in which I cut or stamp a number of holes or perfora-
tions. Such perforated band or lining is then fitted into the hat or cap in the
ordinary way. At the back of the perforated portion that is to say between the
lining and the hat I fit or fix a strip of any suitable absorbant material such for instance
as blotting paper or flannel in such a manner that it can be readily removed when
soiled & replaced by a clean strip.
The combination of the perforated celluloid band backed by the absorbant fabric
in the manner described forming the complete lining.

page_text: Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
Making linings or internal bands for hats, caps and other head coverings from
sheet celluloid in combination with an absorbant material substantially as described.
25th June 1890
ROBERT MACGREGOR..