Improvements in Hat-pads.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Hat-pads.
I, ALBERT JAMES ROWLEY of No. 7 Wellington Terrace Bayswater in the County,
of London Hatters' Assistant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the construction of a novel kind of hat-pad by
means of which the rims and grooves of silk, felt, or other hats may be easily
cleansed or dusted.
Now according to this Invention I take two similar pieces of velvet or other
suitable material, preferably oblong in shape, and sew the same together so as to
form a bag with the pile upon its exterior surface. This bag I fill with a suitable
stuffing material and sew up the end in the usual way.
I then take two other pieces of velvet or other suitable material of any suitablo
size and shape but preferably somewhat wider than those forming the pad herein-
before mentioned and sew them also together by their edges so as to form a doublo
piece, with the pile (if the material be velvet) outside, but without inserting any
stuffing material whatever between them. This flap I attach to one end of the
pad hereinbefore mentioned. If the pieces forming the flap are somewhat wider
than the pad itself, I may sew it thereto in pleats.
Thus my pad when completed consists of two parts, the stuffed end of which I
may use in the ordinary way for cleaning and dusting the bodies of hats; and that
portion which is not stuffed I use, by reason of its greater flexibility, for cleaning
or dusting the rims of hats.
Dated this 18th day of November 1896.
ALBERT J. ROWLEY,
Inventor & Applicant.
I ALBERT JAMES ROWLEY of 7 Wellington Terrace Bayswater in the County
of London Hatters' Assistant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This Invention has for its object the construction of a novel kind of hat pad by
means of which the rims and grooves of silk felt or other hats may be easily,
cleaned or dusted.
Now according to this invention I take two similar pieces of velvet or other

page_text: suitable material, preferably oblong in shane, and sew the same together so as to
form a bag with the pile upon its exterior surface. This bag I fill with a suitable
stuffing material and sew up the end in the usual way.
I next take two other pieces of velvet or other suitable material of any suitable
size and shape but preferably wider than those forming the pad hereinbefore
mentioned, and sew them together by their edges so as to form a double piece with
the pile (if the material be velvet) outside but I do not insert any stuffing material
between them. This flap I attach to one end of the pad hereinbefore mentioned.
If the pieces forming the flap are wider than the pad itself I sew it thereto in
pleats.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawings, the same letters denoting
similar parts in each figure.
Fig. 1 is a front view of the completed hat pad, A being the stuffed body of the
pad, B the unstuffed flap attached thereto in pleats.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the Pad.
Fig. 3 is a front view of B slightly tilted to shew same as a double piece previous
to being pleated and attached to A as in Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 4 is a pattern of B shewing a method of cutting same out, so that it may be
easily doubled over, sewn round the edges and attached to A as previously
described.
Thus my pad when completed consists of two parts, the one stuffed, the other
unstuffed. The former is to be used in the ordinary way for cleaning and dusting
the bodies of hats; the latter I use by reason of its greater flexibility for cleaning
or dusting the rims of hats.
Although the above mode of construction is preferable the same need not be
strictly followed. For instance, I may in forming the pad use only one piece of
velvet cut to a suitable pattern, or form it in any other way provided that the
principle of the combination of the stuffed pad with the flexible flap is maintained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
In a pad for the cleaning and dusting of hats, the combination of a stuffed pad
with an unstuffed flexible Hap substantially and for the purposes described.
Dated this 11th day of May 1897.
R. A. KENNEDY,
10A Saunders Road, Notting Hill, W., Agent for Applicant.