Improvement relating to Hat Pins.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvement relating to Hat Pins.
I, MARTHA JANE WAYMACK, of Manchester, Va. U.S.A., Gentlewoman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to devices for protecting the ends of hat-pins so that
they cannot injure the hand or anything with which they may come into contact.
The object of this invention is to provide a protection which can be readily
applied and will not easily become detached accidentally.
The invention comprises an ornamental knob, of metal or suitable substance,
having an aperture projecting nearly through it. A piece of metal tubing is
fitted in the aperture which, by preference, slightly tapers inwards. The tubing
is slit longitudinally so as to be slightly compressible.
A soft compressible substance, such as cork or felt fits the interior of the tube
and is held therein at the outer end by an inwardly turned flange slanting
inwards.
When the protector is applied, the point of the needle is directed to the centre
of the soft substance by the inwardly slanting flange on the tube, and enters the
same. If, after considerable use, the substance does not hold on the needle, it
can be made to do so by forcing the tube inwards against the tapering surface
of the aperture in the knob, thereby compressing the tube and the substance.
A cord, secured to the knob of the pin, has its other end passed through a
small aperture in the side of the tube and retained therein by a knob at its ex-
tremity beneath the flexible substance to prevent the protector from being lost.
Dated this 27th day of September 1898
P. R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.
I, MARTHA JANE WAYMACK, of Manchester, Va. U.S.A., Gentlewoman, 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 my invention, is the production of a hat-pin which shall be
provided with detachable means for application to the point thereof after the pin
has been adjusted in position and serve as a protector and ornament. As is
well known, the unprotected point of the projecting pin is an object of danger to
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page_text: the wearer, as well as to other persons. It also in use engages the meshes of
a veil when worn, and dilacerates it.
With the above mentioned object in view my invention consists in an orna-
mental protector, provided with a tube and yielding material--such as rubber,
cork or the like both located within a hole in the body of the protector, the
rubber adapted to receive the point of the pin, and an elastic or non-elastic cord
having one end thereof located and held within the hole in the protector.
It further consists in certain novelties of construction and combinations of parts
hereinafter set forth.
Figure 1 is a view of a hat-pin with a protector applied to the end thereof.
Fig. 2 is a view in section of the protector illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a
modified form of protector in which the tube projects some distance from the
body of the protector, and in which the cord is passed through a hole in the tube.
Fig. 4 is another modification in which the tube is threaded and slotted and is
adapted to be adjusted against the piece of rubber in a hole below the tube.
A is the head of an ordinary hat-pin, which may be of any desirable shape;
B, the pin proper; C an ornamental protector; D a tube permanently fixed within
a hole made in the protector; E rubber, cork, or the like inserted within the
tube or hole and held in place by frictional contact, or by glue or other means;
Fan elastic or non-elastic cord or chain; F a band on the pin provided with
an eye for the attachment of one end of the cord, and G a knot on the other end
of the cord which is confined within the hole made in the body of the protector,
as shewn.
As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the end of the knotted cord is inserted within
the hole and held in place by the rubber. In Fig. 4 the groove H is formed in
the edge of the hole in the protector to receive the cord. Here the construction
is slightly modified, the tube being threaded and tapered and provided with a
slot I for a part of its length so that the passage for the point of the pin can
be reduced in diameter by revolving the tube inwardly upon the rubber E.
I wish it understood that various minor modifications and changes of construc-
tion may be introduced in the practical embodiment of my invention without
constituting a substantial departure therefrom. For instance, the external shape
of the protector may be changed as desired, the tube I made of any convenient
length, the cord inserted and held as shewn in Figs. 3 and 4, and rubber, cork,
or any other suitable material be selected to receive the point of the pin.
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:
(1) An ornamental protector for a hat-pin consisting of a suitably fashioned
body C having a hole therein extending partway through the body only; yielding
material E seated within the hole and adapted to be penetrated by the point
of the pin; a tube also seated within the hole; a cord with one end held in place
within the hole by the yielding material and the other end attached to the pin;
in substance as set forth.
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