Improvements in and connected with Hats and other Head Coverings.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Oct., 1889-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Hats and other
Head Coverings.
We, THOMAS TOWNEND, of Lime Street, in the City of London, JOHN EATON, of
Hillgate, Stockport, in the County of Chester, and ARTHUR POWELL TOWNEND, of
Lime Street, in the City of London, Hat Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows
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Our invention relates to hats and other head coverings and has for its object to
provide improved means for ventilating the same.
According to our invention the whole or a portion of a hat body or the like 18
rendered practically porous, that is to say, it has formed in it holes which are so
minute that they are invisible from the exterior of such hat or the like.
In carrying out our invention with regard to a felt hat we preferably puncture or
pierce the holes while the felt is in an unfinished condition and in the subsequent
manipu'ation of the hat the said holes are closed or burred over to such an extent as
to render them invisible without closing them.
In applying our invention to silk hats we form no holes in the silk cover the spaces
between the fibi es forming passages for the air but we pierce fine holes in the gossamer
and cork or other foundation.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in and connected with Hats and other
Head Coverings.
We, THOMAS TOWNEND, of Lime Street, in the City of London, JOHN EATON, of
Hillgate, Stockport, in the County of Chester, and ARTHUR POWELL TOWNEND, of
Lime Street, in the City of London, Hat Manufacturers, 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.
Our invention relates to hats and other head coverings, and has for its object to
ventilate the same in an unproved manner
The method therto generally adopted for ventilating hats has been to punch pieces
of various sizes out of the same when in a finished state; this method of ventilation,
however, not only disfigures the surface of such hats as the perforations are visible,
but also allows the admission of air to such an extent as to produce a draught, which,
as is well known, is very injurious to the head.
According to our invention the whole or a portion of a hat body or the like,is
rendered practically porous, that is to say, it has formed in it holes which are so
small that they are invisible from the exterior of such hat or the like, and that air
cannot pass through them in sufficient volume to produce a draught.
In carrying out our invention, with regard to a felt hat, we preferably puncture or
pierce the holes while the felt is in an unfinished condition, and in the subsequent
manipulation of the bat the said holes are closed or burred over to such an extent as
to render them invisible from the outside.
In applying our invention to silk hats we form no holes in the silk cover, the spaces
between the fibres forming passages for the air, but we pierce fine holes in the gossamer
and cork or other foundation.

page_text: In practising our invention we prefer to make use of pricking or puncturing
apparatus which forms the subject of a separate application No. 10158 dated
June 21st 1889 and which will be fully described in the Complete Specification of
such application.
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 :-
(1.) Puncturing or piercing the whole or a portion of a hat or other head covering
in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.
(2.) Hats or other head coverings punctured or perforated for the purpose of
ventilating the same in the manner substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated the 3rd day of October 1889
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.