IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR POUNCING HATS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Emile Nougaret, of No. 82, Boulevard Sébastopol,
in the City of Paris, in the Empire of France, Hat and Cap Manu-
facturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR POUNCING
HATS."
Sealed the 3rd September 1867, and dated the 16th March 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Emile Nougaret at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th March 1867.
I, EMILE NOUGARET, of No. 82, Boulevard Sébastopol, in the City of Paris,
in the Empire of France, Hat and Cap Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR POUNCING HATS,"
to be as follows:-
The object of the present Invention is to facilitate and expedite the
pouncing of felt bats by rubbing them over with emery or glass paper, which
operation can be performed on a number of hats simultaneously by the aid of
my apparatus, which consists of two parts, one for operating on the brims, the
other on the bodies of the hats.
The 1st part of my Invention consists in a frame of a partly triangular
form composed of four uprights and two cross beams or bars, the front of the
machine being semicircular and is the smaller end. Supported within this
frame are three or more shafts, attached to the ends of which are a similar

page_text: number of small cylindrical blocks, conical in form, round which the glass or
emery paper is fixed; these cylinders are arranged above a similar number of
counter cylinders or blocks on which the brims of the hats rest; these
cylinder bearing shafts are raised or lowered as desired to facilitate the
pouncing operation by means of adjusting screws mounted on the cross beams
and are actuated by cog wheels gearing with similar wheels attached to the
shafts.
The apparatus receives motion from any suitable power by means of a
driving band passing round a wheel mounted on one of the shafts, which also
bears a large toothed wheel gearing with a similar wheel, transmitting motion
to the counter cylinders.
The 2nd part of my Invention consists in two pedestals mounted on a
suitable stand, one bearing a movable wooden block on which the hat is
placed, the other a movable cylinder round which the glass or emery paper is
fixed. On the shafts of the cylinders and block flanged wheels are connected
for carrying driving bands by which motion is transmitted from any suitable
power to the shafts, round which are spiral springs to aid in the movement of
the block and cylinder in any desired position for facilitating the pouncing.
The shafts bearing the block and cylinder are guided as required by means
of two arms in connection with the shafts, which are likewise held stationery
when necessary by levers.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Emile Nougaret in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th September 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EMILE
NOUGARET, of No. 82, Boulevard Sébastopol, in the City of Paris, in the
Empire of France, Hat and Cap Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Emile Nougaret, Her special licence that I, the said Emile
Nougarét, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Emile Nougaret, 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

page_text: make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR POUNCING HATS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Emile Nougaret, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Emile Nougaret, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
statement and accompanying Drawings, that is to say:-
the following
The object of the present Invention is to facilitate and expedite the
pouncing of felt hats by rubbing them over with emery or glass paper, which
operation can be performed on a number of hats simultaneously by the aid of
my apparatus, which consists of two parts, one for operating on the brims, the
other on the bodies of hats.
The 1st part of my Invention consists in a frame of a partly triangular
form composed of four uprights and two cross beams or bars, the front of the
machine being semicircular and is the smaller end. Supported within this
frame are three or more shafts, attached to the ends of which are a similar
number of small movable cylindrical blocks, conical in form, round which the
glass or emery paper is fixed; these cylinders are arranged above a similar
number of counter cylinders or blocks on which the brims of the hats rest,
these cylinder bearing shafts are raised or lowered as desired to facilitate the
pouncing operation by means of adjusting screws mounted on the cross beams
and are actuated by cog wheels gearing with similar wheels attached to the
shafts.
The apparatus receives motion from any suitable power by means of a
driving band passing round a wheel mounted on one of the shafts, which also
bears a large toothed wheel gearing with a similar wheel transmitting motion
to the counter cylinders.
The 2nd part of my Invention consists in two pedestals mounted on a
suitable stand, one bearing a movable wooden block on which the hat is
placed, the other a movable cylinder round which the glass or emery paper is
fixed. On the shafts of the cylinder and block flanged wheels are connected
for carrying driving bands by which motion is transmitted from any suitable
power to the shafts, round which spiral springs are placed to aid in the

page_text: movement of the block and cylinder in any desired position for facilitating the
pouncing. The shafts bearing the block and cylinder are guided as required
by means of two arms in connection with the shafts, which are likewise held
stationary when necessary by levers.
The above description will at once be understood by referring to the
Drawings, of which Fig. 1 represents a plan, Fig. 2, a front, and Fig. 3, a
side view of the apparatus for pouncing the brims of the hats. Fig. 4 shews
a plan, Fig. 5 a front, and Fig. 6 a side view of the apparatus for pouncing
the bodies of the hats, the same letters of reference indicate like parts in the
respective Figures.
In Figures 1, 2, and 3, A is the foot of the apparatus or frame, furnished
with its uprights A', on which the gear wheels E are fixed; B, indicates the
small movable cylinders which are partly conical, set in motion by the toothed
wheels E. A small groove c is made on these cylinders for the purpose of
fixing the glass or emery paper used in pouncing; this paper covers the
cylinders; B, represents the counter cylinders on which the rims of the hats
rest; D, are screws serving to adjust the shafts, at the ends of which the
cylinders are attached in such a manner as to be easily raised or lowered as
desired to facilitate the pouncing; E, represents the toothed wheels of the
shafts; are the shafts receiving the motive power; F, are the shafts at the
ends of which the cylinders are placed for receiving the emery paper; G is
the wheel receiving motion from steam or otherwise, by means of an endless
band; H is the cylinder which receives the necessary motion for actuating the
shafts F¹; F¹, are the shafts at whose ends the cylinders bearing the emery
paper are attached.
In Figures 4, 5, and 6, A represents the foot of the apparatus for pouncing
the bodies of the hats; B is the movable cylindrical block on which the hat
is placed; B¹ is the movable cylinder round which the emery or glass paper
is fixed; c, represents a small groove, in which is inserted a small wooden
piece serving to fix the paper for pouncing; D are the axes, at the ends of
which the blocks are placed; E are the flanged wheels round which the
endless band or strap is placed for setting the axes in motion; F, are the
spiral springs placed round the shafts D to aid in the movement of the block
and cylinder in any required position; G, are the lever arms serving to direct
the shafts D; II, are the levers for fixing the shafts when desired to keep
them stationary; P are the pedestals supporting the parts above mentioned.
Having thus described my Invention, what I claim and desire to secure by
Letters Patent are, the within named apparatus for pouncing felt hats in the
manner and by the means herein set forth and illustrated by the accompanying

page_text: Drawings, reserving to myself the right of changing the position of the parts
as well as that of the apparatus, which will work equally well in an horizontal
or vertical position.
In witness whereof, I, the said Emile Nougaret, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
E. HELÉSB,
82, Boulevart Sébastopol.
E. NOUGARET. (L.S.)