Improvement in Apparatus for Trimming or Paring the Curls of Felt or other Hat Brims.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1900-Accepted, 11th Aug., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
An Improvement in Apparatus for Trimming or Paring the Curls of
Felt or other Hat Brims.
We, ALFRED MOORES, and THOMAS MOORES both of Heaton Street Hat Works,
Hat Manufacturers, and SETH HOLDEN, of 22, Heaton Street, Machinist, and
HENRY HERBERT TURNER, ALBERT TURNER, and ARNOLD TURNER, all of Denton,
near Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to an improvement upon the apparatus for brimming
or paring the curls of felt, silk, and other hat brims for which Letters Patent
No. 8024 were granted to Henry Herbert Turner, Albert Turner and Arnold
Turner, also all of Denton aforesaid dated April 23rd, 1894, and the objects
of the said invention are to adapt the said apparatus to cut or pare the brims
of hats to different widths without the necessity for using a separate guide
plate for each different width of curl which may be required.
In the machines made according to the said Specification No. 8024 of 1894,
the apparatus consists essentially of a mechanically driven paring knife or
cutter working on a slide and guided to its' work by a metal frame or plate of
an annular form which corresponds with the oval or other outline to be given
to the edge of the brim curl, such guide plates being also arched'in side eleva-
tion to correspond with the form of brim and it was necessary to provide a
number of such guide plates with each machine one for each different width
of curl according to the variations which might be required.
According to our invention we only require one guide plate for all the
variations in width of curl that may be required!
For this purpose instead of bolting or fixing the stand (marked N on the
drawings filed with the said Specification No. 8024 of 1894) permanently onto
the slide (marked B) we make the base plate of the said stand which carries
the vertical knife P with two downwardly projecting flanges clipping the sides
of the said slide (B) so that it can be adjusted longitudinally thereon, and we
make an elongated slot in the said base plate through which passes a bolt fitted
with a nut (preferably of the "butterfly" form) so that the position of the
staud (N) upon the slide B may be adjusted either nearer to or further from the
pins (C and C) which hold the annular guide plate (S) in position. We also
fix the foot or plate (marked V) to the base of the stand (N) instead of fixing. it
to end of the slide (B) as hitherto done, and thus by using only one guide
plate (S) the curl may be cut or pared to different widths by so adjusting the
stand (N) as to bring the cutter (P) nearer to or further from the edge of the
guide plate (S) as may be required, and by thus making the stand (N) with
its paring knife and foot-plate adjustable on the slide ((B) we dispense with

page_text: the necessity for supplying more than one guide plate for each size of hat with
each machine.
Dated this 10th day of July 1899.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicants, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
An Improvement in Apparatus for Trimming or Paring the Curls of
Felt or other Hat Brims.
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We, ALFRED MOORES and THOMAS MOORES, both of Heaton Street Hat Works,
.Ilat Manufacturers, and SETII HOLDEN, of 22, Heaton Street, Machinist, and
HENRY HERBERT TURNER, ALBERT TURNER, and ARNOLD TURNER, all of Denton,
near Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineers, 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 state-
ment:-
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This invention relates to an improvement upon the apparatus for trimming
or paring the curls of felt, silk and other hat brims for which Letters Patent
No. 8024 were granted to Henry Herbert Turner, Albert Turner and Arnold
Turner, aforesaid, dated April 23rd, 1894, and the objects of the said invention
are to adapt the said apparatus to cut or pare the brims of hats to different
widths without the necessity for using a separate guide plate for each different
width of curl which may be required.
In the machines made according to the said Specification No. 8024 of 1894,
the apparatus consists essentially of a mechanically driven paring knife or
cutter working on a slide and guided to its work by a metal frame or plate of
an annular form which corresponds with the oval or other outline to be given
to the edge of the brim curl, such guide plates being also arched in side eleva-
tion to correspond with the form of brim and it was necessary to provide a
number of such guide plates with each machine one for each different width
of curl according to the variations which might be required.
According to our invention we only require one guide plate for all the
variations in width of curl that may be required!
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a plan, and
Fig. 3 an end view of our improvement.
In these views similar letters refer to similar parts.
For the purpose of this invention instead of bolting or fixing the stand n
permanently on to the slide we make the base plate of the said stand which
carries the knife with two downwardly projecting flanges which clip the
sides of the said slide so that it can be adjusted longitudinally thereon and
we make an elongated slot g in the said base plate through which passes a bolt j
fitted with a nut (preferably of the butterfly form) so that the position of the
stand upon the slide b may be adjusted either nearer to or further from the
pins which hold the annular guide plate marked S on the drawing attached to
the specification of the patent hereinbefore named. We also fix the foot .or
plate to the base of the stand instead of fixing it to the end of the slide b
as hitherto done and thus by using only one guide plate the curl may be cut or
pared to different widths by so adjusting the stand n as to bring the cutter p
nearer to or further from the edge of the aforesaid guide plate as may be
required' and by thus making the stand n with its paring knife adjustable on
the slide 6 we dispense with the necessity for supplying more than one guide
plate for each size of hat with each machine.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is: -
In a machine for trimming or paring the curls of felt, silk, and other hat
brims, such as is described in the Specification of the Patent No. 8024 of 1894,
the use of a stand for carrying the knife that is adjustable on the slide by which
the knife may be placed nearer to or further from the edge of the guide plate
as may be required for the purpose and in the manner substantially as herein-
before described.
Dated this 10th day of April 1900.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicants, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.