Improvements in or relating to Appliances for Curling and Betting the Brims of Felt and Silk Hats.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 18th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Appliances for Curling and Betting the
Brims of Felt and Silk Hats.
We, ALBERT TURNER, of the Firm of John Turner, Ashton Road, Denton, near
Manchester, Engineer, and FRANK BATTERSBY, of Offerton Hat Works, Offerton,
Stockport, Hat Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention
to be as follows:
Our invention relates to an invention for which we applied for Letters Patent
No. 23511 on the 13th day of October 1897, and has for its object so to construct
the matrice of a hat brim curling and setting press that the parts of such matrice
which lie within the brim of the hat after setting or curling, may be readily
removed without damaging the hat. To that end we form the base on which the
matrice is mounted with a rising detachable ring adapted when in position to
form part of the matrice, and when the hat is removed to be removed with it,
and when removed from the hat to leave a gap all round (as in our previous
invention), whilst by reason of two tongues or extensions at each end it causes a
further gap between the respective ends of the half-portions of the matrice, and
thus allows increased facility for removing the matrice.
To further facilitate matters we divide the ring into two portions with over-
lapping tapered ends, and to locate such ring and the half-portions of the matrice
upon the base, we provide the base with grooves and holes, and the ring and
matrice with pegs or snugs (or vice versa).
The rising ring may be made without the tongues and be in one piece, or in
other forms adapted to leave a gap when removed from the hat. It may also be
of any suitable cross-section.
Improvements in or relating to Appliances for Curling and Setting the
Brims of Felt and Silk Hats.
We, ALBERT TURNER, of the Firm of John Turner, of Ashton Road, Denton, near
Manchester, Engineer, and FRANK BATTERSBY, of Offerton Hat Works, Offerton,
Stockport, Hat Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
[Price 8d.]

page_text: in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:
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Our improvements relate to an invention for which we obtained Letters Patent
No. 23511 on the 13th day of October 1897, and have for their object to so con-
struct the matrice of a hat brim curling and setting press that the parts of such 5
matrice which lie within the brim of the hat after setting or curling may be
removed with a facility of removal greater than that comtemplated by our former
invention.
To this end we provide the base on which the matrice is mounted with a rising
detachable ring adapted when in position to form part of the matrice and when
the hat is removed from the press to be removed with it, and when removed from
the hat to leave a gap all round the body of the hat (as in our previous invention),
whilst, by reason of two tongues or extensions, it is also caused to leave a further
gap between the respective ends of the half-portions of the matrice, and thus allow
increased facility for removing the matrice.
To further facilitate the manipulations we divide the ring into two portions,
with overlapping tapered ends, and to locate the ring and the half-portions of the
matrice upon the base, we provide the base with grooves and holes, and the ring
and matrice with pegs (or vice-versa).
The rising ring may be made without the tongues and he in one piece, or in
other forms adapted to leave a gap when removed from the hat. It may also bo
of any suitable cross-section.
On the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view of the two half-portions of a matrice, and
Fig. 1 a similar view of a base or frame, and ring, constructed in accordance
with our invention, and ready for the matrice to be applied.
Fig. 2 illustrates a plan of Fig. 1*.
Fig. 3 illustrates a cross-section of the base, matrice and ring combined, with
the position of a hat whilst its brim is heing curled or set shewn in dotted lines.
Fig. 4 shews the gap left between the bat and matrice when removed from the
frame, and when the ring is removed from the hat. Fig. 5 illustrates a detail of
the ring.
(A) is the base or frame, upon the upper face of which we arrange a loose ring
or flange (B). Also upon the upper
face of the frame and surrounding the
ring (B) we fit the half-portions (C) of the matrice by the aid of ribs (C¹) and
grooves (C), and the cross-sections of each half-portion of the ring and matrice,
are such, that together they constitute the full width of matrice necessary for the
proper curling and setting of a hat brim.
The ring is held in position by pegs (B¹) carried by two tongues or exten-
sions (B) (which lie between the ends of the two half-portions of the matrice
when the latter is in position) and by ribs (B) which take into correspondingly
shaped grooves (B) in the base (A). The ring is divided transversely, with the
abutting ends slightly tapered or bevelled and overlapping aa shewn in Fig. 1.
With the parts in position as shewn in Fig. 3, and a hat brim under treatment
the material of the brim is caused to wrap around the matrice, and by enclosing
it partake of the same outline and curvature, as shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 3.
When the hat brim is fully curled or set, the hat, together with the matrice,
and ring (which latter are then firmly imbedded in the curl of the brin) is lifted
bodily clear of the frame and placed brim downwards upon a table or support.
The half-portions of the ring (B) are then removed, which, due to their form,
is an easy operation.
By the removal of such ring it will be obvious that a gap (see Fig. 4) is left
between the hat body and matrice, and between the ends of the matrice, which
then allows for the ready removal from the brim curl of the half-portions of the
matrice without any risk of damaging the curl.
As a modification we may dispense with the tongues (B³) and divide

page_text: the ring longitudinally instead of transversely, as shewn by dotted lines
in Fig. 2, the ends of the half-portions of the matrice in this case being made to
abut against each other.
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;-
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1: In machines for curling and setting hat brims, a frame or base, a ring
or flange of the kind described resting upon the upper face of the said base, and a
divided matrice surrounding such ring and forming with such ring the full width
of matrice for curling and setting a hat brim, substantially as set forth and illus-
trated on the accompanying drawings.
2: The loose ring or flange (B) with, or without, the extensions (B³), as aud
for the purposes set forth.
Datch this with way of 100
ALBERT TURNER,
FRANK BATTERSBY,
By John G. Wilson & Co., Fels. Inst. P.A.,
Agents for the Applicants, 55, Market Street, Manchester.