Improvements in Hat Bands, and in the Mode of and Means for Attaching same to Straw and other such Hats.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th May, 1895-Accepted, 27th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hat Bands, and in the Mode of and Means for
Attaching same to Straw and other such Hats.
We, FRANCIS WILLIAM FRANKLIN, trading as William Franklin & Son, of
Bayley Lane, Coventry, Manufacturers, PHILIP EDMUND TAYLOR, of 1 Rothesay
Terrace, Barras Lane, Coventry, Manager, and BERNARD FRANKLIN, of Highfield,
Coventry, Ribbon Manufacturer, and all in the County of Warwick, do hereby
declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object improvements in bat bands and in the mode of
and means for attaching same to straw and other such hats, and refers to further
modifications of our Application No. 19069 by which the straw does not require
to be penetrated by the hooks or pins while the bands are more easily adjusted.
In carrying this part of our invention into effect we attach two three or more
poinied hooks to the back of the bow in such a manner that the said hooks will
readily engage or hook on to the other end of the band which has first been
attached to the hat by any suitable hook or preferably by a clip having four
prongs two of which clip the band the other two entering the hat and thus fixing
the band to the hat or a bar may be inserted within the folds of the bow the said
bar having pin points projecting therefrom in an inclined direction which engages
with or is hooked on to the reverse end of the band. The bow may be made up in
any improved or new style with or without a stiffening foundation but in the case
of a stiffening foundation of say cardboard, the said cardboard would be bent over
to form a loop in which the bar or plate bearing the points would be placed the
points being first pushed through the cardboard the end of the said flap of card-
board forming the loop being bent over backwards and glued gummed or otherwise
fastened down with the one end of the band placed intermediately which thus forms
a ready means for securing the end of band to stiffener.
The bow may be sewn or formed with metal clips and the hooks may be formed
of a single piece of wire the ends of which are so bent as to form the hook on each
side of the width of the ribbon.
In the case of the attachment described in our before meutioned application we
may in place of securing the pins by screw nuts fix them in position by a rubber
cap pressed on to the point of the wire, which would be slightly roughed to retain
it there. The end of the band first fixed instead of being hooked on to the hat
may be secured by two or more projecting studs on a plate which would be pressed
through the ribbon into the straw and retained in position by the pressure of the
other end of the band when fixed. The points of the hooks are so bent as in all
cases to project in a direction from the head of the wearer while the bow itself may
be sewn or made by metal clips or any suitable adhesive substance and with or
without stiffeners. We e may form our bow by threading it through a buckle frame
having pliable projecting points upon each side so that the one end of the ribbon
is fixed thereto by engaging with the points on each side the said frame the points
then being bent into hooks for attachment to other end of hand.
Dated this 13th day of October 1894.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birminghain, Agent for Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Hat Bands, and in the Mode of and Means for
Attaching same to Straw and other such Hats.
We, FRANCIS WILLIAM FRANKLIN, trading as William Franklin & Son, of
Bayley Lane Coventry, Manufacturers, PHILIP EDMUND TAYLOR, of 1 Rothesay
Terrace, Barras Lane, Coventry, Manager, and BERNARD FRANKLIN, of Highfield,
Coventry, Ribbon Manufacturer, and all in the County of Warwick, do hereby
declare the nature of our said 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 Ha's for its object improvements in hat bands and in the mode of
and means for attaching same to straw and other such hats and refer' to further
modifications of our Application' No. 19,069 A.D. 1894 by which the straw does
not require to be penetrated by the hooks while the bands are more easily
adjusted.
In carrying this part of our invention' into effect we attach two three or more
pointed hooks to the back of the bow in such a manner that the said hooks will
readily engage or hook on to the other end of the band which has first been
attached to the hat by any suitable hook or preferably by a clip having four
prongs two of which clip the band the other two entering the hat as shown by
Figures 10 and thus fixing the band to the hat or a bar may be inserted within the
folds of the bow the said bar having pin points projecting therefrom in an inclined
direction which engages with or is hooked on to the reverse end of the band. The
bow may be made up in any improved or new style with or without a stiffening
foundation but in the case of a stiffening foundation of say cardboard the said
cardboard would be bent over to form a loop in which the bar or plate bearing the
points would be placed the points being first pushed through the cardboard the
end of the said flap of cardboard forming the loop being bent over backwards and
glued, gummed or otherwise fastened down with the one end of the band placed
intermediately which thus forms a ready means for securing the end of band to
stiffener.
The bow may be sewn or formed with metal clips and the hooks may be formed
of a single piece of wire the ends of which are so bent as to form the hook on each
side of the width of ribbon.
In the case of the attachment described in our before mentioned application we
may in place of securing the pins by screw nuts, fix them in position by a rubber
cap pressed on to the point of the wire which would be slightly roughed to retain
it there. The end of the band first fixed instead of being hooked on to the hat
may be secured by two or more projecting studs ou a plate as shown by Figures 11
which would be pressed through the ribbon into the straw and retained in position
by the pressure of the other end of the band when fixed. The points of the hooks
are so hent as in all cases to project in a direction from the head of the wearer
while the bow itself may be sewn or made by nietal clips or any suitable adhesive
substance and with or without stiffeners.
We may form our bow by threading it through a buckle frame as shown by
Figures 12 having pliable projecting points upon each side so that one end of the
ribbon is fixed thereto by engaging with the points on each side the said frame,
the points being then bent into hooks for attachment to the other end of the
band.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings illustrating the
principal sufficiently to enable the other modes set forth to be applied without
difficulty.

page_text: Figure 1, is a general view of a hat A with the band B attached according to
our invention.
Figure 2, shows the back part of the bow end ¹ of the band B.
Figure 3, shows the back part of the single end 6 of the band B.
Figure 4, is an elevation of the edge of the bow end of the band B.
Figure 5, is an end view of the stiffener or plate 63 which is made up in
the bow.
Figure 6, shows the edge of the plate 66 which is secured to the single end 6 of
the band B.
Figure 7, is a plan of such a plate or stiffener whether metal, cardboard, or
other material as is suitable to carry the prongs 6* and b.
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Figure 8, is a wire stiffener with the ends turned up to form the prongs
and , such as is suitable to form in the bow or the bow end of the hat band
ribbon.
Figure 9, shows a modification with the bow formed some distance away from
the bow end & the plate being shorter as shown by the dotted lines.
The stiffeners for carrying the prongs and may be made from such metal as
sheet tin or from cardboard, stiff textile or other material and in the case of tin we
prefer to turn the edge or all the edges back into a double as shown for one edge
of the edges in plan Figure 7 or the stiffener may be a frame wire such for instance
as shown by Figure 8 but in either case a prong or prongs, one, two or more 6*
and are fastened thereto and are made up with the bow of ribbon or other band.
Of course the plate 63 may be divided into several widths according to the number
of prongs or the prongs may be made of wire similar to an ordinary hook and sewn
on the band. At the single end of the band 6 we use a plate having a prong or
more than one prong 67, 68, and this plate may be united by sewing or rivets or by
turning down the corner to pierce the material and to turn over on the other side.
A such like plate is shown at Figure 6.
The mode of attaching the band is to apply the single end 62 pushing the
prongs 67 and 68-one or more-into the hat then bringing round the bow end
until it embraces the body of the hat tightly when the prongs 6 and bare pressed
into the ribbon band when it will be found quite secure. One of the advantages
of our invention is that the bands may be quickly changed to other bands by the
wearer without difficulty and to suit the circumstances under which the band is
worn.
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 :-
1st. The improvements in hat bands and in the mode of and means for attaching
the same to straw hats substantially such as herein set forth.
2nd. The devices for securing hat bands such as those illustrated upon the
drawings by Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, and substantially as herein set
forth.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1895.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birminghamn, Agent for Applicants.