IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING CAPS
Year: 1885

page_text: I JOHN JAMES MANN of 18 Irwell Street Salford in the County of Lancaster
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
TRAVELLING CAPS to be as follows:-
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I propose to make my improved travelling cap of any ordinary suitable material
and after any ordinary shape as may be desired and with air or water cushions to
form a rest or pillow for the head of the wearer. These cushions I construct of
India rubber or or any suitable air or water tight material and I provide them with
valves or cocks by means of which they may be inflated or discharged at pleasure.
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page_text: Improvements in Travelling Caps.
I, JOHN JAMES MANN of 18 Irwell Street, Salford, in the County of Lancaster
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN TRAVELLING CAPS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention consists in a combination of the ordinary travelling or other
form of cap, with air or water spaces or chambers, such air or water spaces being
for use as a pillow, or rest for the head of the wearer.
I construct these air or water spaces, or chambers of India rubber, or other
suitable air or watertight material, and attach them to a cap made of any material
and shape, or they may be of the same material as, and form part of the said cap.
I attach to these air or water chambers suitable inlet and outlet valves, or cocks,
for the purpose of supplying or discharging the contents of the said chambers.
In order that my invention may be fully understood, I now describe the
accompanying sheet of drawings. In the several views illustrated therein, similar
letters refer to similar parts.
a is the cap, b the flap of cap, c air or water tight chamber contained within
flap;
d the part where flexible tube e is inserted for the purpose of filling the said
chamber with air, water, or other fluid substance. f inlet or outlet cock or valve,
which is opened or closed by means of nut g.
Fig. 1 represents side view of cap a; The flap b is turned up and secured
to the side of the cap in the ordinary manner: Inside flap bis contained air or
water chamber c, shown unfilled in this view.
Fig. 2 shows front view of cap a The flap bin this view is shown turned up,
and secured to the side cap: The air or water chamber c is represented as filled,
and consequently extended outwards, thus forming a pillow or head rest.
Fig. shows side view of cap a, with flap b let down; in this view the air or
water chamber c is represented as being filled with air, water, or other fluid
substance.
Fig. 4 is section of cap a on line A A in Fig. 1: The air or water chamber c,
is in this view represented as being full.
Other forms of valves or cocks than those herein illustrated and described may
if preferred be used for filling, or discharging contents of chamber c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,
1st. To any cap that is made for wear on the head, the attachment of air or
watertight spaces, or chambers, for use as a pillow, or rest for the head of the
wearer, substantially as herein before described.

page_text: 2nd. In a cap that is made for wear on the head, the use of air or watertight
chambers, either made of same material, and forming part of the body of the cap,
or made of a different material, such as india rubber, or other air or waterproof
substance, and attached to the cap in the manner as herein before described.
3rd. The method of supplying and discharging the said air or water chambers,
by means of inlet and outlet valves, or cocks, substantially as herein before
described.
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