Improvements in and connected with Hats and other Head Coverings.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th Sept., 1894-Accepted. 10th Nov. 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Hats and other Head
Coverings.
I ALFRED CHARLES HEWITT 56 High Street Maidenhead Berks Electrician
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Any appliance or instrument for indicating the temperature inside hats either
by a thermometer or the saturation of any fabric with chemical for the purpose of
indicating the temperature.
a. An ornamental card upon which is marked the degrees of heat or temperature
inside hats indicated by a thermometer.
b. A small bunch of flowers attached to the crown of the hat changing colour
upon any rise of the temperature and returning to their original colour when
temperature is reduced.
c. The linings and all attachments inside hats capable of being treated with
chemicals for the purpose of indicating the temperature inside hats, caps or any
covering for the head."
Dated this 12th day of December 1893.
ALFRED CHARLES HEWITT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Hats and other Head
Coverings.
1, ALFRED CHARLES HEWITT, of 56 High Street, Maidenhead, in the County
of Berkshire, Electrician, 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 statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in and connected with hats and other
head coverings.
Any appliance or instrument for indicating the temperature, inside hats either
by a thermometer or by the saturation of any fabric with chemicals for the purpose
of indicating the temperature. An ornamental card upon which is marked the
degrees of heat or temperature inside hats indicated by a thermometer.
A small bunch of artificial flowers attached to the crown of the hat changing
colour upon any rise of the temperature and returning to their original colour when
the temperature is reduced.
The linings and all attachments inside hats capable of being treated with
chemicals for the purpose of indicating the temperature inside hats, caps or any
other covering for the head.
The artificial flowers and linings are immersed in a solution made from chloride
of copper, acetate of cobalt and nitrate of cobalt dissolved in quantities to meet the
requirements of the material to be treated.
The proportions are as follows :-

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Any appliance or instrument in combination with head coverings for indicating
the temperature inside hats, substantially as herein described.
2. The combination of a bunch of flowers and head coverings, the said flowers
to be attached to the crown of the hat and changing colour upon rise of temperature,
substantially as herein described.
3. The combination of linings and all attachments saturated with chemicals and
attached to the crown of any head covering for the purpose of changing colour
upon the rise and fall of temperature inside a hat, cap or the like, substantially as
herein described.
Dated this 13th day of September 1894.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.