Year: 1897

page_text: I MICHAEL SCHNEIDERS of Durward Street Whitechapel Road in the County of
Middlesex Hat and Cap Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
Invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide for efficient ventilation of the interior
of hooked down caps when in wear.
According to my said Invention I form ventilating orifices in the crown of the
cap by securing eyelets therein or otherwise and I form the lower part of the
cap considerably larger in circumference than the size of head for which the cap
is intended and stiffen the said part by securing wire around the inner side
thereof or otherwise and within the said part of the cap I secure a band of suitable
material as hereinafter described which band when the cap is in wear fits or
bears against the head of the wearer. I connect the said band to the main
portion of the cap so that it is in contact therewith at the front only on at the
front and the forward portion of the sides. At other parts I place between the
said band and the lower part of the cap pieces of cork or other suitable material.
at considerable distances apart and I secure the said band and the pieces of cork
in the required positions relatively to the main part of the cap by stitches passed
through them. By this means ample provision is made for ventilation of the
interior of the cap when it is in wear air being free to enter around the lower
part between the band and the cap and to escape at the orifices in the crown or
to pass in the reverse direction.
Tated the twelfth day of February 1897.
I MICHAEL SCHNEIDERS of Durward Street Whitechapel Road in the County of
Middlesex Hat and Cap Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
O described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
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The object of my invention is to provide for efficient ventilation of the interior
of hooked down caps when in wear.
According to my said Invention I form ventilating orifices in the crown of the
cap by securing eyelets therein or otherwise and I form the lower part of the

page_text: cap considerably larger in circumference than the size of head for which the cap
is intended and stiffen the said part by securing wire around the inner side
thereof or otherwise and within the said part of the cap I secure a band of suitable
material as hereinafter described which band when the cap is in wear fits or
bears against the head of the wearer. I connect the said band to the main
portion of the cap so that it is in contact therewith at the front only or at the
front and the forward portion of the sides. At other parts I place between the
said band and the lower part of the cap pieces of cork or other suitable material
at considerable distances apart and I secure the said band and the pieces of cork
in the required positions relatively to the main part of the cap by stitches passed
through them. By this means ample provision is made for ventilation of the
interior of the cap when it is in wear air being free to enter around the lower
part between the band and the cap and to escape at the orifices in the crown or
pass
in the reverse direction.
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I will further describe my Invention with preference to the accompanying
Drawing Figure 1 of which is a side view of a cap embodying the improvements
herein before described Figure 2 a view of the top of the same Figure 3 a side
view partly in section and Figure 4 a view of the inner or underside of the
cap.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures of the
Drawing.
The crown part a and peak of the cap are made in the ordinary manner with
the exception that the edge of the crown part is stiffened by means of a wire b
secured between the cloth at the lower edge of the outer or crown part and a band c
the edge of which is sewn to the edge of the said part. dd are the eyletted
ventilating orifices in the crown part. e is the band which fits around the head
of the wearer the said band being secured by sewing to the front part of the cap
between the points marked f f and being kept from contact with the main
portion of the cap at other parts by pieces of cork gg which are secured by stitches
passed through them and through those portions of the crown part a and band e
which are contiguous to the said pieces of cork.
When the cap is in wear air enters the crown part through the space between it and
the band e and passes out through the eyeletted orifices dd in the crown part as
indicated by the arrows in Figure 3 or the air passes in the reverse direction
according to circumstances the interior of the cap being in either case thoroughly
ventilated.
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:-
The improvements in hooked down caps hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing that is to say the combination in such caps of air
passages or ventilating apertures in the top of the crown part thereof with an air
passe between the head band and lower portion of the crown part whereby
entrance of air to and exit of air from the interior of the cap when in wear is
provided for substantially as hercinbefore described.
Dated the twenty seventh day of October 1897.
W. T. WHITEMAN
Agent for the Applicant.