for the Head, and in Ventilators to be Used therewith.
Year: 1885

page_text: for the Head, and in Ventilators to be Used therewith.
We, JAMES ROWLEY and ROBERT SAMUEL BROCK, both of Royal Hat Works,
8 and 9 Middle Street, Aldersgate Street, in the City of London, Hat Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:―
:
Our Invention relates to improvements in ventilating hats, belmets, and other
coverings for the head, and to a special construction of ventilator for use in
connection therewith.
According to our invention we provide an annular ventilating band, which we
make, by preference, of what is known as Jackson's Patent Cork Cloth, or of any
other fabric or material whose meshes or interstices are such as to afford free access
for ventilation, such for instance as a woven, knitted, perforated, stamped or pierced
material or fabric, or of a material or fabric which is either embossed, plaited,
Huted, crimped, goffered or folded. This ventilating band we strengthen on its
upper and lower edges with strips or lengths of leather, and sew the lower edge of
the lower strip or length to the "banding edge" of the hat or helmet, in the usual
manner.
The lining of the hat or helmet is, by preference, formed slightly dome-shaped
and is furnished at its crown with ventilating holes. It is secured at its lower edge
or margin to the ventilating band. At the centre of the crown the lining is
furnished with a ventilator of special construction, hereinafter described. This
lining is, for the purpose of our invention, made smaller than the tip and body of
the bat or helmet, and is, as it were, suspended from the ventilator, in order that a
free space may be formed between it and the tip and body of the hat or helmet.
Into this space, so formed, the heat or moisture arising from the head, passes
through the ventilating band and escapes through the ventilator. The lining is
retained at its proper distance from the tip and body of the hat or helmet by
means of the ventilator, as hereinafter described.
.
This ventilator consists of two tubes arranged one within the other in such a
manner as to leave a free space between them. The outer tube is screw threaded,
and is furnished with slots through which the heat or moisture escapes. The outer
tube is inserted in the tip of the hat and is held thereto by a screw plate or nut.
Two other screw. plates or nuts secure the lining to the ventilator and maintain it
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page_text: at the proper distance from the tip and body of the hat or helmet. The moisture
or heat escapes through the slotted tube and the fresh air enters by the smaller and
inner tube. Or the tubes forming the ventilator may be so arranged as to slide
one over the other and be retained in position either by frictional contact or by a
snap or catch arrangement.
Improvements in Ventilating Hats, Helmets, and other Coverings
for the Head, and in Ventilators to be Used therewith.
We, JAMES ROWLEY, and ROBERT SAMUEL BROCK, both of Royal Hat Works,
8 and 9 Middle Street, Aldersgate Street, in the City of London, Hat Manufacturers,
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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters
and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
Our Invention relates to improvements in ventilating hats, helmets, and other
coverings for the head, whereby the size of the articles is not increased, which has
been generally the case in other methods of ventilating and thus giving to said articles
Our Invention
the appearance of being too large for the head of the wearer.
further relates to a special construction of ventilator for use in connection with
hats, helmets, and other head coverings, constructed according to our Invention.
According to our Invention we provide an annular ventilating band, which we
may make of what is known as "Jackson's Patent Cork Cloth," or of any other
fabric or material whose meshes or interstices afford free access for ventilation,
such for instance as a woven, knitted, perforated, stamped or pierced material or
fabric, or of a material or fabric which is either embossed, plaited, fluted, crimped,
goffered or folded. This ventilating band we strengthen on its upper and lower
edges with strips or lengths of leather, and sew the lower edge of the lower strip
or length to the "banding edge" of the hat or helmet in the usual manner.
In combination with the lining of the hat or helmet, we sometimes provide a
projecting annular band furnished with ventilating holes and located just above the
head leather. It is secured at its lower edge or margin to the lining by any
convenient means. The lining is furnished at the centre of its tip with a
ventilator of special construction, hereinafter described, which is also secured to the
tip of the hat or helmet, and retains the lining at its proper distance from the tip

page_text: and body of the hat or helmet. This lining is, for the purpose of our invention, of
smaller diameter than the tip and body of the hat or helmet, and is, as it were,
suspended from the ventilator, in order that a free space may be formed between it
and the tip and body of the hat or helmet. Into this space so formed, the beat or
inoisture arising from the head, passes through the ventilating band and through
the holes in the projecting annular band, and escapes through the ventilator.
nut.
This ventilator consists of two tubes, arranged one within the other in such a
manner as to leave a free space between them. The outer tube is screw threaded
and is furnished with slots through which the heat or moisture escapes. This outer
tube is inserted in the tip of the hat, and may be held thereto. by a screw-plate or
Two other screw plates or nuts secure the lining to the ventilator and main-
tain it at the proper distance from the tip and body of the hat or helmet. The
moisture or heat escapes through the slotted tube and the fresh air enters by the
smaller and inner tube. Or the tubes forming the ventilator may be so arranged
as to slide one over the other and be retained in position either by frictional contact,
or by a snap or catch arrangement, or by other suitable means.
And in order that our Invention may be readily understood, we proceed to
describe the same, with reference to the accompanying, drawings, in which our
Invention is shewn, as applied to a hat.
Figure 1, is a vertical section of a hat embodying our Invention.
Fig. 2, is an elevation of the ventilator, drawn on an enlarged scale, and
Fig. 3, a plan of the same.
Fig. 4 is a vertical section of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5, a horizontal section taken on the
line x, x, of Fig. 4.
In all the figures like letters of reference indicate the same parts.
In Fig. 1, A is the annular ventilating band, which may be composed of Jackson's
Patent Cork Cloth, or other suitable material or fabric, to which, on its upper and
lower edges, are sewn strips or lengths of leather B, B¹. The lower edge of the
lower strip or length of leather B¹, is shewn as sewn to the "banding-edge" of the
hat, in the usual manner. C, is the lining of the hat, provided at its tip with the
ventilator D, hereinafter fully described. This lining C, is of smaller diameter than
the body of the hat, as shewn, in order to leave a free space a, between the said
lining and the body and tip of the hat. Into this space the heat or moisture,
arising from the head of the wearer, passes through the ventilating band A, and
escapes through the ventilator D, in the direction indicated by the barbed arrows,
the incoming fresh air being denoted by the barbed and feathered arrows. The
lining C, is suspended from the ventilator, as shewn, in order to form and maintain
the free space a, above described, and this lining is further supported and held in
place by means of short strips of paper, or other fabric b, secured vertically to the
lining and to the "banding-edge" of the hat.
Secured to the lower part of the lining C, is an annular strip or band c, of like
material, and of somewhat less diameter, formed with a projection or ridge, beneath
and through which are a number of perforations or holes e, e, for the purpose of the
complete ventilation of the interior of the hat, and through which the heated air
also passes, as shewn by the arrows.
The ventilator consists of two tubes d, d, of metal, or other suitable material,
arranged one within the other, in the manner shewn. The outer tube d, is tapped
interiorly at its lower end, and fits over a screw thread cut upon the lower portion
of the inner tube d¹. The outer tube d, is furnished with slots or apertures f,
through which the heat or moisture, after having psssed through the meshes,
interstices, or perforations of the ventilating band A, and through the holes in the
annular strip or band c, enters the space a, whence it escapes through the said slots
or apertures f. This tube d, is inserted in the tip of the hat, and is retained by a
flanged plate g; another flanged plate h, formed at the lower end of the inner
tube d, secures the lining C, and maintains it at the proper distance from the tip
and body of the bat. The heat or moisture escapes through the slotted tube d, and
the fresh air enters by the smaller and inner tube d³,

page_text: Having now described and ascertained the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is
1. A head-leather for hats, helmets, and other head coverings, composed of a
band or strip of woven or knitted fabric, or of a perforated material, or of a fluted,
crimped, goffered, plaited or embossed material, arranged between two strips or
lengths of leather, the lower of which is sewn to the "banding edge" of the hat or
helmet, as herein described and shewn, and for the purpose set forth.
2. In combination with the lining of a hat, helmet, &c. the employment of a
projecting annular band, furnished with air holes, and arranged above the head
leather, for the purpose of assisting the escape of the heated air or moisture from
the interior of the hat or helmet, as herein described and shewn.
3. The ventilator, as herein described and shewn, consisting of two flanged tubes
arranged one within the other, the outer of said tubes maintaining the lining of the
hat or helmet in position, and provided with slots or apertures for the escape of
the heated air or moisture, while the inner tube serves for the admission of fresh
air, as set forth.