Improvements in Coating Felt Hat Bodies with Short Fur.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of A plication, 7th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coating Felt Hat Bodies with Short Fur.
I JOHN EATON of Fern Lea Stockport in the County of Chester, Hat Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to render the process of coating or veneering felt
hat bodies with short fur less costly and more perfect.
By
According to our invention we take the felt hat bodies after scouring ready for
the dyeing process and we stir them in a vessel containing dry box waste or other
short or ground fur in a dry state for a minute or two sufficiently to cover the
surface of the felt with fur, and we then dye them in the ordinary manner.
this process ordinary box waste can be used without grinding or other preparation
for veneering and no special process of felting is necessary to cause the short fur
to adhere on the hat bodies, which will be most perfectly and evenly coated or
covered therewith.
Dated this 6th day of October 1893.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coating Felt Hat Bodies with Short Fur.
I JOHN EATON of Fern Lea Stockport in the County of Chester, Hat Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
The object of this invention is to render the process of coating or veneering felt
hat bodies with short fur less costly and more perfect.
According to my invention I take the felt hat bodies after scouring ready for the
mordanting and dyeing process, and I stir or agitate them in a vessel containing
dry box waste or other short or ground fur in a dry state for a minute or two
sufficiently to cover the surface of the felt with fur, and I then mordant and dye
them in the ordinary manner.
Figs. 1 and 2 on the annexed drawings show in longitudinal elevation and trans-
verse sectional elevation, a suitable vessel for applying the waste fur to the hat;
a is a rectangular chamber mounted on trunnions b, in suitable bearings c, d is the
lid for opening and closing the vessel e, a handle for rotating the same for a minute
or two when the hat bodies have been inserted; frepresents the dry waste fur.
By this process ordinary box waste can be used without grinding or other
preparation as usual for "veneering," and no special process of felting is necessary
to cause the short fur to adhere on the hat bodies, which will be most perfectly
and evenly coated or covered therewith.
It will be seen that this improved process is not intended to be employed for
coating inferior hat bodies with a better quality of fur as is usually the case in
what is known as "veneering" bat bodies; my invention being designed more for
the purpose of filling up the grain of the body and giving an even appearance in
finish and color after dyeing.

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 :-
:―
The improved method of coating felt hat bodies with short fur consisting in
plunging the said bodies when ready for mordanting and dyeing into a vessel
containing dry short fur and agitating them for a few moments so that the surface
shall be more suitable for subsequent mordanting and dyeing substantially as
hereinbefore described.
Dated this 25th day of May 1894.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.