US1030978A - Hat-conformator. - Google Patents

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HERBERT M. DARMSTADTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAT-CONFORMATOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-Innnn'r M. DAnM s'rADrnR, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Conformators; and I do herebyA declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a novel construction in what is known as a hat conformator, the object being 'to provide a device of this character which can be accurately adjusted to the head and the hat subsequently inserted over the same and shaped to conform to the head of the party to be fitted.

The device consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed. Y

In the accompanying` drawings illustrating a hat conformator embodying my invention: Figure -1- is a top plan view of the same. Fig. -2- is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a central vertical transverse section of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. Q Fig. -4- is a bottom plan view of the lower face of the top plate of the device. Fig. -5- is a detail plan sec.- tion of the device on the line 5-5 of Fig. Fig. --6- is a fragmentary detail central vertical longitudinal section of the upper end portion of the device taken on the line G-6 of Fig. -1-.

My present invention has for its object to provide a hat conformator which is an improvcment over the respective devices shown in Letters Patent No. 527,472, Cctober 16, 1894, and No. 638,023 of November 8, 1899.

The particular' object of the present in-l vention is to provide a construction which is more simple and eiiicient than those shown in the aforesaid patents, the improvements residing more particularly in details of construction whereby deciencies in the aforesaid patented constructions are overcome.

The device comprises a lower elliptical guide ring 1 which is provided at regular intervals with openings or guide sleeves 2, all of which are' substantially radially disposed. The said guide ring 1 is carried by a plurality of standards 3, secured thereto by means of screws the latter being continued above said guide ring 1 and ogeecurved above the same and at their upper Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 17, 1911.

Patented July 2,1912.

Serial No. 644,561.

ends support a plate 4, the plane of which is parallel with the plane of the guide ring 1. In the last named plate 4 I provide guide grooves 5 also substantially radially disposed and corresponding in number and relative disposition with the guide sleeves 2 of the guide ring 1 and parallel therewith. Mounted in said guide sleeves 2 are plungers 6 which at their inner ends connect with the lower end portions of bars 7, the latter being connected at their upper ends with plungers 8 disposed in the guide grooves 5 of the plate 4 and yeach of which is equipped at its inner end with a pin 9 for purposes hereinafter set forth. Each of the said bars 7 is of a relatively irregular shape, the lower end portion thereof having a vertical inner face 10 which is flush with a vertical outer face 11 disposed at a higher elevation between the ends of the bar. The extreme lower ends of said bar 7 are curved to project outwardly and all together form a flaring mouth for the space bordered or inclosed by said bars and in which the head of the person to be fitted is adapted to be received. The upper ends of the bars 7 are curved inwardly the requisite distance to compensate for the difference in diameters of the plate 4 and the plane of the lower end portions 0f the bars 7. A helical tension spring 12 of relatively fine wire surrounds and engages the lower.

end portions of all of said bars 7 contigu ous yto their connections with the plungers 6 to normally maintain said bars at the inner limits of their movement relatively to the ring 1, each of said plungers having a head engaging the outer: end of its sleeve 2 to limit its inward movement. Mounted upon the upper face of the plate 4 by means of a plurality of screws, is a plate 13 of sheet metal which is provided with substantially radially disposed slots 14, each of which is adapted to register with one of said guide grooves 5 in said plate 4, said slots being of less width than the said grooves 5 and of less length than the same so that the edge portions of said slots 14 serve to partially cover said guide grooves 5 and retain the plungers therein, Vthe pins 9 being adapted to project through said slots 14. Said plate 4 is provided at one end with a pair of upwardly projecting lugs 15 to which the projections 16 at the ends of a channeled member 17 are pivotally secured. The said channeled member 17 is provided between the ends ofrits web 18 with a pair of sleeves rubber is cemented in said dished member` 23 and is further held therein by means of an elliptical ring 25 Fig. 4 which is secured at one end to the dished member 23 and plate 22 by means of screws engaging in a ,portion 26 of cast metal suit-ably secured within said Vdished member. The said ring 25 isV made of an elastic or spring metal and is capableV of being sprungback to permit a card to be inserted between the same and said rubber sheet and is engaged with the said dished member 23 to hold said card firmly in position by means of two spring projections 27 disposed at the end of said ring 25 diametric'ally opposite the point of attachment thereof to said dished member 23, said projections being adapted to be sprung over the periphery of said dished member 23 and acting as a spring latch in awell-kaown manner. Ay bar 28 of light sheet metal is'secured at its .ends to the said ring member 25 at the points of longestdiametenthereof, said bar being wider at its Y middleV than at its end portions and provided in said middle portion with perforations 29 and 30 respectively, the former of which are adapted to permit the passage of pins31 therethrough to engage the inserted card and project into the rubber sheet 24 and the perforation 30 being adapted to permit the passage of the head of the central screw securing the plate 13 to the plate 4. ,The purpose of the said pins'31 ist@ permit the card to be subsequently disposed inthe same position which it primarily ocmember is provided at the end opposite that v carrying theV said projections 16 wit-h a pinr32 Fig. 6 which is adaptedfto engage in an opening in spring-tongue :33 secured to one of sa1dstandards3 adjacent the upper end thereof and which constitutes v a latch for securing V'saidgvchanneled member and the parts carriedthereby intheir lower positions. The web. 18ofsaid channeled member 17 is out away between the ends of said member to provide a longitudinal slot for-the passage of lever-actuated rollers 34 by means of which the plate 22 and dished member 23 are forced downwardly upon the `pins 9 and 31 respectively, after the device has been mounted upon the head of the person to be fitted against the action of said springs 21. Each of the said rollers 34 is rotatably mounted between the arms of a U-shaped member 375 which is pivotally secured between its. ends to.the flanges of the channeled member between the latter. Each of said members 35 is providedat its other Aendwith an arm 36, said arms being connected together by means of a link 37. One of said members 35 is further provided with an arm 38 constituting an operating lever for both said Amembers and being `angularly disposed so that when turned in the direction to cause said rollers34 and members 35 to exert a separating pressure upon the channeled member andthe dished plate 23 it will, as soon as the rollers 34 have passed the vertical planes of the pivots of the members 35, rest upon one of the said sleeves which serves to limit further movement in said direction and thereby, to hold the said plate 23 and channeled member 18 firmly at the outer limits of their relative movement.

The operation of the device is as follows: The lever 38 being raised and the channeled member 18 disposed in its lower position and engaged by the latch 33, (a card having been previously inserted between the member 25 and the rubber sheet 24) the deviceis placed upon the head of the person to be tted and forced down until the Y vertical faces 10 of the bars 7 attain the elevation on the head of the sweat band of t-he hat. The lever 38 is then vturned to its lower 'tions occupied at the timesaid card was perforated, and by then `locking the bars in said position in the usual manner, a new/ hat may be shapedl to duplicate the original.

The engagement ofI theV pins 9fin the rubber sheet serves to lock the bars 7 inthe respective positions to which `t-hey were moved against the action of the spring V12. The deviceis then removed from the head and placed over a heater of'a well known form and a hat of proper size is then forced over the *device untilsthe sweat band thereof j is disposed upon thesurfaces 11 of the bars 7. Underthe influence of heat theshape of the hat ,becomes that of they contour of the horizontal plane borderedl by said surfaces 11 thus accurately conforming to the shape of the head of'the person to be fitted.

Two of the standards 3 disposed on opposite sides of the device are equipped with vertically disposed sleeves 39 in which the shanks 40 of the hat rests 4:1 are received, the latter being secured therein by means of set-screws 4t2. The supporting plates of said rests are elliptical and the shanlrs l0 attached adjacent one end thereof, said rests being rotatable and vertically adjustable relatively to the standards 3 and are adapted to be adjusted to limit the downward movement of the hat to be shaped upon the bars 7. Said rests are rotated to adjust t-he position of the hat supporting surfaces laterally relatively to the bars 7 as will be apparent.

The device is simple, eilicient and durable, and because of the relative disposition and construction of the guides for the bars 7 insures outward movement of the said bars in planes perpendicular to the axes of the guides without tilting movement of the bars and thereby insures absolute accuracy.

It will be apparent that the rubber sheet 24 must be renewed at intervals.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a hat conformator, the combination with a radially slotted plate, members slidable in the slots thereof and carrying pins projecting above said plate, and means adapted to engage the head of the person to be fitted for adjusting` the position of said pins relatively to the periphery of said plate, of a dished member disposed above said plate and carrying a lining of soft material opposing the upper face of the firstnamed plate, means for engaging a card against the lower face of said lining, said card adapted to be perforated by the pins on said members, means maintaining said last-named plate normally elevated above and parallel with the iirst-named plate clear of the ends of said pins, means for depressing said last-named plate to cause the said pins of said members to perforate said card and engage in said soft material, means whereby when said last-named plate is depressed to the lower limit of its movement it is there held to lock said members carrying said pins against movement relatively to said4 plates, and pins rigidly mounted on said first-named plate and adapted to perforate said card, whereby the latter may be replaced after removal in the position occupied thereby at the time of perforation thereof.

2. In a hat conformator, an elliptical frame, a plurality of substantially vertically disposed bars, horizontal projections at the upper ends of said bars and between the ends thereof respectively engaging in substantially radially disposed guide slots in said fra-me, a spring normally maintaining said bars at the inner limits of their radial movement, upwardly projecting vpins on t-he inner ends of the upper projections of said bars, upwardly projecting pins on the upper end of said frame, a member pivotally mounted on the frame, a latch for holding the same at the lower limit of its pivotal movement, a plate carrying a soft material and having guide projections, there being guide openings in said member receiving said projections, springs engaging the latter and said member for normally supporting said plate at the inner limit of its movement relatively to said member, a clamping device carried by said plate for engaging a card therewith, a plurality of levers pivotally mounted on said member, rollers mounted u on the ends of said levers disposed at one side of the pivots thereof, and links connecting said levers with each other' at their other ends, the distance between the pivots of said levers and the axes of said rollers being greater than the normal distance between said plate and said member, whereby when said levers are turned in one direction, said plate will be forced outwardly and down upon the respective pins to perforate said card.

3. In a conformator, the combination with the radially movable bars and the guiding means therefor, of pins on said guiding means, and pins rigid with the frame, of a member pivotally mounted onl said frame, a plate carried thereby movable relatively thereto and having a lining of soft perforable material, means for clamping a card against the exposed face of said lining, a latch for engaging said member against pivotal movement relatively to said frame, a pair of parallel channels on said member, a plurality of levers pivotally secured between their ends to the iianges of said channels and adapted to project at one end through openings in the webs thereof, rollers carried by said levers for engaging said plate at a plurality of points for moving the same away from said member, a single operating lever` for all of said levers for moving the same simultaneously, and springs for normally maintaining said plate at the inner limit of its movement relatively to said member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesscs.

HERBERT M. DARMSTADTER. Witnesses RUDOLPH WM. Ilo'rz, J. M. WELLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, ID. C.

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