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( OdeL) I S. D. ROBINSON.

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No. 255,674. Patented Mar. 28.1882;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL I). ROBINSON, OF FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,674, dated March 28, 1882. Application filed February 11, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom "it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL D. ROBINSON,

of Foxborough, in the county of Norfolk, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvementsin Hats for Ladies and- Ohildrens Wear, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore hats and other head-coverings for ladies and children have been made of cotton fabric, known as canton-flannel, and also of felt having a coveringot' flocks which are made to adhere to the felt, the object bein g to produce a downy or fleecy appearance. The nap produced upon the surface of the cotton fabric has, however, little elasticity, and

soon becomes laid or matted, especially if it becomes wet or is much handled, and the fleecy appearance sought for-is soon destroyed.

A variety of dye-stuffs and other coloringmatter used in these goods increases this tendency.

Myinvention consists ofa hat or other head covering for ladies and children, composed of a mixed fabric of cotton and wool, having a napped or fleecy surface. the wool being so incorporated in the fabric that fibers of the wool will be brought into and constitute a part of the nap in the process of raisingthe same. The fibers of wool have a much greater elasticity than those of cotton, and this quality of the wool serves to sustain the bed of fleece on the surface and keep it lightand downy. The staple of wool being considerably longer than that of ordinary cotton, very rich and beautiful effects can easily be produced by combining cotton and wool of difiercntcolors, the cotton furnishing the ground-color, and

, thelonger-stapled Wool, in properly contrasted colors, overlying the ground. It will beobserved that owing to the greater length of the wool-staple the surface will consist wholly or chiefly of wool. It is well known that wool is capable of brighter and fresher effects in colors than cotton; and hence I obtain a superior luster in these hats of my invention. Among other things, I am able hereby to produce close resemblances to furs much in use as those of the otter, seal, and beaver. I find it sufficient to incorporate the wool with the filling onlypf the fabric, the warp being wholly of cotton. Twenty per cent. of wool in the filling, the balance being cotton, is suffioient to produce a very good result, although the proportions may vary indefinitely, according press the material into the shape desired.

The nap or pile is then carded or combed up into a light fleece. It is obvious, however, that a hat may be made in substantially the same way from a single thickness of the fabric to form the upper surface of the hat, the place of the under layer being supplied by a plain fabric, with or without an. ornamental lining; or a single thickness of the napped fabric may be used with any other proper support to sustainvthe brim and other parts in the desired form.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a view of my invention complete. Fig. 2 is a view of a piece of the material of which the hat is composed, being the same hereinbefore described. Fig. 3 is a section after the two pieces are combined, showing a sectional edge.

I do not claim broadly a hat composed of two pieces of napped fabric fastened together; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a hat or other head-covering for ladies and children, made of cloth composed in part of cotton and in part of wool, the latter having a longer staple than the cotton, a nap or pile being raised upon the surface of said cloth of substantially the composition hereimdescribed.

2. A hat or other head-covering for ladies I

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