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(Model.)

S. C. PALMER.

PERFORATBD PLATE4 POR PORMING HAT BATS.'

,380. Patented July 1.8, 1882-.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l SEYMOUR G. PALMER, OF SOUTH NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ELLEN M. PALMER, OF SAME PLACE.

PERFORATED PLATE FOR FORMINGHAT-BATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,380, dated July 18, 1882.

Application led April 13, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEYMOUR C. PALMER, of South Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Perforated Plates for Forniing Hat-Bats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. p

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of my improvement, part being broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of thesa me, taken through the line :o w, Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the manufacture of hat-bats and promote uniformity in the said bats.

The invention consists in a perforated batforming plate made with three radialV division lines or strips in its middle part and a curved division-line parallel with its circumference, and having angular plates attached radially to its under side beneath the radial divisionlines, whereby the bat will be formed in sections, and the radial-edges of the body-sections will be tapered, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents a perforated plate, upon which the fur is deposited in the ordinary manner for the manufacture of hat-bats. As ordinarily used the plates are made of oval form, and of such a size as to'form a bat large enough to cover a hat. This bat isthen torn across the vcenter into two equal parts, and strips are torn off the said pieces parallel with the line of division to cover the lower side of the hat-brim, while the other pieces cover the outer side of the hat body and brim. With this construction it is impossible to make the separations with entire accuracy, so that in covering the hat some parts of the bat have to be drawn out or made thin', and other parts have to be packed or made thick, so that the nap, when formed, will be thinner in some parts than in others. In my improvement the middle part of the perforated plate A is divided into three parts or sections, l 2 8, by radial lines B, leaving an annular band around the outer part of the plate equal in width to thel breadth of the lhat-brim. Thisannularbandisseparatediiom the sections 1 2 3 by a line, C, parallel with the circumferenceof the plate A. The annular space thus formed is divided into three sections, 4 5 6, of such a length that the outer edge'of each section 4 5 6 will equal in length the curved or outer ed ge of one of the sections l 2 3. The spaces 7 8 9, between the ends of the sections 4 56 are covered with small plates, orare left unperforated, as shown in Fig. 1. The plate A is made ot' such a size that two of the sections 12 3 will cover the outer side of the body and brim of a hat, and two of the sections 4 5 6 will cover the under side of a hat-brim, so that the bat formed each time will be sufficient for a hat and a half.

The division-lines B Omay be narrow strips of metal or other material attached to the plate A edgewise, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or flat wise, or may be narrow strips of the plate A left unperforated, the eii'ect in either case being to prevent the deposit of fur along the said division-lines.

In applying the bat-sections to a hat in the ordinary manner the adjacent edges of' the said sections are lapped, which makes the covering thicker along the seams, and thus forms an un= even nap. To remedy this I attach V-shaped or angular plates D at their angles along the radial division-lines B, the arms of the plates D standing at a slight angle with the lower surless air will pass through the plate Aalon g the sides of the division-lines B, so that less fur will be deposited along the said lines, and consequently the bat-sections will be tapered along their radial or side lines. By this construction the overlapped parts of the bats when applied to a hat will be of the same thickness as the rest ot' the bats, and a uniform nap will be produced. The same effect can be produced by gradually decreasing the number of perforations toward each radial line B, so as to diminish gradually the amount of air passing through the plate A upon the opposite sides of each radial line B. In case bats for the brim only are to be formed, the body being left without nap, a second circular division-line is formed ion-line C equal to the distance of the said diface of the plate A. With this constructionupon the plate A at a distance from the divis 4 ree vision-linerom the circumference ofthe plate, the central part of the plate bein g covered or made without holes.

I am aware that a machine for forming naps for hats, consisting ot'a foraminons former having` the continuity of its pert'orations broken, so as to produce two naps at one operation, has heretofore been employed; and l am also aware that flanged plates have heretofore been applied to a perforated forming-plate; and I therefore lay no claim t0 such inventions.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A perforated plate for forming hat-bats, made, substantially as herein shown and de scribed, with three radial division-lines, B, in its middle part, and a curved division-line, C, parallel with its circumference, and having anguiar plates D, attached radially to its under side beneath the division-lines P, as set forth.

2. The combination, with theperforatedplate A, ot the three radial division-strips B and the curved division-strip C, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the batwill be formed in sections, as set forth.

3, The combination with the perforated plate A, of the angular strips D, attached radially to its lower side, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the bat-sections will be tapered along their radial edges, as set forth.

4. The combinatioinwith theperforatedplate A and the radial division-strips B, of the angular strips D, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the bat'sections will be tapered along their radial edges, as set forth.

SEYMOUR C. PALMER.

.Vitnesscs:

J AMES T. GRAHAM, C. SEDGWIGK.

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