US274012A - maynard - Google Patents

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H. OQMAYNARD.

DEVICE FOR BLOCKING HATS.

No. 274, o12. Patented Mar. 13,1883.

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H. 0. MAYNARD.

DBVIGE "FOR BLOCKING HATS.

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NITED STATES PATENT;

HENRY 0. MAYNARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO D. B. FISK 00.,

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DEVICE FORBLOCKING HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,012, dated March 113, 1883.

Application filed September 2. 1882. (No model.)

o ,Figure .1 is a plan of the part represented; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a side elevation of a hat-block, show-. ing-a hat having a rolling rim applied thereto in section, together with the part shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the holding-pin. Fig. 5 is a plan showing a hat having a flat rim applied to a block and held in place. by my device. Fig. 6 is a side elevation ofthe same, and Fig.7 is a plan of the ring shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

My invention is primarily designed to be used in blocking hats which are made of straw or similar material. Two leading styles of such hats are in use-those havingrolling rims and those having flat rims.

Heretoforeit has been customary to secure the brims of hats upon the block while being shaped by means of pins passing through the brim near the edge and into the hat-block or 0 other suitable part, and thereby a number of holes are made in the brim and injure the material, and which have to be closed by moistening and pressingthe brim, involving considerable hand labor;

5. The leading object of my invention is to overcome the objection suggested, and to provide means for securely holding the hat-brim in place on the block without injuring the same, which I accomplish by means of hold- 40 ing-pins constructed and applied in a novel manner, and by means of other devices used in connection with such holding-pins, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, A represents my holdingpin, which can conveniently be constructed from a piece of suitable wire. In Fig. 4 afullsized pin is shown. The lower end of the pin is split, and each half bent outward a little, so

as to form springs 04 a. The other end of the wire forming the pin is curved and bent, as

shown in Fig. 4, the under side of the part b I being smooth and designed to press upon the brim of the hat.

c is a covering of thread, cloth, or any suitable materialto facilitate handling, as the pins in use become hot.

B is a hat-block adapted to be used with hats which are to have a rolling brim.

O is a hat in place upon the block.

D is a metal ring of the proper form, which form depends upon the shape which is to be given to the brim of the bar, this metal ring being adapted to be used in shaping hats which are to have a rolling brim. This metal ring D, which is shownin section in Fig. 3, is of such dimensions or bulk that its weight alone holds it securely in place after it is once placed upon the block, and no fastening devices are necessary. Its form is substantially indicated by the sectional view in Fig. 3, it being so formed as to project beyond the edge of the block, as shown, its inner surface fitting the conformation of the rim portion of the block and extending up a short distance upon the crown. In other respects its form is 7 I not of essential importance, its thickness being such as to give it the required weight. It

is shaped to correspond with the block with which it is to be used, and is provided witha series of holes, d, to receive the spring end of So the holding-pins, which holes are of such size that when the holding-pins are inserted therein they cannot be removed except by the use of some force, the springs to being in contact with the sides of the holes (I. In blocking hats of this class a hat is to be placed upon the block. A metal ring, D, is then put in place,,'as shown in Fig. 3. Then the brim of a the hat can be turned up over the edge of the metal ring D, as shown atf, Fig. 3, in which position the turned-up brim can be securely held by pins A, one of which in Fig. 3 is shown in place in contact with the brim, and the other pin shown in that figure is ready to be turned over, so as to bring the part b in contact with the brim. In blocking hats moisture and heat are used, as usual.

' In Figs. 5 and 6, I have shown my holdingpins as used in blocking hats the brims of which are flat. In theseiigures, E represents I00 the block, provided wit-ha series of holes, g, near the outer edge, to receive the holdingdepth that the parts b of the pins come in contact with-the brim of the hat and hold the same in position. G is a metal ring, which en-- with the crown.

circles the crown of the hat, and may be pressed down upon the brim at or near its junction The holding-pins perform precisely the same office, whether used when blocking hats which have a rolling brim or in blocking those which have flat brims. In the former case, as shown, the pins are inserted in holes in the ring D, and in the latter they are inserted in holes in the block. I am thus able to hold the brims of hats in position while the hat is being blocked without making holes in the brim or otherwise marring or injurin g the same.

WhatIclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The holding-pin A, one end of which is adapted to be inserted and held in a hat block or. ring, and formed at the other end substantially as shown and described, whereby the brim of a hat can be held in place while the hat is being blocked, as specified.

2. A metal ring, D, formed substantially as shown and described, and adapted to be used in blocking hats having a rolling brim, substantially as specified. v

3. The holding-pin A, in combination with a hat-block and aholding-ring, for the purpose of holding the brim of a hat in place while being blocked without marring or injuring such brim, substantially as specified. 4

HENRY 0. MAYNARD.

Witnesses: r

E. A. WEST, 0. W. BOND.

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