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T. G. SEARCH. MOLD Pon GURLING HAT BRIMS. No. 579,368. Patented Mar. '23, 1897.

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ilnrrnn arianne Parent @retient THEODORE O. SEARCH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO TIIE JOHN B. STETSON COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MOLD FOR CURLING HAT-BRHVS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,368, dated March 23, 1897.

Application filed September 22, 1894. Serial No. 523,832. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THnoDoRE C, SEARCH, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Molds for Finishing and Curling Hat-Brims, of which the following is a specilication.

The object of my invention is to make a hatmold flange in two parts, so that it can 1o be readily removed without damaging the curled edge of the hat after the edge is formed, and to lock the parts together with locks flush with the outer surface of the parts. By my invention not only can the hat be readz 5 ily removed from the hat-mold, but the molds can be made interchangeable, as fully described hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a longitudinal section of my imzo proved hatnnold. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the moldnlan ges. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. eis an end view looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of part of the two 2 5 flanges detached, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lock.

A is the base, having an annular tongue a, adapted to a groove b in the under side of each mold-flan ge B B, sothat when the flanges 3o are mounted on the base they will be properly centered. The mold for the brim or" the hat is made in two parts, as clearly shown, so that when the hat-blankis set on the molds and properly formed by simply removing the 3 5 molds from the base and turning the hat right side up and unlocking the mold they can be readily removed from the curl of the brim of the hat without tearing or damaging the formed edge.

4o I preferably make the joints inclined, as indicated in Fig. t, andl form a tongue c on one flange adapted to a groove c in the opposite ilange, so that when the two flanges are brought together, as in Figs. and l, they will interlock.

I) is a lock having a pin d. This lock rests in grooves e e in the flanges, Fig. 5, and the pivot-pin d is adapted to an orilice b, as clearly shown in Fig. 4t. The head of the lock passes 5o into an opening e2 on the opposite flange, so that when the lock is pivoted to one flange it can be turned into the grooves e e and into the opening e2, and it will be flush with the periphery of the flange, as indicated in Figs.

l and 2, the head and the pivot of the lock holding the flanges together. The lock neatly iits the grooves, so that by simply pressing it in position it will readily hold the parts together.

I make the hole in one flange at fdirectly 6o back of the lock, so that by passing a tool in the opening the lock can be forced out a sufficient distance to allow it to be readilygra-sped by the hand and Withdrawn to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. 65

I preferably arrange one lock at each end of the hat-curl, as shown in Fig. 2.

Brims or molds of different shapes may be readily substituted for the mold shown in the drawings without departing from my inven- 7o tion.

In molding a hat the operator places the proper two-part brim-mold upon the base A and then locks the parts together. The hatblank is then inserted in the mold and its brim turned over the edge of the brim-mold to give it the proper curve and shape, after which the hat and the brim-mold are removed from the base and reversed. The brim--mold is then unlocked, so that one part will be in- 8o dependent of the other, and as the joint is made on an incline one part can be readily turned within the brim and removed without tearing or disguring it, after which the opposite part can be removed. By making the lock in the manner shown all projections are dispensed with.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the two parts of a brim-mold with a lock or locks pivoted at one 9o end upon one part of the mold and having' rigid heads on the other ends thereof, for entering openings in the other part of the mold, thereby securing the two parts togetherz, said locks being flush With the surface of the mold, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a hat-mold, of the base, the two-part brim-mold mounted thereon and having inclinedjoints, with locks for locking the two parts together, substantially roo as described.

3. The combination of a hatebrim mold, of

the base, the two-part brim-mold adapted thereto having inclined joints7 a tongue on one part adapted to a, groove in the other part, with locks for locking the two parts together, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the base, the tw0- part brim-mold having` inclined joints, slots in the end of each part of the brim-mold, a looking-bai" adapted to the slots, said look- 1o ing-bar having a, pin on one end, and a head on the opposite end so that "when the parts are locked the bei1 will be flush with the periphery of the mold, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 15 two subscribing' Witnesses.

THEODORE C. SEARCH. Vitnesses:

SAML. K. SPENCER, J H. CUMMINGS.

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