US738949A - Hat-fastener. - Google Patents

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HAT FASTBNBR.

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' UNITED STATES Patented September 15, 1903. I

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH CHEVALIER SHULTZ AND EUGENE DANIEL SHULTZ, OF BATAVIA, NEW YORK.

vHAT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersBatent No. 738,949, dated September 15, 1903. Application iiled August 11,1902. Serial No. 119.282. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, JOSEPH CHEVALIER SHULTZ and EUGENE DANIEL SH'ULTZ,citzens l of the United States, residing at Batavia, in

the county of Genesee and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners; and we do declare the following to be a full,clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enxo able others skilled in the art to which it appertains io make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the let-ters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specificax 5 tion.

Our invention relates to hat-fasteners; and it has for its object to form a hat-fastener comprising a flat spiral hook or base to engage with the hair of the head and a stem or zo shank by which the device may be secured to the hat, the shank and spiral being made in one piece and the central portion of the spiral from which the shank extends being formed in a novel manner, so as to impart z5 strength and rigidityvat the center of' the coil and base of the shank and whereby the hair is preventedfrom becoming entwined around the shank; and it has furthermore for its object to provide a flexible and preferably absorbent shield for incasing the spiral, which will be compressed to a, greater or less extent when the spiral is turned to engage with the hair, and thus afford a firm and at the same time yielding bearing for the hair to be drawn or pressed against in turning the spiral, so that thehat will be held more rinly in place on the head, and when made of absorbent material the shield will absorb moisture that may form on or attachrto the spiral, and thus 4o prevent oxidation of the spiral.

f To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, theinvention consists in the construction and in the combination of parts herein- 45 after particularly described and then sought to be clearly defined by the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of o ur device with 5o the binding-nut and jam-nut separated from the shank of the spiral; Fig. 2, a vertical cross-section through the fastener, showing the manner of attaching it to a hat. Fig. 3 is a face view of the spiral with the shield in Vertical section, and Fig. 4 is a View looking at the front of the fasteucrwith the bindingnut and jam-nut omitted.

In the drawings the numeral l designates a fiat spiral or coil, the convolutions of which lie in substantially the same plane, so that when the free end 2 of the spiral engages the hair and the spiral is turned the hair will be drawn in a direction substantially in the same plane with the coils of the flat spiral. The shank 3 and the flat spiral are madefrom a single piece of suitable wire, and for the purpose of imparting rigidity and firmness to the center of the spiral and to aord a rigid base for the shank 3 we deiiect or bend the Wire at the base of the shank 3 atright angles to the length of the shank, as shown at a., and then bend the wire backwardly in a circle concentric to the shank, as shown at b, bringing the wire against the right angle bend a, as shown, and then bend the wire in .a reverse direction, forming a loop c next to the bend a and continuing the wire in concentric convolutions, so as to form the spiral,

as illustrated clearlyin Fig. 3 of the drawings.

This will afford or make a sti and rigid center to the spiral and base to the shank and will also prevent the hair from entwining around the shank, because in the turning of the spiral the hair cannot pass nearer to the shankrthan the base of the loop c, and consequently the hair will be prevented from passing between the' part a and the loop c and from entwining around the shank, and thus it is impossible for the hair to become entwined around the shank or caught and held at any point, which, if permitted, would interfere with the release of the fastener when necessary. The outer portion of the shank 3 is screw-threaded, as illustrated, so as to receive a binding nut or knob 4., which may be of any desired configuration, and the shank also receives a jam-nut 5, so that the fastener may be secured to the hat-body and yet be free to rotatein fastening and unfastening the hat to the head.

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For the purpose of insuring the hat being held irmly on the head we provide the flat spiral 1 with a flexible shield or casing 6, made of chamois, cloth, or other exible material. By providing the spiral with such a shield when the spiral is turned for the purpose of engaging and entwining therewith the hair of the head the pressure or drawing action of the spiral on the strands of hair will compress or contract to a greater or less extent the flexible shield, and thus the shield will be caused to alford a rm and yet yielding bearing toward and against which the hair will be drawn. This will cause the hat to be held more firmly on the head than would be the case it the thickness of the hair alone were depended upon to aiord a bearing for the spiral. It is preferred to employ for this flexible shield some suitable material possessing absorbent qualities to a greater or less extent, so that the shield will take up any moisture that might otherwise form on or adhere to the spiral and cause oxidation to a greater or less extent. In actual practice the free end of the spiral will be bent outwardly and downwardly about one-half inch, more or less, so that the free end may grasp quite a lock ot the hair, which by one turn of the spiral will be drawn into the spiral and tightly compressed in the narrow space between the coils.

`vVc have described with particularity the details of construction as Well as the function of the several parts of our hat-fastener; but it is obvious that changes can be made in the same and essential features of our invention be retained.

Having described our invention land set forth its merits, what we claim is- 1. A hat-fastener consisting of a shank and 4o a flat spiral at the base thereof, the material of which the shank and spiral are formed being bent at right angles to the length of the shank, and then bent concentrically to the shank and then bent in a reverse direction to form a loop whose fold is next to the rightangle bend, the material then being continued to form concentric coils, substantially as described.

2. A hat-fastener comprising a flat spiral and a shank, the material forming the two being bent at right angles to the shank and then concentrically to the shank and then bent re- Versely to form a loop next to the right-ang1e bend and then continued in concentric coils,

a threaded binding-nut applied to the shank,

and a jam-nut between said nut and the spiral, substantially as described.

3. A hat-fastener consisting of a spiral hava shank extending therefrom, and a flexible shield or casing applied to the spiral, substantially as described.

4. A hat-fastener consisting of a spiral having a shank extending therefrom and an absorbent shield applied to the spiral, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We alix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH CHEVALIER SHULTZ. EUGENE DANIEL SHUI/FZ.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. HAITZ,

WILLIAM D. BoUoHERn.

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