US88527A - Improvement in hat-ventilators - Google Patents

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Laim Patent No. 88,527, am@ March so, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAT-VENTILATORS. r

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Beit known that I, CONRAD C. STREMME, of Austin, in the county of Travis, in the State of Texas, have invented a new and im proved Mode of Ventilating Hats, Bonnets, Gaps, 85o., of all styles and fashions; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure lis a perspective view to the inside of a hat, showing the ventilatiwg-apparatus at f.

Figure 2, a vertical longitudinal section of the same hat.

Figure 3, a perspective view of a bonnet, with venti lating-cnshion g, showing its working-apparatus at f.

Figure 4, the same bonnet, in a vertical longitudinal section.V

Figure 5, a part of the'Ventilating-apparatus in full size, and in diiferent states of construction, marked A B G.

Figure 6, a cross-section, in full size, of aparallelopipcdic stick, for forming the spiral required in the construction of the Ventilating-apparatus.

Figures 7, 8, and 9, representing vertical sections of oriental Ventilating-hats, are only to demonstrate their peculiar' construction, and the forms necessarily resulting therefrom.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the inside o f. the head-coverings, at the point of contact with thehearL-with a lining of an elastic i. spiral formed into a cushion, through which the -air can freely circulate around the whole head.

To enable others to make use of my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

As material for my ventilating-apparatus, I use a iat wire, or a similarly-shaped piece oi' whal-ebone, rattan, vulcanized India rubber, wood, cane, Sto. After having it made flexible, either by dry heat, steam, hot or cold water, according to its nature, I wind it, in this state, around a parallelopipedie stick, and let it cool or dry, as required, after which it retains its form when removed therefrom. In regard to its lightness, elasticity, color, and cheapuess, I prefer the rattan for all head-'coveiin gs made of straw 5' the more so, as a simple soaking, even in cold water, makes it suiiiciently ilexible.

Having formed the elastic spiral, as represented by A, rtg. 5, I sew this either directly to the inside of the 4head-covering, with the proper intervals between the windings, as is shown by j' in iigs. land 2, or, more conveniently, to single straw or other bauds, 'as represented in B, iig. 5, so that the ends unite to a regular ring, when intended for ;hats and caps, or a horse-shoe- Shaped cushion, g,- gs. Sand 4, when intended for bonnets, which ring or cushion may then be further provided with a proper lining, as shown in figs. 3 `and 4 at g, made and sold separately from the head-coverings, andl sewed into or attached to the hat by the user or vender.

To make the intervals between the diifer'ent windings of the thread, without any trouble, equal to each other, I perform the sewing of the same, either to single bands or the head-coverings themselves, through slits d, fig. 5, C, correctly arranged in a metallic pattern, 0, held in place by a provisional sewing through the holes c.

The advantages which common head-coverings that are provided with this simple ventilatin-g-apparatus have over those not so provided, are the following:

First, they do not communicate, to the head ot' the wearer, the heat they receive from the suubeams to which they may be exposed, as they are separated from the head bythe Ventilating-apparatus! y Secondly, they allow the air to circulate 'eely around the wh ole head, keeping it cool by 'carrying oil all heated vapors that arise from perspiration, which otherwise would accumulate and become oppressive, causing headache and sunestroke.

Thirdly, they last longeras they are not liable to become unpleasant from being penetrated by 'hairgrease, and compensate, thus, considerably more than in full for the small additional cost.

In adaptation to the purpose, they compare. favorably with the oriental Ventilating-hats, as is obvious to the eye. They are, in many other respects, superior' to them, as thefollowing remark will demonstrate. The oriental hat is invariably stiff and ini'iexible, in consequenee of the material preferred, and the peculiar conf lstruction adopted, whichV has unavoidably led to such xed forms as figs. 7, 8, and 9, in vertical sections represented. These new improved head-coverings, on the other hand, are pliable, more independent in regard to material, of simpler consti-notion, and adaptable to any form that fashion may demand.

I lay no claim to'those oriental Ventilating-hats, and the principle upon which their' constructien is based; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-'- x The elastic Ventilating-device, consisting of a spi# rally-wound liat wire, orsimilarly-shaped strip of whalebone, rattan, Cnc., vadapted to be attached to head-coverings, vsubstantially as herein described.

CONRAD C. STREMME. Witnesses:

E. DEGENER, JACOB KUECHLER.

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