USRE9322E - Eudolf eickemeyee - Google Patents

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Reissued July 27 lnings 1n R E v.. E M E K C I E R Sewing Sweat L it. VWDMDQ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLF EIOKEMEYER, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

SEWING SWEAT-LININGS INTO HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming of Reissued Letters Patent No. 9,322, dated July 27, 188C Application for reissue filed June 24, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RUDOLF EICKEMEYER, of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State 0f New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Sewing the Sweat-Linings into Hats; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is aninverted view of a hat havin g my invention applied. Fig. 2. is an inverted vertical sectional view of one side of the hat on a larger scale than Fig. l.

vSimilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

The method heretofore commonly practiced of sewing in the sweat-linings into soft hats is by stitches passing directly through the hat from the inside to the outside, and whipped over the edge of the band or angle between the brim and sides of the hat. This is liable to two serious objections, viz: first, it has been a fruitful cause of the staining of the exterior of what is termed the band of the hat-that isto say, the part immediately above the brimwith perspiration, which is conveyed bv the capillarity of the sewing-thread from the inside of the hat to that portion of the outside in the angle between the brim and sides, where it is diicult to cover it with the ribbon 5 second, when the thread is whipped over the edge of the lining through the band or angle between the brim and sides of the hat, as heretofore, the thread thus whipped over soon cuts or tears its way into the felt, (especially in soft hats,) and thereby destroys the sharpness of the band or angle between the brim and sides of the hat.

One object of my invention is to prevent the perspiration from being thus con ducted by the thread to the exterior of the hat, and another object is to make the thread which secures the lining into the hat preserve the sharpness of the angle between the brim and sides which is so essential to a good appearance of the hat. With a view to the attainment of these results, I secure the lining to the hat by means of a single line of stitches. which pass through the outer edge of the lining and through the hat-body diagonally across the angle between the under surface of the brim and the interior surface of the' side, without passing twice through the exterior of the hat-body and without being whipped over the edge of the lining, as heretofore.

To enable others skilled iu the art to apply inyinvention to use, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

A denotes the body of the hat, and B the sweat-lining. As clearly shown in the drawings, the lining has its lower or outer edge doubled or turned inward upon itself, and this doubled portion is also turned outward, so as to extend over upon the brim of the hat, as seen at b, Figs. l and 2. The lining is turned inside out, in the usual manner; but instead of having its edge inserted within the body of the hat, as heretofore, its lower doubled edge is laid upon the surface of the under side of the brim adjacent to the angle between the brim and sides, as shown in Fig. 2, in which the position of the lining is also indicated by dotted lines. The stitching in is performed while the lining is thus turned inside out and resting upon the brim, after which it is turned downward into the hat, as shown in Fig. 2.

The stitches c c, by which the sewing in is performed, pass right through the turned-in portion of the lining and diagonally through the angle between' the brim and sides of the hat-body, as shown in Fig. 2, without passing through the exterior surface ofthe hat. This sewing may be performed by either a singlethread or a double-thread machine having any ot' the well-known stitch-making contrivances, with a properly-arran ged work plate, upon which the hat is supported in a position for the needle to pass through the hat-body diagonally to the brim and sides.

It may be readily understood that the stitches c c, passing through the angle of the brim and sides ofthe hat, as represented in Fig. 2, will give rmness to and tend to preserve the shape of that part of the hat.

I ain aware that it is not new to sew the lining into the hat by stitches passing diagonally through the angle of the band, as that is done by the sewing-machine which is the subject of my Letters Patent No. 25,078 but in this machine the thread is either whipped over the edges of the lining, making a rough edge, or

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is taken through the lining at two diierent points, which is very objectionable. In view, however, of these methods of sewing, I cannot here claim, broadly, the sewing in' of the lining by stitches passing diagonally through the band of the hat.

I am also aware that it is not new to cover and protect from contact with the head the line of stitches by which a lining issecured to a hat by the interpositiou of the main portion of the lining between the stitches and the head of the wearer, for such method is exhibited in the United States Letters Patent to B. W. Fay, September 2, 1862, N o. 36,344; but

What I claim as new and of my own invention isl. The improvement in securing sweat-linings into hats, substantially as hereinbeforel described, by a single line of stitches through an outwardly-extended lower edge ofthe lining and through the hat-body.

2. The improvement in stitching sweat-linings into hats, substantially as hereinbefore described, which consists in the application of a single line of stitches through an outwardly? z 5 extended lower edge of the lining and diagonally through the brim and sides of the hat.

3. A sweat-lining in a hat extended at its lower edge over and upon the brim and secured in position, substantially as described, 3o by a line of stitching protected against contact with the head of the wearer by the interposition of the main portion of the lining between the head and said line of stitching.

4. A sweat-lining in a hat, substantially as 35 hereinbefore described, havinga doubled lower edge extended over and upon the brim and secured to the hat in that position.

RUDOLF EICKEMEYER.

Witnesses:

PHILIP F. LARNER, HOWELL BARTLE.

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