Improvements in ventilating head gear / [Thomas Blacklock Harris].

  • Harris, Thomas Blacklock.
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improvements in ventilating head gear / [Thomas Blacklock Harris]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5722 A.D. 1897 t* Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1897 Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1897—Accepted, 29th Jan., 1898 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Ventilating Head Gear. Thomas Blacklock Harris, 13, Sheffield Street, Carlisle, Pliiinher, cfc., MiWvh 3rd, 1897, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to he as follows: — Imj)rovements in Ventilating Head Gear being a frame made of wire of any suitable metal and shaped to engage with a cap or hat by pro- 5 jecting jointed pins B as shewn on frame xV a portion of frame being covered with suitable material C to insulate the frame from coming in • direct contact with the head the frame supports the cap or hat in an elevated position and allows a current of air to pass over the head while the head gear or covering is worn producing an agreeable & efficient cooling of the head as I can 10 testify having worn it myself for two years. .Bated this 3rd day of March 1897, THOMAS HARRIS. COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Ventilating Head Gear. 10 I, Thomas Blacklock Harris, of 13, Sheffield Street, Carlisle, in the County of Cumberland, Plumber, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: — This invention relates to a frame made of wire or narrow metallic bands for 2(f supporting a cap, hat or other head gear a certain distance above the head-to allow a current of air to jiass between the head and the hat. The two sides of the frame are made parallel to each other, and bent into the form of an arch. The front ends of the wires or bands forming the arch are tied together by a wire or band, while the back ends are loose and provided with turn up points. Two or more t)r- intermediate tie pieces are also provided for connecting the sides of the frame together. The intermediate tie piece nearest the front has its ends provided with turn up points which with those on the ends of the frame engage the inside of the cap or hat when in place. The front tie piece when in use rests on or near the forehead. It may be in one piece with the sides of the frame or it may be con- 3Q nected to them. It may be plain or covered with any soft material such as kid, chamois, leather, cloth, worsted, and the like. Instead of making the sides parallel to each other they may be wider apart at the front than at the back or the reverse, or they may be brought together at the middle and twisted together or otherwise connected. [^Price 8(Z.]