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F. W. WELZ. Ventilator for Hats and Caps.

No. 233,384. Patented Oct. 19,1880.

ATTORNEY N-PETERS, PHDTOUTHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D O.

UNITED STATES FRIEDRICH W. WELZ,

PATENT OFFICE.

on NEW YORK, N. Y.

VENTILATOR FOR HATS AND CAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,384, dated October 19, 1880.

Application tiled February 5, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH W. WELz, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ventilators for Hats and (laps, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a hat with my improved ventilator. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical transverse section on line a: at, Fig. 3; and Fig. 3, a bottom view of the ventilator as detached from the hat.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improved ventilating device for hats and caps; and it consists of a fiat or radially-corrugated cap-plate, which is supported above a ventilating-aperture in the crown of the hat, the cap-plate being larger than the aperture.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a hat or cap of any suitable construction and material, and B a plain or radially-corrugated cap-plate, which is covered with the same material as that of the hat, and supported by stays a a on an exterior ring-shaped base, I). This base I) is secured tothe edge of a ventilating-aperture in the crown of the hat or cap by means of prongs d, which extend to the inside of the hat and are bent over an interior ring-shaped washer, e, of the hat. In place of the connecting-ring and washer, any other fastening device may be used.

The cap-plate B is supported by the stays a a at some distance above the aperture, so as to leave a sufficient space for the escape of the air, which is drawn in through "entilatingholes at the sides of the hat or cap. The capplate B is somewhat larger than the ventilating-aperture, to form a kind of protecting-roof and prevent the entrance of rain.

The ventilator imparts a neat and ornamental appearance to the hat or cap, as it looks like a finishing-button or crown-piece to the body of the hat.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a ventilator for hats, the combination, with the hat having a ventilating-aperture in its crown, of a convex cap-plate which is supported by stays above the aperture and adapted to shed the water on the crown of the hat outside of the aperture, substantially as described.

2. In a ventilator for hats, the combination, with a hat having a ventilating-aperture in its crown, of a convex water-shedding capplate which is supported on side stays and attached by an annular ring to the crown, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 2d day of February, 1880.

FRIEDRICH W. VVELZ.

Witnesses PAUL GoEPEL, ADOLF DENGLER.

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