PATENT SPECIFICATION No. 19069.

APPLICATION DATE: 8th October 1894.

SPECIFICATION ACCEPTED: 10th November 1894.

TITLE: IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING HAT BANDS TO STRAW AND OTHER SUCH HATS.

APPLICANT: FRANCIS WILLIAMFRANKLIN trading as WILLIAM FRANKLIN & SON of Bayley Lane, Coventry, Manufacturers; PHILIP EDMUND TAYLOR of 1, Rothesay Terrace, Barras Lane, Coventry, and BERNARD FRANKLIN of Highfield, Coventry, Ribbon Manufacturer.

Size: 195mmx270mm.

No. of pages of text: 3. 

No. of pages of drawings: 2. Size of page of drawing/s: 300mmx225mm. 

Brief Description of Patent: Our invention has for its object improvements in the mode of and means for attaching hat bands to straw and other such hats by which the bands can be readily attached without the necessity of sewing which is of great convenience to retailers of straw hats as they can readily fix and change the band to suit the requirements of their customers as regards variation in design and colour. 

Condition: Slight crinkling. Wear to left hand edge where patent has been removed from the volume. 

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