A short comedy film from the 1940s or early 1950s about a husband who was always inventing gadgets including an automatic hat taking machine that would say ” Your hat please ” as a wooden hand would drop down 90 degrees. This device was prominent in the plot. I think the film was about ten minutes long.
Filmfind Edited comment Nov 7, 2020
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=short,video,tv_short&release_date=1935-01-01,1960-12-31&genres=comedy&colors=black_and_white&plot=invent
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=short,video,tv_short&release_date=1935-01-01,1960-12-31&genres=comedy&colors=black_and_white&plot=hat
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=short,video,tv_short&release_date=1935-01-01,1960-12-31&genres=comedy&colors=black_and_white&plot=gadget