US1084776A

US1084776A - Hair-curler.

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Publication number: US1084776A
Application number: US69129012A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bartha L Woodward
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-04-17
Filing date: 1912-04-17
Publication date: 1914-01-20
Anticipated expiration: 1931-01-20

Description

B. L. WOODWARD.

HAIR GURLER.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 17, 1912.

Patented J an. 20, 1914.

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IBABTHA L. WOODWABD, OF IRON HUNTAIN, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

Application inea nprn 17, rs1-2. smal No. 691,290.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BARTHA L. WooDwARD, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Iron Mountain, county of Dickinson, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Curlers, of which the following is a specication.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of hair curler of the kind adapted to have a lock of hair coiled or wound thereon and secured thereby and allowed to remain for a certain length of time, whereby the hair becomes curled; to provide an im roved hair curler of this kind which is a apted to be dampened so as to impart moisture to the han` and thereby facilitate the setting of the curl; to provide improved means for confining the ends of the hairs in the lock to render the coiling of the lock more easy; and to provide a curler of this kind which is simple and inexpensive in construction.

An illustrative 4embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which.:

Figure 1 is a front view of a curler constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. l but showing a look of hair with its end inserted between the flaps preparatory to rolling. Fig. 4 is a side view of the same. Fig. 5 is a detail showing the ends of the curler bent over, after the hair has been rolled up in the curler, for securing the curler to the coil of hair.

In the construction shown in the drawings, a piece of limp fabric or other suitable material 1 is folded u on itself and stitched at 2 parallel to the fo d so as to provide the casing 3 and the'

flaps

4 and 5. A pliable core 6 is inserted in the casing 3, preferably in the form of rubber cov`ered copper wire.

When the curler is to be used the cloth is moistened and the end of ra lock of hair 7 is placed between the

flaps

4 and 5 and rolled or coiled with the cloth around the core 6. The function of the flap 5 is to confine the ends of the hairs, to keep them spread out,

and to insure the roper and easy rollingof the lock. When t e entire lock of hair been wound on the curler as close to the head as is practical, the ends of the rolled curler are bent over, as shown in Fig. 4, in which position they are retained by virtue of the pliable core 6. The moisture in the cloth dampens the hair and facilitates the settlng of the curl therein, the curler being allowed to remain with the lock of hair coiled thereon for such a time as is necessary, as, for instance, over night. For numerous-reasons it is obviously preferable to wet only that part of the hair which is to be curled, than to wet all of the hair as is sometimes done when curls are formed by means of the usual curl papers and the like. When it is desired to remove the curler the ends are straightened and the coil of hair uncoiled from the curler and removed therefrom.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of theconstruction shown may be altered or omitted without departin from the spirit of this invention as define by the following claims.

I claim: l

1. A hair curler comprising a strip of fabric folded upon itself and stitched parallel to said fold to form a casing and a pair of flaps, a pliable reinforcing core` housed in said casing, said curler being adapted to have the ends of a lock of hair placed between said flaps and coiled upon said core and secured thereto by the bending of said core.

2. A hair curler comprising a strip of limp material folded u on itself and stitched parallel to said fo d to form a casing and a pair of superimposed flaps on one side thereof, one of sai flaps being of reater length than the other, a pliable rein- `orcing core housed in said casing, said curler being adapted to receive the ends of hair to be curled between said flaps for curling upon said core and to be secured by bending of said core.

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B L. WOODWARD.

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