US1186533A - Permanent-hair-waving appliance. - Google Patents

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G. ALDWORTH.

' PERMANENT HAIR WAV ING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1915.

1,186,533; Patented June 13, 1916.

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GEORGE ALDWORTH, ornoimon, ENGLAND, assreuoa TO CHARLES NESSLEB, or

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ALDWoR'rH, subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at London, W., England,

In the process of permanent hair waving on the human headas at present carried out, it is usual first to wind a tres of hair upona metal curler and then [to cover the hair with a paste or lotion applied either by means of a brush or by means of an. ab

, sorbent material such as lint or flannel impregnated with a paste or lotion. Thereafter'the curler with thetress wound upon it is placed within a paper tube and the whole subjected to the action of a heater.

This process is open to the objection that it is a very messy one and further that it requires the patient to be subjected to an un- :neces sarily long treatment as the paste or lotion requires some time for its application and further treatment.

The object of my invention is to avoid having to deal with messy pastes or lotions and the necessity of spending unnecessary time in manipulation. I secure'this object by-means of what I term my compound tube a device which can be made in quantities for future use and which can be transmitted by rail or post and otherwise handled in a commercial manner. My compound tube hasthe further advantage that it will last a long time and can be usedmore than once.

I shallnow proceed to describe how my invention is to be or may be carried into effect and for this purpose I shall refer to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the tube blank with the side edges turned up ready to be folded over upon the sheet of material.

- Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the com.-

pleted tube blank and a. former, placed across one end of theblank for rolling the sheetinto a tubular body. Fig. 3', is a siimlar viefwto that'shown in Fig. 2, ,with the tube blank rolled about half way, and Fig. 4, shows the blank almost completely-rolled with its-outer end in position to be pasted down. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the non-absorbent outer cover having the comf.

pound tube placed it. Fig. 6-,

perspective view of atress of. .hair wound.

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Patented June 13, 1916.

Application filedIarch 18,1915. Serial No. 15,201.

I take a sheet of absorbent material such for example as stout blotting paper measuring about five or six inches square and I bend up two opposite sides as shown-in Fig.

1 so as to form a shallow trough-shaped tray open at the ends and about half an inch deep. I then take about half an ounce of dry borax powder and distribute this over somewhat more than half ofv the shallow trough-shaped tray just mentioned so that it will cover the portion 1 to the right of the dotted line 2 while the portion 3 on the left side of the dotted line is left uncovered. I now double down; the'sides of the paper tray as'shown in Fig. 2. I then proceed to. roll the paper tray around a former, into I the form of a' tube which-shall'contain the borax powder. The former which ,I use consists of a cylinder of' wood or other convenientmaterial of aboutfive eighths of an inch in diameter and'll. place this, over the left-hand open endof the tray as shown in a Fig. 2. I then roll the'parts together so as to wind the paper tray over the fOI'mer'aEd-SO thus form it into a tube. 'The' diameter o f," the former is such as'to' correspond with the diameter of the curler and tress thereon and such that there will be a complete turn of the paper around it before the borax powder is reached. I then continue to roll the paper over the former foranother com. plete' turn or somewhat more so that I now get a tube consisting roughly of three concentric turns 'of respectively absorbentpaper, borax powder and absorbent paper again. I now paste down the free edge of the paper,.that is to say, theedge 4, so as to prevent the tubes from unrolling. I have now obtained a sandwich-like tube contain ing a "tubular layer of borax powder the ends of the complete tube being formed by .the. bent downporti ons of the sheet of'paperv which were" formerly the vertical sidesf-or' flanges of the tray, this tube being openat both ends. I now surrolmd this byajtubular layer of non-absorbent' material such for example asvegetable parchment .ortinfoilor the Like. This outertubular covering may be applied as a tube or it may be i wound around the tube consisting of absorbent material and boraxpowder, and when .the latter. plan is adopted the non-absorb ent material or a part thereof may be gummed or covered with an adhesive material so as to dispense with the pasting down of the free edge fl of the inner tube specified. This outer tube of non-absorbent material is longer'than the inner tube containing the boraX powder by an inch or an inch and a half or thereabout so that it protrudes beyond the inner tube for half an inch or three-quarters of an inch or thereabo'ut at each end. a

The compound tube thus formed is now a commercial article and can be handled without the borax powder escaping. For the purpose however of securing against any possibility of escape of the borax powder through rough handling and further to prevent the said powder from packing I dip the compound tube momentarily in water so as to moisten it sufliciently to cause the powder to bind.

I find it advantageous to addabout two per cent. of hyposulfite of soda to the borax powder although this is not necessary but it appears to have a better efi'ect in softening the hair and adapting it to the process of treatment.

My compound tube is used in the follow ing manner. Having wound a tress of hair over the curler as shown in Fig. 6 the roots ofthe hair 5 being toward the scalp of the patient, I take the compound tube, still open at both ends, and dip it for about one second time in cold water and I then pass it e'verthe tress upon the curler. I then ligaturethe end of the tube which is nearest the scalp tightly by means of a piece of string.

The other end of the tube which is remote from the scalp may also be ligatured or sim ply doubled inward by handsufiiciently to prevent undue escape of moisture during heating. I then apply the'heater over the compound tube in the manner well known in this art. I j

I have stated that I immerse the compound tube in water for about one second. In this time thetube usually absorbs about a fifth of an ounce of water which is sufiicient for the purpose but an operator very soon learns how long to immerse the tube in water so as to get the best results. 1

I have found that my compound tube may be used a second time the immersion in water on the second occasion being for-a slightly longer period than on the first. My tubescan even be used more than twice but of course with decreasing efiiciency.

I have hereinbefore spoken of one-complete turn being made over the {former before thepart of the paper which contains the bora'x powder is rolled over it and I have spoken of a complete turn-being made by the part which contains the borax. I do not of course limit myself to any number of turns or fractions thereof. Nor do I limit myself masses to the employment in my compound tubes of borax powder either with or without hyposulfite of soda. I may employ any other reagent that may. be found desirable.

I prefer to have the period of immersion for two half seconds. I use that expression because of the popular confusion between seconds and half seconds. Familarity with clocks beating half seconds has led to such periods being popularly reckoned as full seconds. I however contemplate, in order to avoid mistakes, marking upon each compound tube the time during which it should be immersed in water. This will be useful as the quantity of reagent and the dimensions hereinbefore specified correspond with the average lengths and thicknesses of tresses of ladies hair. It will of course be understood that such quantity and dimensions will be unsuitable for tresses of unusual length or thickness sothat my plan of marlningthe compound tubes in the manner stated will suit devices of other sizes and having other quantities of reagent. The reagent and the dimensions and the materials cited give good results in practice.

It is to be understood that I do not employ the terms absorbent and non-absorbent in a strictly absolute sense. They are used in a somewhat comparative sense.

Having thus described my invention what I claim'as' new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. As a new article of manufacture a compound hair-treating tube comprising a tubular structure having therein as a constituent part thereof a suitable hair-treating substance normally' in condition to withstand transportation and lapse of time but capable under the influence of another element of having its condition altered for application tobthe hair when inserted within the-said tu e.

2. As a new article of manufacture a com-. pound tube for hair-waving comprising a tubular body having a chamber or space within its wall and a reagent located therein, the

interior surface of said Wall having 'capacity for permitting the contained reagent when changed from its normal'condition to for permitting the contained reagent when changed from its normal condition to act upon the hair when inserted within theltu v bular body. 7

4. As anew article of manufacture a com-1 pound tube for hair-waving comprisingtubular body formed of a plurality of pliesfin of suitable absorbent material, and a reagent interposed between plies of said material so that when the reagent is changed from its normal condition it may act through the material upon the hair when inserted within the tubular body, said reagent forming a constituent part of the article.

5. As a new article of manufacture a compound tube for hair-waving comprising a tubular structure having therein as a constitutent part thereof a suitable hair-treating substance normally in condition to withstand transportation and lapse of time but capable under the influence of another element of having its condition altered for application to the hair when inserted within the tube, and a removable outer covering of non-absorbent material for housing said tubular body until used.

6. As a new article of manufacture a compound tube for hair-waving comprising a tubular body formed of a plurality of plies of material, a reagent placed be tween plies and the innermost ply having capacity for permitting the contained reagent when changed from its normal condition to act through said ply upon the hair when inserted within the tubular body, the said reagent being bound in place between .hair when inserted within the tubular body.

8. As a new article of manufacture a compound tube for hair-waving comprising a tubular body formed of a plurality of plies of suitable material having inwardly extending flanges on its side edges for confining the reagent within the body, and a reagent interposed between the plies of ma- I terial and adapted when changed from its normal condition to act upon the hair when inserted within the tubular body.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE ALDWORTH.

WVitnesses:

ARTHUR CHARLES LEIDEL, OTTO SCHNEIDER.

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