US1365079A - Hair-waver - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD E. BARDSLEY, 0F CENTER TOWNSHIll?, CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY,

HAIR-WAVER.

Application led .Tune 23,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. BAnDsLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Center township, in the county of Camden and State'of New Jersey, (whose post-office address is Westville, Gloucester county, New Jersey,) have invented certain new andl useful Improvements in Hair-VVavers, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to a device for producing in ladies hair the appearance conimonly known as the Marcel wave, in which the hair is given a peculiar complex wave which is characterized by having the individual strands of hair waved in planes at an angle to the general plane of the lock of hair in which said strands are associated:

The object of my invention is to provide a sim le and eiiicientv device for producing the Mlzircel wave, which device will be automatic in its action to produce the desired result, and which will require no particular' skill on the part of the user in its manipulation. l

The nature and characteristic features of my invention will be lmore readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodylng the main features of my present invention, with the operating jaws shown in the closed position but one of thejaws thereoffbeing shown in dotted lines 1n the open position ready to receive the hair to be l waved; E y

Fig. 2 is a similar view, but with certain of the parts shown in an intermediate position Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the device; and

Fig. 4 is an end elevation thereof, the operating jaws being shown in closed position.

Referring to the drawings, in the particular embodiment of my invention therein shown, the saine comprises two members 5 and 6, so connected as to have a peculiar relative movement with respect to each otheras hereinafter set forth.,

The member 5 comprises an arm 7, preferably made of thin flat material, and carried on the forward end of said arm 7 is one jaw 8 of the waving device proper, which consists of a member preferably made of sheet metal and having an undulating wave-like operative surface, as shown in F ig.r4 ofl the Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJan. 11, 1921.

1920. serial No. 391,007.

drawings. The arm 7 is also provided with a heat insulating handle 9 which carries a finger loop 10, in which one of the fingers of the user is adapted to be inserted to insure the proper actuation of the device. The arm 7 is provided near its rearward end with a horizontal slot 11, and 'at a position intermediate its end, with a slot-12 which is preferably V shaped, these slots 11 and 12 being provided for a purpose to be presently eX- plained.

f lhe member 6 preferably comprises two thin fiat arms 13, 13, arranged one on each side of the arm 7 of member 5, and carrying at their forward ends another jaw 14 of the waving device proper, which is also preferably made of sheet metal and having an operative surface complemental to the operative surface of the jaw 8. A

The arms 13 also carry a' heat insulating handlel, which is also vprovided with a finger loop 16 to insure the proper actuation of the device.

The rear ends of the arms 13 are connected to each other by means of a pin or rivet 17 which passes through the horizontal slot 11 in the rear end of arm 7 of member 5, and likewise the arms 13 are connected intermediate their ends by means of a pin or rivet 18 which extends through the V shaped slot 12 in arm 7 of member 5, this arrangement being provided to cause the hair-pressing jaws 8 and 14 to vmove in the peculiai` manner with respect to each other as hereinafter set forth. v

The ridges of the jaw 8-are provided with a plurality of hair engaging teeth 19 which are preferably struck'upy from thel material from which the jaw 8 is formed, and jin the depressed portions of the jaw 8 there are provided slots 20. Likewise, the' ridges of the 'j aw 14 are provided with a plurality of hair engaging teeth 21, similar to the teeth 19 of the jaw 8, and the depressed portions of the jaw 14 are similarly provided with slots 22, similar to the slots 20 of jaw 8. The slots 20 'and 22 are provided so that as the complemental surfaces of the jaws 8 and 14 y approach each other the teeth 19 and 21 of said jaws may extend into said slots without interference. The side edges of the jaw 14 are also provided with a plurality of hair engaging teeth 23. The foregoing arrangement is provided so that as the jaw 14 approaches the jaw'8 the teeth 19, 21 and 23 will engage the strands of the hair and draw and hold the same in the complex form known as the Marcel wave.

The operation of the device may now be readily understood. The jaws 8 and 14 are heated in any usual manner, after which the user will cause the jaws to be separated, the jaw 14 occupying the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The portion of the hair to be waved is now arranged between the open jaws 8 and 14, after which by compressing the handles 9 and 15, the jaw 14 will be caused to approach the jaw 8, and in so doing, through the coaction of the pins 1T and 18 with the respective slots 11 and 12, the jaw 14 will also be caused to travel in a direction first rearward and then forward. In the latter part of the movement of the jaw 14, the strands of hair which lie between the aws 8 and 14 will be engaged by the teeth 19, 21 and 23, and the hair will be caused to assume the complex shape known as a Marcel wave, this effect being obtained through the co-action of the complemental undulating surfaces of the jaws 8 and 14, together with the sliding movement of the jaw 14 with respect to the jaw 4, as the same approaches its final po` sition, the teeth 19, Q1 and 23 serving to maintain the hair in this shape while the heat of the jaws 8 and 14 will fix the wave in the hair.

Having thus described the nature and characteristic features of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hair waver comprising a pair of hair pressing jaws having complemental operative surfaces, means on said surfaces adapted to engage the strands of hair, means for manually actuating said jaws toward each other, and means for automatically imparting lengthwise movement to one of said jaws with respect to the other as said jaws approach each other.

2. A hair waver comprising a pair of hair pressing jaws having complemental undulating operative surfaces, teeth projecting from the ridges of said surfaces adapted to engage the strands of hair, means for manu ally actuating said jaws toward each other, and means for automatically imparting lengthwise movement to one of said jaws with respect to the other as said jaws approach each other.

3. A hair waver comprising a pair of hair pressing jaws having complemental operative surfaces, means on said surfaces adapted to engage the strands of hair, means for manually actuating said jaws toward each other, and means for automatically causing one of said jaws to move forward with respect to the other as said jaws approach each other.

4. A hair waver comprising a pair of hair pressing jaws` having complemental unduforward with respect to the other as said jaws approach each other.

5. A hair waver comprising a pair of hair pressing jaws having complemental undulating operative surfaces, teeth projecting from the ridges of said surfaces adapted to engage the strands of hair, means for manually actuating said jaws toward each other, and means for automatically causing one of said jaws to move forward with respect to the other as said jaws approach each other.

6. A hair waver comprising` a pair of hair pressing jaws having complemental operative surfaces, means on said surfaces adapted to engage the strands of hair, arms carrying said jaws at their respective free ends, one of said arms having a horizontal slot in its rear end and a slot intermediate its ends having an inclined lower portion, and pins carried by the other arm engaging said slots, the arrangement being such` as to cause one of said jaws to autoznffitically move forward with respect to the other as said arms are manually actuated toward each other.

7. A hair waver comprising t pair of hair pressing jaws having complemental undul lating operative surfaces, teeth projecting? from the ridges of saidV surfaces adapted to engage the strands of hair, arms carrying said jaws at their respective free ends, one of said arms having a horizontal slot in its rear end and a slot intermediate its ends having an inclined lower portion, and pins carried by the other arm engaging said slots, the arrangement being such as to cause one of said jaws to automatically move forward with respect to the other as said arms are manually actuated toward each other.

8. A hair waver comprising a pair of hair pressing jaws having complemental operative surfaces, means on said surfaces adapted to engage the strands of hair, aV

pair of arms carrying said jaws at their respective free ends, one of said arms having a horizontal slot in its rear end and a V shaped slot intermediate its ends, and pins carried by the other arm engaging said slots, the arrangement being such as to cause one of said jaws to automatically move first rearward and then forward with respect to the other as said arms are manually actuated toward each other.

9. A hair waver comprising a pair of hair pressing jaws having complemental undulating operative surfaces, teeth projecting from the ridges of said surfaces adapted to engage the strands of hair, a pair of arms carrying said jaws at their respective free ends, one of said arms having a horizontal slot in its rear end and a V shaped slot intermediate its ends, and pins carried by the other arm engaging said slots, the arrangement being such as to cause one of said jaws to automatically move first rearward and then forward with respect to the other as said arms are manually actuated toward each other.

l0. A hair waver comprising a pair of hair pressing jaws having complemental operative surfaces, means on said surfaces adapted to engage the strands of hair, arms carrying said jaws at their respective freef ends, one of said arms having a horizontal slot in its rear end and a slot intermediate its ends having an inclined lower portion, pins carried by the other arm engaging said slots to cause one of said jaws to automatically move forward with respect to the other as said arms are manually actuated toward each other, and heat insulating handles mounted on said arms for the manual actuation of the device.

11. A hair waver comprising a pair of hair pressing jaws having complemental operative surfaces, means on said surfaces adapted to engage the strands of hair, arms carrying said jaws at their respective free ends, one of said arms having a horizontal slot in its rear end and a slot intermediate its ends having an inclined lower portion, pins carried by the other arm engaging said slots to cause one of said jaws to automatically move forward with respect to the other as said arms are manually actuated toward each other, heat insulating handles mounted on said arms for the manual actuation of the device, and finger engaging loops carried by said handles.

l2. A hair Waver comprising a pair of hair pressing jaws having complemental undulating operative surfaces, teeth projecting from the ridges of said surfaces adapted to engage the strands of hair, a pair of arms carrying said jaws at their respective free ends, one of said arms having a horizontal slot in its rear end and a V shaped slot intermediate its ends, pins carried by the other arm engaging said slots to cause oneV of said jaws to automatically move first rearward and then forward with respect to the other as said arms are manually actuated toward each other, heat insulating handles mounted on said arms for the manual actuation of the device, and finger engaging loops carried by said handles.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

EDWARD E. BARDSLEY.

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