US1660566A - Protective shield for hair waving - Google Patents

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Feb. 28, 1928. 1,660,566

c. NESSLER' PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR HAIR WAVING Filed Dec. 22, 1925 IN VEN TOR.

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' Application. fiIe'd- December 22', 1925; Serial Ito. 76975.

invention rel atesiinl eneral tothe art y o r oi wavlng' growing hair on the "head which:

' is now so; extensively practiced in processes for producing a so-called permanent wave in the hair. 1211 these: processes, the coiled hair'inwetted condition is inserted in an electric heater and? the heat is applied and usually reaches the temperature oi'boili'ng water. With such a high degree ofheat some protection had tobe provided. for the scalp at the head and this resulted in the heretofore use of many; different forms of devices for this purpose.

; said prior devices, thereare certain draw-' backs, such astheengagement of the device with the steaming tube or the heater in more or lesssecure manner, thereby preventingeasy and quick separation of the same; also the non-centering of the coiled hair-- strand in the heater, so that the hair is; pressed against one sifd'e' of the interior of thehe'ater and thereby becomes overheated g and the majority of such prior 'dev-i'c'es are complicated in constructure and expensl ve to manufacture; and furthermore many of them cannot: be quickly applied and" removed from operative position.

In my improved scalp protector, li'seek to overcome theabove stated drawbacks in this class of devices, and I provide a self-retaining device of'sott absorbent material which is capable oh being quickly pressed around the strand 7 or tress-of hair and thereby caused to hug the same under pressure and cling thereto inoperative position, so as to form an elfec'tive closure for the heater,- at the same time leaving the wound" strandof hair with its curler free to center'itselfjin thetubul'ar heater and also free to'be easily and" quickly withdrawn end wise from the heater in any emergency where I the hairis to be: freed from the waving appliances without delay. Another'important" advantage; of my improved device is" its selit'5ad usting capacity, under squeezingcompression so that the passage way forthe hairstrand is lined" with soft ma terial' and hugs "the hair-strand with a} grip su'iicient to hold the device in place, irrespective ofthe crosssectional size or area of the encompassed hairstrand. Furthermore, my device is: of an absorbent character readily taking up all at h quid" h h. might be discharge fr m h S aming be'o heater.- here are other advantages, possessed by my in many of the" pro vements which will hereinafter appear from the detailed description thereofi I have illustrated a type 015 my invention in the aecompanying drawings, wherein;

Fig; 1,- shows a side elevation of an ordi nary tubular electric-heater, with the inner or head-end broken away and a curler with a wound strand off hair thereon shown as arranged inside the hca-ter.- and my improved protector placed around the hair-strand outside of the heater and "in. contact. with theopen end thereoi. v i V Fig. 2, shows a plan: view-of m protector, detached and in open condition; Fig. 3', shows a horizontal sectional, view of the improved protector andshowsthe protector closed around a hair-strand which is shown as passing through the device. Fig; 5, i-s-a similar View to that in Fig-.323; but in closed condition;

Referring to the drawings, 1- indicates: an ordinary tubular electric heater, in which is inserted for the purpose of wavingit, a strand of hair 2', which is twisted or wou'nd' around a, curler-rod: 3 to which the hair strahd is; secured bya tied" piece; of cord 4:, 65tpoint' near the scalpwhich. is indicated a I My improved device, which; may be; considered as acombined protective pad? and clip, iscomposed' of a pieceof wire ,6, con,- voluted or twisted on itself, and which is" here shown in t-heform of the letter with the" central bend. at 7, and the free ends turnedinwardlyon themselves M58, .87, where wire form are preferably all" in the samehorizontal plane to make it substantially flat; The central bend" 7, provides a deep passage way or fork 9,}, for the, strand of hair they terminated The: various strands of the V 2, to pass through. The wire, which may a fercibl y spreading; he, pro gs apart after I h y h e been sque ed; oge enias shown n gs- 1, 4i-and.o

' The wire frame 6, is covered in any suit able manner with an absorbent covering or envelope 10, whlch'may be made of any suitable well known material, such as Woven absorbent fabric, or asbestos, or asbestossorptive capacity for the same.

wool, or a mixture of cotton and asbestos;

This jacket 10, is of substantial thickness so as to give considerable bulk and mass to the device and also to afford ample b- This soft material 10, is here shown in the convenient form of a woven tube through which the wire is passed so that it is completely housed thereby. In constructing the device the wire maybe cut to length in straight condition or form and then passed into a cut'length of the housing 10, and the same 7 then bent into the peculiar W-shaped form as shown, and the central limbs secured. together near. one end at the points 11 and 12, (by stitching in the present instance), andnear the other end at point 13, (like wise by stitching). This arrangement pro vides aflat p'ad structure which is snugly closed. along the lines of contact between the bent stretches of the limbs, and leaves an open gap or passage 9, into which the hairstrand is passed laterally to apply the deice. The dimensions of the protector or pad are such astomorept-han cover theopen end of the heater 1, and to lease considerable of an overhang beyond the same, as indicated inFig. 1, andthe precaution is taken to have closed all joints or seams in the pad which fall within the area of the mouth of the bore of the heater,in order to provide a closure for the mouth.

It will benoted that the described structure provides a pad or closure having a fork of substantial size for receiving the hairstrand, so that the open device may be applied to the hair-strand by a lateral movement of the device at right-angles tothe hair-strand until the latter is seated in the crotch of the fork, whereupon, the prongs or jaws, indicated at ltand 15, are squeezed together and closed, and this serves'to compress the .soft prongs against the hair- I strand, so that it iscompacted and held underthe tension of this compression. This seals the passage around the hair-strand and causes the pad to grip the hair-strand and maintain itself closed and. in position on the hair-strand. I r

I In Fig. 1, I show how the hair-strand extends through the pad after it is squeezed byihand into closed position. In Fig. 1, I

show the pad. protector as applied to the K as hair-strand during the waving process by means of the heater 1. The pad device may be quickly mountedin place on the hairstrand, after the same is wound on andsecured to the curler-rod, either before or after the heater is'applied. It'is placed between the open end of the heater and the scalp as shown in Fig. 1, and if preferredin some cases an additional protection maybe provided by using any one of the well known forms of fiber-shields between the pad and the scalp, but I do not deem this necessary;

The protectorisjreadily dismounted by seizing the prongs 14: and 15, with the finconfined hair-strand.

It will be observed, that the curler 3, tends to center itself in'the bore of the heater and when centered thatrthe hair-strand 2, at the mouth of the bore is'slightly off center. As my protector is only attached to gers and spreading them open to release the the hair-strand, the curler is free to center itself and this shifts the pad slightly to one side as indicated in Fig. 1. The protector being unattached to the. heater, the device may together-with the curlerand wound hair-strand be easily and rapidly pulled out fromthe heater, in case of accident, and this'is particularly true with an improved form'of curler devisedIby-me andwhichis providedat its outer end with a yielding device which makes frictional contact with:

the interior of the bore ofthe heater and also servesto center the curler at its outer end. 1

The soft character of the encompassing V jaws of the device also protect the sur rounded strand'of hair from mutilation in addition to making a close. fit: around the,

same, when grippedinplace. The pliability of the clamping parts of the protector is such that they may be easily squeezed by hand intoclosed position around the halr strand and it automatically fits the strand whether it be of small or large cross-sectional area. The wire may be of any; suitable well known material which will notspringback when. distorted and as the, device may be used more. than once without destruction, it is advisable to use a rustless wire, and copper or a suitable alloymay be employed. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent.is:

1. A-scalp protectorfor use inwaving hair on the head by means of-a heater-in which a strand of hair is placed'for a heat' ing operation, comprisinga disk ofsubstant1a1 heat-screening areav of soft material having embedded therein a member capable of being bent or distorted and of retaining covered thereby and formed into a substantially fiat body of an external diameter not.

substantially less than that of the abutting end of the heater and capable of beingbent around a strand of hair in gripping contact therewith and normal thereto and retain itself in place thereon.

3. A scalp protector for use in Waving hair on the head by means of a heater in which a strand of hair is placed for a heating operation, comprising pliable absorbent material wholly or partlymade of asbestos,

' and forming a flat body of substantial heatscreening surface and a flexible member arranged in said material and capable of being bent and retaining its bent form, said device being formed with jaws for receiving a strand of hair therein, said wire being arranged to close said jaws circumferentially around the contained hair-strand when the jaws are compressed. I v I 4. A scalp protector for use in waving hair, comprlslng a flexible WlI'QCOVelQd with absorbent material and formed W-shaped substantially so that the central bend thereof provides a deep fork the prongs of which are adapted to encompass a strand of hair.

5. A scalp protector for use invwaving hair on the head byimeans of a heater which a strand of hair is placed for heating operation, consisting in a substantially flat compressible body of substantial heat-screen forcibly compressed circumferentially around the inserted hair-strand and of retaining itself in gripping relation thereto.

6. A scalp protector for use in Waving hair on the head by means of a heater in which a strand ofhair is entered for heat thereon by gripping action, the said body mg area and provided with a hair-strand recelvmg opening and capable of belng being absorbent and having capacity to take upa substantially amount'offluid escaping from the heater.

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7 CHARLES NESSLER.

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