US1663291A

US1663291A - Hair curler

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Publication number: US1663291A
Application number: US232628A
Authority: US
Inventors: Philip C P Booty
Original assignee: INNOVATION SPECIALTIES CO Inc
Current assignee: INNOVATION SPECIALTIES CO Inc
Priority date: 1927-11-11
Filing date: 1927-11-11
Publication date: 1928-03-20
Anticipated expiration: 1945-03-20

Description

March 2o, 192s.

x P. c. Fe. BoorY HAIR CURLER Filed Nov. 11.` i927 Patented Mar. 20, 1928.

A. UNITED STATES 1,663,291 PATENT OFFICE.i

PHILIP C. P. BOOTY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO INNOVATION SPECIALTIES CO.. INC., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

HAIR CURLER.

My invention relates to hair curlers of the general type disclosed by United States Let terslatent to Agostini, No. 1,463,028, of July 24. i923, in which the tubular member upon which the hair is wound for the curling eii'ect is capable ot' being rotated with respect to the end portions of the device, and it is one ot' the objects of my invention to provide an improved l'orm of means for preventing rotation of the tubular member with respect to the end portions of the device 1n the direction for unwinding ,the hair therefrom, while at the same time ermitting free rotation of the tubular mem er in the. direction for tightening the winding of the.

- hair without any change in the position of the end members longitudinally of the tubular member.

It is one of the objects of my invention to provide a construction so arranged that the parts may be assembled in operatlve form with a minimum of labor and trouble, that the device can be taken apart readily and easily for access to any of the parts as may be desired, that the size of the tubular member may be kept within a certain predetermined minimum, and that the device may have such certainty of action and strength of parts as to make it effective through a long period of use. To this end, I have provided a structure of the general type disclosed by Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,641,205, to Shelton, comprising a coiled sprin of the clock-spring type for holding the tu ular memberagainst rotation in one direction with respect to a central rod whichv is held in stationary position in use by reason of being secured by a suitable end piece or end piece portion to the tress of hair adjacent to the scalp, in which structure I have employed an improved construction and arrangement of parts for rendering the spring effective for preventing rotation of the tubular member in one direction with respect to the central rod withoutthe neces-l preferably without the necessityfor discon-l necting any parts. l

.It is another object of my invention to improve devices of this type in sundry details hereinafter pointed out. The preferred means by which l have accomplished my several objects are illustrated in the accompanying drawing and are hereinafter speciiically described. 'lhat which I believe to be new and desire to cover by Letters Patent is set forth in the claims.

Fig. 1 is a side view of the preferred form of my improved device.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the device of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the elongated tubular member ot' the device -sliown in Figrl.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view, principally in section, showing the part constituting the head of my improved device.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of my improved spring. y

Fig. 6 is a view, partly in section, .show ing thc form of end piece'employed.

Fig. 7 is a cross section taken at line 7-7 of Flg. 2; and

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 but showing the spring in reversed position.

Referring now to the several figures, in which corresponding parts are indicated by the same reference characters,10 indicates an elongated tubular member preferably formed of metal, forming the body of my improved device. At one end, the tubular member 10 is provided with an enlarged knurled portion 11, and at the end beyond the knurled portion there is a longitudinally extending slot l2 which in the construction shown is open at the extreme end of the tubular member.

The head 13 ofmy improved device is in the form of a sleeve at one end, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4, such sleeve being of a size to t loosely about the end of the tubular member 10. The head 13, mounted upon 100 one end of the tubular body 10 is connected with the end piece 14 of my device at the other end of the tubular member by means of Va central rod 15 which is connected with

such parts

13 and 14 by means of screw 105 end piece 14 brought to bear against the oplil.

i end.

For holding. the tubular member 10 against'rotation in one direction with respect to the end portions of the device, comprising the head 13 and the end piece 14, While at the same time permitting free rotation of the parts with respect to each other' in the opposite direction, I have provided a coiled spring 17 of the clock-spring type adapted to be inserted between the outer face of the tubular body 'l0 and the inner face of the lsleeve portion of the head 13. The spring 17 is held against rotation withrespect to the tubular member 10 by -means of Van inwardly turned end portion 18 which is brought into releasable engagement with the slot 12 at one side of the tubular body, as is best shown in Fig. 7. The spring is of such a size as to have a light frictional bearing against the inner face of the sleeve portion of the head 13.

With the spring 17 slipped loosely into position within the sleeve portion of the head, and with the tubular member 10 inserted -into the sleeve, with the portion 18 engaging the slot 12, the spring acts to permit free rotation of the tubular member 10 in clockwise direction in Fig. 7 with respect to the head 13. The arrangement is such', however, that when an attempt is made to rotate the tubular member 10 in counter-clockwise directionl in Fig. 7 with respect to the sleeve the spring has a tight gripping engagement,

with the sleeve for preventing such rotation.

yBy reason of the construction and arrangement as above described, the device can be very quickly and easily assembled into its complete operative form.l The s ring 17 is first inserted in the sleeve of the ead, the sleeve is then inserted without resistance over the end of the tubular member with the end portion 18 of the spring in the slot 12 and the rod 15 and end piece 14 are slipped into position and rotated for bringing the rod into operative engagement with the head 13, whereupon the device is ready for use.

`Whenever it is desired to reverse the direction in 'which the tubular member 10 is Yermitted to rotate with respect to the hea 13,y

of a cord tied about the tress and secured in the slot 16. The tress of hair is then Wound about the tubular body 'in spiral form, being tied securely thereto near the end portion of the tress of hair. The operator then grasps the head 13 of the device for holdingthe rod 15 and the end piece 14 in stationary position and with the other hand rotates the tubular body `10 and the tress of hair thereon in the direction for tightening the winding of the hair, upon the-tubular body, the spring 17 being arranged in position for permitting rotation of the tubular body in the desired direction to suit the convenience of the particular operator. The spring 17, of course, holds the tubular body from rotation in the reverse' direction. After the treatment of the tress of hair in the approved manner for impressing the desired curl therein, the device is removed from the hair by being drawn longitudinally out of position, the device being ta ered slightly toward the end piece 14 for acilitating such release of the device.

While I prefer to employ the form of con struction as illustrated in the drawing and as above described, it will be understood that my vinvention is not to be -limited with re` spect to the details of construction illustrated except so far as the claims may be sol limited by .the prior art.

I claim 1. A hair curler comprising in combination an elongated tubular member, a head revolubly mounted at one end of said tubular member, an end piece revolubly mounted on the opposite end of the tubular member, means for causing said head and said end piece to rotate together with respect to said tubular member, and a coiled spring removably mounted about said tubular member adapted by engagement with said tubular member to rotate therewith in one direction with respect to said head and adapted by engagement with said head to prevent rotation of the tubular member in the opposite direction with respect to the head.

v2. A hair curler comprising in combination an elongated tubular member, a head in the form ot' a sleeve revolubly mounted about one end of the tubular member, an end piece revolubly mounted at the opposite end of the tubular member, means for causing said head and said end piece to rotate togetherwith respect to said tubular member, and a coiled spring removably mounted about said tubular member within said sleeve adapted by engagement with said tubular member to rotate therewith in one direction with respect'to the head and adapted by frictional engagement with the inner face of the sleeve toprevent rotation of the tubular member in the opposite direction with respect to the head.

3. A hair c'urler comprising in combination engaging a lon and ada t0 rotate freely tion an elongated tubular member, a head a sleeve within which one in the form oi end of said tubular membery is revolubly mounted, means at the opposite end ofsaid tubular member -connected with said head ted to hold the head against rotation wit respect to a tress of hair attached thereto, and a spring of the clock-spring in said sleeve about' type loosely mounted said tubular member with its inner end poritudinal slot in the end ar member and adapted with said tubular member in one direction with res ect to the head but to prevent rotation of t e tubular member in the opposite direction with respect to said portion of the tubu v head.

4. A hair lcurler comprising in combina- `adapted to hold tion an elongated tubular member,a head in the form of a sleeve vwithin which one end of said tubular member is revolubly mounted, means at the opposite end of said tubular member connected with the head against rotation with respect `to a tress ofV hair attached thereto, and a spring o f the clock-spring type removably and reversibly mounted in said sleeve about its inner end portion engaging a 1ongitudi nal slot in the end ortion of the tubular member` and adapte to rotate freely with said tubular member in one direction with respect to the head but of the tubular member in the opposite direction with respect to said head.

PHILIPv C. P. BOOTY.

said head vand said tubular. member with 'y to prevent rotation