US1768055A

US1768055A - Hair-waving device

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Publication number: US1768055A
Application number: US255328A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hannah M Hart
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-02-18
Filing date: 1928-02-18
Publication date: 1930-06-24
Anticipated expiration: 1947-06-24

Description

June 24, 1930. H. M. HART 1,768,055

HAIR WAVING DEVIDE Filed Feb. 18, 1928 Fi7:E jig i; 4

if) 2/ a -hmtt? Hannah P'IHETFZ' Patented June 24, 19320 Parana GFFEQE HANNAH M. HART, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS HAIR-WAVING DEVICE Application filed February 18, 1928. Serial No. 255,328.

The present invention relates, generally speaking, to hair wavers, and is more particularly concerned with a curling fork for use in a so-called permanentwave machine,

for imparting to the hair the Marcel wave in a simple and efficient manner.

The permanent wave machine, as is well known, comprises aplurality of tubular heating elements, and serves for producing simple coiled curls, by means of ataped round curler rod. A strand of hair is coiled around this rod and fastened to it by means of a string. A moist pad is then wrapped around the strand of hair coiled on the rod, and, thusprepared, the rod is inserted into a heating element on the machine; When current is applied, the strand of hair is steamed and baked in place, producing a simple coil or curl, which is termed a permanent wave.

A so-called Marcel wave, which is a more natural wave than thesimple curl wave, cannot be produced in a permanent wave machine by the ordinary means. plied manually by an operator manipulating a curling iron of special construction.

It is the object of the present invention to produce a Marcel wave in an ordinary permanent wave machine of known construction, in substantially the same successive steps at present necessary for producing a simple coiled wave.

' In order to accomplish the above, and other objects and features which will be apparent 35 as the description progresses, I have invented a curling fork which may be used in place of the ordinary curling rod, if it is desired to produce a permanent Marcel wave.

The invention will be better understood and appreciated from a detailed description with reference to the accompanying single sheet of drawings which forms a part of this specification.

, Referring now'to the drawings,

Fig. 1 shows the curler fork;

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on line A.A of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 illustrates a locking hub which serves to lock the prongs of the fork and to 50 tension a strand of hair placed on the prongs;

It is ap- Fig. 4 is a side View of the hub shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 shows a modified and preferred form of locking huh; I

Fig. 6 illustrates a strand of hair arranged on the prongs of the curler fork, tensioned and locked in place;

Figs. 7 and 8 are side and top views, respectively, of an adj ustingbracket whose use will be explained presently; and 69 Figs. 9 and 10 illustrate a preferred form of the bracket shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

Fig. 11 is a view showing in detail and on an enlarged scale the free end portions of the prongs of the device.

All parts are numbered alike in the various figures. Therefore, a certain figurewill only be referred to if necessary for explaining specific details.

Having explained, in a general manner,

the invention and the various figures shown in the drawings, the detailed description will now be proceeded with.

Figure 1 illustrates a curler fork as contemplated by the invention, having prongs 3 and 4 tapering toward the base, which terminates in a forked hub, forming a slit 2 for attaching a strand of hair to the fork as shown in Fig. 6. It will be seen from the cross section Fig. 2, that the prongs 3 and 4: 30

of-the curler fork are oval-shaped, and it may be said at this point, that the prongs as well as other parts of the curler fork are smooth and finished to prevent rough spots or protruding parts from catching and thus injuring the'hair. At the lower end, the prongs 3 and 4 terminate in guide and lock parts 5 and 6, which are parallel to the slot 2 at the base of the fork, and thus deviate slightly from the general direction of the prongs 3 and 4:.

Figs; 3 and 4 illustrate'side and top views. of a locking hub 7, provided withholes 8 and 9 for sliding on the lock members 5 and 6 of the fork. An angular lever 10 having an arm 12 is rotatably mounted in the hub 7, on a pin 11.

When a strand of hair is arranged on the curler fork as shown in Fig. 6, the locking a hub 7 is pushed on the ends 5 and 6 of the sponding openings in the hub. This drawing apart of the prongs upon loc'king thesame will put a slight tension on the strand of. hair, attaching it firmly to the prongs of'the fork.

Inl ig. 5, I have shown a modifiedfform of "a hub 'Which'locks automatically. Thisihub consists of a body 18 provided with openings '14 and 15 for en'ga'gingthe ends '5 and 6 01 the prongs. These openings '*are provided with grooves 16 and 17, and restinginthcse grooves are seini-

circularsprings

18 and 19, tensioned to grip the ends '5 andfi ofthe prongs when inserted into the

openings

1 and 15.

In Fig. 6 is illustrated a curler tor-k as shown inFig. 1, a strand of hair wound thereon, and locked in place by means of a hub as 0 shown in Fig. 5.

The assembly as. shown in 6, is wrapped in the usualimoishpad and then inserted into a tubularheatingelement' on the permanent wave machine. /Vhencurrent is applied, the strandof I hair will: be. steamed and baked inplace, and the wave pro duced Will be a Marcel wave ofnatu-ral texture and form,

-Itmay occur,.insonie instances, that .the hair to which aMarcel wave is toebe :applied, is short, and that a'strand arranged onthe fork as indicated in F ig.:-6, does notcoverl he .entire length. of the prongs. V In this case, the operator will make use of ithe -adjustable bracket shown inFigs. 7 and 8, or oitthe one shown in-Figs. 9:and.10. 7

The bracket shown in Figs-.7 and S'consists of a body member .21. holding two. plungers22 and'23, whichrare slidably mounted in the body member 21 by'mea-ns of a spring .24. .Each plunger haswa; groove for engaging one of the prongsot the fork. The bracketis inserted. at the lower, ogen end of the'prongs, and pushed upward to adjust the successive curls in each series closely toaeach'other. The hub is-then'attached asusual.toitheends of the pro-ngsto' lock the assembly together.

The Listing bracket illustrated in Figs. '9 and 10 consists oi two mounting plates 27 and28 held togetherby a pin 35. Rotatably mounted on this pin, and located insiee'the'se plates are two spring'memhers having

spring branches

29, 30, and 31, "32, respectively. These springs act upon U-shaped members33 and 34 Which are slidably mounted inside the

plates

27 and 28.

It will be obvious without elaborate explanations that the adjusting bracket as shown in Figs. 9 and 10 is self-aligning in a ordinary coiledwave. The difference resides V inerely'in arranging-the strand of hair on the prongs or extensions, as shown 1n Eig.f6,:1nstead oisimply wlndingit insuccessiveturns on a round rod, as is done at presentdor making apermanent (curl) wave. 'The' pro'duct 'will, accordinglyfbedifie'rent, that" is; it :will

a permanent (Marcel) *wave.

The material ior m a'king the 'fork andthe hub may he an aluminum alloy or :anysuitable resilient and durable :matter, "the fork 'may be cast 'or punched and then v'finishedbyany well -lrnown" and desirable proc- 1 ess.

lt willhe apparent thatr'modiiicationsrinay I suggestthemselves readily :to 'anyon'e experience'd in the art. I, therefore, desireiit to be understood thatldo not want to be limited in the application of-the invention. to. t'heipre- =ci se structure shown -an'd explained, hut -only to; the claims which follow.

WVlrat -is claimed is:

1. A "deviceior use witha"permanentwave machine and adaptedto 'preduce a li/iar cel wave, comprising a "iork 'having two prongs tapering towar'd'the base,-a torked member integralwith said base and having two prongs projecting in parallel :there'irom: in a "direction' opposite I to said tapering prongs, :said, tapering prongs terminating in guidezmem bers disposed parallel to each other,*=a locking member having openings to receivesai-d guide members, and means insaid-locking member to lock said tapering prongs thereto.

2. A device of the class described, comprising'a base, a fastening-memberprojecting from said base, a pluralityof resilient prongs pro ectingfrom said base oppositely to 'said member, a locking member provided on; one

side with openings toreceive said pron-gs,-and

meansin said locking merhbertolek said prongs in place. 7 3. A hair waver of the class described comprising a hair-supporting 'iork, aso-eket asso 1 ciatcd therewith, ineansonsaid'socket for ias tening a strand of hair thereto, ,a terminal member, a plurality of openings in said member tor T8C61V1I1g' *sard *prongs rn definitel spaced 1 relation, and looking I means in said and means in said member for locking said prongs.

5. A hair waver of the class described comprising a hair supporting fork having a plurality of resilient prongs, means on the base of said fork for fastening a strand of hair thereto, a separate terminal member for closing and for bridging the ends of said prongs, means in said member for automatically spacing said prongs definitely and for tensioning thereby a strand of hairsupported thereon when said member is attached to said prongs, and means in said member for automatically locking said prongs thereto.

6. A hair waver comprising a member for fastening a strand of hair thereto, a plurality of resilient extensions for arranging said strand of hair thereon in a corresponding plurality of oppositely disposed successive curls, each extension serving as an axis for a series of curls, a terminal member, means in said member for automatically spacing said extensions definitely and for thereby automatically tensioning said strand of hair supported thereon, and means in said member for automatically locking said extensions.

7. A hair waver comprising a member for fastening a strand of hair thereto, a plurality of extensions for arrangin said strand of hair thereon in oppositely disposed series of successive curls, each extension serving as an axis for a series of curls, a terminal member, means in said member for automatically spacing said extensions and for tensioning thereby said strand of hair arranged there-' on, and means in said member for automatically locking said extensions in place.

8. A hair waver comprising a plurality of straight and smoothly finished stationary extensions projecting from a common base and integral therewith for arranging a strand of hair thereon in a series of curls, each extension serving as an axis for a series of curls, a terminal member for bridging and for covering the ends of said extensions, means in said member tending to separate saidextensions for tensioning said strand of hair arranged thereon, and meansin said member for locking said extensions.

9. A hair waver comprising a plurality of straight and smoothly finished stationary extensions for arranging a strand of hair thereof in oppositely located series of curls, each extension serving as an axis for a series of curls, a bracket for slidably engaging said extensions to arrange said series of curls closelyto each other, a separate terminal member, means in said member for spacing said extensions and for thereby tensioningsaid strand of hair arranged thereon, and means in said member for locking said extensions relative to said terminal member and to each other.

10. A hair waver comprising a plurality of straight and smoothly finished extensions projecting from a common base and integral therewith for arranging a strand of hair thereon in a series of curls, each extension serving as an axis for a series of curls, a bracket having means for slidably and adjustably engaging said extensions to arrange the curls in each series closely to each other,

a separate terminal member for bridging and for closing the ends of said extensions, means in said member tending to separate said extensions for tensioning said strand of hair thereon, and means in said member for looking said extensions.

11. A hair waver comprising prongs adapted to receive a strand of hair wound thereon inalternately opposite directions, said prongs being movable toward and away from each other, and means for forcing the prongs apart to tension the hair wound thereon and for thereafter releasably securing them against movement toward each other.

12. A hair waver comprising a fork having two resilient prongs secured together at one end and free at the other end, and releasable means for forcing the free ends of the prongs apart to tension hair wound thereon and for thereafter holding the prongs against movement toward each other.

13. A hair waver comprising prongs adapted to receive a strand of hairwound thereon in alternately opposite directions, said prongs converging toward one end thereof, and a member adapted to be slid along the prongs for compacting the coils of hair wound thereon, said member acting to spread the prongs apart thereby tensioning the coils of hair.

- In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 14th day of February, A. D.

HANNAH M. HART.