US1978394A

US1978394A - Hair curler

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Publication number: US1978394A
Application number: US670816A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sehring Frank
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-05-13
Filing date: 1933-05-13
Publication date: 1934-10-23
Anticipated expiration: 1951-10-23

Description

Oct. 23, 1934. $EHR|NG 1,978,394

' I HAER CURLER Filed May 13, 1953 fig. 15. I H 14.

INVENTOR 1 FranK Sehring BY 9 :40.01 W, TTORNEY Patented Oct. 23, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE My invention relates to improvements in hair curlers and means for retaining the'shape of curls wound thereby, and it consists in the novel features, which are hereinafter more ,fully described.

One of the objects of my invention is to produce a hair curler which may be removed from the curl when the latter is completed and to provide a ready means for retaining the shape of the 1 curl after the curling rod or tool has been removed therefrom, without the use of any hair pins, until the hair has been dried, when the said retaining means may be removed.

Another object of my improvement is to provide on said removable hair curler or curling rod a means for enhancing the frictional adhesion of the curling rod to the end of a strand of hair at the beginning of the operation of winding the latter into a curl, thereby preventing slipping therebetween. A further object of my invention is to improve my hair curler or hair wave winder for which Letters Patent was issued March 7, 1933, No. 1,900,373, whereby to increase the frictional grip or adhesion at the inner ends of the sections thereof, which are brought into contact with the ends of a strand of hair, and to provide a shape retaining means for the curls formed thereby.

A still other object is to provide a shape retaining means or binder for curls after the latter are formed until the hair has been dried or for any desired length of time and to provide a hair curler of the clamping type with a means for holding said binder in contact with a strand of hair during the operation of forming a curl and with a means for removing said hair curler from the hair without disturbing said binder, leaving the latter on the curl.

Another object of my invention is to have my 1.0, improved hair curler and shape retaining means for curls simple, durable and inexpensive.-

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

I attain these objects by the hair curler and 5 shape retaining means for curls, sundry forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, or by any mechanical equivalents or obvious full lines a shape retaining means or binding bar for a curl in the initial form and position of said means, and below the curling rod in dotted lines the final form and position of said retaining means or binding bar;

Fig. 4 is an end view of the hair'curler and binding bar shown in Fig. 3; v

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of another form of my hair curler in association with a binding bar for curls;

Fig. 6 is an end view of the same, looking from left to right in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of still another form of my hair curler, also in association with a binding bar for curls;

Fig. 8 is an end view of the same;

Fig. 9 is a vertical cross-section on the line 99 of Fig. 10, showing another shape retaining means for curls which is to be applied thereto after the curling rod has been removed there- 75 from;

Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section on the line 10-10 of Fig. 9; a

Fig. 11 is a top plan view of the last mentioned shape retaining means for curls, which 80 is shown in Figs. 9 and 10;

Fig. 12 is a plan view of aremovable hair curler or curling tool of the clamping type which is provided with a binder for curls;

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary front view of the same; v Fig. 14 is a cross-section of the clamping end of the hair curler or curling tool which is shown in Figs. '12 and 13 on the line 14--14 of Fig. 12, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 15 is a detail in longitudinal section of the curl binder 2728, which is hereinafter described; and

Fig. 16 is an outside view of a slight modification of the same.

Similar numerals and letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the modification shown in Fig. 1, 11 designates a tapered curling rod, which is polygonal in cross-section and has thereon a number of trapezoidal fiat sides 12, which, with the edges 12a at the intersection of said sides 12, produce increased frictional resistance to slipping of a strand of hair at the end of the latter, thereby facilitating the operation of starting the winding of said strand at said end on to the rod 12 to form a curl;

To retain the shape of a curl after the latter is formed and until the hair has been dried, I provide a semi-flexible binding bar 15, which is shown in Figs. 3 and 4, in which 13 designates a curling rod, which is shown in the form of a prism having thereon rectangular sides 14 and rectilinear edges 14a; the bar 15 may be initially placed on the rod 13 and held by the operator in the position which is shown in full lines in Fig. 3, thereupon to wind thereon and on said bar 15 a strand of hair until a curl is completed; the ends 15a of the bar 15 are then to be bent over the curl into a closure shape, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, whereby a curl may be retained therein. The bar 15 may be of any size to suit the size of the curls formed.

The curling rod 13 is withdrawn from the curl when the latter is formed, and another binding bar 15 may then be applied thereto to form another curl.

Similar binding bars 15 may also be used in connection with the form of my curling rod, which is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, as well as with those which are shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8.

In Figs. 5 and 6 a conical tapered curling rod is shown, and in Figs. 7 and 8 a cylindrical curling rod, each with a binding bar 15 applied thereto.

Figs. 9, 10 and 11 show another form of a shape retaining means for curls having the form of a resilient cap of semi-flexible material and having therein apertures 19 at the top thereof and continuous sides 20. When the winding of a curl on to a curling rod is completed without the use of a binding bar, a cap 18- may be placed on the curl and retained thereon by friction, whereupon the curling rod may be withdrawn and another strand of hair wound thereon into a curl, if desired, and the cap 18 is left on the curluntil the hair has been dried.

It will be understood that multiple fiat sides and rectilinear edges may also be formed'on the inner ends of a pair of detachable curling rods or sections of the hair curler, such as are shown in my said Patent No. 1,900,373; a binding bar 15 or a cap 18 may also be employed in association with the said hair curler, which is described in the said patent.

In the modification of my hair curler or curling tool shown in Figs. 12, 13, 14 and 15 a pair of angular levers 21-2111. and 22-22a, having each thereon at one end thereof a handle 23, are pivotally connected to each other at 24, as shown in Figs. 12 and .13; the

arms

21 and 22 of said levers 21-2111. and 22-22a. are normally kept separated by a spring 25, which is wound around the pivot pin at 24 and terminates in a pair of prongs, which are pressing on the inner sides of said

arms

21 and 22, which are channel shaped, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 12.

. The arm 22a of the lever 22-22a is shown as round and adapted to fit into the concave surface which is provided at the inner side of the main body 27 of a. semi-flexible curl binder 27-28,, which is shown as enclosed between said arm 22a and the inner side of the bifurcated arm 21a. of said lever 21-21a.

The binder 27-28 may be formed by punching or bending a suitable blank, which may be cut from a sheet or from a strip of relatively thin and flat metal.

A slot 26 is provided between the two branches of the bifurcation on the arm 21a; and said binder 27-28 has thereon a pair of extensions 28, which slidably fit said slot 26 and are shown in Figs. 12 and 13 as extending therethrough forwardly from the arm 2111 at right angles to the main body 27 of the binder 27-28; any other angle may be employed if desired, and I prefer to have said extensions 28 diverging as shown in Fig. 16, instead of being parallel as shown in Figs. 12 and 15.

The operation of the last mentioned removable clamping curler and binder is as follows:

By pressing the handles 23 towards each other the arms 21a and 2211. are separated; a binder 27-28 of semi-flexible material is then placed into the concave side of the arm 21a. with the body 27 of the binder extending laterally over the slot 26 and with the ends 28 of the binder extending through the slot 26 and for a distance forwardly from the front of said arm 21a as shown in Figs. 12 and 14.

The end of a strand of hair is then inserted between the arm 22a and the concave side of the body 27 of the binder 27-28. The handles 23 are then relaxed, whereby the arms 21a. and 22a are pressed in a direction towards each other through the action of said spring 25, thereby gripping the hair; the curler is then rotated by hand until the strand of hair is wound into a curl. The ends 28 of the binder are then bent inwardly into a position similar to 28a, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 15, whereby the shape of the curl is retained until the hair has been dried or for any desirable length of time.

After closing the binder 27-28 on to a curl the handles 23 are slightly pressed towards each .other and the arms 21a. and 22a, are then withdrawn from the curl, leaving the binder 27-28 thereon. Another binder 27-28 may then be applied to the bifurcated end of the arm 21a and the curler applied to form another curl; the operation may be continued in this way until all the required curls are formed.

The curler and binder shown in Figs. 12 to 16 may be used by inexperienced persons and may also be used domestically by persons desiring to make their own curls.

As a less perfect but cheaper modification the bifurcated arm 2111 alone may be employed for winding thereon a strand of hair into a curl.

Many changes may be made in the details of my hair curler and shape retaining means for curls without departing from the main scope of my invention and parts of my invention may be used without other parts.

I do not, therefore, restrict myself to the details as shown in the drawing; but I intend to include also all mechanical equivalents and obvious modiflcations of the same within the scope of my invention. I

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A hair curler comprising a removable curling tool combined with a semi-flexible binder, which may be made of relatively thin fiat metal, for winding thereon a strand of hair into a curl, said binder to be left on said curl when the latter is formed for retaining the shape thereof.

2.'A hair curler comprising a removable pair of clamping arms, a semi-flexible binder longitudinally slidably connected to one of said arms, whereby a strand of hair may be wound on said arms and said binder, said strand to be wound into a curl, whereupon the endsof said bindermay be bent over said curl to retain the shape of the latter and said arms removed from said curl when the latter is formed to be successively employed for forming other curls.

3. In a hair curler a member having thereon a bifurcation, with a space between the branches thereof, and a semifiexible binder having thereon one or more parts extending through said space,

. of clamping arms, one of said arms having thereon a bifurcation with a slot between the branches thereof, a semiflexible binder having thereon one or more parts extending through said slot, thereby being longitudinally slidably connected to said one arm, whereby the ends of a strand of hair may be clamped between the other of said arms and said binder, to be wound into a curl, whereupon the ends of said binder may be bent over said curl to retain the shape of the latter and said arms removed when said curl is formed, to be successively employed for forming other curls.

5. A semiflexible binder, comprising a main body and an extension thereon which is narrower than said body, for winding thereon a strand of hair into a curl, said binder to be left on said curl when the latter is formed for retaining the shape thereof.

6. A semifiexible binder comprising a main body and a pair of extensionsv thereon which are narrower than said body, for winding thereon a strand of hair into a curl, said binder to be left on said curl when the latter is formed for retaining the shape thereof.

FRANK SEHRING.