US2005662A

US2005662A - Hair curler

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Publication number: US2005662A
Application number: US755194A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mussy Rene
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-11-28
Filing date: 1934-11-28
Publication date: 1935-06-18
Anticipated expiration: 1952-06-18

Description

June 18, 1935. muggy 2,005,662

' HAIR CURLER Filed Nov. 28, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor @e22e M2 615 I M Attorney Patented June 18, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE 8 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved hair curler of the type embodying. a cylindrical mandrel or tube upon which the hair is wound and wherein means is provided for retaining the convolutions of the hair'in place sufficiently long to set the curl, and it has more specific reference to a device embodied in this general classification which is itself characterized by noteworthy refinements and improvements designed to permit the desired results to be obtained in a more satisfactory and dependable manner.

Present day hair curling devices used for the purpose are such that it is necessary to resort to guesswork and unnecessary winding and rewinding in order to get the curling device in the right position close to the scalp before the snap of hair-retaining means can be fastened. By way of contrast, the purpose of the present imrovement is to permit the hair to be initially fastened thereto and wound in a taut manner close to the scalp after which the improved automatic take-up and retaining means may be adjusted to its final hair retention position.

Briefly described, the ingenious hair curling device which I have perfected is characterized by anopen-ended perforated tube which serves as the winding mandrel, said tube carrying a pivoted apertured latch or clip for initially attaching the free ends of the strands of hair in order that the hair may be wound around the tube and clipped; means being provided to be brought into play after the final winding of the hair is completed, said means being in the nature of an axially turnable slack take-up device as well as a hairretaining clasp.

structurally related, novelty may be said to reside in the particular construction and arrangement of the perforated tube and the pivoted or swingably mounted'clip carried thereby.

Further novelty is reflected in the tube and clip arrangement wherein a swingable wire bail is employed and arranged to swing over and'clasp the convolutions or windings in such a manner as to 'bind the hair more tautly by reason of the slack take-up action thus developed through the instrumentality of said wire bail.

Other features and advantages will become principles of the presentinventionshowing the pivotally mounted swingable wire bail' occupying an inactive position in readiness to be brought into play at a predetermined time.

Fig. 2 is a View taken at right angles to Fig. 1 showing in particular the construction and com figuration of the wire bail and its attaching and adjusting means.

Fig. 3 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation showing the complete coordination or assemblage of parts. i

Figs. 4 and 5 are cross sectional, views taken on the planes of the lines 4-4 and 5-5 respectively of Fig. 3. 1

Fig. 6 is .an enlarged fragmentary detail sectional and elevational View depicting the carrier or attaching shaft for the wire bail.

By way of introduction to the detailed description or ventilation. The opposite ends of the tube 0 are notched to define distinguishable] sets of keeper notches or seats 9 and I0 respectively. Adjacent the last named end, the tube is formed on diametrically opposite sides with integral headed studs II to which the wing'portions' l2 of the clip I3 are pivotally attached. The clip is also apertured and of considerable length to effectively secure the free ends of the strands of the hair between itself and the tube during the initial winding. At the lower end of the tubein Fig. 2, it will be seen that the metal is struck in to provide a pair of tongues or ears l4 overlapped as shownin Fig. 3. These ears serve to accommodate the axially trunable end of an internal retention wire i5. Or stated otherwise, one end of the wire extends through apertures in the overlapped ears l4 and is clenched laterally against the ears as at I 6 so that it is held properly in place and yet allowed to rotate freely in either direction. This wire i5 is also formed into a coil spring I1 which terminates in an attaching hook I8. The hook is engaged in a central groove [9 formed in a relatively short axle or shaft 20. The shaft is formed in its ends with grooves denovel take-up unit or device 23. v

ably in the form of a wire bail of-appropriate proportions and the arms of the bail are longitudinally bowed as indicated at 24 so that they fining retaining headsZl for the eyes 22 of the This is preferwill swing over the windings or convolutions of the already Wound hair as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The bight portion 25 is of appropriate shape andadjacent .to this, the wireis bent as at 26 to define'detents. This shapes the .bail, ,as' a unit, to snugly embrace or clasp the convolutions of the hair (not shown). It is also to be noted thatthis shaft 20 has its end portions selectively seated in the keeper notches It and that the wire bail and shaft can be turned through the instrumentality of the rod-I to provide for the axial turning of the wire'bail in relation to-the tube 1. Obviously as the bail is swung down to the operating dotted line position shown in Fig. 2, the bight portion 2 5 is snapped into and releasably held in any ione of the retaining orkeeper notches 9.- a

Specific novelty is' directed to the arrangen'ient comprising the coil spring IT on the interior thetube 'l attached rotatably-bythe wire or rod" 1 5' to the ears Min the tube, this spring being 7 attached'to the axle 20 to hold the axleyieldably in the seats or, notches ID. This permits the desired ratchet action between the axle and notches allowing the bail to be turned around bodily or axially with respect to the tube so'that it can be swung over the tube in the most 'efiective or desired manner'for embracing and binding or-clasping the hair. dotted line position, a few additional turns in a relation to the tube will bind the. hair more tightly by taking up possible slack which may exist. It follows therefore that the structure as a whole may be accredited as possessing all of the requisites 'or properly allocated parts for convenience and expediency, thus insuring more effective results than are attainable with present dayhair eurling'devi'ces with which I am now familiar.

is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will" be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description iniconnection with the drawings. Therefore, a more'lengthydescription is regardedas unnecessary. 7

-Minor-. changes ,in shape, size and rearrangementof-details coming within the field of invention claimed may be'resorted. to in actual practice, if desired.

.I claim: Y

1. A hair curling'device comprising a tube, a pivotedretaining clip carriedby the tube, a wire bail. adapted'to swing over the convolutio'ns of the completely wound hair, anaxle pivotally connected with one end of the tube, rcsilient'retaining means-for holdingtheflaxle in adjusted position, the free ends of the arms of said bailbeing pivotally connected with said axle.

1 2. A hair curling device comprising an openendedtube, said tube being formed withke'eper notches at one end," an axle having its end por tions selectivelyengageable with said keeper notches, spring means for holding the axle yield- When the bail is swung over to the.

of the tube. I

4. A hair curling device of the class described comprising an open-ended apertured tube pro 'vided in its opposite ends with circumferentially spaced keeper notches, an axle-forming pinhaving its end portions seatable in the notches at one end, a wire bail having longitudinally bowed arms, the free ends of the arms being formed into eyes pivotally attached with the end" portions of said pin, the bail being proportioned to swing over the tube-so that thebight portion thereof may be selectively engaged with the notches at the remaining end of saidtube, a coilspringswivelly anchored in saidtube and having a hook at one end engaged releasably with the central portion of said'pin, and an apertured clip on the exterior V of the tube pivotally attached'to said tube in the manner and for the purposes described.

5. A hair curling device of the class described comprising an open-ended tube, said tube-being formed with keeper notches at one endanda slack take-up unit rotatablyiconnectedsto said one end of the tube and having means, selectively engageable with said keeper notches tohOId th'e unit in predetermined 'set postions in relation to the longitudinal axis of the tube.

6. A hair curling device ofthe class'de'scribed' comprising a tube, a pivoted retaining clip car ried by the tube, a wire bail adapted to swing over the convolutions of the completely. wound hair, means rotatably connecting the bail with said tubeand ccacting .means. between the adjacent ends of the bail and tubeto facilitate rotary adjustment of the bail and to'hold' the bail in-any predetermined set position around the circumference of said'tube.

, 7. A hair curling device of the class described I comprising an open-ended'tube, said tube being formed at its opposite end with circumferentiallyf V spaced keeper notches, a spring. retained-wire bailrotatably attached to the tube and having means atits inner end selectively seatable in dia-.

metrically opposed notches for the purpose'of holding the bail in predetermined adjusted positionsa I A 8. A hair curling device of the class described comprising a body forming a mandrelforv/indin'g of the hair thereoma pivoted retaining'clipcar;

ried by saidbody, a; slack take-up unit'including a bail rotatably attached 'to' the body at one end thereof,,s'aid.bail being pivotally mounted and adapted to swing over the convolutions or the completely wound hair, and spring; retaining means cooperable with'the body and bail infthe manner and for the purposes described.

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