US2024771A

US2024771A - Hair curler

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Publication number: US2024771A
Application number: US740791A
Authority: US
Inventors: Kiessling Max
Original assignee: HAYES DONAHUE Co
Current assignee: HAYES DONAHUE Co; HAYES-DONAHUE Co
Priority date: 1934-08-21
Filing date: 1934-08-21
Publication date: 1935-12-17
Anticipated expiration: 1952-12-17

Description

Dec. 17, 1935f M. KuEssLNG ,2,024,771

HAIR CURLER Filed Aug. 2l, 1934 IN VENT OR Max Kessl'ng Patented Dec. 17, 1935 HAIR CURLER Max Kiessling, Waterbury, Conn., assignor to Hayes-Donahue Company, Waterbury, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application August 21, 1934, Serial No. 740,791

12 Claims. (Cl. 132-41) This invention relates to hair curlers, and more particularly to a curler that may be applied to the hair for any desired length of time, as during rest periods, in order to allow the hair to take a set upon the curling device.

One object of this invention is to provide a hair curl'er of the above nature having novel means for hinging the several parts together, and locking the same upon a twisted tuft of hair.

A further object is to provide a hair curler comprising a tubular body member to which are pivotally connected a jaw and a locking loop, and in which a portion of the locking loop serves as f, the pivot pin for itself and the jaw. 15

A further object is to provide a hair curling device of the above nature in which the hinged wire loop is adapted to be locked in hair-curling position by means of a sliding locking bar embracing said loop and engaging in suitable slots in the adjacent end of the hair curler.

A further object is to provide a hair curler of the above nature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to y l apply and manipulate, compact, ornamental in 25.'4

appearance, and Very efficient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view there have been illustrated on the accompanying drawing two forms in which the invention may be con- Y veniently embodied in practice.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 represents a side elevational view of the hair curling device with a section broken away.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same.

Fig. 3 is a left-hand end view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the hair curling device as it appears during the initial step of locking a tuft of hair therein.

Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the device after the tuft of hair has been locked thereon in twisted condition.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective View of the handle end of the tubular body, showing a modied construction for holding the spring in place.

Referring now to the drawing in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral I0 indicates a hollow tubular body section having a tapered curved clamp or alligator jaw I I hinged thereto, said jaw being concave-convex in crosssection so as to tightly embrace the upper portion of the body IIJ. y

The tubular body member is provided with a series of perforations I2 in circumferentially spaced rows extending substantially throughout its entire length, and which are adapted topermit air to circulate therethrough for drying the hair. The alligator jaw II is likewise formed with a 5 series of spaced perforations I3, which are adapted to register with the upper row of perforations in the body member I0.

In order to hinge the body I0 and the alligator jaw I I together, the latter member isv provided 10 with apair of lugs I4 and I5 depending from its lower edge, and having apertures I6 therein, which are adapted to register with similar apertures in the body I0, and the intermediate section II of the wire loop I8 is transversely posil5 tioned therein. The section II thus constitutes a common hinge pin for pivotally connecting the jaw II and the wire loop I8 to the body member I0.

' The tubular body member is provided at its 20 rear end with an integral rearwardly extending finger grip portion I9, and the alligator jaw II is provided with a similar rearwardly extending opposed nger grip portion 20, and when said portions IS and 20 are manually squeezed together, 25 the opposite end of the alligator jaw II will be separated from the body portion I0, as shown in Fig. 5. The jaw I I is adapted to be normally held in closed position upon the body I 0 by means of a substantially U-shaped leaf-spring 2| having di- 30 verging ends positioned within the folds of the iinger grip portions I9and 20.

In -order to provide a secure anchorage for the U-shaped spring ZI in its assembled position, the finger grip portions I9 and 2Q are provided 35 with a pair of sheared integral strap loops I9a and 20a formed inwardly from the body of said grip portions I9 and 28 (see Figs. 1 and 5). In assembly, the arms o-f the spring I9 are slipped through the strap loops I9a and 20a until the 40 tip ends of the spring abut against a pair of anges ISb and 20h provided at the extreme ends of the nger grip portions I9 and 20. The crown end of the spring 2I is provided with a re-entrant arch 2Ia which is adapted to embrace the inter- 45 mediate section of the loop hinge pin I l. It will be obvious from the above construction that the spring will be rmly held against any forces tending to displace it from position.

The wire loop I8 is formed with a pair of op- 50 posed

bowed sections

22 and 23, which merge at a point adjacent the nose end V2Il of the body IIJ into a pair of parallel

straight sections

25 and 26, the

forward ends

21 and 28 ofAwhich are turned inwardly into abutted engagement. The 55 positioned in its rearmost position, as shown inV Figs. 1, 2, and 6, it engages in a. Vpair of opposed slots 33 formed in the nose 24 of the body ID, thus locking the loop I8 rigidly upon said body.

Operation In operation, when it is desired to curl a tuft of hair, the sliding bar will first be slipped forwardly on the parallel sections and 26 to a position free of the slots 33, whereupon the loop I8 will be permitted toV swing downwardly to the open position as shown in Fig. 5, and by manually pressing the finger grip portions I9 and 28 together, the nose of the alligatorjaw II will' be swung upwardly against the influence of the spring 2|. The loose ends of the tutt of hair, preferably moistened, may then be slipped underneath the jaw to a position adjacent its hinging fulcrum I1 as shown in Fig. 5, after which the jaw willbe allowed to snap back into normal clamping position shown in Fig. 1.

The hair curling deviceV will then be twisted the desired number of times for coiling the hair Y tightly about the body I0 and the exterior sur- Y If desired, a tighter face of the jaw In performing the above operation, the wire loop I8 will preferably be Aswung to a position substantially at right-angles to the body member and be-conveniently used as a handle for holding the same.

After the twisting operation has been com- A pleted, the wire loop I8 will .be swung back into normal parallel alinement with the body IB, and

' the sliding bar 3l|will be forced rearwardly into locking engagement within the slots 3.3. In this position, the

bowed portions

22 and 23 of the wire loop will snugly embrace the hair twisted about the body ||lV and the jaw the hair by keeping Vthe Yalligator jaw II open during the entire operation of twistingthe hair about the body IILVafter which the jaw I| will be released and permitted to clamp thereupon. Fig. 7 shows a modied construction of means Y. for anchoring the jaw operating spring 2| in position. This form is identical with the first form excepty that the strap loops |911'l and V20a are omitted and a pair of spaced lugs 34 are,

Vformed integral with each flange |91)- and 20h of the lfinger grips I9 and 20, only one pair of Asuch lugs 34 being` shown. The lugs 34 are bent inwardly into contact with the concavebody of the finger grips I9 and 20, and are adapted to engage on opposite edges of the extremities of the spring 2|. Y

It is also within the scope of the present invention to employ a pair of spaced inwardly formed nibs or prick punches to embrace the sidesV of the ends of the spring 2| for holding the latter in position in lieu of the strap loops |9a i and 20a or'the lugs 34 described above.

While there have been disclosed in thisY speci-- cation two forms in which the invention may be embodied, it is to beunderstood that these forms are shown for the purpose of illustration only,

and that the invention is notto belimited to twist may be provided in',V

the specific disclosures but may be modied and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. In a hair curling device, a tubular body member, a cooperating jaw member and a wire loop member pivoted to said body member, said Wire loop having a pair of parallel sections extending beyond the forward end of said body member, said body having a pair of opposed slots provided in its forward end, and a locking bar slidable on said parallel sections and adapted to engage said opposed slots for interlocking saidloop and said body.

2. In .a hair curling device, a tubular body member, a jaw member and a wire loop member cooperating therewith, said wire loop having a transverse end section engaging in apertures in said body and jaw members and comprising a hinge for pivotally connecting said members together at a common fulcrum point, said wire loop extending beyond the end of said body section and having inturned ends, and means slidably mounted on the sides of said extending loop section for interlockingv engagement with said, body. 3. In a haircurling device, a body member, a jaw member hinged at a point between its ends to said body member and having a fingery engaging portion, a loop member having one end hinged to said body member, and means slidable upon and connected to the other end of said loop member for interlocking engagementv with lsaid body member, y A

4. In a hair curling device, a body member, a jaw member hinged at a p oint between its ends to said body member and having a finger engaging portion, a loop member having one end hinged to said body member, and means slidable upon and connected to the Vother end of said loop member for interlocking engagement with said body member, -said loop member and said jaw member being pivoted upon a common fulcrum.

f 5. In a hair curling device, a body member, a

Y spring-pressed jaw member hinged at a. point between its ends to said body member and having a finger engaging portion, a substantially rigid loop member having one end hinged to said body member, and means slidable upon and connected to the other end of said loop member and having interlocking engagement with said body member.

6. Ina hair curling device, a body member haV-' ing a slotted end, a jaw member of shorter length than said body member pivoted thereto, means pivoted to said body member for embracing a tuft of hair coiled on said body member whenY Vhandles at one end, a U-'shaped leaf-spring ylocated between said handles to urge the opposite Y f ends of said body and jaw towardr one Aanother to clamp upon a tuft of hair, and offset eye straps on said body Vand jaw for holding said spring .against lateral twisting.

8. In a haircurling device, a tubular body, a

jawmember conformably fitted and hinged'to 75 60. swung up into parallel relation thereto, andV said body, said body and jaw member having handles at one end, a U-shaped leaf-spring 1ocated between said handles to urge the opposite ends of said body and jaw toward one another to clamp upon a tuft of hair, and means on said body and jaw for holding said spring against lateral twisting, said means comprising a pair of strap loops formed inwardly from the handle ends of said body and jaw and embracing the arms of said spring.

9. In a hair curling device, a tubular body, a jaw member, a transverse pin for hinging said body .and jaw together, a Ui-shaped leaf-spring for pressing one end of said body and jaw member upon a tuft of hair located therebetween, the crowned end of said spring having a recess for embracing the hinge pin in such a manner as to centralize said spring.

10. In a hair curling device, a tubular body, a jaw member, a transverse pin for hinging said body and jaw together, a U-shaped leaf-spring for pressing one end of said body and jaw member upon a tuft of hair located therebetween, ,and means formed at the crowned end of said spring for embracing the hinge pin in such a manner as to centralize said spring, said latter means comprising a re-entrant .arcuate section of said crowned end.

l1. In a hair curling device, a tubular body, a jaw member, a transverse pin for hinging said body and jaw together, 'a U-shaped leaf-spring for pressing one end of 'said body .and jaw member upon a tut of hair located therebetween, and means formed at the crowned end of said spring for embracing the hinge pin in such a manner as to centralize said spring, the arms of said spring being secured in position by a pair of loops,`

formed inwardly from said body and jaw member.

12. In a hair curling device, a tubular body, a

jaw member, a transverse pin for hinging said body and jaw together, a U-shaped leaf-spring for pressing one end of said body and jaw member upon a tuft of hair located therebetween, the crowned end of said spring having a recess for embracing the hinge pin in such a manner as to centralize Said spring, the arms of said spring being secured in position by a pair of loops formed inwardly from said body and jawmember.

MAX KIESSLING.