US2075652A - Hair-waving apparatus - Google Patents

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March 30, 1937. y R, G, E| AND 2,075,652

HAIR WAVING APPARATUS Filed Nov. 50, 1955 INVENTOR Raynva ZCZ GfLeZanoZ A BY M ATTORNEYS?? l Patented Mar. 30, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to hair-waving apparatus and more particularly to specific forms of such apparatus designed for curling the hair 1n connection with any form of steaming, heating, or treating apparatus.

The primary object of the invention is to provide means which permit the rapid curling of the hair, the effectual holding of the curl or curls, and the safeguarding of the head of the person being treated from any possibility of burns, and also precluding the possibility of pulling the hair to the greatdiscomfort of the person operated upon.

A further object is to provide an apparatus of this kind which permits the desired tension to be had upon the hair; which permits the winding of a cord about the strand of hair, and which permits the holding of said cord in place without the necessity of knotting the same.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all of which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingvFigure 1 is a view in side elevation illustrating my improved apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View somewhat similar to Fig. 1 but showing the position of the Winderv and its relation to a cord wound around a strand of hair;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing the position of the clip on the forming bar after the coiling operation is ended, the winderremoved, and the clip operatively holding the cord Wound on the strand of hair;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the inner end of the forming bar;

Fig. 5 is a View in transverse section on the line 5-5 of Fig. l;

Fig. 6 is a view in transverse section on the same line as Fig. '7 but showing the clamping plate in open position;

Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 6 butshowing the clamping plate in its closed position,v the View being taken on the line 'I-1 of Fig. -1;v

Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view in section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a view in elevation illustrating the employment of an auxiliary forming bar in connection with the main forming bar;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged View in transverse section on the line III-IU of Fig. 9.

The reference character A is employed to indicate generally ywhat I term a base, which is adapted to be positioned against the head of the patient4 and to which a forming bar I is coupled. The base A comprises a pair of spaced stationary clamping plates 2 and 3, which are rigidly secured to a pad 4 of asbestos or other suitable heat-insulating material, which is adapted to be locatedv directly against the head. 'Ihe stationary clamping plates 2 and 3 have suitable spacers 5 between them, and a movable clamping plate 6 is pivotally connected to and between the plates 2 and 3 by a rivet 1 and suitable finger holds 8 and 9 are provided on the plates 2 and 6 respectively. 'I'he plates 2, 3 and 6 are somewhat crescent-shaped and the plate 2 has a central recess I0 for the reception of one end of the bar I, and has a suitable entrance slot II communicating with said recess and registering with an entrance slot I2 in the pad 4 for the passage of a strand of hair I3. The side walls of the recess I0 are parallel and are spaced apart a distance less than the diameter of the bar I, but said bar is provided in opposite sides with notches I4 to receive the walls of the recess I0 and permit the secure coupling of the end of the bar to the fixed plate 2. Furthermore, it will be noted particularly by reference to Figs. 4, 6, and 7 of the drawing, that the end or extremity of the bar I has a. recess forming a flat face I5 against which the strand of hair I3 is located and is securely clamped between said fiat face I5 and a ilat face I6 formed by a recess Il in the movable clamping plate 6. It will also be seen by reference to Fig. 8 of the drawing, that the lower plate :i` extends forward slightly beyond the recess III of thep-late 2, so that the strand of hair I3 is not only clamped between the flat faces I5 and I6, but is also given a longitudinal bite which absolutely clamps the strand -of hair, and regardless of how much tension or pull is had upon the strand it will not exert a pull on the scalp as the strand is securely clamped in the base when the clamping plate 6 is moved into its closed position, as shown most clearly in Fig. 'l of the drawing.

'Ihe outer edge of the movable plate 2 is curved' concentrically with its pivot and is provided with ratchet teeth I8 which are engaged by a pawl I9 constituting a portion of aspring arm 20. This spring arm constitutes a spring wire projecting at one end through a sleeve 2I fixed to the plate 2 and at its other extremity bent upon itself, forming 'a handle 22 and also forming the pawl which has a, limited movement in a recess 23 in the edge of the plate 2. This spring arm 20, between its ends, is given a lateral bend, as shown at 24, which constitutes a spring shoulder for holding the clamping bar I in the recess III after the bar has been forced into said recess. A spring clip 25 is mounted to move on the bar I and is preferably formed with a collar 26 sliding on the bar. This clipwill be more fully hereinafter described in connection with the operation of the apparatus.

rThe reference character B is employed to` indicate generally my improved winder, which comprises a pair of jaws 21 and 28 having linger holds 29 and 30 respectively, and which are pivotally connected by a pin 3l having a coil spring 32 thereon tending to close the jaws. These jaws 21 and 28 constitute angles in longitudinal section and said angles are larger at one end of the jaws than they are at the other so that the interior of the jaws has a longitudinal taper. Both of these jaws are provided at their free edges with aring flanges, the ange 33 of jaw 21 being appreciably longer than the flange 34 of jaw 28. The longer ange 33 has a cord-receiving notch 35 therein and the jaw 33 at one end, which constitutes the entrance end, is beveled or inclined from the extremity of the jaw tc the ange 34, as shown at 36. A finger-receiving wire frame 31 is connected to the nger holds 29 and 3D and a nger of the hand may be inserted in this frame 31 to cause the Winder to be rapidly turned around the bar I in coiling the hair thereon. An elastic cord 38 is connected to one of the nger holds, 29 or 3B, and is provided With a hook 39 which may be caught over the wire frame 31 so as to exert a certain amount of tension upon the strand of hair I3 as the latter is wound on the bar I, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1 of the drawing. v 7

The operation of the apparatus above described is as follows: The forming bar I is rst inserted in the base and the strand of hair I3 is then passed through the entrance slot I in the base and positioned against the inner end of the bar I. The clamping plate 6 is then swung to its closed and locked position securely clamping the strand of hair as above described.

The strand of hair is then wound, preferably by placing the Winder B in position with its jaws over the bar, the free end of the strand being positioned around a iinger hold o1" the Winder, and if the hair is twelve to eighteen inches long then it is pushed through the finger frame 31. The strand of hair is held in this position by means of the elastic cord 38, which is secured against the hair and connected by its hook 39 to the nger frame 31.

The operator then turns the winder two or three times about the bar i, and then inserts his ringer in the ringer frame and turns it, causing the hair to be quickly, evenly, smoothly, correctly overlapped, and tightly Wound on the bar I. As the winding operation nears its completion or in case the hair strand has uneven short ends, at any time a cord 40 is wound over the strand of hair, one` end of said cord being locatedl in the notch 35, thus winding the cord on the hair as the latter is coiled. Before the winder is removed, the clip 25 is moved along the bar I until it engages over the cord and the end of the strand of wound hair, as shown in Fig. 3, thus securing the hair and cord on the bar ready for the nextV operation or treatment. Y

In Figs. 9 and 10 of the drawing, I illustrate another manner of curling or waving the hair, in which a bar 4I, similar in most respects to the bar I, is employed and an auxiliary bar 42 is utilized. An opening 49 is provided in the plate' 2 to receive one end of this bar 42. A strand of hair is rst wound from the scalp outwardly on the bar 4I and thenvis wound or coiled in the opposite direction on the auxiliary bar 42, this latter coil beginning from the outer end of the strand of hair. To facilitate the holding of this outer end of the hair, the forming bar 42 has a clamping bar 43 pivoted thereto. The bar 4I in this instance, at its extremity, is provided with a coupling plate 44 which receives the reduced end 45 of the bar 42, and has a spring pawl 46 thereon to engage a ratchet wheel 41 on the bar 42. This bar 42 also preferably has an angular enlarged end 48 to permit the same to be readily turned and place the hair under any desired tension, this turning action of the bar 42 being permitted in one direction by the ratchet devices 46 and 41 as will be understood, and when the desired tension is had this ratchet mechanism will prevent any retrograde movement.

It is apparent that my apparatus is adapted for use in connection with any method or means for treating the hair and heating the same, and I do not wish to be limited in this particular. Furthermore, it is obvious that many changes may be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts without departing from the invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A hair-Waving apparatus including a base consisting of a pad and a fixed clamping plate thereon, a pivoted clamping plate, ratchet and pawl means operatively connecting the plates, a stationary plate having a central recess therein to receive a forming bar, and a spring arm on the stationary plate adapted to hold the bar in coupled relation to the plate.

2. A hair-waving apparatus including a base, a stationary plate on the base having a central recess with parallel Walls and an entrance slot communicating with said recess, a forming bar of greater diameter than the width of the recess and having notches in its opposite sides to receive the walls of the recess and having a notch in its end with the flat wall at right angles to the walls of said recess, a pivoted clamping plate having a flat wall between which and the at wall of the forming bar a strand of hair is adapted to be clamped, and a spring arm on the stationary plate adapted to hold the bar in coupled relation to the plate.

3. A hair-waving apparatus including a base', a stationary plate on the base having a central recess with parallel walls and an entrance slot, communicating with said recess, a forming bar of greater diameter than the width of the recess and having notches in its opposite sides to receive the walls of the recess and having a notch in its end with the flat wall at right angles to the walls of said recess, a pivoted clamping plate having a flat wall between which and the flat wall of the forming bar a strand of hair is adapted to be clamped, and a second plate under the rst-mentioned plate extended beyond said recess whereby the strand of hair clamped between the plates is given an angular disposition,

4. A hair-Waving apparatus including a base consisting of a pad, a pair of stationary plates spaced apart and xed to the pad and adapted to receive and support a forming bar, a pivoted clamping plate movable between the rst-men tioned plates, a spring arm xed to one of said first-mentioned plates, a pawl on said spring arm, one of said nist-mentioned plates having a recessed edge limiting the movement of the pawl, said movable plate having ratchet teeth at its edge adapted to be engaged by the pawl, and said spring arm also having a lateral bend to engage the forming bar held by the plates.

RAGNVALD G. LELAND.

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