US2110463A - Scalp cooling appliance - Google Patents

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March 8, 1938. w FERGuS QN 2,110,463

SCALP COOLING APPLIANCE Filed July 2s, 1935 2 sheets sheet 1 March 8,1933; H. w. FERGUSON SCALP COOLING APPLIANCE Filed July 23, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 17/117014 WFi'ksuswv,

Patented Mme, less 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This invention relates to a scalp cooling appliance.

One object of the invention is to provide a 7 use during the operation of a. permanent waving machine to cool the scalp by passing cool air over the scalp and under the waving apparatus l and the protectors thereof in such a manner as not to interfere with the various types of heaters or parts used for curling the hair. A further object of the inventionis to provide a scalp cooling appliance of this character which may be mounted on a chair at the back thereof or otherwise supported and capable of vertical adjustment to compensate 'for variations in the height or the head oi a person above the back of the chair. I Another object of the invention is to provide a scalp cooling appliance equipped with a plurality of individual air ducts or tubes capable of adjustment to vary thev length of the same and thereby afford individual adjustment to each of the ducts or tubes for conveniently arranging scalp cooling tubes or ducts in the desired position on the head of a person with relation to the hair curling devices, heating elements and protectors of a permanent waving machine.

A further object of the invention is to provide flexible elliptical or flattened scalp cooling tubes adapted to conform to the configuration of the head of a person and designed to be arranged between and extend partially beneath and be retained in position by opposite spaced protectors which are employed in conjunction with the heaters 01 a permanent waving machine.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a scalp cooling tube of this character provided at opposite sides with discharge orifices adapted to emit air at frequent intervals along the sides of the tube for passing a layer of cool air over the scalp and under the protectors and heaters whereby the scalp may be maintained in a cool,

comfortable condition while the heaters are in use.

A further object orthe invention is to provide means carried by the scalp cooling tubes for directing the currents of jets of air downwardly upon the scalp so that all of theair discharged irom the scalp cooling tubes will be effective for cooling the scalp.

Another object of the invention is to provide for scalp cooling appliances a shallow scalp coola 56 ing tube adapted to be arranged upon the head of a person and having its transverse dimension materially greater than its vertical dimension to increase the capacity of the tube without increasingits height and to provide a bottom surface which will prevent the tube from rolling on 5 the head, of a person and from displacing side openings provided in the tube for the discharge of a cooling medium over the scalp.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for preventing the flattened elliptical scalp 10 cooling tubes from collapsing and also to equip the scalp cooling tubes with terminal means located at the outer ends of the tubes for engaging the hair to assist in retaining the tubes in proper adjustment and prevent them from being. accil8 dentally withdrawn from beneath the protectors.

It is still further designed to'provide a scalp cooling tube adapted for arrangement upon the head of a person and having openings in a side thereof for the discharge of a cooling medium 20 and at the bottom thereof being, relatively broad and flat to resist rolling of thetube in use and thereby maintain the discharge openings of the tube in proper position with relation' to the scalp, the tube being provided with means for perma- 25 nently maintaining its shape with said broad flat surface at the bottom thereof.-

It is' still iurther designed to provide a hair cooling appliance including a flexible member adapted to conform to the shape of the users 0 head and provided with means for causing air to be deflected downwardly onto the users scalp to cool the same.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel 35 combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor de- 40 tails of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to. without departing from the spirit or sacriflcing'any oi. the advantages oi the invention In the drawings:-- 45 Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a scalp cooling appliance constructed in accordance with this invention and shown mounted on the back of a chair and illustrating the arrangement of the scalp cooling tubes on the head 01 a person. 50

Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, illustrating the arrangement of the scalp cooling tubes.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of one oi the scalp cooling tubes taken on the line 3-8 of Fig. 4 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 4 is a'transverse sectional view of one of thescalpcoolingtubestakenonthelinel-lof Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view.of the air distributing means.

l'ig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the same taken on the line 0-0 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 5.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment 'of the invention, the scalp cooling appliance may be mounted on the back I of a chair or any other suitable support and be operated by an ordinary air blower (not shown). The supporting means may be varied, if any used, and the appliance includes telescoping tubes I and 4 constituting a,

main air conduit and adjustable to compensate for the height of the head 5 of a person above the back I of the-chair or other support. Of course, the appliance may be supported above the user's head. In any event, as shown for purposes of illustration, the tube 4 may be mounted on the back I. of a chair or any other convenient. portion thereof in any desired manner. It is preferably secured to the chair by means of a clamp O of the ordinary construction and a gasket I of rubberor other suitable material is mounted on the tube I and interposed between the said telescoping tubes 3 and 4 at one end of the tube 4 to form an air-tight Joint and also to provide frictional means for maintaining the tube 3 in its adjusted position. 7

The tube or pipe I is connected stem end with a suitable casing 8 having an air distributing chamber 9. The casing I, as shown, is approximately triangular and tapers downwardly in width as shown in lfig. 5, and upwardly in transverse depth as shown in Fig. 1. The casing 5 may be of other formation.

The tube 3 is connected to one end of theming I and communicates with the chamber 9 and the outer end of the chamber is' provided with a plurality of relatively fixed tubes it into which telescopingly fit relatively adjustable tubes ll constructed of metal or other suitable rigid material. The telescoping tubes Ill and II which form individual extensible air distributing members or ducts are adapted to be lengthened and shortened to enable flexible scalp cooling tubes I! to be properly adjusted and positioned on the scalp of a person, as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings. The individual telescopic air distributing members, five of which are shown in Fig. 5, may be of any desired number, and they are provided at the outer ends of the relatively fixed tubes Ill with flexible collars ll of rubber or other suitable material to form. air-tight Joints at the telescoping connection between the tubes II and ii.

The scalp cooling tubes I! are preferably constructed of rubber or other flexible material and have reduced inner terminal portions it which are connected by flexible coupling sleeves II with the outer ends of the tubes I! and are substantially elliptical in cross section and thereby fiattened and adapted to fit against the scalp of a person beneath the hair curling devices ll, heaters .II and protectors ll of a permanent waving machine, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The I flattened scalp cooling tubes are adapted to extend partially beneath the common opposite spaced heater protectors 7 and they are thereby retained in position on the scalp by the said protectors and are enabled to cool the scalp below the protectors without ai'-, fecting the eillciency of the heaters or interfer-- ing with-the operation 'of the curling or other hair treating devices. In practice, the curling devices, heaters and protectors are arranged in rows, as illustrated diagrammatically in Fig. l of the drawings, and the flexible scalp cooling tubes which are adapted to conform automatically to the configuration of the head of a person are located between the rows of curling devices below the heaters and the protectors.

The flattened flexible scalp cooling tubes are provided at opposite sides with orifices I! located at intervals and adapted to emit air at opposite sides of the scalp cooling tubes and at frequent intervals. In order to enable the air to be di- .rected downwardly against the scalp, the scalp cooling tubes are provided at opposite sides with air deflectors I. located above the orifices l5 and if desired, they may be curved-downwardly, as clearly shown inFig. 4 of the drawings. The deflectors is preferably consist of flaps and may be conveniently formed by a strip of rubber or other suitable material secured to the scalp cooling tubes and extending longitudinally of the same and projecting at opposite sides thereof. The strips 10 may be secured to the tubes in any suitable manner and the latter may be prevented from collapsing by interiorly arranged light coil springs 2| composed of substantially elliptical convolutions which flt the inner surfaces of the scalp cooling tubes. Any other suitable means may, however, be employed for preventing the scalp cooling tubes from collapsing and which will not interfere with the flexibility of the tubes or thedischarge of air therefrom.

The outer ends 22 of the scalp cooling tubes are closed and form relatively solid extensions through which pass wires 28 havinglaterally bent ends 24 and forming a pair of laterally extending hooks which are adapted to engage'with the hair of a person to asist in maintaining the scalp cooling tubes in position and to prevent the same from being withdrawn from the-head of a person. While the scalp cooling tubes are shown provided at each side with a laterally extending hook, one of the hooks of each of the tubes may,

of course, be omitted.

The scalp cooling appliance is adapted to be readily applied to the scalp of a person and may be used with various types of permanent waving or other hair curling machines. The broad fiat surface at the bottom of the scalp cooling tube is adapted to prevent the scalp cooling tube from rolling, and it maintains the discharge openings i proper position with relation to the scalp when the scalp cooling tube is used with permanent waving machines which do not have protectors arranged to extend over the scalp cooling tube and hold the same in proper position on the head of a person. The vertical adJustment of the main air duct enables the air distributing casing and the air distributing tubes to be arranged at difierent elevations to compensate for variations in theheight of the head of persons from the back of the chair and the individually ad Justable telescoping tubes of the air distributing casing enable the scalp cooling tubes to be ad- Justed longitudinally to enable them to be ar-' ranged in the desired position on the scalp of a person and with relation to the curling and heating devices of a permanent waving or other hair curling machine and "while the scalp cooling tubes are shown as extending longitudinally of the scalp 2,110,408 from the back of the head to the front thereof they may, of course, be disposed transversely between the rows of heating and curling elements. The scalp cooling tubes discharge air over'the scalp and maintain a cool layer oi! air over the scalp below the heaters and beneath the protectors I'l so that the scalp is maintained in a cool condition -while the heaters are in operation. Moreover, as the cool air is discharged downwardly against the scalp below the protectors, the scalp cooling device will not diminish or otherwise affect the efliclency of the heaters of the machine. I I

The tubes l2 are flexible and extend from the telescoping tubes H and are fitted on the upper ends of the same to form air-tight connections with the said tubes II. The flexible tubes l2 may be of any desired length and they permit the necessary movement or adjustment of 'the scalp cooling tubes to enable the latter to be arranged on the head of a person ,in the desired positions with relation to the curling devices,

heating elements and protectors of the machine.

ing a vertical adjustmentfor the scalp cooling appliance to compensate for variations in the height of the head of a person above the back of the chair, a casing communicating with and carried by the upper tubular member of the main air conduit and having an air distributing chamber and provided with a, plurality of individual relatively rigid air distributing members, and a plurality of flexible scalp cooling tubes connected with the said individual air distributing members and adapted to be arranged against the scalp of a person and provided with means for discharging cool air over the scalp.

2. A scalp cooling appliance comprising a main air conduit, a casing communicating with and carried by the main air conduit and having an air distributing chamber, a plurality of adjustable individual air distributing members composed of relatively rigid telescopingly connected tubes permitting individual lengthening and shortening of the distributing members, and scalp cooling tubes connected with the adjustable air distributing members and provided with means for the discharge of air.

3. A scalp cooling appliance including a plurality of air delivering scalp cooling tubes adapted to be arranged upon the head of a person and having air discharge orifices and provided with means projecting from the tubes above the orifices for directingagainstthe scalp the air discharged fromthe orifices.

4. A scalp cooling appliance including a plurality of flexible air delivering scalp cooling tubes approximately elliptical in cross section and adapted when placed upon the head of a person to conform to the configuration of the scalp and provided at opposite sides with air discharge orifices, and means for directing the air downwardly against the scalp, said means consisting of flaps projecting from the sides of the scalp cooling tubes and curved downwardly over the orifices.

' 5,. A scalp cooling appliance including a plurality of air deliverying scalp cooling tubes designed to be arranged upon the head of a person and provided at opposite sides with air discharge orifices arranged at intervals, and strips of ma-.- terial secured to the-tubes and extending longitudinally-thereof at the top otthe same and prorality of flexible scalp cooling tubes'having oriflces for the discharge of air against the scalp of a person and provided at theouter ends with means for engaging the hair to assist in retain-.

ing the tubes in position on the head of a person.

7. A scalp cooling appliance comprising a plurality of flexible scalp cooling tubes having orifices for the discharge of air against the scalp of a person, each of said tubes being provided with a laterally projecting hook arranged to engage the hair for limiting longitudinal movement of the tubes on the scalp.

8. A scalp cooling appliance comprising a. plurality of flexible scalp cooling tubes having orifices for the discharge of air against the scalp of a person, said tubes being closed at their outer ends and provided thereat with laterally extending elements secured to the closed ends of the tubes and forming hooks for engaging the hair of a. person to limit longitudinal movement of the tubes.

9. A scalp cooling appliance comprising a main air conduit, a substantially triangular casing communicating with said conduit and tapered in width downwardly and in. depth upwardly and provided at the top with a plurality of rigid tubes, adjustable tubes telescoping into the rigid tubes, a plurality of flexible scalp cooling tubes adapted to be arranged upon the head of a person and provided with means for discharging air against the scalp, and means for connecting the scalp cooling device to the adjustable tubes.

10. A scalp cooling appliance comprising a casing having an air distributing chamber and provided with a plurality of rigid tubes projecting from the casing and communicating with said chamber, flexible scalp cooling tubes adapted to be arranged upon the head of a person and provided with means for discharging air against the scalp and having reduced terminal portions, and means including flexible couplings for connecting the reduced terminals of the scalp cooling tubes to the tubes of the casing.

' 11. A scalp cooling appliance comprising a casing having anair distributing chamber and provided with a plurality oi. rigid tubes communicating with the chamber, adjustable tubes telescopingly connected with the rigid tubes, flexible collars arranged on the said tubes and forming an air-tight joint at-the telescoping connections of the same, and flexible scalp cooling tubes adapted to'be arranged on the head of a person and having means for discharging air against the scalp, and means for connecting the scalpcooling tubes to the adjustable tubes.

12. A scalp cooling appliance comprising a casing having an air distributing chamber and provided with a plurality of rigid tubes projecting .from the casing and communicating with the chamber, flexible air cooling tubes adapted to, be

arranged upon the head of a person and provided with means for discharging air 'over the scalp for cooling the same, and means including flexible tubes for connecting the scalp cooling tubes with the rigid tubes of the casing.

13. A scalp cooling appliance including a 'flexible member provided with openings for discharging air therefrom, and means projecting from the member .i'or directing-the air downwardly against the scalp to cool the latter.

14. The combination with a hair cooling machine including hair -curling devices. spaced rows.

each provided with overhanging means engageable by said protectors to retain the tubes in position for discharging air against the scalp for 16. The combination with a hair curling machine comprising hair curling devices, and spaced rows of heating elements provided with scalp pro tectors, of a scalp cooling appliance including a plurality of scalp cooling tubes flexible throughout their lengths designed to be'arranged upon the head 01 a person under the protectors oi said heating elements and provided with means for discharging air against the scalp, said tubes being substantially elliptical in cross sectionand retained in place by the said heating elements and their protectors.

17. A scalp cooling appliance including a flexible .scalp cooling tubeadapted to be arranged upon the head oia person and provided with means arranged to engage the hair for holding the scalp cooling tube in place.

18. A scalp treating appliance including a hair treating device, a protector located beneath the scalp treating device and interposed between the same and the head oi a person when in use, and a scalp cooling tube adapted to be arranged on the head oi a person and substantially elliptical in cross section and extending under the protector and held in place by the same.

19. A head cooling appliance including spaced protectors adapted to be arranged beneath hair treating devices, and a scalp cooling tube approximately elliptical in cross section and presenting a flattened top surface extending beneath and engaged by said protectors to hold the scalp cooling tube in place. I

20. The combinationwith a hair cooling machine including hair curling devices and spaced/ rows of heating devices provided with scalp protectors, oi a cooling appliance including a tube ,to be arranged upon the head of a person under opposite rows of protectors oi the heating devices sidesthereottodischargeairoverthescalpbeneath the respective opposite rows 01' heating devices to cool the scalp inproximity to the heating devices and between and under and beyond the same during the hair treatment period.

21. A scalp treating appliance including an air conduit, a distributing chamber supplied with air by said conduit, a plurality of flxed'tubular members communicating with the distributing chamber, a plurality of adjustable tubular memscalp cooling tube being flattened and approxi-.

mately elliptical in cross section to present to the scalp a relatively broad suriaceand bring the discharge openings close to the scalp, the substantially elliptical shape or the tube being adapted to resist rolling of the same and thereby maintain the discharge openings in proper position and said'scalp cooling tube having means for permanently maintaining it in its substantially elliptical shape.

23. A scalp cooling appliance including a scalp cooling tube adapted to be arranged upon the head of a person and having in a side thereof openings for the discharge of a cooling medium, said scalp cooling tube having at the bottom a broad flat surface to flt against the head 0! a person to prevent rolling of the tube in use and thereby maintain the discharge openings of the tube in proper position with relation to the scalp and said scalp cooling tube being provided with means for permanently maintaining its shape writh said broad flat surface at the bottom there- 0 24. A scalp cooling appliance including a shallow scalp cooling tube adapted to be arranged upon the head .01 a person and provided in a side of it with openings for the discharge or a cooling medium and having atthe bottom a broad flat surface to flt against'the head of a person and to prevent rolling of the tube and thereby maintain the discharge openings in proper position with relation to the scalp, said tube having its transverse dimension materially greater than its vertical dimension thereby providing a tube of increased capacity without increasing the height of the tube. 25. vA scalp cooling appliance including a relatively long substantially shallow scalp cooling tube having its transverse dimension at least twice as great as its vertical dimension to increase the capacity of the tube 'without increasing its height and to provide a bottom surface to prevent-rolling of the tube on a person's scalp and provided in a side with openings for the discharge of a cooling medium under pressure from the interior of the tube over the scalp 0! the person.

HAROLD W. FERGUSON.

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