US2237942A

US2237942A - Ringlet curler

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Publication number: US2237942A
Application number: US342088A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lemley Zack
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-06-24
Filing date: 1940-06-24
Publication date: 1941-04-08
Anticipated expiration: 1958-04-08

Description

Y E L M E L K RINGLET CURLER Filed June 24,

MLLU- INVENTOR. 2/45/64. A EML E Y Patented Apr. 8, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE maul: amcm'r comma z'aek Lemlcy, Denver, c010. Appllcationiunc 24, 1940, Serial No. 342.088

9 Claims. (Cl. 132-40) pensive to manufacture and presented such a rigid member thatit made it uncomfortable for the wearer to rest her head against a pillow.

Another object of this invention is to provide a ringlet curler which will require no assembling operations but which will be complete and ready to use when removed from the original forming mold so thatit will be inexpensive to manuiacture.

invention reference is had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof. Like numerals refer to like parts in all views of the drawing and throughout the description.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a face view of the spool portion of the improved curler, showing it approximately full Fig. 2 is an edge view of the curler with an attachment clamp in place thereon.

Fig. 3 is an axial sectional view through the spool member illustrating it in the bentback or open positionready to receive the tip of a strand of hair.

Fig. 4 is a cross section therethrough, taken on the line M, Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a similar cross section, taken on the line I--5, Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the attachment clamp removed from the spool.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of an angle clip used in the invention, as it would appear before being imbedded in the spool member.

The invention consists of but two separate units: a relatively flat, wide-flanged, spool member. with an imbedded clamping member; and an attachment clamp member.

The spool member is molded from relatively soft resilient rubber or similar material and consists of a ste n portion ll having buttons H lormed integrally therewith in each extremity thereof. The buttons are resilient so that they may be freely bent back outwardly; and are provided with indented sockets II at their middles.

One leg of an angle clip I3 is lmbedded in one of the buttons. the other leg thereof extends inwardly along the stem portion I. to form a clamping device for holding the tip extremity of a strand of hair against the stem portion.

The clip consists of a relatively stifi piece of sheet metal bent at right angles to form two legs as shown in Fig. '1. It is placed in the rubber mold at the time thespool is molded so that one leg becomes permanently imbedded in the rubber of one of the buttons while the other leg remains free.

The attachment clamp member is shown in detail in Fig. 6. It consists of a sheet ll of metal or similar resilient material which is bent back oh itself to form a clamping portion II from which a middle leg member It depends. The extremity of the leg is indented to form a rounded dimple" IT. The sheet I4 is also extended downwardly to form two spaced-apart clamping legs I! separated by a rounded notch. The relation of the rounded notch and the dimple H is such that when the clamp member is in place on the spool the notch will enclose the spool stem while the dimple engages in one o! the indented sockets IZ as shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

In use, the head of hair is divided into a plu rality of separated strands. The button of one of the curlers is bentback to raise the clip l3 from the stem ll. The tip of a strand is passed beneath the clip I! and the clip is allowed to close therein under the natural resiliency of the rubber button.

The curler is now rotated in the fingers to wind the strand about the stem ll between the two buttons II. when the root portion of the strand is reached, the attachment clamp member is slipped thereover and over the button I I which is nearest the scalp. This securely clamps the hair in the curler and prevents unrolllng and also holds the curler flat against the scalp.

The hair is preferably dampened with water or with wave setting solution beforebeing rolled on the curlers and the latter are left in place until the hair has been properly dried.

While a specific form or the improvement has been described and illustrated herein, it is desired to be understood that the same may be I varied, within the scope oi the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

, Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A hair curler comprising; a relatively flat, wide-flanged spool of soft, elastic material; consisting of a stem portion with button-likeextremities thereon, and means for clamping the tip extremity ra strand of hair against said stem portion."

2. A hair curler consisting of a spool having a stem'portion; button-like extremities on said stem portion; a clamping member secured to one of said extremities and extending along said stem, said extremity being of resilient material. the resiliency of which urges said clip toward said stem portion.

3. A hair curler consisting of a relatively flat, wide-flanged spool of resilient material and an angle clip having one leg imbedded in the material of a flange of said spool and the other leg extending along the stem of said spool so that the material resiliency of said flange will urge said clip toward said stem portion.

4. A' hair curler consisting of a relatively flat, wide-flanged spool ofrelatively soft, pliable, resilient material and clamping means extending inwardly from one of the flanges of said spool member along thestem thereof the natural resiliency of said flange acting to resiliently hold said clip against the stem of said spool to clamp a strand of hair thereagainst.

5. A hair curler consisting of a spool having a stem portion; a button-like extremity on said stem portion; there being an indentation at the axis of the outer face of said extremity; and a hair clamping member overlapping one of the extremities and engagin in said indentation.

6. A hair curler consisting of a spool having a stem portion; a button-like extremity on said stem portion; a U-shaped clamping member slidably fitted over said extremity, the inner portion of said clamping member being bi-i'urcated to pass on both sides of the stem portion,

'1. A hair curler comprising: a stem; a button concentrically mounted on each extremityof said stem and a resilient attachment clip extending from the inner face of one button to the outer face of the same, the inner portion of said clip being bifurcated and of suflicient length to extend on each side of said stem. the outer portion of said clip having a resilient leg extending to an axial position on the outer face of said button.

8. A hair curler comprising: a stem; a button concentrically mounted on each! extremity of said stem and a resilient attachment clip extending from the inner face of one button to the outer face of the same, the inner portion of said clip being bifurcated and of sufficient length to extend on each side of said stem, the outer portion of said clip having a resilient leg extending to an axial position on the outer face of said button, there being an indentation in said button at said axial position, and means on said leg for engaging in said indentation to hold said clip in place on said button.

9. A hair curler comprising: a stem; a button concentrically mounted on eachextremity of said stem and a resilient attachment clip extending from the inner face of one button to the outer face of the same, the inner portion of said clip being bifurcated and of sufllcient length to I extend on each side of -said stem, the outer portion of said clip having a resilient leg engaging the outer face of said button.

ZACK LEMLEY.