US2253885A

US2253885A - Feeding device for hairpins and the like

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Publication number: US2253885A
Application number: US244495A
Authority: US
Inventors: Louis V Bregou
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1938-12-07
Filing date: 1938-12-07
Publication date: 1941-08-26
Anticipated expiration: 1958-08-26

Description

1941- L. v. BREGOU 2,253,885

FEEDING DEVICE FOR HAIRPINS AND THE LIKE 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 7, 1938 f 6 28 jz/ezzr Aug. 26, 1941. v. BREGOU FEEDING DEVICE FOR HAIRPINS AND THE LIKE s Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. '7, 1938 Aug. 26, 1941. 1.. V/BREGOU FEEDING DEVICE FOR HAIRPINS AND THE LIKE Filed Dec. 7, 1938 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Aug. 26, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I rams: rename navrca r o l z namrnss sun m Louis v. Brcgou, Worcester, Mass. Application December I, 1938, Serial No. 244,495 8 Claims. (cl. 812-45) This invention relates to a device for feeding hair pins, Principally for use in beauty salons, and the like.

The principal objects of the invention are to eliminate the inconvenience and waste as well as the unsanitary conditions which usually exist in beauty salons, barber shops, and the like, by the fact that hair pins are removed from one head and placed on a table top or any flat surface that is handy andfall on the floor or into open drawers and chutes, and sometimes are used on the next customers head through inadvertence or negligence; to provide a casing in which one or more parallel stacks oi hair pins are connected in stacks by cementing them together, by means of a celluloidal product or lacquer with a cellulose base, which is readily frangible, so that they can be individually detached and fed from the casing one by one; to provide means whereby one hair pin at a time can be moved from the end 01' aline of hair pins and projected through the case to a position thereon, from which it is very easily removed by an operator; to provide suitable means for mounting the casing on the wrist oi the operator, or on the arm of a chair or on any piece of furniture where it can be conveniently strapped; to provide the casing in a form suitable for resting on a horizontal surface; to provide yielding means for forcing one or more hair pins along a distinct course so that they will reach the point of exit; to provide a spring inside the case with a knob thereon, the spring having means fitting the inside of the hair pin, and means for operating the spring by hand to force the end hair pin out at the side of the casing, and to provide a suitable casing therefor and means for detaching a part thereof for reloading purposes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which-'- Flg. 1 is a plan of a preferred embodiment of this invention, shown partly in section;

Fig. 2 is a side view looking in the direction of the arrow 2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an end view looking in the direction of -the arrow 3 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a central sectional view on the line l-l of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a. transverse sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a view like Fig. 4 with some of the parts separated;

, Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view of the cap for the casing, showing, in elevation, a guide attached 'tlfreto and a guiding wire secured therein;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line H of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line 0-! of Fig. 10 is a fragmentary end view as indicated by the arrow II in Fig. 9; a

Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional view on the line ll-li ot'Fig. 10, showing the hair pins and the .method of projecting one into position for removal;

Fig. 12 is a sectional view on the line l2-l2 of Fig. 11, illustrating them-ejection of a hair pin; j

Fig. 13 is a side view of a modified form of this invention, partly in section, adapted to be placed on a table top counter, or the like, and

Fig. 14 is an end view as indicated by the arrow I l in Fig. 13.

,The invention is shown on the first two sheets ,as involving a casing III, which maybe of some plastic material, metal, or alloy. This constitutes the main casing for the device. It is obvious that 'this casing is shown in a modified elliptic form and consists of a single piece to hold the hair pins and discharge them. On one end it is closed and on the other end it is open and provided with a cap I I of shallow shape and fitting the open end of the casing l0. concentrically located inside is a boss l2 integral with the cap II and shown of a conical shape inside and out. Inside this is a conical hub l3 constituting the end of a screwkeried end I.

Inside the hub I3 is a recess extending in from the inner end and screwthreaded to receive'the end of a central longitudinal screw l5 which is provided with a concentric head It on the other end. This head It fits into a recess in the flat end 01' the casing l0 and is fixedly secured to the casing in said recess. Beyond the recess, and containing it, is a bar I! which extends nearly the width of the casing and is integral therewith. This bar i'l permits of holding the casing by this end to prevent its turning. Two oblong holes ll extend through the casing end.

Concentrically mounted on the rod I5 is a tube 20 that extends substantially the length of the combined casing and cap and has a collar II at one extreme end bearing against the head l6 and also bearing against a plate 22. A main spring 23 extends the length of the casing from the plate 22 to the cap 'I l, the conical surface of which it engages, to be centered byit. It serves to push; the hair pins toward the flat end of the casing.

These hair pins are mounted between this plate 22 and this head, as shown in Fig. 11, on two longitudinal bars 24 in the present case, which is designed to feed two series of hair pins. These bars 24 are fixed to the cap H and each one extends beyond a guide 25. They are located on opposite ides of it. The guide 25 fits accurately and fills a. long recess 25a in the casing in to hold the cap firmly in place and also the rods 24 which are carried by the cap. The guide 25 extend only just to a position short of the end wall of the casing it and there is an exit between the end wall and the end of each rod 24 just sufllcient for a hair pin to pass through in a direction transverse to its travel along the rod In the casing l and riveted at 21 is a curved spring 28 which is riveted to a hand button 29 at the point 30. This hand button is spaced from the head of the rivet 30 by a rivet shank 3| which slides in one of the openings 18. The spring itself, of course, extends beyond the rivet 30, as shown best in Fig. 11, and being located in the same plane as the end hair pin of the series and guided in one of the openings l8, must necessarily come into the space between the two tines of the end hair pin. By moving either button 29 from the position shown in Fig. 9 to that shown in Fig. 11 one hair pin has its end loop ejected to lie along a face 34 of the casing III. From this position the pin is removed easily and quickly by the operator. The spring 28 draws back by its own resiliency to the position shown in Fig. 1 and a new hair pin automatically comes into registration with it ready for ejection.

The guide is fixed to the cap II and the two rods 24 are also fixed to this cap, spaced properly apart so that these rods do not move after the cap is fixed and obviously the cap cannot be turned or twisted in putting it in place.

What may be called the bottom of this casing is provided with a curved external surface 32 for the reception of a clip 33, which is riveted to this curved surface. This surface is a support for the whole device to be placed on the wrist, or on the arm of a chair, a chair back, table edge, or the like. It may be of resilient strip metal and two of them are shown in this case, see Fig. 4.

The operation is very simple. forces the plate 22, see Fig. 11, forward all the time and the hair pins, by the manipulation of the button 29 from the position shown in Fig. 9 to the other extreme position shown in Fig. 11, are forced to project out, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 12, along the surface 34.

The guide 25 serves to strengthen the whole structure and hold the cap I l in the proper relative position as well as the rods 24. The screwkerfed end l4, being screwed on the central rod I5, securely holds the cap also and closes the casing.

In order to refill, after the hair pins have been exhausted, the screw-kerfed end I4 is unscrewed from the central rod IS. The cap H is removed by longitudinal motion, as shown in Fig. 6. Then the plate 22 can be drawn back and solid lines of the pins strung on the rods 24. Then the casing can be closed, as has already been shown and is ready to work.

In the form shown in Figs. 13 and 14, there is a base 35 for the casing 36 which is integral with the base, preferably. In this case the device is arranged for five stacks of hair pins on rods 24, the same way as in the other form. The buttons 29 are employed in the same way, the hair pin at the end of the series, corresponding to the button pushed outwardly, will be ejected. The cap 31 is itself scrwthreaded into the casing and provides its own conical member 38 to cooperate with the same spring 23 asused in the other case, but five springs 23 and plates 39 are used for the five rows of hair pins. This construction is used simply on a table top, counter, dressing table, or the like, and has a much greater capacity than the other form.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

l. A hair pin feeding device comprising a casing, a rod extending longitudinally thereof, a coil spring on the rod, a plate movable along the rod by the action of the spring and adapted to receive a stack of hair pins in front of it, means extending longitudinally of said casing for guiding the hair pins in a direction parallel to the longitudinal action of the spring, said casing having a side opening at-one end through which the end hair pin of the stack can be removed at any time, and spring retracted manually operable means engageable with the end pin to so remove the hair pin, said means being secured to the casing.

The spring 23 2. A hair pin feeder comprising a casing, a rod extending longitudinally thereof, a spring on the rod, a plate movable along the rod by the action of the spring and adapted to receive a stack of hair pinsand to push the stack toward one end of the casing, means extending longitudinally of said casing for guiding the hair pins in a direction parallel to the longitudinal action of the spring, said casing having a side opening through which the end hair pin of the stack can be removed, and means slidable in said opening to so remove said hair pin, said means being secured to the casing and engageable with the end pin.

3. In a hair pin delivery device, the combination of a casing from one end of which the pins are to be delivered, a longitudinal rod therein, terminating at a distance from the delivery end of the casing substantially equal to the thickness of a hair pin, for receiving a series of hair pins thereon in the casing, an exit opening in the I casing, a plate behind the series of hair pins,

yielding means in the casing for forcing the plate against the hair pins to move the end one against the end of the casing, and a spring normally extending into the end hair pin of the series, whereby, when the last named spring is pushed toward the rod, the end of the spring will push the end hair pin out through the space between the rod and the end of the casing to a point from which it can be removed easily, through the exit opening.

4. In a hair pin delivery device, the combination of a casing from one end of which the pins are to be delivered, a longitudinal rod therein, terminating at a distance from the delivery end of the casing substantially equal to the thickness of a hair pin, for receiving a series of hair pins thereon in the casing, an exit opening in the casing, a plate behind the series of hair pins, yielding means in the casing for forcing the end hair pin into the space between the rod and the casing, the end of the casing having a slot therethrough, a push button outside the casing and having a projection extending through the slot, a

spring in the casing to which said projection is secured, the spring normally extending into the end hair pin of a series, whereby, when the button is pushed toward the rod, the end of the spring will push the end hair pin out through the space between the rod and the end of the casing, and partially through the exit opening.

5. In a hair pin delivery device, the combination of a casing having a delivery end, a longitudinal rod therein and spaced from said end for receiving a series of hair pins thereon in the casing, a plate behind the series of hair pins, yielding means in the casing engageable with said plate for forcing the end hair pin against the delivery end of the casing, said end of the casing having a slot therethrough, a push button outside the casing and having a projection extending through the slot, a spring in the casing to which said projection is secured, the spring normally extending into the end hair pin of a series, whereby, when the button is pushed toward the rod, the end of the spring will push the end hair pin out through the delivery end of the casing.

6. In a device for feeding hair pins, the combination of a main casing having an open end, a cap fitting said open end and closing it and having an inside conical surface, an end member having a conical projection extending into and fitting said inside surface, a screw secured to the other end of the casing and adapted to screw into said end member, a tube slidably fitting said screw, a spring on said tube, a plate against which the spring operates to force the hair pins against the other end of the casing, and an exit opening in the casing for removal of the hair pins.

7. In a device for feeding hair pins, the combination of a main casing having an open end, a cap fitting said open end and closing it and having an inside conical surface, an end member having a conical projection extending into and fitting said inside surface, a screw secured to the other end of the casing and adapted to screw into said end member, and a tube slidably fitting said screw and having a conical end larger than the rest of the tube and filling the inner small end of the inside conical surface, a spring on said tube,- a plate against which the spring operates to force the hair pins against the other end of the casing, and an exit opening for said hair pins.

8. In a hair pin feeding device, the combination of a casing open at one end and having an opposite end wall, an exit opening in the casing, a cap secured on the open end to close the casing, a spring secured to the inner surface of a wall of the casing and extending against the end wall of the casing so as to be readily movable, an outside accessible button connected with said spring through said wall, the end of the spring adapted to extend into a hair pin held against said end wall, whereby the moving of the button in one direction will discharge the loop end of the hair pin along a surface of said casing into a position where it can be removed readily through said exit'opening in said casing.

9. In a hair pin feeding device, the combination of a casing open at one end and having an opposite end wall, a cap secured on the open end to close the casing, means to urge hair pins toward said end wall, a spring secured to an inner surface of another wall of the casing and extending against the end wall so as to be readily movable, and a button connected with said spring through a slot in the end wall and movable with the spring, the end of the spring adapted to extend into a hair pin held against said end wall, whereby the pushing of the button will discharge the loop end of the hair pin along a surface of said casing where it is left for manual removal, and an exit opening for said removal.

LOUIS "V. BREGOU.