US2465745A - Page-boy hair curler - Google Patents

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March 29, 1949: H. AT. @RR ET AL 2,465,745

PAGE-BOY HAIRCURLER Filed April 1i, 194e Patented Mar. 29, 1949 NITE!) STATES ATENT OFFICE v2,465,745 renacer HAIR conter,

Helen Thompson Orr and William Arthur Bates, Bayside, N. Y. Application April 11, 1946, Serial No. 661,449

3 Claims. l

`our invention relates to a device to be used in creating a page-boy hair style.

The present method of hair curling for pageboy bob has been with a large curler with a clamp. Said clamp creates too tight a curl and leaves a ridge on the hair, where the hair should be smooth. Another method of page-boy curling has been to use a `spring or a coil device. Said device necessitates pinning the hair on the said device with hair pins. cult, unwieldy, and tiresome. Still another method of page-boy curling is to wind the hair around the finger and to retain it with hairpins. This latter method is known as pin curling and takes ten to fteen minutes to accom plish. It leaves a light fuzzy curl. Such a curl spoils a page-boy bob as the curl should be smooth and not fuzzy.

In our device we wind the curl on. round tubes,

the first of said tubes having connecting elem-ents i on both ends so that it can be fastened to the hair and to the next tube by said connecting elements. The hair is then wound around the second tube or curler and the second tube is connected or linked into the first tube by said con.- necting elements. We then proceed with like tubes and linking means until we reach the last tube or curler. Said last tube or curler is fastened at its open end into the hair, i. e. the connecting elements are on the outer end and are used in this instance to fasten the tube or curler to the hair.

The following objects are accomplished by our invention. First, we have a rm set of tubes or curlers which tend to give a perfect and a proper shape to our page-boy curl. Second, the slots or openings in the tubes Ior curlers help the curl to dry quickly, which results in a great time saving. Third, our device can accomplish a complete page-boy bob curl in two to three minutes.

Fourth, with our device or invention the pageboy bob will become more popular as it is easier to handle. Fifth, due to the evenness of our tubes it is easier to get a good smooth curl.

Sixth, our device can be made very cheaply.

Seventh, our device has a ready market and will serve a much needed use. Eighth, our device is very durable. Ninth, our device is easily handled and can even be used by a child.

When the tubes are made out of a metal they are made of light gage material so as not to be heavy on the head.

One form of our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 shows the device adapted to produce a page-boy bob. Fig- That operation is diil ure '2 is a front view of a series of curler tubes connected. Figure 3 is a cross section on line 3-3 of Figure 2. Figure 4 shows two (2) curler tubes in perspective in connected condition.

Reading on Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, I0 is the curler tube made of aluminum or an alloy of aluminum, II represents a plurality of slots in said curler tube, i2 represents the connecting elements also made of aluminum alloy, I3 represents the attaching portion of the respective connecting elements, looped through a slot, forming a ring shaped end, and fastened or closed tight to prevent the sliding of the respective connecting elements, and I4 represents the detachable respective connecting portion of the connecting elements and has a hook shape vas shown to make it easily detachable from the various other tubes and from the hair when it is used for that purpose, i. e. to attach to the hair.

In operation, a unit consists of any number of curler tubes, preferably six, yi'lve of which are all alike in that they each have one or preferably two connecting elements on one end only; the siXth unit has four connecting elements, i. e. one or preferably two connecting elements on each end of said unit, one set to anchor the unit to the hair the other set to anchor the unit to the adjacent unit. However, the combination;

may or could be five units, four units having connecting units at one end only and one having connecting units at both ends, or in fact, any number of combinations may be formed.

End I3 of each said connecting element I2 is ring shaped and is looped through the slots or perforations of one of said tubes IG and is permanently fastened to said one of said tubes I0. The other end Ill of connecting element I2 is open and is of hooked shape to enable one to detach the units from each other easily and also to permit said elements I2 to be fastened to and removable from the hair when end I4 of said element I2 is required to be attached to or detached from the hair.

Preferably, our tubes or curlers are about 21/2 inches in length and about 3A inch' in diameter and are preferably made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, magnesium or stainless steel, a moulded plastic or similar composition and are slit or perforated to permit the heat to penetrate and cause the hair to dry easily and creates good ventilation which is a time saver in drying.

Member I2 may be made of flat material as it is found in practice that this form of hook prevents entanglement with the hair. Of course,

it is understood that even round stock may be used for that purpose.

Tube I may be made of sheet metal or rolled, or it may be made of plastic. When made of plastic it may be made or moulded in one piece. Said material can have any number of holes or slots as may be required. The preference is to have about four slots.

While we have illustrated our invention in different ways and using different materials and means, still we do not intend to limit ourselves to those particular means, designs, methods, materials, or uses, as it is apparent that other means, designs, methods, materials, or uses, may be employed for obtaining the same or other results within the scope of the claims asserted herein without departing from the scope or spirit of our invention.

We claim:

1. A hair curler, comprising in combination, a cylindrical tube having a plurality of slots, a connecting element, said connecting element being looped through one of said slots and forming a ring shaped end, said ring shaped end being closed tight, so as to prevent sliding of the connecting element, the other end of said element having a hook shape so as to be attachable to other similar cylindrical tubes, and so as to be easily detachable from the hair when said detachable hook has been fastened to the hair.

2. A hair curler for use in making a hair curl known as page-boy bob, comprising in combination, several cylindrical tubes, the respective cylindrical tubes having the same diameter and length, and having several slots therein, a connecting link at one end of each of several of said tubes, said connecting links connecting said tubes together. said connecting links being permanently fastened at one end into said slots in said tubes.

the other end of each said connecting link being open and being hook shaped so as to link into the slots in the adjacent tube, the end tubes having connecting links on both ends thereof so that one end may fasten into the slots in the adjacent tube, and so that the links on the other end may fasten into the hair.

3. A hair curler, for use in making a hair curler known as page-boy bob, comprising in combination, several cylindrical tubes, said cylindrical tubes being of like diameter and having several slots therein, said slots running practically the full length of said tubes, some of said tubes being used as interior tubes only, said interior tubes having a connecting element on one end only of said tubes, said connecting element comprising a separate piece having one end looped through a slot of a said interior cylindrical tube in link fashion and fastened tight so as to prevent a sliding motion between the connecting element and the cylindrical tube, the other end of said connecting element being hook shape so as to fasten into one of the slots of an adjacent cylindrical tube, the end tubes of the connecting link having additional similar connecting elements so as to fasten into the hair of the person using the said cylindrical tubes to eiect a pageboy curl.

HELEN THOMPSON ORR. WILLIAM ARTHUR BATES.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,886,887 Keilhamer et al Nov. 8, 1932 2,052,381 Chernow Aug. 25, 1936 2,300,437 Solomon Nov. 3, 1942

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