US2792843A

US2792843A - Hair curler

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Publication number: US2792843A
Application number: US600806A
Authority: US
Inventors: Eppich Elizabeth
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1956-07-30
Filing date: 1956-07-30
Publication date: 1957-05-21
Anticipated expiration: 1974-05-21

Description

May 21, 1957 E. EPPICH HAIR CURLER Filed July 30, 1956 FIG. I

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INVENTOR. ELIZABETH EPPICH BY ATTORNEYS United States Patent HAIR CURLER Elizabeth Eppich, Mayfield Heights, Ohio Application July 30, 1956, Serial No. 600,806

4 Claims. (Cl. 132-43) This invention relates to hair dressing devices and more particularly to hair curlers of a mechanical type about which the hair is wrapped or curled until a wave or ringlet formation is imparted to the hair. Such curlers are designed to be employed in hair setting or cold waving.

It is an object of the invention to provide a hair curling or dressing device which enables the hair to be quickly and easily formed into a curl or ringlet, and which is retained close to the head of the wearer so that the resulting curl or ringlet is tight and formed along substantially the entire length of the hair and close to the scalp. This broad object of the invention is common to the general object of the device disclosed and claimed in U. S. Patent 2,450,542, issued to me on October 5, 1948. The present invention enables the same general object to be achieved at a lower cost than involved in the manufacture of my prior hair curling device.

A more specific object of the present invention is to provide a hair curler in which a curler body is provided which is initially rotatable about a deformable hair retaining wire which passes longitudinally through the body, the hair retaining wire having suflicient rigidity to be conveniently manipulated while it is serving as an axle for rotation of the body and being manually plastically deformable to be bent around the ends and against the side of the body to hold the hair in position about the curler.

Another more specific object of the invention is to provide a hair curler which may be employed as one of a series of similar devices, which series may be interlocked together to provide a continuously extending array of curlers. In this manner, different styles of coiifures which employ continuously extending waves or curls, such as a page boy, may be readily set.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become more fully apparent from the following detailed description of specific embodiments of the invention. These embodiments are described below by way of example. The following description is made in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional View of a hair curler embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a view taken from line 2-2 in Figure 1.

Figure 2A is an end view of an inner element of the hair curler shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure l but showing the parts in position for holding the hair on the curler after it has been wound around the curler.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing another example of the invention.

Figure 5 is a view taken from line 5-5 in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view of a series of hair curlers like that shown in Figure 4, the curlers being linked together in an array to support the hair to form a continuous curl.

In the structure shown in Figure 1, there is provided a curler cylinder or body 10, which is preferably extensively 'fere with use of the device.

perforated as by the openings or perforations 11. The body 10 is provided with an end wall 12 in which there are preferably formed cutouts 13. Received at the center of the end wall 12 is a longitudinally extending wire 14, which extends from each end of the body 10 a sufficient distance that when the wire is bent upwardly there will be an outer portion which may be folded against the side of the body 10. The wire 14 has sufficient rigidity to afford easy manipulation when it serves as an axle during rotation of the body 10 in winding the hair on the curler. The wire 14 is manually plastically deformable between the positions shown in Figures 1 and 3. Means are provided for maintaining the longitudinal positioning of the wire 14 with respect to the body 10. This retaining means may comprise merely small tabs or detents 15 which are struck into the wire 14 and which are positioned on either side of the end wall 124.

Hair curlers of the character described above are used by grasping one end of the wire 14 in one hand while rolling up the hair 19 on the body 10 with the other hand, the body 10 being rotated on the wire 14 during rolling up of the hair. While the body 10 may cant or tilt with respect to the wire 14, this does not seriously inter- If desired, an additional sleeve or insert 16 may be supplied, supported on the wire 14 by an end wall 17 in which there may be formed openings 18. This reinforcing may be particularly useful if the body 10 is made from relatively thin flexible metal or plastic stock.

When the wire is completely wound up on the body 10, the ends of the wire are bent over to the position shown in Figure 3 to hold the curler and the hair in position. The illustrated construction of the curler permits a through draft or circulation of air, induced either naturally or by blowers to facilitate quick drying of the hair. The perforations or openings 11 and the end wall cutouts or openings 13 (and openings 18, if an insert 16 is employed) are advantageous in this respect. When the hair is dried each curler is removed by rebending the wire 14, and the curlers may be readily slipped from the curls or ringlets, which they have formed, without unwrapping or disturbing such curls or ringlets.

In the example of the invention shown in Figures 4, 5,

and 6, hair curlers are provided with a body 20, which may be generally similar to the body 10 and which may include perforations 21 and an end wall 22, in which are formed openings or cutouts 23. Extending longitudinally through the body 10 is a double wire 24 which may comprise an endless loop of wire which is flattened to the illustrated conformation. Beyond one end of the body 20, the sides of the wire loop 24 are spaced from each other by a short, transverse link 25. The illustrated curler may be used in a manner similar to the curlers shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3; however, when it is desired to set a page boy or other coilfure where: the hair is to be set in a continuously extending curl, the bodies 20 may be relatively positively aligned with each other very readily. The hair 29 is rolled up on the first body 20A (Figure 6) and the associated wire 24A is bent over each end to secure the hair and the curler in position. Hair is then wound on a succeeding body 20B in such a manner that when the body 2013 is in its fully rolled up position it is positioned roughly in longitudinally aligned position with respect to the body 20A. The end of the wire or loop 24B, associated with this second curler, is passed over the member associated with the wire 24A which corresponds with the arm 25 shown in Figure 4. This corresponding member cannot be seen in Figure 6. Thus, the wire 24B is locked therewith by being passed in through one opening and out through another opening, these latter openings not being visible in Figure 6 but corresponding to the openings 26, shown F, in Figure 4. In this manner, the

curler bodies

20A and 20B are interlocked and fastened with respect to each other. Similarly, a succeeding curler body 20C is positioned and interlocked with respect to the curler body 2013. Continuing'this procedure, a series of curlers in any desired number may be readily positioned in longitudinally continuous relation with each other.

It should be apparent that in this illustrated embodiment of the invention, the rightmost ends of the loopsor wires 24A, B, and C, shown in Figure 6, correspond to the rightmost end of the wire or loop 24, shown in Figure 4.

As used herein the term perforate cylindrical hollow body includes any cylindrical hollow body whichis of; a foraminous character and is thereby adapted to the ventilation of hair supported on wound thereon.

The principles of the; present invention ;may zbe,em-

bodied in curlers which may vary inspecific detailtfrom theabovedescribed examples of the invention. ,Accordingly, the scope of the 7 present invention is not to be limited to all of the precise details of-the above examples but is to be defined by the following claims.

Whatis claimed is:

1. A hair dressing device comprising a perforate cylindrical hollow body, a transversely extending wall associated with said body,va--wire extending longitudinally through said body and extending through said transversely extending wall and also extending beyond either end of said body for a distance greater than the radius of said body, said body ,being rotatable with respect to said wire, said wire having suflicient rigidity to serve as an axle for ready rotational manipulation of said body and being manually plastically deformable for bending the ends of said wire against the outer side ofsaid body, and means for preventing said wire from being shifted in either direction with respect to said transversely extending wall through which it extends.

2. Ahair dressing device comprising a first perforate cylinder hollow body, a transversely extending wall associated with said first body, a second relatively short cylindrical body received within said first body, a transversely extending wall associated with said second body, a wire extending.longitudinally through said first and second bodies and extending through said transversely extending walls and also extending beyond either end of said first body for a distance greater than the radius of said first body, said first'and second bodies being rotatable with respect to said wire, said wire having Sufiicient rigidity to serve as an axle for ready rotational manipulation of said first body and being manually plastically deformable for bending the ends of said wire against the outer side of said first body, and means for preventing said wire from being shifted in either direction with respect to said transverselyextending walls through which it extends.

3. A hair dressingdevice comprising a perforate cylindrical hollow body, a transversely extending wall associated with said body, a wireextendinglongitudinally through said body'and, extending through said: transversely extending wall and also extending beyond either end of said body for a distance'greater than the radius of said body, said body being rotatable with respect to said wire, said wire having sufiicient rigidity to serve as an axle for ready rotational manipulation of said body and being manually plastically deformable for bending the ends of said wire against the outer side of said body, and means for preventing said wire from being shifted in-either direction with respect to :said transversely extending wall through which it extends, said wire comprising an endless loop with the sides thereof flattened to lie adjacent each other throughout the majority of their length.

'4. A hair dressing device comprising a perforate cylindrical hollow body, a transverselyextending wall associated with said body, a wire extending longitudinally through said body and extending through said transversely extending wall and also extending beyond either end of said body for a distance greater than the radius of said body, said body being rotatable with resepct to said wire, said wire having sufiicient rigidity to serve as an axle for readyrotational manipulation of said body and being manually plastically deformable for bending the ends of said wire against the outer side of said body, and means for preventing said wire from being shifted in either direction with respect to said transversely extending wall through which it extends, said Wire comprising an endless loop with the sides thereof flattened .to lie adjacent each other throughout the majority of their length, said sides being spaced apart beyond one end of said body, and a secondary member extending between said sides at their spaced-apart portion for interengagement with the wire of another similar hair dressing device.

No; references cited.