US3120851A

US3120851A - Steam wire brush for doll wigs

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Publication number: US3120851A
Application number: US155765A
Authority: US
Inventors: Pollak David; Jr Toribio Castro
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1961-11-29
Filing date: 1961-11-29
Publication date: 1964-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 1981-02-11

Description

Feb. 11, 1 D. POLLAK ETAL STEAM WIRE BRUSH FOR DOLL WIGS 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 29, 1961 INVENTORS DAVID POLLAK TORIBI 0 CASTRQJr Feb. 11, 1964 PQLLAK ETAL 3,120,851

STEAM WIRE BRUSH FOR DOLL WIGS Jr .5'. INVENTORS J DAVID DOLLAK Tomslo CASTRO,,-Jr BY A NIH/V5 V 1964 D. POLLAK ETAL STEAM WIRE BRUSH FOR DOLL WIGS 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Nov. 29, 1961 r K mmw y W g os M V A N C m 1 M O WI. AR 0 T Y B W United States Patent 3,120,851 STEAM WIRE EERUSH FUR DQLL Wl GS David Pollaix, 1935 83rd St, Brooklyn 14, N.Y., and Torihio Castro, 31"., 139 Deiancey St, New York, NY. Filed Nov. 29,1961, Sci. No. 155,765 2 Claims. (Cl. lfi2-9) This invention relates generally to the art of treating hair, fur and the like and more particularly to a combined hair steamer and brush.

it has been found that the application of steam to the hair is beneficial and desirable in straightening out the hair and conditioning it for brushing and combing. Live steam also tends to increase the glossy appearance of the hair.

A principal object of the present invention therefore is to provide a combined hair steamer and brush that is adapted for use by a manufacturer of dolls for conditioning and brushing the wigs on the heads of dolls, for use in beauty parlors and for use in the home.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined hair steamer and brush for creating a flow of steam through the hair, under pressure, delivered through perforated members introduced next to the hair and for brushing the moistened hair.

A further object is to provide a combined hair steamer and brush wherein the brush is readily removed from the steamer for cleaning and replacement.

Yet another object is to provide a combined hair steamer and brush that is safe, easily operated, durable and sanitary.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a combined hair steamer and brush that is simple in construction and that can be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are'more particularly set forth.

in the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FlG. l is a perspective view of a combined hair steamer and brush embodying our invention being applied to the hair of a wig on the head of adol-l.

P16. 2 is a side elevational view of the head of the doll showing the hair of the wig brushed into one form of hair-do by application of the combined hair steamer and brush.

FlG. 3 is a similar view showing a different form of hair-do after the application of the combined hair steamer and brush.

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the improved combined hair steamer and brush, the steam supply hose being omitted.

MG. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 5--5 of FIG. 4 on an enlarged scale.

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the parts of FIG. 4.

MG. 7 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line 7-7 of FIG. 6.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged spread perspective view of the combined steamer and brush.

FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIG. 5 of a modified form of frame.

Referring in detail to the drawings and particularly to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, a combined hair steamer and brush embodying the invention is designated generally by the reference numeral It) and is illustrated treating the hair 11 of a wig 12 on a dolls head 14. FIG. 2 illustrates an up-swing form of hair-do elfected by treating and brushing the hair 11 by the combined hair steamer and brush iii, and FIG. 3 illustrates a different or boyish form of hair-do produced by application of the hair steamer and brush it).

With particular reference to FIGS. 1 and 8, the combined hair steamer and brush It? includes a steamer device 15 and a removable brush device 17. The bodies of the devices are preferably formed of metal.

The steamer device 15 comprises a frame or manifold 16. The body of the frame or manifold is formed of a steel casting and is H-shaped in configuration, with leg portions 18 and 29 connected by a crosspiece 2'2. Crosspiece 2-2 is rectangular in cross section and is stouter than the leg portion, having flat smooth front and

rear surfaces

24 and 26 as viewedin :FIG. 6. The leg portions 18 and 2d are substantially rectangular in cross section. Leg portion 18 has a tapered rear surface 28 and leg portion 2d has a straight square rear surface 3% as viewed in FIG. 8. Each leg portion is cut away at the front surface providing a flat smooth shoulder 34 on a level with and intersected by the adjacent end of the crosspiece 22.. A round passage 36 is formed in each of the

leg portions

18 and 20 at substantially the centers thereof and the passages 3d extend from one end to a point closely spaced from the other end of the leg portion as seen in FIG. 5.

A plurality of spaced outlet passages 38 is formed in each of the leg portions extending from the outer or front side thereof as viewed in FIG. 8 to and intersecting with the respective passage 36 in the leg portion so that communication is established between passages 36 and the outlet passages 33 as seen in PEG. 5. The threaded open ends of the passages 36 are plugged by threaded screw plugs 46. A passage 42 is formed in the crosspiece and extends centrally therealong communicating at its ends with the passages 36 in the leg portions. A threaded opening 44 is formed in leg portion 20 at its center and intersects the adjacent passage 36, being in line with the adjacent end of passage 42. A short elbow pipe 46 threaded at both ends has one end thereaded into the opening 44.

In leg portion 2d, a curved notch 43 extends along the inner edge of shoulder 34.

An elongated tubular handle 59 covered by a heat insulative plastic sleeve 52 is connected at one end to the rear surface as of the crosspiece 22 of the frame or manifold. For this purpose, the connected end of the handle is flattened as indicated at 5 2 and placed flatwise on the crosspiese with a pad 56 of padding material interposed between the flat end 54 and the crosspiece 22'. A pair of screws 58 extend through holes in the fiat end 5 of the handle and into threaded recesses in the crosspiece and secure the handle in place disposed at an actuate angle to the plane of the crosspiece as seen in FIG. 1.

The brush device 17, as best seen in FlGS. 6, 7 and 8, comprises a rectangular-shaped body constituted by a metal plate 6% with its

long side edges

62, 62 and

end edges

64, 64 turned inwardly to clamp a plastic plate 66 in position thereon. The plate 66 serves as a bed for a plurality of wire bristles 68 having one end embeded therein and extending outwardly therefrom, the outer ends 79 of the wire bristles being bent at an actuate angle to the plane of the body of the bristles. All of the bristles are bent in the same direction, that is toward one of the long efies of the body plate 69.

The brush device 17 is adapted to be removably supported on the frame or manifold 15. In assembling the combined hair steamer and brush, the body 66 of the brush device 17 is slid across the front surface 24 of the crosspiece 22 of the frame with one long inwardly turned edge 62 positioned in the notch 48 of leg portion 20 and slidable therealong, the opposed long edge 62 sliding along the straight smooth bottom surface of leg portion 18 as viewed in FIG. 8. The notch 43 serves as a guide for the sliding movement of the brush device. The brush device is held in operative position as shown in FIG. 1 by means of a setscrew ill threaded into a threaded opening 72 extending across the leg portion 13 at its center from top to bottom thereof so as to contact the adjacent long edge 62 of the brush device 17 and hold the brush device against displacement.

In use, the combined hair steamer and brush it) is connected to a suitable source of steam under pressure by means of a hose '76 having a coupling 78 threaded onto the outer threaded end of the elbow 46. The hose may have a control valve (not shown). The handle 50 is grasped by the hand 8% of the operator with the brush device 17 downwardly. The supply of steam is turned on passing into the passage 36 in leg portion 2t through passage 42 into crosspiece 2 2 and into passage 36 in leg portion 1% and out through the passages 38 into and through the hair. The steam follows a tortuous path through the frame or manifold and the velocity of the steam thus materially reduced, causing the steam to release any drops or particles of condensed moisture which otherwise would be carried through the outlet openings 38. Any such collected moisture may be drained by removal of the plugs 40.

The bristles 68 of the brush device 17 are brushed over and along the hair being treated such as the hair 11 on the wig 12 of the dolls head 14 as shown in FIG. 1, the brush device being manipulated to produce the necessary type of hair-do desired, such as the up-swing type shown in FIG. 2 or the boyish type shown in FIG. 3. After such treatment with the combined hair steamer and brush to produce the Lip-swing type shown in FIG. 2, a portion of the brushed-up hair may be manually grouped together and twisted to form a sort of ponytail 82 held against unravelling by an elastic band 84 as is customary.

In FIG. 9, a modified form of frame or manifold 15' is shown wherein a passage 36' and outlet openings 38' are formed in only one of the leg portions, to Wit, leg portion The other leg portion 18' is solid and imperforate and the crosspiece 22' is also solid and imperforate.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of our invention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A device for steaming and brushing the hair, comprising a metal manifold of H-shape constituted by leg portions and a crosspiece therebetween, said leg portions and crosspiece having communicating passages, one of said leg portions having an inlet, a tubular elbow connected at one end to said inlet, a hose connected at one end to said elbow and at its other end to a source of steam, said leg portions having outlets connected to the passages therein, a rectangular-shaped brush device removably supported by the manifold between the leg portions, an elongated handle on the crosspiece of the manifold, one of the leg portions having an elongated notch receiving one long edge of the brush device, the other leg portion having a transverse threaded opening communicating with the passage therein, and a setscrew in said transverse opening contacting the other long side of the brush device and pressing said one long edge into the notch thereby holding the brush device against displacement.

2. A device for steaming and brushing the hair, comprising a metal manifold of H-shape constituted by leg portions and a crosspiece therebetween, said crosspiece having fiat level surfaces, said leg portions having fiat shoulder portions level with one of the fiat surfaces of the crosspiece, one of said leg portions having an elongated notch along the inner side of its shoulder portion, the other of said leg portions having a transverse threaded opening communicating with its shoulder portion, said leg portions and crosspiece having communicating passages, one of said leg portions having an inlet, a tubular elbow connected at one end to said inlet, a hose connected at one end to said elbow and at its other end to a source of steam, said leg portions having outlets connected to the passages therein, a rectangular-shaped brush device removably supported by the manifold between the leg portions, and an elongated handle on the crosspiece of the manifold, said brush device having wire bristles bent at the outer ends thereof.

References (Iited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,177,987 Kelly Oct. 31, 1939 2,392,645 Clobridge Jan. 8, 1946 2,701,404 Richterkessing Feb. 8, 1955 2,849,736 Kohle Sept. 2, 1958