US3223092A

US3223092A - Means for and method of cutting hair

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Publication number: US3223092A
Application number: US218362A
Authority: US
Inventors: Vincent J Marsico
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-08-21
Filing date: 1962-08-21
Publication date: 1965-12-14
Anticipated expiration: 1982-12-14

Description

1366- 1965 v. J. MARSICO MEANS FOR AND METHOD 0F CUTTING HAIR Filed Aug. 21, 1962 INVENTOR. vmcau'r J MARSlCO United States Patent G 3,223,092 MEANS FOR AND METHOD OF CUTTING HAIR Vincent J. Marsico, 1806 N. Carnegie, Niles, Ohio Filed Aug. 21, 1962, Ser. No. 218,362 3 Claims. (Cl. 1327) My invention relates to means for and methods of treating hair, more particularly for the purpose of cutting hair, and the principal object of my invention is to provide new and improved apparatus and methods of this character.

A further object of my invention is to provide a hair cutting device of simple construction and therefore inexpensive to manufacture, and one that can be readily applied and used by an unskilled person to cut her own hair, or the hair of another, in an acceptable manner.

The foregoing and other advantages of my invention will become apparent as the following description proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which an embodiment of my invention is illustrated, and in this drawing:

FIGURES l and 2 are schematic views showing the front and back of a persons head with devices or forms of my invention in one of a number of predetermined relations,

FIGURES 3 and 4 are perspective views of the cylindrical form illustrating a presently preferred embodiment of my invention,

FIGURE 5 is a view similar to FIGURE 3 with hair wound on the form, and

FIGURE 6 is a view similar to FIGURE 4, also with hair wound on the forms; FIGURES S and 6 illustrating steps in the method of cutting hair.

To achieve various hair styles, strands or groups of hair are wound upon forms in a predetermined pattern, such as the pattern shown in FIGURES 1 and 2. As seen in FIGURE 1, the hair strands at the front of the head are wound upon forms which are disposed in what appears to be selected haphazard arrangement, whereas the strands at the rear of the head are wound on forms arranged in rows as shown in FIGURE 2.

The presently preferred embodiment of my invention is best illustrated in FIGURES 3 and 4, and is shown as comprising a cylindrical sleeve 10 which may be formed of any suitable material, at present being formed of a plastic material such as one of the cellulose acetate, polystyrene or phenol formaldehyde resins.

A comb 11 is provided at one end of the sleeve and may be secured thereto in any desired manner. In the present embodiment, the comb 11 is integral with the sleeve 10 and consists of teeth which extend tangentially from the periphery of the sleeve.

Slots

12 and 14 extend inwardly from opposite ends of the sleeve for a purpose later to appear. A clip 15 is provided at the end of the sleeve opposite to the comb and in the presently disclosed embodiment the clip is integral with the sleeve and displaced outwardly from the latters peripheral surface. The clip is arcuate to conform to the arcuate peripheral surface of the sleeve and is disposed in a plane at right angles to the sleeve axis. A finger piece 16 is formed at the end of the clip so that the finger of a person may be used to easily spring the clip in a direction away from the sleeve periphery.

In use, a sleeve 10 is grasped at its clip end and the comb is drawn along the persons scalp at a selected place on the head to gather strands of hair. The comb serves as an anchor for the hair strands so that the latter may be wound around the sleeve one or more times in accordance with preference. The strands may overlie one or both

slots

12 and 14 and the free ends of the strands are brought under the clip 15 to hold the sleeve form in place with the hair strands wound thereon. Insofar as 3,223,092 Patented Dec. 14, 1965 ice the method of this invention is concerned, any suitable means may replace the clip 15, such as an ordinary bobby pin (not shown) which is held assembled with the sleeve by having its legs straddle the latter from the end at which the clip is shown.

With the hair secured under the clip (or bobby pin), the ends of the strands will project at varying distances from the sleeve end 17, and this end is used as a guide for a cutting tool, such as the hair cutting shears 18 shown in FIGURE 5. Thus, the hair may be cut to any predetermined length, the length depending upon the diameter of the sleeve, the number of times the hair is wound around the sleeve, and the pitch of the hair wound around the sleeve. For short hair, the latter is wound once around the sleeve and the hair is confined tightly under the clip 15 and cut at the sleeve end 17. For longer hair, the hair may be wound more than once around the sleeve before being cut at the sleeve end 17.

Therefore, an unskilled woman may cut her own hair at home merely by following simple instructions and/or a guide which would accompany a set of sleeves. For example, FIGURES 1 and 2 may illustrate a hair cutting guide wherein the curlers or sleeves at the front of the head (FIGURE 1) may be lettered as a to h with instructions keyed to the guide giving the number of turns the hair should be wound at each sleeve.

At the rear of the head (FIGURE 2), the curlers or sleeves may be disposed in rows i, j, k, l and m, with instructions keyed to the guide giving the number of turns the hair should be wound on each sleeve.

It will be appreciated that the sleeve will come in right and left hand arrangements to properly dispose the comb 11 and clip 15 for use on the left or right portions of the head. However, the comb may be disposed at the center of the sleeve, with clips 15 at both ends of the sleeve, for universal use.

With the sleeves arranged in a predetermined order, such as shown in FIGURES 1 and 2, the user need merely cut the hair projecting beyond the end 17 of each sleeve, using such end to guide the cutting tool, and a hair style of predetermined type will be effected upon removal of the sleeves from the hair. The sleeves m shown in FIGURE 2 are of smaller diameter and are customarily used at the nape of the neck because the hair is normally shortest at this point of the head. However, the smaller diameter sleeves may be used elsewhere, as conditions require.

The

slots

12 and 14 provide spaces for thinning shears 19 which may thin the hair by cutting the hair wound over the slots, as seen in FIGURES 5 and 6. Following the cutting of the hair, the sleeves may be removed from the hair, or in some instances the sleeves may be retained in the hair and a hair setting solution applied in the usual manner to efiect waving of the hair. The cylindrical sleeves herein disclosed are of versatile use since they may be employed intermediate hair cutting times as ordinary curlers.

In view of the foregoing, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that I have accomplished at least the principal object of my invention and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the embodiment herein disclosed may be variously changed and modified, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and that the invention is capable of uses and has advantages not herein specifically described; hence it will be appreciated that the herein disclosed embodiment is illustrative only, and that my invention is not limited thereto.

I claim:

1. A method of cutting hair, comprising winding strands of hair on a tubular form in a selected number 3 of revolutions, securing the end portion of said hair to an end portion of said form with the extremity of the secured hair overhanging said form end portion, utilizing the latter as atcutting guide for a cutting tool, and cutting the hair overhanging said form end portion.

2. A method of cutting hair, comprising combing portions of the hair into strands and winding the strands on respective forms, securing the end portion of each strand to its form in position overlying and "extending from an end part of its form, and cutting the end portions of said strands to predetermined pattern by utilizing said form end parts as guides for a cutting tool.

3. A form for hair, comprising a cylindrical sleeve upon which strands of hair are wound, a comb extending outwardly from a peripheral surface of said sleeve at one end of the latter, said comb being adapted to scoop up the hair in strands and anchor the base part of said strands so that the latter may be wound upon said sleeve,

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,254,816 9/1941 Bergmann 132 122 2,558,516 6/1951 Granberg 132 45 2,611,376 9/1952 McIntyre 132 45 X FOREIGN PATENTS 911,536 5/1954 Germany.

RICHARD A. GAUDET, Primary Examiner.

Claims

1. A METHOD OF CUTTING HAIR, COMPRISING WINDING STRANDS OF HAIR ON A TUBULAR FORM IN A SELECTED NUMBER OR REVOLUTIONS, SECURING THE END PORTION OF SAID HAIR TO AN END PORTION OF SAID FORM WITH THE EXTREMITY OF THE SECURED HAIR OVERHANGING SAID FORM AND PORTION, UTILIZING THE LATTER AS A CUTTING GUIDE FOR A CUTTING TOOL AND CUTTING THE HAIR OVERHANGING SAID FORM END PORTION.