US3250281A - Hair curling device with pivoting and rotating bail - Google Patents

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US3250281A
US3250281A US344976A US34497664A US3250281A US 3250281 A US3250281 A US 3250281A US 344976 A US344976 A US 344976A US 34497664 A US34497664 A US 34497664A US 3250281 A US3250281 A US 3250281A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D2/00—Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for
    • A45D2/12—Hair winders or hair curlers for use parallel to the scalp, i.e. flat-curlers
    • A45D2/14—Hair winders or hair curlers for use parallel to the scalp, i.e. flat-curlers of single-piece type, e.g. stiff rods or tubes with or without cord, band, or the like as hair-fastening means
    • A45D2/141—Hair winders or hair curlers for use parallel to the scalp, i.e. flat-curlers of single-piece type, e.g. stiff rods or tubes with or without cord, band, or the like as hair-fastening means comprising flat clasps
    • A45D2/143—Hair winders or hair curlers for use parallel to the scalp, i.e. flat-curlers of single-piece type, e.g. stiff rods or tubes with or without cord, band, or the like as hair-fastening means comprising flat clasps with a clamping bow as fastening means

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  • HAIR CURLING DEVICE WITH PIVOTING AND ROTATING BAIL Filed Feb. 14, 1964 INVENTORS ATTORNEKQS United States Patent 3,250,281 HAIR CURLING DEVICE WITH PIVOTING AND ROTATING BAIL Claude D. Gresham and Ernest Hoifmann, Omaha, Nelm,
  • the present invention relates to a new and improved hair curler or roller.
  • An important object is to provide a simple, eincient and inexpensive hair curler, which includes a body member and a bail, each of which is preferably made of light, flexible and durable plastic material, such as polyethylene or the like.
  • the bail is formed with longitudinally spaced yieldable sides and transverse ends and carries at the transverse end pivotally connected to the body member an integral pivot means flexible in the direction of the transverse axis of the body member.
  • the body member being pivotally and rotatably connected at one end to the bail, has its opposite or free end arranged to be moved from an open position outside of the bail, to a closed position within the latter.
  • the free end of the body member is provided with latch means which coacts with complementary, integral engageable latch means on the bail for releasably connecting the body member to the bail when the bail is swung to its closed position.
  • latch means which coacts with complementary, integral engageable latch means on the bail for releasably connecting the body member to the bail when the bail is swung to its closed position.
  • the outer end of the lock of hair to be curled is Wrapped around the rotatable body member when the latter is in its open position.
  • the body member is provided along its longitudinally spaced ribs with a plurality of small, spaced pointed members.
  • every third rib is provided with one row of such pointed members, the intervening two ribs each being provided with two rows of the pointed members with the crests of the pointed members of one of the two rows being in registration with the valleys between the pointed members of the other row.
  • This arrangement eliminates axial displacement and spreading of the lock of hair from the body member.
  • the bail at the end at which it is rotatably and pivotally connected to the body member is provided with an integral pivot means which is flexible in a direction substantially parallel to the transverse axis of the body member which is provided at this pivot end along its transverse axis with engaging means for the integral pivot means of the bail, the engaging means and pivot means coacting to permit not only complete movement of the body member outside of the bail to the open position but also complete rotation of the body member in the open position while providing a substantial reduction of the manufacturing costs due to the unitary nature of the pivot means with the bail and the unitary nature of the bail pivot engaging means with the body member.
  • FIGURE 1 is a plan view of the hair curler constructed in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIGURE 2 is an end view of FIGURE 1 taken along line 22 of FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of the bail with integral flexible pivot means and the body member with integral bail pivot engaging means according to the invention
  • FIGURE 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially along the line 44 of FIGURE 2;.
  • FIGURE 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken of the open free end of the body member in engagement with the latch means of the bail;
  • FIGURE 6 is a view taken substantially along the line 66 of FIGURE 1.
  • the flexible hair curler which may be of any desired size and shape, preferably includes a substantially cylindrical hollow body member 10 comprising a plurality of longitudinally parallel spaced ribs 12 and a purality of transversely parallel spaced ribs 14, having an open free end 16, the opposite end 18 being pivotally attached to the pivot end 20 of the bail 22.
  • the outer surfaces of the longitudinally spaced parallel ribs 12 are provided with a plurality of small spaced pointed members 24 for maintaining the coiled lock of hair spread about the cylindrical body member 10 to insure a tight curl and an even distribution of the lock about the cylindrical body member.
  • longitudinally spaced rib 12 is provided with a single row 26 of the small spaced pointed members 24, while the two intervening longitudinally parallel spaced ribs 12 are each provided with two rows 28 of said pointed members 24.
  • the crests 30 of the pointed members 24 on the intervening longitudinally spaced ribs are preferably in registration with the valleys 32 between the pointed members 24 of the second row on the rib as best seen in FIGURE 5.
  • the outer free end 16 of the cylindrical body member 10 is provided at its interior peripheral surface with a plurality of spaced inwardly and upwardly, radially extending knobs 34 to engage latch means 36 integral with a transverse end 38 of the bail 22 opposite the bail pivot end 20.
  • the opposite end 18 of the hollow cylindrical body member 10 is pivotally connected to the other transverse end 40 of the bail 22 by means of a transverse axially disposed cross member 42 provided at its mid-point with a circular member 44 having an axially disposed aperture 46 adapted to receive the pivot means 48 integrally attached to the transverse end 40 of the bail 22.
  • the bail 22 comprises a substantially rectangular member having spaced parallel sides 50 and 52 connected by the slightly curved transverse ends 38 and 40.
  • every third bail may be made of any suitable light, durable plastic material, such as polyethylene, so as to be capable of use with various chemicals.
  • the outer free end 38 of the bail 22 is provided with an inwardly extending arcuate rib or latch means 36 having its largest chord substantially equal to the inside diameter of the cylindrical body member 10.
  • the rib 36 has a thickness substantially less than the cross sectional thickness of the transverse end 38 of the bail, and it outer limits being substantially equal to the inside diameter of the hollow body member releasably engage the knobs 34 provided at the peripheral interior surface of the free end 16 of the hollow body member 10.
  • the opposite pivoted end 20 of the bail 22 is provided with an inwardly extending arcuate rib 48 having its largest chord substantially less than the length of the transverse end 40 of the bail 22, and preferably less than the inside diameter of the cylindrical body member 10.
  • the vertex of the rib is preferably thickened to accommodate an integral conical head 54 having a peripheral groove 56 between the vertex of the arcuate rib and the crest of the conical head.
  • the peripheral groove 56 is provided to engage the aperture 46 provided in the cross member 42 of the cylindrical body member at its pivoted end 18.
  • a lock or strand of hair to be curled initially has the outer end thereof wrapped around the body member 10 to engage the valleys provided between the small pointed members 24 provided on the longitudinally spaced ribs 12.
  • the bail 22 is swung inwardly about its pivot so as to position the body member 10 and the lock of hair wound thereon within the bail 22 and between the confronting sides 50 and 52 and the transverse ends 38 and 40 thereof.
  • the arcuate rib 36 of the free end of the bail 22 is then brought or snapped into locking engagement between the knobs 34 provided at the free end 16 of the body member.
  • the curler is so constructed and arranged so that the more hair that is wound on the body member, the tighter will be the locking engagement of the latch means with each other.
  • the provision of the flexible arcuate rib 48 at the pivot end 20 of the bail 22 facilitates the movement of the body member 10 outside of the bail 22 without displacing the hail from attachment to the body member.
  • the provision of the pivot means 48 integral with the bail means substantially reduces the manufacturing costs in producing the novel hair curler according to this invention.
  • the hollow body member 10 may be placed comfortably close to the scalp without danger of hurting or pinching the 4 scalp.
  • the curler is formed of a plastic material such as polyethylene or the like, the hair wound thereon may be saturated with various chemicals or treating fluids without danger of corroding or attacking the curler itself.
  • a flexible plastic hair curler comprising a substantially rectangular bail having longitudinally extending parallel flexible sides and integrally formed arcuate transverse ends connecting said sides, one of said transverse ends having an integral flexible arcuate rib having a length substantially less than the length of said transverse end and a thickness less than thethickness of said transverse end facing inwardly of said bail and provided at its vertex with an integral conical head extending in the plane of the bail and having a peripheral groove between the vertex and the conical head; a longitudinally extending cylindrical body member comprising a plurality of longitudinally parallel spaced ribs and a plurality of transversely spaced ribs, and having a pivot end and a free end, said pivot end provided with an integral transverse axially disposed cross member provided at its mid-point with an axially disposed aperture pivotally and rotatably engaging said peripheral groove of said bail, said arcuate rib of said one transverse end pivotally and rotatably connected to said body member being flexible in the direction of the transverse axis
  • a flexible plastic hair curler comprising a substantially rectangular bail having longitudinally extending parallel flexible sides and integrally formed arcuate transverse first and second ends connecting said sides, the first of said transverse ends having an integral flexible arcuate rib facing inwardly of said bail, said ribbeing provided at its vertex with an integral conical head extending in the plane of the bail and separated from the vertex by a peripheral groove; a longitudinally extending cylindrical hollow body member comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced ribs and a plurality of transversely spaced ribs, the longitudinally spaced ribs being provided with at least one row of small spaced pointed members, said body member having a pivot end and a free end, said pivot end provided with an integral transverse axially disposed cross-member provided at its mid-point with an axially disposed aperture which pivotally and rotatably engage said peripheral groove of said bail, said arcuate rib of said one transverse end of said bail pivotally and rotatably connected to said body member being flexible in the direction of the trans

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US3340880A (en) * 1964-12-21 1967-09-12 Tip Top Products Company Hair curler with novel bail member
US3354889A (en) * 1964-11-27 1967-11-28 David G Zeman Hair curler with one-piece flexible hair fastening frame
US4056109A (en) * 1976-06-16 1977-11-01 Lucky Hair Products Co., Ltd. Hair-curler
US5829456A (en) * 1994-03-31 1998-11-03 Lucky Corporation Co., Ltd Hair curler
US20060048789A1 (en) * 2004-09-03 2006-03-09 Cheryl Bird Hair curler roller with retaining clamp and in particular, for overnight use

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US2497714A (en) * 1949-02-18 1950-02-14 Harold R Bein Hair curler
US2610639A (en) * 1950-09-14 1952-09-16 Albert E Vaughn Hair curler with rotatably adjustable barrel
US2625940A (en) * 1949-12-27 1953-01-20 Lenard Gotlieb Cold wave curling rod
US2682272A (en) * 1948-12-14 1954-06-29 Gillette Co Hair curling device
US2809644A (en) * 1954-08-30 1957-10-15 Talmage G Carey Hair rewaving device
US2888937A (en) * 1958-10-15 1959-06-02 Weldon K Weldon Hair curling device
US3105502A (en) * 1959-11-18 1963-10-01 Gillette Co Hair curler
GB941802A (en) * 1960-12-24 1963-11-13 Twinco Ltd Improvements relating to hair curlers and the manufacture of hair curlers
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US2682272A (en) * 1948-12-14 1954-06-29 Gillette Co Hair curling device
US2497714A (en) * 1949-02-18 1950-02-14 Harold R Bein Hair curler
US2625940A (en) * 1949-12-27 1953-01-20 Lenard Gotlieb Cold wave curling rod
US2610639A (en) * 1950-09-14 1952-09-16 Albert E Vaughn Hair curler with rotatably adjustable barrel
US2809644A (en) * 1954-08-30 1957-10-15 Talmage G Carey Hair rewaving device
US2888937A (en) * 1958-10-15 1959-06-02 Weldon K Weldon Hair curling device
US3105502A (en) * 1959-11-18 1963-10-01 Gillette Co Hair curler
GB941802A (en) * 1960-12-24 1963-11-13 Twinco Ltd Improvements relating to hair curlers and the manufacture of hair curlers
US3170469A (en) * 1961-05-31 1965-02-23 Nathan L Solomon Flexible hair curling device

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US3354889A (en) * 1964-11-27 1967-11-28 David G Zeman Hair curler with one-piece flexible hair fastening frame
US3340880A (en) * 1964-12-21 1967-09-12 Tip Top Products Company Hair curler with novel bail member
US4056109A (en) * 1976-06-16 1977-11-01 Lucky Hair Products Co., Ltd. Hair-curler
US5829456A (en) * 1994-03-31 1998-11-03 Lucky Corporation Co., Ltd Hair curler
US20060048789A1 (en) * 2004-09-03 2006-03-09 Cheryl Bird Hair curler roller with retaining clamp and in particular, for overnight use
US7195020B2 (en) * 2004-09-03 2007-03-27 Cheryl L. Bird Hair curler roller with retaining clamp and in particular, for overnight use

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