US697743A - Device for drying hair. - Google Patents

Description

No. 697,743. Patented Apr. 15, I902.

W. J. DHARA. DEVI CE FOR DRYING HAIR.

(Application filed Feb. 28, 1900. Renewed Feb. 28, 1902.) (No Model.)

WITNESSES fl/wzw,

INVENTOR lhvr'rn STATES A'TENT FFICE.

WILLIAM J. OHARA, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- TIIIRD TO CHARLES F. TUCKER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

DEVICE FOR DRYING HAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 697,743, dated April 15, 1902.

Application filed February 28, 1900. Renewed February 28, 1902. Serial No. 96,134- (No model.)

To (6 1072,0117, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. OHARA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecti- 5 out, have invented a new and useful Device for Drying Hair, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device for drying I hair which shall be so easy and convenient to use as to adapt it for general use and placeit within the reach of all.

It is of course well understood that the drying of a luxuriant growth of hair after bath I ing or shampooing is a matter of considerable inconvenience and requires considerable time. I am aware that various means have heretofore been used in ladies hairdressing establishments and in barber-shops for dryingthehairaftershampooing. These devices,

so far asI am aware, however, have been cumbersome and expensive and wholly impractical for personal use.

\Vith the end in View of providingadevice so inexpensive as to be within the reach of all and so convenient to use as to make it a standard toiletarticle I have devised'the novel hairdrying device of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying o drawings, is a specification, reference characters being used to designate the several parts.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my novel device complete; Fig. 2, alongitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2;

5 Fig. 4, an elevation as seen from the right in Figs. 1 and 2, the handle being removed; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view corresponding with Fig. 2, illustrating a form of my novel device in which the teeth are made hollow.

4o Mynovelhair-dryingdeviceconsists,essentially, of a hollow conductive body, which I have designated by A, teeth extending therefrom, which I have designated by B, and a non-conductive handle, which I have designated by C. The body is preferably made of metal on account of its well-known property of conducting and radiating heat. The shape of the body is wholly unimportant so far as my present invention is concerned, it being contemplated that the body be made of any preferred configuration or ornamentation. In

the present instance I have shown the body as a cylinder having a closed head 10 at one end and near the other end ahead 11, having a threaded central opening 12. The sides of the body and head 10 are preferably drawn in a single piece from sheet metal, for the reason that by so constructing the body the'nnmber of jointsin said body are greatlylessened, thereby providing a fluid-tight body havinga 6o perfectly smooth seamless exterior surface. The head 11 may also be stamped from sheet metal and is preferably provided with twinwardly-turned flange 13, around opening l2,to give greater length of thread for the attachment of the handle. Outside of head ]1-that is,between said head and the end of the bodyisa recess 14, which receives a head 15 upon the handle.

16 denotes a screw extending from head 15 and adapted to engage the thread of opening 12, and thus close the opening in the body.

17 denotes a packing-washer lying between heads 11 and 15 to insure a perfectly tight connection.

The special shape and material of the handle are not of the essence of my invention, it being simply required that the handle be nonconductive for conveniencein using the implement.

The opening in the body may of course be in any convenient position and may be closed in any suitable manner. For example, so far as my invention is concerned the opening may be in any portion of the body and may be closed in any suitable manner, as by a cork. These changes in the details of construction being easily within the province of the manufacturer are not thought to require illustration. I preferably, as already described, make the handle serve also as a stopper to close the opening in the body. If preferred, however, the handle may bepermanently secured to the body, and the opening in the body placed elsewhere and closed 5 in any preferred manner.

V The teeth B are preferably formed on a strip separate from the body portion or fluidreceptacle A, and said strip is secured in place on the body A by soldering or other I00 suitable means. By making the teeth B on a separate strip the cost of production of the device is greatly reduced, as the body can be readily drawn from sheet metal, as hereinbefore stated, and the toothed strip struck up and attached to said body. Furthermore,

5 if the teeth Bbecome broken, bent, or rusted from long use the strip carrying the teeth may be readily removed from the body A and a new one substituted without the necessity of throwing away the rest of the device. It

will be seen that the teeth B are made comparatively thin and that they are'quite wide at their bases, tapering rather abruptly to a point. This construction of tooth, it is apparent, gives a very large drying area over which the hair passes when the device is drawn through the hair, thus giving quicker and more effective drying action than where the teeth are round, and yet on account of the thinness of said teeth B they offer no hindrance to the passage of the comb or drier through the hair.

The operation will be readily understood from the drawings. The user simply fills the body with hot water and closes the opening,

in the present instance by turning the handle to place, the packing-washer insuring a perfectly tight connection. Whether the teeth are made hollow or not, they are immediately heated by the water within the body and Will remain heated long enough to dry hair completely after bathing or after a shampoo. As the handle is made non-conductive,

the implement may be handled and used without the slightest inconvenience.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. Ahair-dryingdevice comprisingahollow head, a heat conducting and diffusing body,

a non-conductive handle therefor, and an independent toothed strip secured to said body, said strip having a series of relatively thin teeth which are wide at their bases and taper abruptly at their points, whereby alarge drying area is provided.

2. Ahair-drying device comprisingahollow, seamless body portion of heat conducting and diffusing material, said body portion having a water-inlet in one end thereof, means for closing said water-inlet, a non-conductive handle for said body, and an independent toothed strip secured to said body but removable therefrom,said strip being provided with relatively thin teeth which are wide at their bases and taper abruptly toward their points, whereby a large drying area is provided.

3. A hair-drying comb or device having a hollow, seamless body portion of heat conducting and diffusing material to form a receptacle for the heating medium, a water-inlet in one end of said body, a non-conductive handle adapted to screw into and close said water-inlet and thereby serve as a handle and stopper for the said bodyportion, and an independent toothed strip secured to but removable from said body portion, said strip being provided with relatively thin hollow teeth which are wide at their bases and taper abruptly toward their points whereby a large drying area is provided.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM J. OHARA.

Witnesses:

A. M. Woosrna, S. W. ATHERTON.

Images