US762246A - Hair-waver. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904.

M. s. MoINTIRE.

HAIR WAVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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MATHILDE S. M INTIRE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

HAIR-WAVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 762,246, dated June '7, 1904. Application filed May 12, 1903. Serial No. 156,777. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, MATHILDE S.McIN'r1EE,"

a citizen of the United States, residing at WVashingtou city, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Wavers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a novel device for producing artificial waves in the hair, and especially designed for use by women in dressing their hair to give the effect of graceful and uniform convolutions or undulating curves thereto in contradistinction to what are commonly known as crimps.

The crimping-pins or other devices as at present used produce a condition of the hair which is at once recognized as the result of artificial means for changing the natural conditions and produce an effect which is neither graceful nor natural in appearance.

My invention has for its object to provide a device the use of which will produce uniform, graceful,and natural waves or undulatinglines in the hair and which shall be simple and economic of construction, readily and effectively applied to its use, and expeditiously and securely maintained in proper relation to the head of the user.

WVith this object in view my invention consists in the details of construction and arrangementhereinafter more full y described and specifically claimed.

In order thatthe construction and operation of my improved device may be readily understood and the manner of applying or using the same may be comprehended, I will proceed to describe the same, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings. in which- Figure 1 is a profile view of a womans head with one of my improved devices secured in position upon the head to produce the wavy condition of the hair for which it is adapted. Fig. 2 is a full-size plan view of the device exposing that side which is adapted to lie adjacent to the head of the user. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken onthe line m m of Fig. 2,

and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken on the line y y of Fig. 2.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

1 is what I denominate the spine or body, from which project oppositely-disposed teeth or projections 2 any suitable distance apart and of such length as to accommodate or receive a suitable quantity or lock of hair to be operated upon. The teeth or projections on one side are preferably so disposed relatively to those on the opposite side, as clearly shown at Fig. 2, that the teeth on each side shall be opposite the middle portion of the space between the teeth on the opposite side, so that the user of the device can readily weave alternately around the teeth or projections on both sides of the spine or body, as clearly indicated at Fig. 1.

In the use of my improved device the lock of hair to be operated upon is disposed upon the device by first passing it under the front end of the device, thence upwardly over the.

spine or body and over and behind the first upwardly extending tooth or projection, thence outwardly and downwardly across the spine or body, thence over and behind the first tooth or projection on the lower side, thence outwardly and upward across the body or spine, and thence over and behind the second upwardly-extending tooth or projection, and so on until it has been passed over and under the final tooth on the under side, when it is coiled or twisted one or more times around the rear end of the spine or body, whereupon an ordinary or other hair-pin 3 is first passed through suitable clips or other retaining devices 4. on the inner side of the front end of the device, thence through the main body of the hair of the user, and finally through clips or retaining devices 5 at the rear end of the device, thus not only securing the device in fixed relation with the head of the user, but also securely holding the final convolutions of the lock of hair to be treated and preventing the accidental unwinding of the same, and therefore also preventing any slacking movement of the hair upon the teeth or projections 2.

The spine or body 1 is made convex on the outer side and correspondingly concave on the opposite or inner side. This convexity of the spine or body tends to lead the hair in gradual and graceful lines over and behind the teeth or projections 2 and to produce transverse waves.

To facilitate the location of the hair behind or on the inner side of the teeth or projections 2, the said teeth are curved outwardly, as clearly shown at Fig. 3,

The inner concave form of the inner side of the spine or body 1 not only tends to lightness of the structure, but also provides a space within which the pin or securing device may move and be located under the clips or retaining devices 4: and 5.

To avoid the possibility of cutting or breaking the hair, the teeth or projections 2 are elliptical or round in cross-section and at their points of juncture with the spine or body, and to avoid abrupt angles they terminate in curved lines, as clearly shown.

The structure throughout is preferably such as to avoid all liability of breaking or cutting the hair or any obstruction to the ready manipulation and location of the hair in proper position upon the device.

In the manufacture of my improved device I propose making the same of shelline, hard rubber, celluloid, or such other material as is usually employed in the manufacture of ladies combs, hair-pins, and other devices used in the hair; but I, of course, do not wish to be confined to the use of any special material.

The clips or retaining devices t and 5 for the securing hair-pin 3 may be made integral with the spine or body 1, or they may be made independently thereof and secured thereto in any suitable manner. In the accompanying drawings 1 have shown them as integral with the spine or body and with an opening or space between their adjacent edges, so that the securing-pin may be located therein by compressing the free ends of the pin and passing the same through the space referred to and then permitting the legs of the pin to spring into position in an obvious manner.- While I have shown these pin-retaining clips as located at each end only, other and intermediate clips may be provided, and instead of forming them with an open space between their adjacent edges they may be so constructed that the pin may be located therein by a longitudinal movement of said pin.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for producing artificial waves in the hair consisting of an uninterrupted central spine or body with oppositely-projecting teeth or projections, in combination with independent means for securing the hair in fixed relation with the device and also securing the device in fixed relation with the head of the user, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device such as described the spine or body provided with teeth or projections on each edge, and having one of the sides convex in cross-section and thereby adapted to produce waves transverse to the waves produced by the teeth or projections, substantially as set forth.

3. In a device such as described the spine or body convave in cross-section and provided with retaining devices for a securing pin adapted to be located longitudinally within the concave of the spine or body, substantially as set forth.

4. In a device such as described, the laterally-disposed teeth or projections on opposite sides of and curved outwardly from the spine or body, whereby the waving of the hair around said teeth or projections is facilitated, substantially as set forth.

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

MATHILDE S. MOINTIRE. WVitnesses:

MARiE Z. MOINTIRE, FLORENCE E. WI-IIPPLE.

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