GB401320A - Improvements in hair wavers - Google Patents

Abstract

401,320. Hair-waving appliances. LEWIS, A. O., White Hall, Glais, Glamorgan. May 6, 1932, No. 13110. [Class 131.] A hair-waving device comprises a resilient framework adapted to be extended over the head, and a series of hair engaging elements carried thereby or forming part thereof, each of the hair engaging elements being provided with a helical groove or with a series of inclined grooves, the groove or grooves being oppositely inclined on successive hair engaging elements. As shown in Fig. 1, the device comprises a series of hair engaging elements 1 adapted to extend from the front to the back of the head, the elements 1 being provided at each end with a loop 3 through which is threaded a resilient element 2, e.g. an elastic cord or a coil spring. The element 2 is formed into front and rear head spanning members 4, 5, the sides of the member o being connected by transverse members 8, and the ends of the members 4, 5 being extended to form a loop 6 on each side of the nead to which ribbons 7 are attached. The hair engaging elements 1 each comprise a strip of metal, celluloid, or other resilient materal enclosed in a rubber or like sheath 1<1> which is formed with a helical groove 10, or with a series of inclined grooves, the groove or grooves on adjacent elements being oppositely inclined. In the modification shown m Fig. 3, the grooved hair engaging elements 1 are arranged to extend transversely of the head and are threaded at the ends 3 on rings 11 carrying a brow band 12 and chin ribbons 7. An elastic cord 13, secured to the centres of the band 12 and the rearmost hair engaging element, passes with a friction fit through a hole in the centre of each of the other hair engaging elements. Specification 328,215, [Class 131, Toilet &c.], is referred to in the Provisional Specification.