US1483402A - Curling iron - Google Patents

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Feb. 12 1924;

F. E. WOLCOTT CURLING IRON Filed Dec. 27. 1922 Patented Feb. 12, 192.4.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. WOLCOTT, F HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

GURLING IRON.

Application filed December 27, 1922.

Z '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. VOLOOTI,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new.

and useful Improvement in Curling Irons,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to those appliances for heat treating hair which have a detachable clamp, that when in place adapts the device to be used as a curling iron and that when removed enables the structure to be used as a waver rod.

The object of the invention is to provide an appliance of this nature having a clamp attached by simple, cheap and positive means which securely hold the parts together against accidental separation but permit the ready removal of the clamp from the rod when desired.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows a side view of the appliance as a whole. Fig. 2 shows a. side view of the handle and rod without the clamp. Fig.

3 is a side view showing the clamp and its attaching means in section. Fig. 4 is a view of the detached clamp. Fig. 5 is a view looking toward the inside of the clamp. The handle 1 may be made of wood or composition in any desired outline. The rod 2 is a metal tube that is circular in cross section. The outer end of the rod is pointed and the inner end of the rod is inserted into the handle. A ferrule 8 is placed upon the end of the handle about the rod. The rod may be heated in any common manner, by gas or electricity, the heating means forming no part of the invention, not being illustrated. The clamp f is made of metal and is curved in cross section to fit the rod. The handle end of the clamp is bent outwardly so as to extend over the rod handle and is desirably provided with a thumb piece 5.

Fastened by a pin 6 to the clamp are the ends of a loop 7 which is shaped to encircle the rod and have a sliding fit thereon. Bent around the pin that holds the loop to the clamp is a flat spring 8, one section 9 of which is designed to press against the Serial No. 609,307.

inside of the handle end of the clamp, while the other section 10 is designed to press against the ferrule on the handle. The section 10 of the spring has a perforation 11 which when the parts are assembled receives the screw stud 1'2 that is threaded through the ferrule and end of the handle into the rod, as shown in Fig. 3. The normal action of the spring is such that when the clamp is on the rod the outer section of the spring presses the handle end of. the clamp outward and causes the working end of the clamp to fit along the rod, and the inner section of the spring engages the screw stud so that the spring is positively held in place, and.

the clamp prevented from sliding longitudinally along the rod.

lVith this construction the single spring bent around the pin that attaches the loop to the clamp holds the clamp closed and at the same time prevents the clamp from accidental movement longitudinally along the rod, and yet upon raising the inner end of the spring from the screw stud, which holds the ferrule and rod in place, the clamp is free to be slid 011' so that the rod may be used independently.

The invention claimed is:

A curling iron comprising a handle, aferrule on the end of the handle, a rod projecting from the handle, a clamp adapted to fit the rod, a loop slidably fitted on the rod, a pin pivoting the clamp to the loop, a flat spring doubled about said pin and having one end pressed outward against the inside of the handle end of the clamp, and the other end extending over the end of the rod handle and spaced therefrom, said spring having a perforated section bearing upon said ferrule, and a screw stud securing the ferrule handle and rod together, said stud projecting from the handle through the perforation of said spring, whereby the loop and clamp are positively held from sliding on the rod but may be released by lifting the free end of the spring and disengaging the perforation from the screw stud.

FRANK E. VVOLCOTT.

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