US1709981A - Process of and apparatus for waving hair - Google Patents

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April 23, 1929. s. c. HEADINGTON PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR WAVI'NG HAIR 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 14, 1927 April 23, 1929. s. c. HEADINGTON a PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR WAVING HAIR Filed Dec. 14, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR I u I I I I u u I u r u I r l u u I u p I I a A TTORNE Y.

Patented Apr. 23, l929.

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Application filed December 14, 1927. Serial No. 239,881. 1

In the/practice of my invention as set forth herein for the production of a permanent Wave, the hair is given a wave like form and is stretched to adegree necessary to accomplish sucli elongation of the cells thereof as will contribute to the permanent effect of the wave but without breakim the hairthe hair being heated between pads saturated with a suitable chemical reagent, while held in such stretched and 'wavelil e form.

I accomplish the foregoing object and other and more limited objects which will appear hereinafter in and through the construction and arrangement of parts shown in the drawings, wherein Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of my hair-waving device, showing the parts in the positions which theyoccupy when the said device is closed; Fig. 2 a'view in perspective of the absorbent pads which are used with the said device 3 a perspective view of the heater assembly; Fig. i a sectional view through the device shown in Fig. 1, the parts being shown in full lines in their closed positions and illustrating the manner in which the hair clamped bet-ween the wave-forming members of the device, the cover being shown in broken lines in its open position; Fig. 5 a plan view-of the lower member or base of my said device; and Fig. 6 a transverse sectional view eerrespending to the line 6 6 of F a.

The hair-waving device shown herein con sists' generally of a base A having a handle A" and a cover B having a handle BC The base and cover are shown each in the form of a pan rectangular'in outline and are adapted to be connected at their-rear meetingedgcs by means of upwardly projecting spring hooks 1, located at each side of the back of the base, the upper ends ofwhich hooks are adapted to engage hooks 2' riveted .or other-j wise suitably secured to the back of the cover 13. The upper edge of the base A'is 'pro- 1 vided with a peripheral flange AP-jandthc' bottom edge of the cover B is provided with a similar peripheral flange B The base A contains the electrical heating elementswhlch are employed for heating the hair while it is clamped in wave-like formation between the base and thecover aswell as one of the forms by which the hair is given 1tswave-like format tion and clamped in such formation. The

heating elements are carried entirely'by the base and comprise part of the assembly shown more particularly in Figs. (Sand 4. vThis assembly comprises a resistance 3 which is providedwith a suitable protecting cover 4. The resistance and itsycover are bent so as to provide an upper'series of heaterelements 5, 5 located above :the base A and a lower series of heating elementsfi, 6? and 6' located within'the' base. The, elements 6 and 6 are staggered with respect to the elements 5, 5, the elements 6 being located beyond the two outermost elements 5 and adjacentto the ends of the base, while the two elements 6 are located on oppositev sides of and belowthe in,-

termediate element r5f 'and between such element and the end elements 5 The-element 6" is shown aswlocated below the middle element 5. lVhile threeelements 5 5 are shownv in the upper series'and five elements 6, 6 and 6 are shown 1n the lowerseries, this number may be increased or diminishedas desired,

without departing from the spirit, ofmy iin" vention. i 1

Movably-mounted in tho base A-is acombined shield and wavedormer, indicated generallyv at C. This wave-former-is of such width and length as to be received within the base A, having end flanges C fitting within the ends ofthesaid base. It is corrugated,

thereby providing-a plurality of wave-fornirugations being indicated at 7 and the downwardly extending corrugations be ng indicated at 8 and the bottoms of said corruga .tlons being approximately in the plane ofthe top of the base, the ends being bent downing members, theupwardly (3XtG11Cli11gI-C01'-' wardly at 8 to form semi-corrugations. 'x The corrugations 7 provide shields for the heating elementstitii, while the corrugations and semi-corrugations 8, Sflare located above the hcating'elements 6 and 6?. i The corrugations are providedwith slots (1 in the sides thereof. The cover B has secured therewithina comprising upwardly extending corrugabers; The wave-former D isfalso-provided wave-former, indicated generally at- D and corrugations 7,. 8 and 8 respectively, the said corrugations providing wavesformlng' menu-- with slots 1) in the: sides thereof corresponding to; the slots-(3 in the wave-former C.

- The cover is so shaped that, when my device base. A by any suitable form of connector,

such as E. I

In practicing my inventlon'for the production of a permanent wave, itisnecessary that the hair should be subjected to the action of a suitable chemical reagentwhile it is being held to shape and subjected to heat, For this purpose, absorbent fabric pads are used, which pads are saturated with the said reagent, the hair lying between the pads during the treatment. I have found that, where pads are not pre-formed to correspond approximately to the curvature of the'corrugation's 7-10 too muchfrictional drag is created in closing the parts A and B. To

obviate this objection, the pads, indicated at E and F, are pre-formed to approximately the curvature of the corrugations, the said pads preferably containing a reagent for the purpose specified, which reagent can be dissolved by m'oistening the pads with water or other suitable solvent at the time of use. The

pads having been saturated in the manner described, a sheet of asbestos G' is applied to the lower member C and the pad F is then applied to said member upon the asbestos sheet. A strand or lock ofhair indicated at H is then drawn acrossthe pad F. The pad E is then applied to'the hair and to the pad F anda sheet of paper G is then placed over the pad E and the cover B is applied to the base by" means of the books 1 and 2, after which the cover is closed, it being noted that the pads and sheets are of a width to. enable their rearportions topass between said hooks. This closing o-peration resultsin clamping the rear edges of the pads E and F, with the interposed hair,between the rear parts of the base and cover flanges A and B Through this closing action,'the hair will be stretched to an extent which will result in the desired elongation of the cells thereof in the direction of its length but,owing to the pro-forming of the pads and to the arrangement of the other cooperating parts, the hair will not be stretched to such an extent as to result in breaking the same. The parts being closed and thehandles being secured in closed position by means of the spring latch 11,the hair will be heated while confined between the moistened pads in its stretched wave-like form. The construction and arrangement of the heating elements and cooperating parts aresuch that the pads and hair will be properly'heated, but without any danger of burning'the hair; and, at the end of the heating operation, the device may beopened up and the pads and hair removed, with the production of a wave of a high degree of permanency in the hair; After this operation, the

hair will be washed or shampooed, after which it may be set by use of my device in the manner hereinbefore described but without the pads and without the application of heat thereto. Y

When it is desired to use my device for treating or waving hair which has once been given a so-called permanent wave, it is neces sary that the part of the hair which has been so waved shall not be treated with the chemical reagent used'for that purpose in the first instance. In such case, only the hair next to the scalp .and which hasnot been previously so waved will be treated with the said chemical reagent. To accomplish this result, I may use pads ofa length corresponding to the length of the unwaved hair and saturate these pads with the chemical reagent, using other pads saturated with water or other liquid having no chemical reaction on the hair for the waving of the hair which has been previously waved; or I may use a pair of continuous pads such as the pads E and F for the unwaved and the previously waved hair, in which case only so 'niuchof the pads as will be applied to "the unwavedhair will be treated vwiththe chemical reagent while the balance of the pads (which are to operate upon the previously waved hair) will be moistened with such water or neutral liquid. With the parts prepared in this manner, the

operation will be carried out as described imposed thereon by the state of the prior art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is r I 1 1. The process ofimparting awavy appearance to hairwhich 'consistsin stretching the hair between pads having a wave-like formation and moistened with a suitable rcagent, clamping the hair and the pads bepads inthe desired wave-like form, and then heating the pads and the interposed hair.

' '2'.- The process of imparting a wavy appearance to hair which consists in placingthe hair between pads having a. wave lilre formation and moistened with suitable reagent, clamping the pads between members arranged to stretch thehair without-breaking it and to hold it and the pads in the desired tween members whichhold the hair and the 7 wave-like formation, and heating the pads and the interposed hair.

8. The process of imparting a wavy appearance to hair which consists in placing the hair between pads having a wave-like formation and moistened with a suitable reagent, stretching the hair while holding it and the pads in the desired Wave-like formation, and heating the pads and the interposed hair.

4. The process of imparting a wavy ap pearance to hair which consists in placing the hair between pads having a wave-like formation and moistened with a suitable reagent, clamping'the pads and the interposed hair by'drawing the hair successively over and under members arranged to stretch therhair and to hold the same and the pads in such wave-like formation, and drying the pads and the interposed hair. 7 r

The process of imparting a wavy appearance to hair which consists in placing the hair between pads moistened with a suitable reagent, stretching the hair While holding it and the pads in the desired wave-like formation, and drying the pads and the interposed hair. I

6. The process of waving hair, a portion of which has been previously subjected to a permanent waving operation, which process consists in placing the portion of the hair adjacent the scalp and which was not previ ously waved between absorbent pads moistened with a suitable hair-waving chemical reagent, placing the portion of the hair which has been so previously waved between pads moistened with a liquid having no chemical action upon the hair, clamping the pads and the hair in wave-forming position, and heating the pads and the hair. I

7. The process of waving hair, a portion of which has been previously "subjected to a permanent waving operation, which process consists in placing the portion of the hair adjacent the scalp and which was'not previously waved between portions ofabsorbent pads which are moistened with a suitable chemical reagent, placing the portion of the hair which has been so previously waved between other portions of said pads which are moistenedwith a liquid having no chemical action upon the hair, clan'iping the pads and the hair in wave-forming position, and heata ing the pads and the hair.

8. A, device for the purpose specified comprising a base, the said base having an upper spaced series of l'leating elements and a lower spaced series o'f'heating element-s, elements in the lower series being staggered with respect to elements in the upper series, a wave- :tormer arranged above the said heating elements, a cover hingedly connectible to the base, and a wave-former carried by the cover and cooperating with the wave-former of the base.

9. A device for the purpose specified commembers carried by said base and heated by said elements, awave-t'ormed pad cooperat ing with such members, a cover detachably I and hingedly connected to the base, waveforming members carried by the cover and cooperating with the wa ve-forming members on the base, and a wave-formed pad cooperating with the wave-forming members of the cover and with the first mentioned pad.

, 10. A device for the purpose specified comprising a base having an upper series of heat-- ingelements, a lower series of elements staggered with respect to heating elements in the upper series, shields for theupper'series of heating elements, a wave-formed pad for the. shields and for the heating elements oi such upper series,-a cover, waveforming members staggered with respect to the said shields and carried by said cover, and a wave-formed pad cooperating with the Wave-forming members of the, cover and with the first mentioned pad. 11. A device for the purpose specified comprising a base having a series of heating elements, shields for the said heating elements, a wave-formed pad for the shields and heating elements, a cover, wave-forming members staggered with respect to the said shields and carried by said cover and'a wave-formed pad cooperating with the wave-forming members of the cover and with the first mentionedpad.

12; A device for the purpose specified comprising a base formed as an open-top receptacle. a wave-former comprising upwardly and downwardly extending corrugations and carried by said base, heating elements lo-' cated below andshielded by thetops of'said corrugations, a pad pre-formed to approximately'the shape of the saidwave-fo'rmer, a

cover arranged to cooperate with said base 1 7 tacle, a wave-former carried by said base and comprising upwardly and downwardly ex tending corrugations, the bottoms of the downwardly extending corrugations being in substantially the plane of the topfof said base, heating elements in said base below said wave former, a cover for said base, a wave-former cooperating with said cover and with the wave-former of said base, :and wave-formed I pads adapted to be inserted between the said waveformers. I A

14;. A device for the purpose specified comwavetormer cooperating with said cover and with the wave-former of said base.

15. A device for the purpose specified comprising anopen-top receptacle, a wave-torn or carried by said base and comprising upwardly and downwardly extending corrugations, the bottoms of the downwardly extending corrugations being in substantially the-plane of the. top of said base, heating meanscomprising an upper series of heating elements extending beneath and adjacent to the tops of the uppercorrugations and heating elements arranged below the bottoms of the downwardly extending corrugations, a cover for said base, and wave-forming members carried by said cover and adapted to cooperate with the wave former carried by said base.- v

16. A devicefor the purpose specified comprising abase, a wave tormer carried by said base and comprising alternating upwardly and downwardly extending corrugations having openings in'the sides thereof, a heater in said base, a'cover for said base, and a waveformer carried by said cover and comprising alternating upwardly and downwardly extending corrugations also provided with openings in their sides.

17. A device for the purpose specified comprising a base, a wave-former carried by the base and comprising alternating upwardly and downwardly extending corrugations, a continuous heater for said base formed into aniupper and a lower series of heating elements extending transversely with respect to said base, the upper heating elements being located adjacent to and below the tops of the upper corrugations respectively and the lower series of heatingelements being arranged in the lower portion of said wave former, a cover for said base, and waveorming members carried by said ,cover and cooperating with thc'wave-torming corrugations on the said waveformer. V i r 18. A device forthe purpose specified comprising a'ba'se, an upper series oitheating elements supported by said base, a lower seriesot heating elements supported by the said base,

and a cover for said base having wave-forming members carried thereby and staggered. c

with respect to the upper heating elements of said base and adapted to be projected below said elements by the movement or" the cover toward the base. I c

19. A device for the purpose specified comprising a base and a. cover each having waveforming members, the members on the, cover and base being staggered, a wave-formed'pad for the wave-forming membersof the base, a wave-formed pad adapted to be engaged by the wave-forming members of the cover, spaced hinged connections between the rear ends of the base and cover permitting the insertion of the rear ends of the pads. therebetween, the rear ends oi. the base and cover having means for engaging the portions of the pads therebetween as the cover isclosed toward the base, and means in said device for heating said pads and the hair interposed therebetween.

20. A self-heated hainwaving device hav ing opposed relatively movable members each having hair-waving elements arranged in staggered relation to the element or elements on the other member, and a pair of pads each having a wave-like form and adapted to be applied to theelements of the two members respectively. i

21. A hair waving apparatus comprising a base in the form of an open top receptacle, a wave former carried by said base, a wave former carried by said cover and comprising upwardly and downwardly extending corrugations which cooperate with the wave former carried by said base, said wave former having slots therein.

E22. A hair waving apparatus comprising a base, a wave former carried by said base and comprising alternate upwardly and downwardly extending corrugations, a continuous heater for said base formed into an upper and a lower series of heater elements extending transversely withrespect to said base, the upper heating elements being disposed adjacent to and below the tops of the corrugations,

a cover for said base and wave forming memberscarried by said cover and cooperating with the wave forming corrugations carried by the base. i

23. A hair waving apparatus comprising a base, an upper series of heating elements supported by said base, a lower series of heating elements supported by said base, a cover for said base and wave forming members carried;

by said base and cover respectively and-having cooperating upwardly and downwardly extending corrugations therein, said wave forming members having transversely ex tending slots therein. 7 g

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature. v V

SUSANNA COCROFT HEADINGTON.

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