US2008508A - Hair curling device - Google Patents

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y 1935. E. F. LECHLER 2,008,508

HAIR CURLING DEVICE Filed Jan. 16, 1935 v INVENTOR. WI TNESSES: frw/h fl eC/7/er ATTOkNEYS. i

Patented July 16, 1935 UNITED STATES HAIR CUBLING DEVICE Erwin F. Lechler,

New York, N. Y.

Application January 16, 1935, Serial No. 1,997

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a hair curling device. It is an object of this invention to provide a device of the character described which will be simple in construction, eflicient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture;

It is a further object to provide a new and improved device on which a lock of hair may be curled and fastened in the curled condition so as to permit the device to be removed for use on another look of hair.

It is a further object to provide a new and improved device on which a lockof hair may be wound and which will have. a. retaining device to hold the ends of the hair during the starting of the winding operation, but in which the retaining device may be released to permit the hair to be removed without disturbing the curl.

Other objects will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction, combination of elements, and arrangements of parts, which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which: K

Figure 1 is a plan view of a device made in accordance with this invention,

Figure 2 is a similar view of the device after a lock of hair has been wound thereon and after the fastening means has been released.

Figure 3 is a cross-section along the line 33 of Figure 1.

In the drawing the numeral I0 is a hollow stem around which a lock of hair is to be curled, II is a fastening member pivoted on a pin l2, sliding in a slot 13 in the stem.

The fastening member is of a curved section conforming to the shape of the stem ill, in accordance with the customary construction of curling irons. A spring l4 within the stem presses at one end against a pin IS in the stem and at the other end against the pin l2, on which the fastening means is pivoted, so that the fastening means is moved to its upward position by the spring pressure as far as the slot l3 will permit. The fastening means may, however, be moved longitudinally, as will hereafter be described.

The other end of the fastening member may be bifurcated, extending beyond the pivot pin l2 to furnish a handle by which the fastening means may be controlled.

If desired, a heating element l6 may be inserted within the hollow stem [2 to assist in setting the curl.

In using the device the ends of a lock of hair are grasped between the stem and the fastening device II, and the stem is then turned upon its axis to wind the hair upon its outside. As soon as the first layer of hair is wound on the fastening 10 device it is clamped in place by the hair itself. The winding is then continued until it is completed as far as desired.

The curl may now be held in its curled form by inserting within the stem one leg of a bifurcated l5 hairpin, with the other leg outside of the curl.

The fastening device may now be removed outwardly to free it from the curl and this action not only releases the inner end of the lock of hair, but it also reduces the effective diameter of the 20 stem around which the curl was wound and thus facilitates the removal of the curl from the stem without pulling out the inner curl.

During all this time the curl is held in place by the hairpin and as'soon as the curl is free from 25 the stem the hairpin may be used to hold the curl in place for such length of time as is necessary to set the curl, while freeing the device itself, to be used for another lock of hair.

The curl is held in shape by the hairpin in any 30 convenient manner; that is, the free ends of the hairpin may be twisted together or attached with a rubber band, but in general it will be found that the type of hairpin commonly known as a bobbie pin (in which one arm is sinuous and 35 spring-pressed against the other) will be found most suitable, since in such case the spring pressure itself is sufficient to'hold the curl in place.

If it is desired to set the curl more efiectively it may be wound while in a slightly dampened con- 40 dition and then a heater may be inserted inside of the stem, thoroughly drying the curl and setting it at the same time, while the direct contact between the highly heated heater and the hair is avoided.

Thereafter, if desired, the curl may be transferred to the hairpin and left for such length of time as may be desirable to secure the maximum set to the curl. 4

Since certain changes may be made in the above 50 construction and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. 55

claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device for curling hair, comprising a winding member free from transverse obstructions, a clamp having a sliding pivoted connection to said winding member and adapted to clamp the ends of a fiat lock of hair against it, said sliding pivoted connection permitting a sufficient sliding moving of the clamp relative to the winding member to withdraw it completely from a lock of hair wound in superposed layers upon the winding member whereby such lock of hair may be freed from the clamping action while still held upon the winding member. i

2. A device for curling hair, comprising a winding member free from transverse obstructions, a clamp having a sliding pivoted connection to said winding member and adapted to clamp the ends of a flat lock of hair against it, said sliding pivoted connection permitting a sufiicient sliding moving of the clamp relative to the winding member to withdraw it completely from a lock of hair wound in superposed layers upon the winding member whereby such lock of hair may be freed from the clamping action while still held upon the winding member, such rod being hollow to permit the insertion of a hair pin or the like to hold the curl in place while being removed from the winding rod.

3. A curling device comprising a smooth winding member, a clamp member pivoted to said winding member and having a sliding motion with respect thereto equalto the length of the curl to be formed, whereby the ends of a flat lock of hair may be clamped against said winding member and then the hair wound in a plurality 01' superposed layers and thereafter the clamping means may be slid relative to the winding member without

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