Patent GB-204779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hair curlers
IPC: A45D6/02
Filed: 1922-07-06
Abstract: 204,779. Sokal, S. July 6, 1922. Addition to 189,237. Hair-curling appliances.-The curler described in the parent Specification is modified so as to consist of a number of independently rotatable body sections and the tightening tool is adapted to rotate these sections successively by means of a slide member adapted to be rotated and also moved longitudinally. The curler comprises a fork member 60, Fig. 1, with an extension 61, the end 61<1> of which is flattened and a number of sections 62 mounted on the extension 61 by means of three internal ribs 64, Fig. 5. The outer section 65, Fig. 1, is provided with slots 67 in line with and of the same width as the ribs 64, and in one or more of these slots is mounted a spring pawl or pawls 68 engaging-with a recess or recesses in the extension 61. The tightening tool comprises two handles 80, 81, Figs. 2 and 3, pressed apart by a spring 82, and loosely mounted on a pivot 83, one end of which has a flange 84 and the other a ratchet wheel 85, with which engage spring pawls on the handles. The face of the ratchet wheel 85 is provided with three projections 86 corresponding to the slots 67 of the end section 65 of the curler, and having operating surfaces adapted to release the pawl 68 from its recess. Through the pivot 83 passes a rod 88 which forms the stationary part of the tool. The projecting end of this rod is slotted to engage the flattened end of the extension 61 of the curler, and the other end is secured to a disc 90 which is attached by rods 91, 92, 93 to a plate 94 secured to the handle 81. Upon the rod 88, and within grooves in the pivot 83, is slidably mounted a member 97 consisting of three rods corresponding to and adapted to enter the spaces between the ribs 64 of the curler sections. The three parts of the member 97 are connected at one .end to a disc 98, Fig. 2, and a spring 99 between the disc and the plate 94 tends to move the member 97 into the position shown. Upon the rod 91 is mounted a sleeve 100, carrying projections 101, 102, 103 acting as stops to engage the disc 98 and hold the member 97 in position for engaging various sections of the curler. A handle 108, Fig. 3, with a pivoted and spring- controlled extension 105, actuates the sleeve through an arm 104 so as to move the stops 101, 102, 103 out of engagement with the disc 98, but so that after each movement the sleeve 100 is brought back immediately to its normal position by a spring 113, and the, disc 98 is arrested by the next stop. The spring-controlled joint between the arms 105 and 108 allows the arm 105 to ride over the arm 104 on the return movement without moving the sleeve 100. Thus the hair can be tightened on the curler by rotating all the sections, the member 97 being first projected from the tool and engaging all the sections, and then withdrawn step by step further to rotate the outer sections. The curler may be used with the tool described in the parent Specification. Other means of engagement between the stationary part of the tool and the inner part of the curler, and beween the rotating part of the tool and the main body of the curler may be'employed.