Patent GB-358987-A (GB)
Title: An improved device for curling the hair
IPC: A45D2/06
Filed: 1930-04-11
Abstract: 358,987. Hair - curling appliances. PY•E, M. A., 21, Rue de Ste-Adresse, Le Havre, Seine, France. April 11, 1930, No. 11562. Convention date, April 13, 1929. [Class 131.] A hair-curling device adapted to produce a wide curl coiled upon itself a number of times comprises a mandrel 2, Fig. 1, having at one end a clamping-device adapted to grip the root of the tress, and a winder 3 in the form of a tubular body containing a plurality of spring-loaded members adapted to press upon the hair as it is wound on the mandrel. The clamping-device comprises a pair of spaced discs 9, 10, Figs. 1 and 2, provided with aligned slots 13 against the side of which the hair is gripped by a lever 7 retained in position by a spring-loaded pawl 8. The mandrel 2 may be permanently attached to the disc 10, or may be adapted to engage over a spigot projecting from the disc, the spigot being provided with a pin coacting with a bayonet slot in the end of the mandrel. The tubular body of the winder 3 is of considerably larger internal diameter than the external diameter of the mandrel, and consists of a sheet of springy metal in the form of a single convolution of a spiral the ends of which are spaced apart and overlap each other, the outer end being provided with serrations 26. A member 22, Fig. 5, of arcuate cross section is resiliently secured longitudinally in the upper part a of the winder 3 by means of a leaf spring 23 which is riveted or otherwise attached to the winder, and a similar member provided at one end with a U-shaped portion 25 adapted to spring over the mandrel 2 is attached to the lower part b of the winder. The members 22 may be secured to the winder by helical springs instead of leaf springs. In modifications, the tubular body of the winder comprises two or more parts each provided with lugs or projections by means of which the parts are detachably secured together. In use, the hair, after passing through the clamp, is given a half turn around the mandrel, the winder is either sprung open or the parts are entirely separated from one another, and the lower part b of the winder is then placed beneath the mandrel and the partial turn of hair, so that the lower resilient member 22 presses against the hair, and the part 25 thereof engages the mandrel. The free portion of the hair is then distributed evenly over the teeth 26, the upper part a of the winder is allowed to spring, or is placed in position, over the mandrel with the upper resilient member 22 pressing on the hair, and the winder is rotated. Finally the winder is removed and the curl is secured by a band of fabric to prevent it from uncurling. According to the Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a), (1) the winder may comprise a clip somewhat similar to a bull-dog clip, the handles for opening the clip being attached to the inner resilient members and passing through the outer tubular body, (2) the tubular body may be hexagonal and formed in two parts, the resilient members comprising four series of spring-loaded rollers, and (3) the mandrel may be in the form of two cones having the bases juxtaposed, one end of the mandrel being provided with a collar having two flats adapted to engage in a hole in the centre of the clamp, the collar serving as the axis of rotation of the lever of the clamp. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.