An Improved Curling Iron or Apparatus for Curling or Frizzing Hair.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr, 1891-Accepted, 30th May, 1891
An Improved Curling Iron or Apparatus for Curling or
Frizzing Hair.
I, CLEMENT JOSEPH LAGARDE, Hairdresser, of Rouen, France, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to an improved iron for curling hair, the object being to
avoid direct contact of the heated iron with the hair, and so prevent the accidents
or disadvantages which result therefrom. For this purpose I employ a metallic
sheath or case and a pin to receive the hair to be curled (such pin having two arms
and being fitted with a sliding ring), and an iron or blade also of metal and which
when heated to the desired temperature is inserted into the sheath or case so as
to transmit its heat thereto, and so curl or friz the hair.
The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention and also the method of
using the apparatus.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the complete apparatus.
Fig. 2 shows the sheath in elevation and also in cross section on the line 1-2,
and the double armed pin, the parts being in the position they occupy before use
so as to facilitate winding or rolling the hair thereon.
Fig. 3 shows the sliding ring in plan and side elevation.
Fig. 4 shows the heating iron in elevation and also a cross section of same on
the line 1-2.
Fig. 5 shows the manner of rolling a tress of hair directly on the sheath, for
forming undulations or what is known as "waving."
Fig. 6 shows the manner of rolling a whole tress together on the sheath so as to
obtain ringlets or curls, and
Fig. 7 shows the manner of rolling a tress alternately upon each branch or arm
of the hair pin, before it is turned down upon the sheath, in order to produce
ordinary undulations.
The apparatus consists of an open metal sheath or case 6 preferably of lozenge
section, as this form is found to produce the best effects of curling or waving hair.
At its closed end an opening d'is formed, through which passes a pin c called the
hair pin and having two arms or branches, such pin turning freely in the opening d,
and in order to produce the desired effect it is turned down, as shown in Fig. 1, in
a plane parallel to that of the sheath itself. A metal slide or ringe of suitable
form is passed over the sheath b and upon the hair pin c to keep the parts in their
proper positions. An iron a also preferably of lozenge section is introduced into
the sheath b. It is connected to a handle j to which it is firmly secured by a keyed
ferrule h.
The method of employing the apparatus will be readily understood from the
different figures of the drawings.
The hair g having been first twisted round the sheath 6 or the arms of the pin c,
as shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, or in any other suitable manner, and the sheath and
the hair pin having then been turned to the proper position and secured by the
slide or ring e, it is only necessary to introduce into the sheath 6 the iron a which
has been previously heated to the required degree. The heat of the iron is
communicated to the sheath 6 by contact therewith, which latter transmits it to the
rolled or twisted hair, and thus effects the curling. The hair may then be with-
drawn from the apparatus by causing it to slide along the sheath and the arms of
the hair pin from which the slide or ring e has been withdrawn. It will be seen
that by this apparatus direct contact of the heated iron with the hair and the
disadvantages resulting therefrom are avoided.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The apparatus for curling or frizzing hair consisting in a metal sheath, a two
armed hair pin with a slide or ring working thereon, and an iron which when
heated is introduced into the sheath to which it transmits its heat, this
combination of parts enabling the hair to be curled or frizzed without direct
contact of the heated iran with the hair, substantially as specified.
Dated this 30th day of April 1891.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.