Novel Construction or Arrangement of Appliances for Heat-drying Ladies' Hair After Shampooing or Bathing.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application 6th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 6th Feb, 1890-Accepted, 8th Mar.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Novel Construction or Arrangement of Appliances for Heat-drying
Ladies' Hair After Shampooing or Bathing.
I, AUGUST BUERMANN, of 53 England Lane, Belsize Park, Middlesex, Coiffeur; do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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The object of this invention is to expeditiously dry ladies hair after being shampooed,
or after a bath.
For the purpose of my invention, I support a kind of tray upon a tube-which
conveys heat from an atmospheric or other burner into the tray and against one or
more baffle plates for distributing the heat in the tray.
The upper part of the tray is formed of wirework, or other perforated in iterial, or
it may be a horse hair screen on which the lady's har to be dried can be placed after
being combed to spread it open, the heat passing through between.
One end of the tray is recessed or crescent shaped for the reception of the lady's
head.
The tray may be rectangular in shape or tapered in its length and in order that the
top of the hair and the upper and front part of the head may be afterwards or simul-
taneously dried I provide a screen or hood, so that the heat after passing through
between the hair flows to the front previously to its escape.
The hood may be part of the apparatus, or as a separate appliance.
I have referred to the tray as being heated by atmospheric or other burner which
is at sufficient distance from the tray as not to singe the hair, the tube being preferably
formed with a cone at the lower part as a hise, within which the burner can be
arranged, said cone having apertures therein for the insertion of curling tongs to be
heated
The tray may however be arranged to hold a hot water bottle, so that the heat given
off from the bottle will be sufficient to dry the hair in such a case the tray, and bottle
could be fitted on a stand.
chair in
The apparatus is preferably of a portable character to be brought up to a
which a lady is seated, or it may be a fixture.
1000
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said August Buermann
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Novel Construction or Arrangement of Appliances for Heat-drying
Ladies' Hair After Shampooing or Bathing.
I, AUGUST BUERMANN, of 8 England Lane, Belsize Park, Middlesex, Coiffeur, 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
The object of this invention is to expeditiously dry a lady's hair after being shampooed,
or after a bath
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
"'
A Novel Construction or Arrangement of Appliances for Heat-drying
Ladies' Hair After Shampooing or Bathing.
I, AUGUST BUERMANN, of 8 England Lane, Belsize Park, Middlesex, Coiffeur, 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.-
The object of this invention is to expeditiously dry a lady's hair after being shampooed,
or after a bath
My invention will be understood by the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus in its complete form with a lady seated
and her back hair spread out upon the tray for drying by atmospheric burner, or
other supply of heat.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the apparatus.
Figure 3 a part plan view showing the sliding baffle plate,

page_text: Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 with the hood in position.
Figure 5 shows perspective view of tray when heated by hot water.
The same letters refer to similar parts of the several Figures.
I support a kind of tray A upon a tube B (telescopic or other) which conveys heat
from an atmospheric, or other burner, or from a lamp Cinto the tray A and against
one or more baffle plates D for distributing the heat in the tray.
The upper part of the tray is formed of wire-work, or of perforated material, or it
may be a horse hair screen on which a lady's hair, to be dried, can be placed after
being combed to spread it open, the heat passing through between.
One end E of the tray is recessed, or crescent shaped for the reception of the lady's
head, so that the hair at the sides of the head is dried simultaneously with the back
hair.
The tray may be rectangular in shape, or tapered in its length, and in order that the
top of the hair and the upper and front part of the head may be afterwards, or simul-
taneously dried, provide a hood F, so that a portion of the heat may pass through
between the hair, and also through the hood to the front and top of the head by
moving the baffle plate away from the outlet for the whole of the heat to be applied to
the front, or top of the head for drying purposes.
The hood may be part of the apparatus but I prefer it to be a separate appliance and
affixable on the tray A, as seen at Figure 4.
I have referred to the tray as being heated by atmospheric, or other burner C, which
is at sufficient distance from the tray as not to singe the hair, the tube being preferably
formed with a cone G at the lower part as a base, within which, the burner C can be
arranged, said cone having apertures therein, if desired, for the insertion of curling
tongs to be heated.
The tray A may however be arranged to hold a hot water bottle, as at Figure 5, so
that the heat given off from the bottle, will be sufficient to dry the hair. H is a nozzle
for the entry of water to the bottle A.
The apparatus is preferably of a portable character to be brought up to a chair in
which a lady is seated, or it may be a fixture to a chair, or its equivalent, as a complete
apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.-
1. The novel construction of apparatus_shown_in_the_annexed_drawings_and_its
employment for drying a lady's hair after shampooing, or after a bath, as described.
2. The construction, or arrangement of a tray with openworked top surface, on
which the hair can be spread and be dried by heat passing through the meshes,
substantially as described.
3. The construction of a tray, such as above described with a recess for a head to
rest in, as and for the purposes set forth.
4. The arrangement of hood affixable on the tray, as set forth.
5. The moveable baffle plate arrangement within the tray for the distribution of the
heat for drying the back hair, and its removal by sliding for the full application, of
heat to the front and top of the head, as described.
The 6th day of February 1800
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said August Buermann.