Improvements in Curling Irons.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 2 th Oct., 1891 Accepted, 25th Nov:, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Curling Irons.
I, JAMES APPLEBY trading as. Appleby and Company of Frederick Street
in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to curling irons, or instruments for curling or waving, the
human hair, composed essentially of a pair of arms or levers, crossing each other,
and jointed together after the manner of a pair of forceps.
Hair curling irons of the kind as described, have their arms or levers, usually
jointed together by a cross pin or rivet, which, in cheaply made articles, is liable
to become detached..
My invention has: for its object, the joining or connecting of the said parts
together in a more simple and efficient manner than has heretofore, in cheap instru-
ments, been accomplished.
The said connection and jointing. consists essentially in the inward bulging of
the metal of the sides of one part into coincident and opposite countersunk holes of
the other part.
One of the arms consist of a length of solid wire, cranked to an obtuse angle
about its middle, and with the arms lying in parallel but dissimilar planes, whilst
the other part consists of a half-round tubular fore part, and an open jointed
tubular back part; the fore part has its inside diameter a little greater than the
outside diameter of the fore end of the other part for the gripping of the hair to be
curled or rolled around the said fore parts when brought together.
The first named part has upon its opposite sides, and at the junction of the fore
part with the cranked part, countersunk holes wherein the metal of the sides
adjacent to a gapped part of the other part are inwardly bulged, and take.
Thus, the fluted part of the instrument at the junction of the fore part with the
cranked part is pierced, wherethrough the other and solid. limb of the instrument
passes, while the middle of the sides of the metal, opposite the gapped parts, are
bulged or forced inwardly into pivot centres, which take into the coincident holes
or countersinks in the other part, hence the connecting and jointing together of
the parts.
Dated this 23rd day of April 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements.in Curling Irons.
I, JAMES APPLEBY, trading as Appleby and Company, of Frederick Street
in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention relates to curling irons, or instruments for curling, frizzing or
waving the human hair, composed essentially of a pair of levers, crossing each
other (in one form) and jointed together, after the manner of a pair of forceps.
Or the levers may be jointedly connected to each other without crossing.
Usually, hair curling irous of the kind as described. have their limbs or

page_text: members jointed together, by a cross pin or cross rivet, which, in cheaply made
articles, is liable to become detached and lost, hence the rendering useless of
the said instruments.
My invention has for its object, the jointing or connecting of the said parts
together, in a more simple and efficient manner, than has heretofore, in cheap
instruments, been accomplished.
The said connection and jointing, consists essentially in the inward bulging of
the metal of the sides of one part of the said instrument, into coincident and
opposite countersinks, or ends of a hole of the other part.
One of the arms may consist of a length of solid wire, cranked to an obtuse
angle about its middle, and with the arms lying in parallel but dissimilar planes,
whilst the other part consists of a half round tubular fore part, and an open
jointed tubular back part..
The fore part has its inside diameter a little greater than the outside diameter
of the fore end of the other part, for the gripping of the hair to be curled, or
. rolled around the said fore parts,. when brought together.
'
The first named part, has upon its opposite sides, and at the junction of the
fore part with the cranked part, countersunk holes, or a cross hole, wherein
the metal. of the sides adjacent to a gapped part of the other part, are inwardly
bulged and take.
Thus, the fluted part of the instrument, at the junction of the fore part with
the cranked part, is pierced, wherethrough the other and solid limb of the
instrument passes, while the middle of the sides of the metal opposite the gapped
parts, are bulged or forced inwardly into pivot centres, opposite countersinks, or
the ends of a hole in the other part, hence the connecting and jointing together of
the parts.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing, represents a curling iron, having the
limbs or members of the same, jointedly connected to each other, according to my
invention.
The said limbs or members, which cross each other after the manner of a pair
of levers, are jointedly connected to each other, by the inward bulging of the
metal of the sides of one part, into the ends of a cross hole, of the other and
middle part, hence the connecting together and jointing of them.
Figure 2 represents upon an enlarged scale, a cross section upon the dotted
lines A. B.
a is a solid limb, crossed about; its, middle by a second one, made from sheet
metal. The solid limb or lever has a cross hole or piercing a², made through its
middle part, and within the ends, or the entrances to the ends of the said hole,
a middle portion of the metal of the sides 62, of the part b, is inwardly bulged,
forming pivot centres or axes b³, upon which the joints turn respectively.
Thus, the joints or pivot centres, which work within ends of the cross hole,
are made solid with the member b, or the side of it b².
The front end of the member or lever b, is fluted, and takes upon the all-round
fore end part of the other member a.
Figure 3 represents another form of curling iron, with the joint made according
to another form of my invention.
Figure 4 is a portion of the same upon an enlarged scale, while Figure is a
cross section upon the dotted lines CD Figure 4.
a is one member of the same, and is the second one, jointed at 63, by inward
bulging of the metal into the ends of the hole a², of the first named a.
The fore part of the member, is fluted, whilst the same is opened by a rear
extension, and closed by a spring 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
Making or forming the joints of curling irons, or curling instruments, composed

page_text: of lever members, by connecting together the said members or levers of the same,
by inward bulging or pressing of the metal of the sides of one member, into the
ends or the entrances to the ends of a hole, cross piercing or sinkings, made
through or formed within the sides of the other member, hence a solid joint or
pivot, substantially as described and set forth.
1001
JAMES APPLEBY.
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.