An Improved Hair Curling Device.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th June, 1895-Accepted, 6th July, 1895
An Improved Hair Curling Device.
I, SARAH CATHERINE RUSSEL, of Waterloo Ayr, Ayrshire, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of hair curling pins wherein a hot iron
is used.
The invention has for its object to so make such pius that they can be used for
curling short hair.
In carrying out my invention I use a tube in the end of which I fit or secure a
backwardly extending bent wire or rod of spring metal. The rear end of this
wire is so bent or shaped as to be easily caught or fixed on the tube when necessary.
Between the wire arm and the tube is a bar which, when closed, lies close against
the tube.
The bent arm and the bar are so arranged as to be readily locked in position or
unlocked as desired.
If desired two bent arms may be used, one at each side of the tube.
The bar as it lies close to the tube enables the curler to be used for curling
short hair.
The hot iron is inserted when necessary in the tube.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
I, SARAH CATHERINE RUSSEL of Waterloo, Ayr, Ayrshire, 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 that class of hair curling pins wherein a hot iron
is used.
The invention has for its object to so make such pins that they can be used for
curling short hair as well as long hair.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have
hereunto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon
Fig. 1 is a side view of the device.
Fig. 2 is a view looking at the left hand end of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a view looking at the right hand end of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the instrument opened out.
Fig. 5 is a plan view of the instrument closed with the exception of the part o
which is opened out.
In carrying out my invention I use an ordinary tube a in the end of which
I pivotally secure a bent wire arm b which is provided with a hook b¹ at its end
for spring catching on to the tube as shown at Figs. 1 and 2. Fitted pivotally on
the wire b is a flat bar c, which, when closed, is locked in place by the catch b
D

page_text: and lies close to the tube a. d is the ordinary heating wire having a wood handle e
(Fig. 4) or a wire handle ƒ (Fig. 1).
With this construction the bar c and the bent arm can be easily closed or
opened as desired by merely catching or releasing the spring catch 61. As the bar c,
which is a special feature of the invention, lies close to the tube a it enables short
hair to be readily curled a practical impossibility with ordinary curlers.
As usual with this class of curler the wire d is heated and inserted in the tube a.
If desired two bent arms b may be used one on each side of the tube a.
In some cases if desirable the heater may be dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. The combination with a hair curler of the class set forth, of a laterally
movable bar c for curling short hair substantially as set forth.
2. In combination the tube a, the heater d for the tube, the bent wire b pivotally
secured to the tube and having a hook at its end and the bar c pivotally
secured to the bent wire b, substantially as herein before set forth.
Dated this 4th day of June 1895.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.