Improvements in Hair-curlers.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in Hair-curlers.
We, JETHRO FOOT and ROBERT JETHRO FOOT, both of 62, New Bond Street,
in the County of London, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 improvements in that kind of device or apparatus for
curling, waving and frizzing hair which consists of an ordinary hair-pin or its
equivalent having a piece of elastic provided with a cap which is placed over the
points or free ends of the two arms of the pin when in use, so as to prevent the
hair from becoming uncurled and our improvements consist mainly in fixing the cap
to the clastic by clamping, thereby avoiding the use of knots.
In order to enable the invention to be fully understood we will describe it by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which—
Figures 1 and 2 are views at right angles to each other of a hair-curler con-
structed with our improvements and shewing the arms of the curler held in their
closed position by the cap.
Figures 3 and 4 are similar views to Figures 1 and 2 respectively but shewing
the curler in its open position.
Figures 5 and 6 are respectively a central section and an end view of the
cap and the elastic fastened thereto by clamping according to our invention ;
and,
Figure 7 is a view of the cap before being clamped to the elastic.
In the drawing,--Figures 1 to 4 are drawn natural size; Figures 5 and 6 to an
enlarged scale.
a, a represent the arms of the curler formed of a piece of wire which we
bend round an eyelet b which is then clamped over the wire, the said eyelet serving
to receive a piece or loop of elastic and also limiting the outward play of the
arms.
d represents the cap adapted to fit over the free ends or points of the arms a, a
when the curler is in use; the free ends of the elastic care fixed in the cap by
clamping. For this purpose the cap is cut or slit at e, as shewn in Figure 7 so
that, when the free ends of the elastic are placed in the cap, the part f of the cap
can be clamped over the ends of the elastic, as clearly shewn in Figures 5 and 6,
thereby securely holding the ends of the elastic within the cap. The removal of
the part of the cap which is clamped down facilitates the placing of the cap over
the free ends or points of the arms when the device is closed, as shewn in Figures!
and 2.
the
We have described and illustrated a suitable means of clamping the elastic to
cap of a hair-curler but it will be obvious that the clamping can be effected in
any other suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. Fixing the caps to the elastic strips or loops of hair-curlers or apparatus for
curling, waving or frizzing hair substantially in the manner hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. The combination with the arms of a hair-curler or apparatus for curling,
waving or frizzing hair of an eyelet such as b, substantially as described.

page_text: 3. The manufacture and use of the improved hair-curler or apparatus for curling,
waving or frizzing hair hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
Dated the 2rd day of February 1899
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.