Improvements in Hair-pins.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left 23rd Feb., 1898-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFIC
Improvements in Hair-pins.
I, WILLIAM HODGSON, of Low Trough Cottage, Copley Lane, Butterknowle,
Co. Durham, Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in hair-pins especially applicable for the
use of ladies having very soft or thin hair in which hair-pins as ordinarily constructed
are very apt to shift or fall out of place but which inconvenience is prevented by
the use of my improved hair-pins.
According to my invention each of the legs of the hairpins is bent or bulged
into the form of a semicircle at a point about half-way along its length, the two
bulged portions meeting together and forming practically a complete circle, the
depressions forming the said bulge coming into contact, or nearly so, with each
other and serving to lock the hair within the central bulged portion and the
longitudinally curved closed portion forming the rear part of the pin. The legs
forming the points at the front end of the pin are opened out so as to run parallel
with each other in the ordinary manner to permit of the easy insertion of the pin
through the hair.
As the pin is forced through the hair the latter passes between the depressions of
the two legs into the bulged and end portions of the pin, the latter being thus
firmly fixed or clamped to the hair by the closing up of the said portions around it.
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GEO. H. RAYNER,
37. Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
I, WILLIAM HODGSON, of Low Trough Cottage, Copley Lane, Butterknowle, Co.
Durham, Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in hair-pins especially for the use of ladies
having very soft or thin hair in which hair pins as ordinarily constructed are very
apt to shift or fall out of place but which inconvenience is prevented by the use of
my improved hairpins.
According to my invention each of the legs of the hairpins is bent or bulged into
the form of a semicircle at a point about halfway along its length, the two bulged
portions meeting together and forming practically a complete circle, the depressions
forming the said bulge coming into contact, or nearly so, with each other and
serving to lock the hair within the central bulged portion and the longitudinally
curved closed portion forming the rear part of the pin. The legs forming the

page_text: points at the front end of the pin are opened out so as to run parallel with each
other in the ordinary manner to permit of the easy insertion of the pin through the
hair.
As the pin is forced through the hair the latter passes between the depressions
of the two legs into the bulged and end portions of the pin, the latter being thus
firmly fixed or clamped to the hair by the closing up of the said portions around
it.
In order to more clearly indicate the nature of this invention reference is made
to the accompanying drawing which illustrates a hairpin constructed according to
this invention.
The legs ab of the hairpin are bent or bulged at a¹, b¹ into approximately
semicircular form. The portions a¹, b¹ are about midway of the length of the
hairpin and the two members are arranged so as to nearly meet at a², 62 and a³, ba
so as to form practically a complete circle. It will thus be seen that when the pin
is forced through the hair the latter passes between the depressions a³, 63, a³, bs.
into the bulged and end portions of the pin so that the hair is firmly fixed or
clamped thereby.
The legs a, 6* forming the points are opened out so as to run parallel
with one another as shown to permit of the easy insertion of the pin through
the hair.
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
claim is :-
1) An improved hairpin having its members bent or bulged. out about midway
of its length and brought close together at either end of said bent or bulged out
portion so as to form an approximate circle within which the hair is firmly fixed
or clamped substantially as described.
(2) An improved hairpin substantially as described with reference to the
accompanying drawing.
Dated thie 23rd day of February 1808
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.