Improvements in Hair-pins.
Year: 1898

page_text: I, FRANK LACY, of 41, Woodstock Road, Bedford Park, London, W, Actor,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to hair-pins and comprises improved arrangements
designed to afford a better grip than the ordinary hair-pins having straight or
corrugated legs.
A hair-pin made according to my said invention consists of a piece of wire
bent in the middle so as to form an eye or loop constituting a spring, from the
opposite sides of which the two parts of such wire pass a short distance either
in a parallel direction or at any desired angle, and then cross each other. From
the crossing point the legs first extend outwards and then run parallel to each
other, the free extremities of these legs being turned inwards.
By pressing against the two sides of the head formed above the crossing point
the legs of the hair-pin will open to allow it to be easily inserted into the hair,
whilst on discontinuing such pressure they will close and bind the hair owing
to the action of the aforesaid spring eye or loop.
In modified arrangements the head of the hair-pin may be formed of an 8
shaped or double eye or loop constituting the spring, and the legs, which are
either plain or wavy, may be bent inwards at the extremities which meet and
run some little distance parallel to each other. The legs may also converge
after being bent outwards from the crossing point.
In some instances I affix to the head of the hair-pin an ornament or other
article intended to be fastened to the hair, such as a comb.
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Improvements in Hair-pins.
I, FRANK LACY, formerly of 41, Woodstock Road, Bedford Park, London,
W., now of 20, York Buildings, Adelphi, London, W.C., Actor, 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 hair-pins and comprises improved arrangements
designed to afford a better grip than the ordinary hair-pins having straight,
corrugated or curved legs, so that they may be used advantageously not only
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page_text: in lieu of such ordinary hair-pins, but also for fixing stones and other orna-
ments in the hair.
A hair-pin embodying my improvements has its head formed with a spring
eye or loop to which an ornament for the hair may be fastened, and one or both
of its legs are bent inwards in any suitable manner at or near their free ends
to constitute throats whereby the hair-pin will be securely retained in the hair.
I have shown in the accompanying drawing by way of example how my in-
vention may be carried into practice.
A piece of wire, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, is bent in the middle so as to form an eye
or loop a constituting a spring, from which the two parts of the wire either pass
outwards and then parallel, as represented in Figure 1, or they extend out-
wards, cross over to the opposite sides and thereupon run parallel to each other
as represented in Figures 2, 3, 4, forming the legs b c which may be either
straight, wavy or curved, as desired.
At or near their extremities the two legs b c are bent inwards in any appro-
priate manner, as shown for instance at de. Figures 1, 2, 3, in order to form a
contraction or throat f, whereupon they may open again as in Figures 1 and 3.
In the arrangement illustrated in Figure 4 only the leg c is bent inwards at e
to constitute the throat f.
To the head a of the hair-pin thus constructed I may attach a stone or orna-
ment for the hair in any suitable manner.
On pushing this hair-pin into the hair its legs b c may be opened by pressing
against them from the inside, as in Figure 1, to facilitate the passage of hair
through the throat f, or by pressing against their head above the crossing point
from the outside, as in Figures 2, 3, 4, but it is evidently not necessary to open
the legs except in cases where the throat f is formed at their extremities as in
Figure 2. After the hair-pin has been inserted into the hair with or without
opening its legs bc as set forth, these legs will close and bind the hair owing
to the action of the aforesaid spring eye or loop a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim:-
First. A hair-pin having its head formed with a spring eye or loop a, sub-
stantially as set forth.
Second. A hair-pin having its head formed with a loop a, from which the two
parts of the wire pass outwards and then cross over to opposite sides to form the
legs, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Third. A hair-pin having one or both legs be bent inwards at or near their
ends to form a throat f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Fourth. A hair-pin having its head formed with a spring eye or loop a and
its legs with a throat f, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 5th day of September 1890
J. LINCOLN & Co.,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.