Improvement in Hair Curling Pins.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 24th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 30th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Hair Curling Pins.
FRANK THOMAS PLESTER 29, Belvoir Road Lordship Lane Forest Hill in
County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improvement on a curling pin, described in my
Specification 12,750, 1889. I take two or more pieces of metallic wire or other
flexible substance, one piece shaped so that it takes the form of a double ring, the
two ends forming a parallel pin for winding the hair round, the other piece forms a
spring frame, and is placed between the double ring of the parallel pin, the two
ends remaining free, and crossing each other, when turned back against the parallel
pin, and the pin forced through, the frame will spring across and securely lock
itself. To release the pin it is drawn out by the ring end, when the spring frame
will open and allow the hair to pass out. The object of my invention is to construct
a curling pin that will securely lock itself, and yet be speedily removed from the
hair, without unlocking, and entirely prevent catching, or damaging the hair.
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F. T. PLESTER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Hair Curling Pins.
I, FRANK THOMAS PLESTER, of 29 Belvoir Road, Lordship Lane, Forest Hill,
in the County of Surrey, 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 an improvement on a curling pin described in my
Specification No: 12,750, of 1889, for curling the hair of the human body..
I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing,
in which-
Fig. 1 is a view of the pin open in the flat;
Fig. 2 is a view of the pin folded together.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the views.
I take two or more pieces of metallic wire or other flexible substances, one piece
being shaped so that it takes the form of a double ring the two ends a forming a
parallel pin for winding the hair round; the other piece forms the spring frame d
and is placed between the swells cc in the double ring of the parallel pin a the
two ends remaining free and crossing each other. When turned back against the
parallel pin a and the pin a forced through d the frame d will spring across and
securely lock itself. To release the pin it is drawn out by the ring end b, when the
spring frame will open and allow the hair to pass out or off the pin a.
If preferable a clip e may be used on the ring b for the purpose of holding the
frame between the swells c c in the double ring b.
The object of my invention is to construct a curling pin that will securely lock
itself and yet be speedily removed from the hair without unlocking, and to entirely
prevent the catching or damaging 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. The combination of the parallel pin a the double ring swells c c spring

page_text: framed and the clip e, for curling the hair of human beings, substantially as herein
described and according to the accompanying drawings.
2.. The combination of the parallel pin and frame constructed in any material,
substantially as herein described.
3. A curling pin that will securely lock itself and yet be speedily removed from
the hair without unlocking, and to entirely prevent the damaging of the hair,
substantially as herein described.
Dated this 24th day of March 1802
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.