An Improved Device for Holding or Retaining Ladies' Hair.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 25th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Holding or Retaining Ladies' Hair.
.1, ANDREAS STOCKINGER, of 8 Spiegelgasse, Vienna I, in the Empire of
Austria, Hair-dresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved device for holding or retaining ladies' hair.
The improved device consists of two jaws jointed together and having teeth
on the sides turned towards each other. Arms are provided either on the jaws
themselves or on a ring carrying such jaws.
The jaws are opened for placing the hair between them, then they are closed and
the lock of hair thus held is wound around the said arms in any desired manner.
The appliances for locking the closed jaws may be arranged in various manners.
In one arrangement the jaws are held by a ring or clamp slid upon their upper
parts forming one of the said arms, such ring or clamp being slid upon the free
wings provided with teeth which prevent the accidental opening of the jaws.
The teeth may also be cut obliquely to form parts of a screw-thread, while the ring
possesses interiorly a corresponding female thread so that the ring may be screwed
up and down on the wings.
In another arrangement the jaws are held together by a pin secured to the hinge
or pivot of the jaws and adapted to pass into holes in elastic projections fixed to
the wings of the jaws, the projections being bent open for enabling the jaws to be
opened, and released in the closing of the jaws.
I may also pass a pin through the openings in the projections.
The before-described locking appliances enable the size of the opening between
the jaws to be adjusted at will, for example by screwing or placing the ring or
clamp higher or lower, or by passing a pin through suitable holes.
In a further modification the locking of the jaws is effected by the wings, which
are arranged at the upper ends of the jaws and constitute an arm, being elastic and
bent so that they may be engaged with each other. In this arrangement the size
of the opening between the jaws cannot be adjusted.
Dated this 25th day of January 1895.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
.
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Device for Holding or Retaining Ladies' Hair.
I, ANDREAS STOCKINGER, of 8 Spiegelgasse, Vienna I, in the Empire of
Austria, Hair-dresser, 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 improved device for holding or retaining ladies' hair.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I will now describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, which show various
constructional forms of my improved device.
My improved device comprises two jaws a a¹ jointed together and having

page_text: comb-shaped teeth c on the sides turned towards each other. Arms 6 are provided
either on the jaws themselves (Figures 1 to 4) or on a ring A carrying such jaws
(Figure 5).
The jaws are opened for placing the hair between them, then they are closed and
the lock of hair thus held is wound around the arms in any desired manner.
Various means for locking the jaws when closed may be adopted. In one
arrangement shown in Figure 1 the jaws a a¹ are held by a ring or clamp e which
is placed over the parts or wings b' of the jaws the said parts b¹ 62 each forming
one of the arms 6 and having teeth d with which the ring e engages thereby
preventing the accidental opening of the jaws. The said teeth d may also be cut
obliquely to form parts of a screw-thread, while the ring e is provided interiorly
with a corresponding female thread so that the ring may be screwed up and down
on the wings.
In the arrangement illustrated in Figure 2 the jaws are held together by a pin g
secured to the hinge or pivot of the jaws and adapted to pass into holes in spring
projections fffixed to the wings 12 of the jaws a a', the said spring projections
being pressed up to enable the jaws to be opened and released and thus allowed to
spring back on to the pin g on closing the jaws.
I may also pass a pin through the holes in the projections in order to hold the
jaws closed, ff as shown in Figures 3 and 4, Figure 4 being a side elevation of
Figure 3.
The herein before described locking devices enable the size of the opening
between the jaws a a¹ to be adjusted at will, for example by screwing or placing
the ring or clamp e higher or lower on the parts 61 62 as shown in Figure 1, or by
suitably choosing the holes in the parts ff through which the pin g or his passed
(Figures or Figures 3 and 4).
In the arrangement shown in Figure 5 the locking of the jaws is effected by the
wings 662 which are arranged at the upper ends of the jaws a a' the wings b₁ b²
being elastic or springy and so shaped that they may be caused to engage with each
other as shown. It will be seen that in the modification shown in Figure 5
the jaws a a¹ are not pivoted to one another but are formed in one piece, the whole
piece being fastened at aº to the ring from a. In this form of device the size of the
opening between the jaws cannot be adjusted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An improved device for holding and retaining ladies' hair, having pivotally
connected toothed jaws a a¹ for the insertion of the hair, and arms b b around which
the hair is wound.
2. In an improved device for holding and retaining ladies' hair, the arrangement
for holding the jaws a a¹ closed, the characteristic feature of such arrangement
being that the wings 61 62 arranged on the upper extremity of the said jaws are
springy or elastic so that they can be hooked into one another, as shown in
Figure 5.
3. In the device described in Claim 1 the arrangement for holding the jaws a a¹
closed and for adjusting the size of the opening between the jaws, the characteristic
features of such arrangement being, either the provision of teeth d on the
wings, over which teeth a clamp or ring e is passed or screwed (Figure 1, or
the provision of perforated elastic projections ff on the wings 2, forming
one of the arms b into which perforations a pin g (Figure 2) or a pin h (Figures 3
and 4) can be introduced.
Dated this 25th day of October 1005
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.