Improvements in the Manufacture of Hair Curlers or Curling Pins.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hair Curlers or Curling Pins.
I, ETHEL SPYDRE BROWETT, of St. Nicholas, Coventry, in the County of
Warwick, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is the manufacture of hair curlers or curling pins of
simple and inexpensive kiud that may be worn without discomfort to the wearer
even when resting the head against a pillow or cushion. Within any suitable fabric
woven or otherwise formed into a tube are enclosed three strips or lengths of
suitable rigid material such as whalebone or some substitute therefor, or celluloid,
wood or papier maché these strips being arranged in line but a very short distance
apart so that the parts of the fabric respectively containing them can be turned
down one over the other, one of the end portions turning down on to the middle
portion and then the other end portion turning down over the end portion already
down; and being retained in its turvèd down position by means of any suitable
fastening device such as an elastic or other loop on the one end portion (near its
point of attachment to the middle portion) adapted to receive and hold the outer
end of the other end portion of the curling device. The mode of using such a
curling pin is as follows:-The pin being unfolded or opened out, the hair is placed
between the middle and one of the end portions which latter is closed against the
middle portion; the pin is then turned so as to wind the hair around its said two
portions, after which the second or outer end portion of the pin is closed and
fastened in place over the inner one.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Hair Curlers or Curling Pins.
I, ETHEL SPYDRE BROWETT, of St. Nicholas, Coventry, in the County of
Warwick, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what mauner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is the manufacture of hair curlers or curling pins
of simple and inexpensive kind that can be worn without discomfort to the wearer
even when resting the head against a pillow or cushion.

page_text: For this purpose I make a hair curler or curling pin as I shall now describe by
reference to the accompanying drawings wherein
Fig. 1 is an edge view, partly in longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a plan, showing
one of my hair curlers or curling pins in its opened out or inoperative condition.
Figs. 3 and 4 are elevations showing how the hair curler or curling pin is folded
up for use.
Within any
suitable fabric woven or otherwise formed into a closed tube 1 are
enclosed three strips or lengths 2 of suitable rigid material such as whalebone or
some substitute therefor, or celluloid, wood or paper maché, these strips being
arranged in line but a very short distance apart so that the parts of the fabric
respectively containing them can be turned down one over the other, one of the end
portions viz. 1ª turning down on to the middle portion 1, as shown in Fig. 3, and then
the other end portion viz. 1 turning down over the end portion 1 already down as
shown in Fig. 4, and being retained in its turned down position by means of any
suitable fastening device such as an elastic or other loop 3 provided on the one end
portion 1 (near its point of attachment to the middle portion) and adapted to
receive and hold the outer end of the end portion 1° of the curling device. The
sides of the tube may be sewn together between the strip 2 as indicated at 3, so as
to confine the strips in place and prevent them overlapping each other when the
curling pin is not in use.
The mode of using such a curling pin is as follows:-The pin being unfolded or
opened out as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the hair is placed between the middle and the
end portions 1 which latter is closed against the middle portion; the pin is then
turned so as to wind the hair around its said two portions, after which the second or
outer end portion 1 of the pin is closed and fastened in place over the inner one by
the loop 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
Hair curlers or curling pins constructed substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.