A New or Improved Hair Pin.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1896-Accepted, 11th July, 1896
A New or Improved Hair Pin.
I, ARTHUR CLEMENT GIBSON of Senekal Hotel, Senekal, Orange Free State,
South Africa, Hotel Proprietor, 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:-
This invention relates to an improved hair pin and has for its object to provide a
simple device of this description which can be secured more firmly in the hair than
is the case with the ordinary arrangement.
In carrying out my invention I form the hair pin from wire of the ordinary
description, but instead of making it with two straight sides, I propose to bend or
wave both of these legs, the wire being also bent so as to cause the legs to spring
together and cross each other. To insert the pin in the hair the legs are pressed
apart by the fingers, opening the ends and allowing the pin to be easily pushed
into position. On releasing the sides they will be caused to spring together and
grip the hair, preventing the pin falling out accidentally.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet. of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 shows a hair pin formed according to my invention,
Fig. 2 shows the same bent for insertion in the hair, and
Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of slight modifications.
The sides or legs A of the pin are as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 waved or bent at
their lower end a. The upper end of the pin is also preferably bent out a little
below the top to admit of a better grip being obtained in opening the legs, and
the wire is bent at the centre or top into a tongue a¹ which extends between the
two legs allowing the said legs to open freely without danger of breaking the pin.
On allowing the legs to come together the two waved ends will enclose a quantity
of hair between them slightly resisting the withdrawal of the pin. As shown in
Fig. 3 the legs A' are made of slightly different form being curved outwardly
immediately above the bent part, and the ends a² instead of being waved have a
larger curve which encloses the hair. The extremities are preferably turned
slightly outwardly to admit of the pin passing more freely into the hair.
Fig. 4 shows a similar arrangement to those already described, with the exception
that the central tongue a³ instead of being straight is provided with a small loop
or eye at the end, this form being preferred for the purpose of opening or
bending.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manuer the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) An improved hair pin formed from bent wire having the lower ends of the
legs bent or waved to enclose a portion of the hair and formed at the upper ends so
as to cause the legs to spring together and over-lap, substantially as described and
for the purposes specified.
(2) The improved hair pin formed from bent wire having the lower ends of.
its legs waved or bent and the upper end formed with a central tongue, the legs
being caused to spring together and overlap, substantially as described and shown
in Figs. 1 and 2 and for the purposes specified.

page_text: (3) The improved hair pin adapted to grip the hair substantially as described
and shown in Fig. 3 and for the purposes specified.
(4) The improved hair pin adapted to grip the hair substantially as described
and shown in Fig. 4 and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 10th day of June 1896.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.