Year: 1886

page_text: I, SARAH FERNLEY, of Brentford End, Brentford, in. the County of Middlesex
Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Many attempts have recently been made to produce curling pins in order to
dispense with the use of paper for curling the hair. These pins have mostly
assumed the form of ordinary hair pins with an additional limb, leg or arm to be
brought over the other two limbs or pins, and the three secured together by a clip
or hinge at the end of the three limbs. Now according to my invention I make
the curling pin proper preferably of a single piece of metal which may be wholly
or partially hollow and having a portion of the surface on one side cut or scooped
out, such portion being of or about the length of the width of the lock of hair to be
curled or frizzed. In this grooved or cut out portion I provide a piece of india
rubber plain or other suitable cord secured at one end of the pin, and at the other
passed through the hollow end of the tube, and the rubber or cord carries a cap or
eyelet at its end which cap or eyelet when the cord is distended or tightened fits
over the end of the pin which may for this purpose be somewhat pointed.
To use the pin, push the india rubber or cord through the hollow end until it
rises in loop form, insert the hair in the loop, twist it round the pin proper, and
when sufficiently twisted bring the end of the cord whereon is the cap or eyelet,
over the hair and fasten on the end of the pin The lock of hair is thus compressed
and held firmly in position so long as may be required.
Dated this 10th dan Tun 1000

page_text: Frizzing Hair.
I Mrs SARAH FERNLEY; Photographer of Brentford End Brentford in the
County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of my invention for CURLING
OR FRIZZING HAIR and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Many attempts have recently been made to produce curling pins in order to
dispense with the use of paper. for curling the hair-These pins have mostly
assumed the form of ordinary hair pins with an additional limb leg or arm to be
brought over the other two limbs or pins and the three secured together by a clip
or hinge at the end of the three limbs. But according to my invention I make
the curling pin proper preferably of a single piece of metal or other suitable
Daterial which may be wholly or partially 'hollow and of any convenient length
and having a portion of the surface on one side cut or scooped out such portion
being of or about the length of the width of the lock of hair to be curled, or
frizzed In this grooved or cut out portion I provide a piece of india rubber,
plain or other suitable cord secured at one end of the pin and at the other passed
through the hollow end of the tube and the rubber or cord carries a cap or eyelet
of metal or other suitable material at its end which cap or eyelet when the cord is
distended or tightened fits over the end of the pin which may for this purpose be
somewhat pointed and which pointed portion may be of a different material to the
main part of the pin.
To use the pin push the india rubber or cord through the hollow end until it
rises in loop form, insert the hair in the loop, tighten the cord, twist the hair round
the pin proper and when sufficiently twisted bring the end of the cord whereon is
the cap or eyelet over the hair and fasten on the end of the pin-The lock of hair
is thus compressed and held firmly in position as long as may be required.
When the hair has been operated upon sufficiently long the instrument can be
removed by simply taking of the cap or eyelet and unrolling the hair from the pin.
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
(A) The Tubular Hair Curling Pin herein described and illustrated" see accom-
panying drawing" for curling up locks of hair and retaining them in a coiled state
for the purpose set forth.
(B) The method of using the cord as applied to this particular instrument only-
The cord and cap themselves I do not claim.