Improvements in Hair Curlers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application. 12th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1895-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hair Curlers.
GEORGE HENRY TWIGG Manufacturer Ludgate Works 6 & 7 Ludgate Hill
Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An improved means of securing the arms of hair curlers.
Hair curlers as now commonly made, have an outside frame within which are
jointed two arms in such a manner that they may rotate around a pivot at one end
of the frame, either separately or together. When the hair has been wound
around these two arms they are rotated upon the pivot in such a manner as to bring
the hair within the frame and the arms are then held in position therein by the
pressure of the frame against them.
My invention consists of making one or more appertures in the frame so that
when the arms are brought within the frame they lock themselves in position by
engaging with these appertures.
For this purpose I pierce a hole in the frame at that end of it which is opposite
to the one at which the pivot is situated and the arms, being made rounded at the
end, and of a sufficient length to cause the frame to slightly spring, when they are
thrust within it, become engaged in the hole and they are then held securely in the
desired position.
Or instead of making one hole in the frame I make two holes a little distance
from each other and then so form the frame that they lie one on each side of it,
slightly removed from the end, and opposite to each other. I then bend the frame
together so that at the point where the holes are the width of the frame is
contracted. The arms; which in this case I prefer to make half round with their
flat sides placed together; will when thrust within the frame force themselves
through the contracted portion and become locked in position by the frame springing
upon them as they pass between the two opposite holes.
Dated this 10th day of November 1894.'
I, GEORGE HENRY TWIGG of Ludgate Works, 6 and 7 Ludgate Hill in the
City of Birmingham, 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:-
This invention relates to an improved means of securing the arms of hair
curlers.
Hair curlers as now commonly made, have an outside frame within which are
jointed two arms or gripping bar members in such a manner that they may turn on
a pivot at one end of the frame, either separately or together. When the hair has
been wound around these two arms they are turned inwardly upon the pivot in
such a manner as to bring the hair within the frame and the arms or members
are then held in position therein by the pressure of the frame against them.
D

page_text: My invention consists in making one or more apertures in the frame so that
when the arms or members are brought within the frame they lock themselves in
position by engaging with these apertures.
For this purpose I pierce a hole in the frame at that end of it which is opposite
to the joint, and the arms, being rounded at the ends and of a sufficient length to
cause the frame to slightly distend when they are forced home within it, become
engaged in the hole and they are then held securely in the desired position.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a hair curler provided with
gripping arm or bar member securing means made according to one form of my
improvements.
Figure 2 represents a section of the fastening end of the frame, and Figure 3
is an end view of Figure 1, showing the curved ends of the arm taking into the
slit or aperture, whilst Figure 4 is an end view of Figure 2, showing the aperture
with the arm ends removed.
Figure 5 is a part vertical section of the curler, taken in the longer direction of
the frame.
Figure 6 represents a hair curler provided with like arm-securing means but
having a differently shaped frame.
a, a¹ are a pair of side-by-side hair-gripping arms or bar members, jointed at
their inner ends a², by a pivot pin c, to the rear ends 62, of the sides 61, 63, of the
frame b, whose front or return part 6, has an elongated slit or all-through
aperture, wherein the curved terminal ends a³, of the arm or bar members a, a',
engage and become therein locked by the frame taking its normal length after
being extended by the pressing of the arms or bar members within the normal
length of the frame.
Or instead of making one bole in the frame I make two holes a little distance
from each other and then so form the frame that they lie one on each side of it,
slightly removed from the end, and coming opposite to each other.
I then bend the
frame together so that at the point where the holes are the width of the frame is
contracted. The arms, which in this case I prefer to make half round with their
flat sides placed together, will, when thrust within the frame, force themselves
through the contracted portion and become locked in position by the frame springing
upon them as they pass between the two opposite holes.
Figure 7 represents a hair curler whose frame is provided with such means of
fastening.
Figure 8 is a side elevation of the same.
Figure 9 is a cross section of the fastening part upon the dotted line ³ Figure 7
and upon an enlarged scale.
a,
a¹
are the hair gripping bars, with the one end jointed at c, to the rear end of
the frame b, whose returned fore part is contracted at 66, and provided with
opposite side piercings 6, wherein the curved sides of the ends of the arms or bar
members soap.
Now the space between the sides of the frame at this fastening part is normally
less in breadth than the combined thicknesses of the arms, so that on the forcing of
the said arms within the frame, the contracted part is caused to open out and the
sides of the ends to snap into the elongated apertures or piercings, hence the
fastening or locking.
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 :-
First. In hair curlers, fastening the gripping arms within, or locking them to,
the frame by the ends of the said arris engaging with, or snapping or taking into
a piercing, or an elongated and all-through aperture, formed within the end of the
said frame, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 6.
Secondly. In hair curlers, fastening the gripping arms within, or locking them
to, the frame by the opposite sides of the ends of the said arms engaging with or

page_text: snapping or taking into piercings or elongated and all-through apertures formed
within the sides of a contracted end part of the frame, substantially as described.
and set forth in Figures 7, 8 and 9.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1895.
GEORGE HENRY TWIGG,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.