Improvements in Hairpins.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1894
PROVIDIUNAL DIECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hairpins.
I, Mrs. JANE MARGARET CANNADINE 355 New Cross Road, New Cross,
London, S.E. Dealer in Fancy Articles do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
:-
This my invention relates to improvements in hairpins used by ladies and others
for fastening the hair together, and has for its object the provision of a hairpin
device that shall resemble the human hair in appearance.
The hairpins now generally in use are made of wire, bent to the required shape
and covered with a black japan or paint, and are unsightly in appearance when
fixed in the hair.
In order to obviate this unsightly appearance I provide hairpins made of wire,
the surface of which I chase, or score with lines, either parallel to the length of the
wire, or in a spiral direction, or I make the wire fluted or ribbed in section, in such
a way as to resemble strands of natural hair.
These wires I make of any suitable metal or alloy, that shall be of such a colour
as to imitate any particular shade or colour of hair, or, I make the wires of
ordinary metal and coat them with enamel, paint, or bronze, or any suitable
colouring matter that shall imitate or resemble the various shades or colours
of hair.
My invention may be applied to all forms, sizes, or devices of hairpins, and it
will be obvious that by means of these iny improvements, the hairpins will so closely
resemble the surrounding hair as to be generally invisible, when fixed in the hair in
the usual manner.
Dated this 6th day of November 1893.
JANE MARGARET CANNADINE.
Improvements in Hairpins.
I, Mrs. JANE MARGARET CANNADINE, 355 New Cross Road, New Cross,
London, S.E. Dealer in Fancy Articles 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 my invention relates to improvements in hairpins used by ladies and others
for fastening the hair together, and bas for its object the provision of a hairpin
device that shall resemble the human hair in appearance.
The hairpins now generally in use are made of wire, bent to the required shape
and covered with a black japan or paint and are unsightly in appearance when
fixed in the hair.
In order to obviate this unsightly appearance I provide hairpins made of wire,
the surface of which I chase or score with incised lines, either parallel to the length
of the wire, or in a spiral direction, or I make the wire fluted or ribbed in section
in such a way as to resemble strands of human hair.
These wires I make of any suitable metal or alloy, that shall be of such a colour
as to imitate any particular shade of colour of hair, or I make the wires of ordinary
metal and coat them with enamel paint or bronze or any suitable colouring matter
that shall imitate or resemble the various shades or colours of hair.

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My invention may be applied to all forms, sizes or devices of hairpins, and it
will be obvious that by means of these my improvements, the hairpins will so closely
resemble the surrounding hair as to be generally invisible when fixed in the hair in
the usual manner.
In order that my invention may be better and more clearly understood, I will
describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a view of a hairpin somewhat enlarged beyond the natural size to
shew the incised parallel lines A aforesaid more clearly along the length of the
hairpin.
Fig. 2 represents a similar hairpin, but with the lines chased or incised in a spiral
direction as shewn at B.
Figs. 3, 4, and 5 shew respectively various elevations and sections (to a greatly
magnified scale) of the wire of the hairpin with the fluted or ribbed surfaces as
shewn at C, D, and E, and which may be made with the ribs or flutes either
straight or spiral in the direction of the length of the hairpin, but I do not confine
myself to any particular section or incising of the wire, my object being to imitate
as closely as possible the natural hair.
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 :-
1. The provision of a hairpin having chased, scored, or incised lines, on its
surface, or of a fluted or ribbed section, either parallel to its length, or in a spiral
direction, so as to resemble strands of natural hair, substantially as herein set forth
and described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. The provision of a hairpin made of any suitable metal or alloy, that shall
closely imitate any particular shade or colour of hair, or coated with enamel paint
or bronze or other suitable colouring matter to closely resemble the hair,
substantially as herein set forth and described.
3. The application of this invention to any form, size or device of hairpin, or
similar appliance for fastening the hair, substantially as herein set forth and
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of August 1894.
JANE MARGARET CANNADINE.