A New or Improved Mirror or Reflector for Hairdressing Purposes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1893-Accepted, 8th July, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Mirror or Reflector for Hairdressing Purposes.
I MARY SKELLERN of 1, Wimpole Street Cavendish Square London,
Hairdresser, 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 :-
My invention relates to a new or improved mirror or reflector for hairdressing
purposes and has for its object to provide a mirror or reflector which can be easily
attached to the back of any chair and which by means of suitable framework can
be raised or lowered, or tilted at any convenient angle to enable persons while
dressing their hair to see the back and sides of the head.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a mirror of any required shape
which is hinged at a short distance from one end of a rod, the latter sliding through
a socket formed at one end of a cross rod and fixed at any convenient height by
means of a thumbscrew. The other end of this cross rod is furnished with a clamp
in order to fix the device to the back of the chair, one arm of the said clamp
extending downwards and bearing against the cross rail of the chair to steady the
apparatus. To the back of the mirror is fixed a curved strip of metal or quadrant
which passes through a slot formed in the enlarged end of the rod where it is held
in the required position by a thumbscrew, for the purpose of securing the mirror at
any desired angle.
In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts,
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved device,
Fig. 2 is a front view of the same showing it attached to the back of a chair.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a part of my improved device showing the mirror at
an angle and
Fig. 4 shows a modification in the means for securing the mirror.
My improved device consists of the mirror of circular, oval, rectangular, or any
other convenient shape or design, hinged at h to the vertical rod r. At the back
of the mirror is fixed the quadrant q passing through a slot in enlargened end ƒ of
the rod for the purpose of securing by means of the thumbscrew n³ the mirror m
at any desired angle. The rod passes through the socket o formed at one
end of the cross rod r¹ and is secured at any convenient height by means of the
thumbscrew n¹. To the other end of rod ₁ is fixed the clamp c for the purpose
of securing the device to the back of the chair C by means of the thumbscrew.
The arm c¹ of this clamp extends downwards and bears against the cross rail a.
In the modification shown at Fig. 4 the rod r is bent over and the end is formed
with a fork between which enters the tongue d' projecting from the back of the
mirror m and secured by means of the thumbscrew b. With my improved device
any person seated in the chair C is enabled with the use of a second mirror placed
in front of them to see the sides and back of the head which is especially
convenient when dressing the hair.
Having now fully 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 :-
The new or improved device for enabling persons to see the back and sides of

page_text: the head, arranged constructed and operated substantially as described in this
Specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1893.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.