An Improved Appliance for Ourling or Frizzing the Hair.
Year: 1894

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'Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th June, 1895-Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1895
TRUVIDIONAL TECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Ourling or Frizzing the Hair.
I
I HARRY TAYLOR TURNOR of Ivy Cottage Balsall near Berkswell in, the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:
The object of this invention is to enable persons to curl or friz their hair without
the aid of curl papers, curling tongs or heat.
Now according to this invention I provide a piece of steel or other suitable
material hereinafter called "the guard" the cross section thereof being an arc of a
circle having two ears or lugs at or near one end thereof the said ears or lugs being
turned up on the concave side. On such concave side of the said piece I provide
also a species of forceps hinged to the guard. These forceps are formed by taking
a strip of metal or other suitable material preferably flat and wider at about the
middle third of its length than at the other portions thereof and bending it through
an angle of 90° and then bending it back through an angle of 90° parallel to itself
thus forming two prongs with a square bend.
I bend the prongs in such a manner that they overlap at about one-fourth of
their length from the end at which they are hinged to the aforesaid piece of metal
or other material the free ends of the forceps from the crossing place to the
extremities thereof lying close to each other. I secure the forceps to the aforesaid
guard by means of a rivet passing through the widest portion of the forceps and
the cars or lugs on the guard and I provide a spring also preferably formed by
turning up a tongue on the concave side of the guard which spring bears against
the edge of the forceps beyond the rivet thus keeping the forceps pressed against
the concave portion of the guard.
In order to use the appliance for curling the hair the forceps are turned back
until they are in line with the guard, the ends opened by pressing the portion
between the rivet and crossing place between the thumb and finger and the end of
the piece of hair to be curled placed between the prongs and coiled thereou by
rotating the appliance. The guard is then closed down on to the prongs thus
preventing the hair from becoming uncoiled.
According to a modification of this invention the rivet is dispensed with and the
hinge pin formed by stamping pieces out of the forceps or guard which pieces are
turned at right angles to the forceps and engage with holes in the forceps or
the lugs.
According to another modification the hinge pins are formed by turning over a
portion of the lugs so as to engage with holes in the forceps-and
According to another modification the spring is dispensed with and the ends of
the forceps are retained by. clips formed on the guard..
Dated September 28th 1894.
H. C. FOWLER,
Agent for Applicant....

page_text: An Improved Appliance for Curling or Frizzing the Hair.
HARRY TAYLOR TURNOR late of Ivy Cottage Balsall near Birkswell in the
County of Warwick but now of 'Southernay, Poplar Avenue London Road
Edgbaston Birmingham in the said County of Warwick Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly, dosoribed and ascertained in-and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to enable persons to curl or frizz their hair without
the aid of curl papers, tongs or heat.
:-
Now according to 'this invention provide a piece of steel or other suitable
material hereinafter called the guard the cross section thereof being an arc of a
oinalo having two,carsror:lugs at or near onerend thereof the said ears or lugs being
turned up on the concave side of the guard provide also tonge or forceps hinged
to the guard by means of a rivet passing through the tongs or forceps and the ears
of the guard.
These tongs or forceps are formed by taking a strip of fat metal (or other
suitable material) wider at about the middle third.ofits length than at the other
portions thereof and bending it twice through an angle of 90° parallel to itself (thus
forming two prongs with assquare-bend.
Ibend the prongs in such a manner that they cross: one another about one-fourth
of their length from the hinge the free ends of the prongs from the crossing place
to the extremities thereof lying close to each other.
I provide further a spring preferably formed by turning up a tongue on the
concave side of the guard which spring bears against the edge of the tongs or
forceps beyond the rivet thus keeping the tongs pressed against the concave portion
of the guard.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
explain, the same with referance to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents the shape of the blanks" from which the tongs or forceps are
formed.
Fig. 2. is plan of tongs or forceps.
Fig. 3 is side view, ofisame.
Fig. 4. is-side view of guard.
Fig. 5.is plan of same.
Fig. 6. isiplan of the appliance..
Fig. 7.is side view ofisame witbetongs or forceps partly open.
Fig. 8. is a modified form of the invention..
Figs. 9 and 10 are details hereinafter referred to.
Fig. 11 shows a further modification of the invention.
Fig. 12 is side view.ofianme..
Fig. 13. is end view of same.
Fig. 14. shows side view of a third modification of the invention.
Fig. 15 is end viow of saino.
Fig. 16 istplan of guard, of same.
Fig. 17 shows the blank. from which the guard shewn in Figs. 4,5,6,7 and 18
are made.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs.
a is a piece of steel' or other suitable material cut from a sheet in the shape
shewn at Fig. I and wider in the middle a¹ than at the extremities.
This piece of material is then bent into the shape shewn by Figs. 2 and 3 and
the prongs crossed over and laid parallel to and in contact with each other as
shewn at Figs. 2 and 6 thus forming tongs or forceps.
Before or after bending holes bare formed in the wide portion of the strip a.

page_text: A second strip c (see Fig. 17) is cut from a sheet of metal or other suitable
material having lugs or cars d d thereon, these lugs have holes ff through them.
The strip c is placed in a press and by means of suitable dies the strip is made to
assume the shape shown in Fig. 4 being concave on one side and convex on the
other and having the ears d d turned up on the concave side.
turned up on the concave side to act as a spring.
A tongue g is also.
The wide portion of the strip a is then placed between the cars d d of the guard c
and a rivet passed through ears and tongs to form a hinge.
The lower edge of the strip a bears against the tongue g when the tongs
are closed into the position shewn at Fig. 14 and prevents them from moving
accidently.
According to a modification of this invention the rivet his dispensed with an
the hinge pin formed by stamping pieces kk out of the portion a¹ of the piece a
see Figs. 8. 9. and 10. (or out of the lugs d d) which pieces are turned at right
angles to the tongs or forceps and engage with the holes ff (or with the holes bb
in the tongs).
According to another modification of my invention the hinge pins are formed by
turning over portions m m of the lugs d d (see Figs. 11, 12, and 13) so as to engage
with holes in the portion a¹ of the piece a.
According to a third modification of my invention the spring g is dispensed with
and the ends of the tongs or forceps are retained by clips n n formed in one with
the guard c (see Figs. 14. 15 and 16).
In order to use the appliance the tongs or forceps are turned back until they are
in line with the guard c the prongs separated by pressing the portion a' between
the thumb and finger. The piece of hair to be curled or frizzed is then placed
between the prongs and coiled thereon by rotating the appliance, when the piece of
hair is coiled up the guard c is closed down onto the prongs and piece of hair thus
preventing the hair from becoming uncoiled.
In conclusion I would remark that I am aware of Hinde's Specification No. 8843
of 1886 and I do not claim anything therein described, but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said ioven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In an appliance for curling or frizzing the hair the tongs or forceps forme"
from a piece of flat flexible material by bending the same in such a manner that
the prongs of the said tongs or forceps cross one another substantially as herein-
before specified and shewu by Figs. 1. 2. and 3. of the accompanying drawings.
2. In an appliance for curling or frizzing the hair the combination of the tongs
or forceps as claimed in Claim 1 with a guard e binged to the said tongs or forceps
substantially as herein before specified and shewn by Figs. 4. 5 and 6 of the
accompanying drawings.
3. Appliances for curling or frizzing the hair constructed substantially as herein-
before specified and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of June 1895.
H. C. FOWLER,
11 Furnival Street, Holborn, E.C., Agent for Applicant.