Improvements in Curling and Analogous Irons.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Curling and Analogous Irons.
I, HENRY CHARLES HARRISON, of 80, Buckingham Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to instruments for curling hair and other purposes, such
for instance, as hair-curling, crimping and like irons, which are heated prior to
the hair being nipped between and wound around a pair of legs or members one
of which is fluted and the other round, with the fluted member taking over the
other one.
The object of my invention is to simplify the construction and to reduce the
number of parts in such instruments by utilizing a part of the metal of the handle
as the spring for keeping closed or normally bringing together the nipping
members.
The instrument is made up of two parts, one part consisting of a combined
handle and leg, and the other of a combined leg and thumb. The former consists
of a length of solid and round or other sectioned spring wire or metal cranked
at or near the point where the joint is to come and then extending itself back-
wards and again returning, thus forming an elongated U or staple shaped handle,
and with the free end of the metal forming a strong spring and coming upon
the underside and near to the joint of the thunib lever of the second-named
member, which is preferably made from sheet metal and fluted in cross section,
with the joint formed by bulging the opposite sides of the metal of the one part
inwards into recesses in the other part. Thus, that portion of the second-named
member forwards of the joint, forms the fluted leg of the instrument whilst the
lever part rearwards of the joint is set at an obtuse angle relative to the leg part
and is slightly fluted upon its underside so as to form both a bearing and confining
guide for the spring part of the handle.
Dated this 14th day of January 1898
HENRY CHARLES HARRISON,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Curling and Analogous Irons.
I, HENRY CHARLES HARRISON, of 80, Buckingham Street, 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 instruments for curling hair and other purposes, such
for instance, as hair-curling, crimping and like irons, which are heated prior to
the hair being nipped between and wound around a pair of legs or members, one
of which is fluted and the other round, with the fluted member taking over the
other one.
The object of my invention is to simplify the construction and to reduce the
number of parts in such instruments, which is effected by utilizing a part of the
metal of the handle as the spring for keeping closed or normally bringing together
the nipping members.
Figure of the accompanying drawings represents an elevation of a pair of
hair-curling tongs or irons in which one side of the handle part acts as a spring
upon one of the legs for keeping it closed against the other leg. This view
shows the legs so closed.
Figure is a like elevation as Figure 1, but showing the legs of the instrument
opened apart against the pressure of the spring.
Figure 3 is a topside plan of Figure 1.
Figures 4 and represent the two component elements of the instrument
separately.
Figure 6 is a cross section of Figure 1 upon the dotted line x.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing.
According to this form of my invention, the instrument consists of two parts.a
and b, the one part a, being a combined handle and leg and the other b, a com-
bined leg and thumb-lever. The former part consists of a length of solid and
round or other sectioned spring wire or metal cranked at or near the point a¹,
where the joint is to come and then extending itself backwards and again return-
ing, thus forming an elongated Ụ or staple shaped handle a², and with the free
part a³, of the same forming a strong spring which comes and bears upon the
underside of, and near to the joint 6' of, the thumb lever 62, of the second-named
member b, the leg 63, of which is preferably made from sheet metal and fluted
in cross section, whilst the joint is formed by bulging the opposite sides of the
metal of the one part at 6, inwards into corresponding recesses in the other part.
Thus, that portion of the second-named member forwards of the joint, forms the
fluted leg of the instrument, whilst the lever part rearwards of the joint is set
at an obtuse angle relative to the said leg and is slightly fluted upon its underside
so as to form both a bearing and confining guide for the spring part of the handle.
As a modification the closing spring may be formed by a continuation and
return of the metal of the fluted member, with the free end of the same bearing
against the underside of a handle or lever portion of the other leg member.
Figure 7 represents an elevation and Figure 8 a top-side plan of a
curling irons constructed according to this modification, in which the fluted mem-
pair of hair
ber b, is extended beyond its joint b¹, into a part handle 63, the metal of the
end of which is returned backwards and forms a spring ³, the end of which bears
against the other part handle a¹, formed by a continuation of the round sectioned
leg a.

page_text: 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:
In curling and like irons or tongs, employing or utilizing the free end of a
returned portion of the handle as a spring, for keeping closed or normally bringing
together the nipping members of the instrument, substantially as described and
set forth.
Dated this 14th day of Sentomber
HENRY CHARLES HARRISON
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.