A New or Improved Apparatus for Curling, Waving, and Frizzing Hair.
Year: 1885

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Apparatus for Curling, Waving, and
Frizzing Hair.
I, GEORGE DAVIS, of 19, Broom Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Manu-
facturer's Manager, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "A NEW
OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CURLING, WAVING AND FRIZZING HAIR
" to be as
follows:-
:-
My Invention consists of a new or improved apparatus constructed substantially
as hereinafter described for the purpose of curling, waving and frizzing hair.
My new or improved apparatus for curling, waving and frizzing hair consists of
two parts, namely of a lever which I call a curling lever and a body or base jointed
together at one end by means of studs formed on the sides of the jointed end of the
curling lever which work in ears at the sides of the broader body or base. When
the said curling lever is turned on its joint and opened out it lies nearly in the
saine line as the body or base and when turned down upon the body or base it is
parallel or nearly parallel therewith. A spring formed out of the body or base
acts upon a heel on the curling lever and keeps the latter firmly in its closed
position and also serves to maintain it open. When the curling lever is in its
closed position the outward end thereof rests on the outward end of the body or
base which latter is turned up to meet it thus leaving a space between them, the
said turned up end of the body or base being provided with projections for
preventing the curling lever moving sideways. The curling lever is divided
longitudinally by a slit which extends from its extreme outward end to within a
short distance of its inward or jointed end.
My new or improved apparatus for curling, waving and frizzing hair is used as
follows:-
The curling lever is opened out upon its joint from the body or base and the
end of the lock of hair to be curled is placed in the longitudinal slit thereof; the
apparatus is then twisted round thus coiling the hair upon the curling lever.
The body or base is next closed down upon the curling lever thereby securely
fixing the apparatus to the hair and preventing the hair from uncoiling off
the curling lever. After the hair has remained coiled on the curling lever for a

page_text: sufficient length of time the apparatus can be removed by opening out the body or
base from the curling lever and then drawing the latter from the coil of hair which
will then be curled.
When my Invention is used for waving or frizzing hair the hair instead of being
coiled round the curling lever as above described for curling is placed in the slit
and twisted backwards and forwards around the two divided portions of the said
lever.
Instead of hinging together the curling lever and the body or base by means of
studs formed on the curling lever working in ears at the sides of the body or base
this method of hinging may be reversed, that is to say, studs may be formed on
sides of the body or base to work in ears at the side of the curling lever.
Instead of forming a spring out of the body or base to act upon a heel on the
curling lever, a spring may be formed out of the curling lever to act upon a heel
formed on the body or base.
My improved apparatus for curling, waving and frizzing hair may be made of
any suitable metal or other substance or combination of metal and other substance.
When made of thin sheet steel or other metal I prefer to make the body or base
and the curling lever each of a hollow semi-circular cross-section so as to obtain
lightness and strength combined.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Apparatus for Curling, Waving, and
Frizzing Hair.
I, GEORGE DAVIS, of 19, Broom Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Manu-
facturers' Manager, 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 consists of a new or improved apparatus constructed substantially
as hereinafter described for the purpose of curling, waving and frizzing hair.
My new or improved apparatus for curling, waving and frizzing hair consists of
two parts, namely of a lever which I call a curling lever and a body or base joined
together at one end by means of studs formed on the sides of the jointed end of
the curling lever which work in ears at the sides of the broader body or base.
When the said curling lever is turned on its joint and opened out it lies nearly in
the same line as the body or base and when turned down upon the body or base it
is parallel or nearly parallel therewith. A spring formed out of the body or base
acts upon a heel on the curling lever and keeps the latter firmly in its closed
position and also serves to maintain it open. When the curling lever is in its
closed position the outward end thereof rests on the outward end of the body or
base which latter is turned up to meet it thus leaving a space between them, the
said turned up end of the body or base being provided with projections for
preventing the curling lever moving sideways. The curling lever is divided
longitudinally by a slit which extends from its extreme outward end to within a
short distance of its inward or jointed end.
My new or improved apparatus for curling, waving and frizzing hair is used as
follows:-
The curling lever is opened out upon its joint from the body or base and the end
of the lock of hair to be curled is placed in the longitudinal slit thereof; the
apparatus is then twisted round thus coiling the hair upon the curling lever. The
body or base is next closed down upon the curling lever thereby securely fixing
the apparatus to the hair and preventing the hair from uncoiling off the curling
lever. After the hair has remained coiled on the curling lever for a sufficient
length of time the apparatus can be removed by opening out the body or base from
the curling lever and then drawing the latter from the coil of hair which will then
be curled.
When my Invention is used for waving or frizzing hair the hair instead of being
coiled round the curling lever as above described for curling is placed in the slit
and twisted backwards and forwards around the two divided portions of the said
lever.
Instead of hinging together the curling lever and the body or base by means of
studs formed on the curling lever working in ears at the sides of the body this

page_text: method of hinging may be reversed, that is to say, studs may be formed on sides of
the body or base to work in ears at the side of the curling lever.
Instead of forming a spring out of the body or base to act upon a heel on the
curling lever, a spring may be formed out of the curling lever to act upon a heel
formed on the body or base.
My improved apparatus for curling, waving and frizzing hair may be made of
any suitable metal or other substance or combination of metal and other substance.
When made of thin sheet steel or other inetal I prefer to make the body or base
and the curling lever each of a hollow semi-circular cross section so as to obtain
lightness and strength combined.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in front elevation and Fig. 2 in
sectional side elevation my new or improved apparatus for curling, waving and
frizzing hair open ready for use; Fig. 3 represents in front elevation, Fig. 4 in side
elevation and Fig. 5 in-sectional side elevation the saine apparatus represented by
Figs. 1 and 2, closed; Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 illustrate the operation of my said
apparatus for curling hair as hereinafter described,
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
and 9.
8
is the curling lever of the apparatus around which the hair is curled and b is
the body or base which, when the apparatus is in use prevents the hair uncoiling
off the curling lever a. The curling lever a and the body or base bare jointed
together at one end by means of studs c formed on the curling lever a working in
ears d made out of the sides of the body or base b. The curling lever a can either
be opened out so as to be in a line or nearly so with the body b (see Fig. 1) or
turned down upon the body (see Figs. 3, 4 and 5). The curling lever a is either
kept firmly in its closed position (see Figs. 3, 4 and 5) or prevented from closing
by means of a heel e at its end which bears against a spring tongue f formed out
of the body or base b. The outward end a¹ of the curling lever rests on the
turned-up outward end 6 of the body b when the apparatus is closed and the said
lever may be prevented from moving sideways by projections 62 thereon (see
Figs. 6 and 7) or the projections 62 may be dispensed with and the end left plain
(see Figs. 8 and 9). A slit g divides the curling lever a longitudinally and extends
from its outward end a to within a short distance of its jointed end.
In using the apparatus the curling lever a is first opened out and the end of the
lock of hair to be curled is placed in the longitudinal slit (see Fig. 6) the
apparatus is then twisted round, thus coiling the hair upon the curling lever a (see
Fig. 7). By now closing down the body b upon the curling lever a which will
then be held together by a spring tongue facting upon the heel e (see Fig. 9, Fig. 8
shews the body partly closed down) the apparatus is securely fixed to the hair
which latter is prevented from uncoiling off the curling lever. The apparatus can
be removed from the hair, after the latter has remained coiled on the curling lever a
for a sufficient length of time, by opening out the body b from the curling lever a
(see Fig. 8) and then drawing the curling lever a from the coil of hair which will
then be curled.
Figs. 10, 11, 12 and 13 represent modified forms of the apparatus illustrated by
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
In the apparatus illustrated by Fig. 10 the method of hinging together the body
and curling lever is the reverse of that illustrated by the preceeding Figures, stnds c
being formed on the sides of the body or base b to work in ears d at the sides of
the curling lever a and a spring tongue is formed out of the curling lever a to
act upon a heel e formed on the body or base b.
In Fig. 11 the curling lever a is made of a hollow circular cross section divided
into two hollow semi-circles by the slit g so that when operating on a small
quantity of hair it will form a rounder curl than can be obtained by the flat curling
lever illustrated by the preceeding Figures.
Although I find that when the hair is coiled upon the curling lever a and the
body has been closed thercon the parts a and b are more securely held together

page_text: by the spring tongue facting on the heel e, as above described, still the spring
tongue and the heel e may be dispensed with (for instance as shewn in Fig. 13)
and the apparatus will be found to hold to the hair without them.
The curling lever a and the body or base b may be of various forms in cross
section other than those illustrated as I do not limit myself to any particular cross
section.
My said apparatus may be made of any suitable substance other than metal or
of a combination of metal and other suitable substance for instance in the.
modification illustrated by Fig. 12 where the curling lever a is made of a
combination of vulcanite or whalebone and metal, the metal part a' of the curling
lever gripping the vulcanite or whalebone part a³ and having studs c formed at its
sides to work in the cars d on the body b.
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 an apparatus for curling, waving and frizzing hair the combination of a
curling lever a constructed substantially in the several ways described and
illustrated, on which the hair can be coiled, with a body or base b jointed at one
end to the said curling lever for closing upon the said curling lever for the purpose
and substantially as described and illustrated.