Improvements in and connected with Hair-pins.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Lelt, 5th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1891
Improvements in and connected with Hair-pins.
GEORGE EDMUND ARNOLD, Arnside Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to hair pins and consists in constructing hair pins of such
metal as is suitable for magnetizing. I prefer to construct them of hard steel wire
and when the hair pins which have been magnetized are in the hair their magnetic
power towards each other will prevent them from falling out. In order that they
may retain their magnetism I pack a suitable number in a box containing a suitable
magnet and keep the hair pins in contact therewith.
Dated this 15th A 1000
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Hair-pins.
1, GEORGE EDMUND ARNOLD, of Arnside Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, in the
County of Sussex, Gentleman, 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 hair-pins, and has for its object to provide means
whereby the same are prevented from falling out of the hair when in use.
In carrying out my invention I construct my pins of steel and I magnetize the
same so that, when they are in use, they will more or less attract each other.
To prevent the hair-pins from becoming demagnetized I advantageously pack
them in a box containing a permanent magnet in such a manner that the south poles
of the hair-pins are in contact with the north pole of the magnet.
An arrangement of box and magnet which I find advantageous is shewn in the
accompanying drawing in plan and section in Figures 1 and 2 respectively.
a indicates the box in which the hair-pins are to be packed, the permanent
magnet, and e, e the hair-pins. The permanent magnet, as shewn, is placed at the
bottom of the box and covered with a piece d of cardboard or the like, except the
poles of the magnet which are bent upwards as at e so that the ends of the hair-
pins will be in contact with the said poles. is a piece projecting upward from the
bottom of the box between the legs of the magnet and serving to retain the hair-
pins in position on the said magnet.
To ensure the hair-pins being correctly placed in the box with their south poles
in contact with the north pole of the magnet 1 advantageously construct one pole
of each hair-pin, say the south, of a wavy or crimped shape and form the edge of
the magnet adjacent to the north pole correspondingly, so that, when putting the
hair-pins in the box, it is only necessary to place the crimped ends in contact with
the crimped end of the permanent magnet.
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 manufacture and use of hair-pins magnetized as herein before described
for the purpose specified.

page_text: 2. The manufacture and use of hair-pins magnetized as hereinbefore described
and packed in a box containing a permanent magnet, for the purpose specified.
Dated the 5th day of February 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.