An Improved Apparatus for Curling and Crimping the Hair.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Nov., 1894-Accepted, 1st Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Curling and Crimping the Hair.
We GEORGE SEDGWICK of 252 Old Kent Road, Bermondsey, Clerk, and
FREDERICK EDMOND DANNELL of 16 Malpas Road, Brockley Draughtsman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an apparatus for curling and crimping the hair. It
consists of two round spindles fixed to a frame. These spindles are each covered
with an india-rubber tube, the object being to prevent hurting, breaking or
damaging the hair.
We make the spindles and frame of steel or brass wire, or any suitable material.
The frame to support these spindles is made all in one piece. At one end of this
frame we attach or fasten the spindles.
We form holes in the ends of the spindles and pass them over the frame. The
end of the frame is then bent over, and consequently holds the spindles in
position.
We have several means of fastening or holding these spindles after the hair has
been rolled round them; but the method we prefer to adopt is to bend one end of
the frame round in a line with the ends of the spindles. At the end of this part of
the frame we pass over a small ferrule or cap.
After this ferrule or cap has been put on, we screw on the frame a small nut or
washer so as not to allow the ferrule or cap to come off, or to be lost. This ferrule
or cap slides on the frame and has a limited and sufficient travel to slide or move
backwards and forwards.
The inside diameter of this ferrule or cap is made large enough to take both the
ends of the spindles when passed over the spindles. To fasten or fix the spindles
in this ferrule or cap, we slide the ferrule or cap forward until it passes over them.
When the ends of the spindles are placed in this ferrule or cap, they cannot come
out unless, the spindles are pressed together and the cap pulled back, on account
of the expansion of the india-rubber tubes on the spindles.
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FREDERICK EDMOND DANNELL.
GEORGE SEDGWICK.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved, Apparatus for Curling and Crimping the Hair.
We GEORGE SEDGWICK of 252 Old Kent Road, Bermondsey, Clerk, and
FREDERICK EDMOND DANNELL of 16 Malpas Road, Brockley, Draughtsman, 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:-
Our invention consists of an improved apparatus for curling and crimping the
hair, the feature and chief object being to prevent hurting or damaging the
hair.
To gain the aforesaid object we make two round spindles each of which we cover
or put on an indiarubber tube or any suitable material. These spindles are attached
to a frame by forming holes in one end of each of them and passing them over the

page_text: frame, and are then held together by bending the end of the frame round them, or
by rivetting the two spindles to the frame in the ordinary well known manner.
To fasten these spindles to the frame we prefer to adopt two ways, firstly by
bending the end of the frame into a hook shape, and secondly by fixing a moveable
cap on one end of the frame.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings
Fig. 1 is an elevation, Fig. 2 an elevational plan, and Fig. 3 an end view of the
fastening of one form of our apparatus.
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation, Fig. 5 is a sectional plan, and Fig. 6 an elevation
of another form of our apparatus.
The two spindles a, a, are each covered with india-rubber tubes b, b, and are
connected or fixed to the frame c, either by bending them round the frame c, as
shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or by rivetting them together as shown in Figs. 4, 5
and 6.
The spindles a, a, are fastened or held together by the hook d, or by the
cap e.
It will readily be seen that the cap e has only a limited travel, and to release or
unfasten the two spindles a, a, all that is required is to pull back the cap e to the
end of the frame c.
To prevent the cap e coming off, we place a washer fon frame c, as shown in
Figs. 4 and 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention what we claim is :-
Firstly. A hair curler or crimper having two round spindles each covered with
indiarubber tubes substantially as described.
Secondly. A hair curler or crimper having a moveable cap for a fastening
substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 1st day of November 1894.
GEORGE SEDGWICK,
FREDERICK EDMOND DANNELL.