Improved Hair Fastening.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1898-Accepted, 23rd July, 1898
Improved Hair Fastening.
I, MATHIAS BEIPEL, Merchant, of Mehlem, near Bonn
Rhine, in the Province
of Rhineland, and Kingdom of Prussia, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement.
It 18 indeed a fact, that the ribbons, hitherto used for the purpose of keeping
tresses from being loosened, have the disadvantage, that their knots very easily
become loose, so that the ribbon on the contrary separates from the tiess, consc-
quently causing the opening of the latter by turning back
This disadvantage is to be avoided by the arrangement described in this specifica-
tion and represented in the annexed sheet of drawing in which
Figure 1 shows the arrangement in connection with the tress, the knot being
marked by dotted lines,
Figure 2 represents the arrangement but the knot being connected therewith,
Figure 3 shows the hair fastening, when it is opened,
Figure 4, when it is closed,
Figure 5 finally signifies a view of the hair fastening seen from the front
The hair-fastening principally consists of two parts A A¹ of any metal (alu-
minium, silver etc) which are connected together by joints B, and are of the shape
suitably to the cross section of the tress These parts are provided at their free
(ends) edges with strips, one of which is garnished with elastic buttons D, while
the other is provided with holes C, into which the buttons enter in order to shut
the hair-fastening.
For the purpose of securing the hair fastening upon the tress, points F are
arranged at one of the two parts A or A¹ These points either are fixed to the
part by soldering or they are formed by the stamping out of triangular shaped
pieces G and the bending down of these pieces.
The knot is fastened upon the part H, remaining between the two triangular
openings upon the one of the two parts, forming the hair fastening.
The hair fastening may also be, instead of cylindrical shape of a conical one,
suitably to the shape of the tress, which becomes smaller at its lower end
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 –
1) A improved hair fastening, which may be attached to tresses in order to
keep them from being loosened and which may substitute the ribbons for the
tresses hitherto in use, consisting of two parts A A' of any metal, connected to-
gether by joints and having a semi-cylindrical or semi-conical shape, the parts
having strips at their free edges, one of which is provided with elastic buttons D,
the other possessing holes C, in order to form a contivance for shutting the han
fastening
2) In connection with a hair fastening, consisting of two parts A A¹ the

page_text: arrangement of points F at one of the parts, mentioned before, the points being
connected with the part by soldering or being formed by the stamping out and
the bending down of triangular shaped pieces of the metal of the part
Dated this 6th day of June 1898
For MATHIAS BEIPEL,
A Ittenbach