An Improved Hair Pin for Curling and Frizzing Hair.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Dec., 1894-Accepted, 5th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hair Pin for Curling and Frizzing Hair.
CHARLES JAMES CROFT of 16 Stockwell Road in the County of Surrey,
Draughtsman, and BARCLAY PERKINS of 58, Stockwell Road in the County of
Surrey, Sanitary Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Our invention consists of a hair pin for the curling or frizzing of hair, the parts
of which are constructed and operated in a manner hereinafter described.
In our invention we place side by side two parallel or slightly tapered blades of
a suitable section; preferably flat, made from metal, wood, ivory, vulcanite, bone,
or any other suitable material, such blades being joined or hinged together at one
end to allow of a suitable flexible joint being formed, the free ends of the blades
being suitably notched or grooved, so as to enable an elastic band to be slipped
over them, thus holding the blades in the required position, the said band being
held at the jointed ends of the blades, by suitable notches, or a hole formed in
one of the blades which is lengthened for that purpose, the said hole being so
arranged that a new band can be readily inserted.
In curling or frizzing, the hair, the operation of the hair pin is as follows:-
We place between the two blades the ends of the hair to be curled, then wind the
We then
said blades round and round, until the required coil of hair is formed.
slip the elastic band into the notches herein before described, the said band
compressing and retaining the blades together in position, and also pressing on
the coil of hair so as to prevent its unwinding. The coil being thus formed; the
pin may after a sufficient time has elapsed be withdrawn, by slipping the elastic
band out of the notches, and withdrawing the blades from the hair.
Dated this 6th day of March 1894.
CHARLES JAMES CROFT.
BARCLAY PERKINS.
An Improved Hair Pin for Curling and Frizzing Hair.
CHARLES JAMES CROFT, 16 Stockwell Road in the County of Surrey,
Draughtsman, BARCLAY PERKINS 58, Stockwell Road in the County of Surrey,
Sanitary Engineer, 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 an improved appliance for the curling, frizzing or
waving of hair, the object being to provide a hair pin which will be neater, more
comfortable and elastic, and will also be efficient for curling, frizzing or waving of
hair.
The manner in which we accomplish this is as follows-
We employ two parallel or slightly tapered blades of any suitable section
preferably flat, made from metal, wood, ivory, vulcanite, bone, or any other suitable
material, one of such blades being longer than the other; such blades being joined

page_text: notch or hole formed at the jointed end of one of the blades which is lengthened
for that purpose the said hole being provided with a slot so that the said elastic
band can be readily inserted.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 shows hair pin in elevation, open and ready for use.
Fig. 2 shows hair pin in plan.
Fig. 3 shows an enlarged view of end of hair pin at D.
Fig. 4 shows hair coiled round hair pin and the elastic band in position.
In curling, frizzing or waving the hair the operation of the hair pin is as follows-
We place between the two blades A. and A¹ the ends of the hair to be curled,
then wind the said blades round and round until the required coil of hair is formed,
we then slip the elastic band B which is attached to blade A' by means of the
slotted hole D over the coil of hair into the notches C the said band compressing
⚫ and retaining the said blades together in position, and also pressing on the coil of
hair so as to prevent its unwinding, the coil being thus formed the pin may after
sufficient time has elapsed be withdrawn, by slipping the elastic band B out of the
notches C and withdrawing the blades from hair.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
1. In bair curling frizzing and waving appliances an improvement by providing
two blades of any suitable material and of any suitable section, such blades being
suitably jointed, rivetted or hinged together at one end, the other ends being free
and suitably notched, the said blades when the required coil of hair is formed being
retained in position by an elastic band, substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. In hair curling frizzing and waving appliances an improvement whereby an
elastic band can be readily inserted or renewed by slipping it into a suitably slotted
hole or notch formed in one of the blades as substantially hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. In hair curling, frizzing and waving appliances, an improvement is formed
by the combination of two blades and an elastic band as substantially herein before
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of November 1894.
CHARLES JAMES CROFT.
BARCLAY PERKINS.