Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1895
I, RICHARD WHITAKER of 55 Summer Lane, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the construction of new and improved hair curlers of
various forms.
The first form I will describe may be said to be self opening and self locking in
its action.
It consists of two parts, only, one part being a piece of steel wire bent over, the
one end onto the other, forming two pins or bars connected together by a bow
spring at one end, and having the wire of each bar bent so that when the two parts
are folded onto one another a recess between them, near to the spring end, is
formed. The other part consists of a piece of spring wire or other metal formed
at one end as a loop to enter into the recess formed by the bent portions of the
other piece of wire; this loop which will thus lie between the two bars of the curler
is of such a section that when at right angles to the arms it will force them apart
ready to receive the hair and when turned back above the top of the bars it will
become a handle for turning the bars to wind the hair thereon, and after the
winding is done the loop piece is folded back over the hair on the curling bars and
locks the curler.
Or the loop piece may be made with arms at the opposite end to the loop, and
after having been turned at right angles to the bars as before described to open
them, it can be drawn back into the bow spring loop connecting the bars, and after
acting as a handle for winding on the hair be turned over and pushed forward so as
to become embedded in the hair.
Another form of curler is one in which the one portion forming the bars is a
piece of steel wire bent over as before described (but not bent for a recess);
through the bent over or bow spring portion is an angular hole through which is
inserted a piece of wire, bent into somewhat of a double hook formn, presenting a
flat section between the bars of the curler, and doubled upwards with the ends
turned down each side of the curler. To open the curler turn the bent wire or
double book piece over so that the flat portion may be edgeways between the bars,
force it upwards between the bars, insert the hair, draw outward the double hook
piece which then forms the handle for winding the hair onto the bars, then force
down the double hook piece with the flat portion lying between the bars, and the
ends will become embedded in the hair.
The portion of the bent wire piece passing through the hole is so formed that
when in one position it will be free to turn in the hole and when in another
position it will become keyed and act as the handle.
Dated this 4th day of December 1894.
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, RICHARD WHITAKER of 55 Summer Lane in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and
to the letters and figures marked thereon:-
This invention consists of new and improved hair curlers constructed in various
forms.
In describing one form I will refer to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6. The curler here
illustrated consists of but two parts, one part Fig. 1 being a piece of steel wire
bent over the one end on the other, forming two pins or bars a and b connected
together by the bow spring c; each arm a & being bent at d d so that when the
two bars are folded onto one another a recess between them near to the spring end
is formed. Or this part of the curler may be cut out of solid steel or other
suitable material. The other part consists of a piece of steel wire or other
material shewn in detail Fig. 2 in plan and Fig. 3 in section formed with a loop e
so that the thick end i will enter into the recess formed by the bent portions of the
other piece at dd. This loop piece being formed of a Hat section such as shewn
by Fig. 2, will when turned at right angles to the bars a and b as shewn in Fig. 4
force them apart as shewn ready to receive the hair and when the hair has been
placed between them and the loop piece turned back as shewn in Fig. 5 it will
become a handle to hold for turning the curler to wind the hair over the pins
and b and after the winding is done the loop piece is folded back either way over
the hair on the bars thus locking the curler as shewn in Fig. 6.
Or this piece may be formed without a loop but with two arms j¹ j¹ as shown in
Fig. 3 so that each arm may lie at the side of the hair when they are turned down
instead of over it as is shown by Fig. 6.
Figs. 7 to 12 inclusive shew another form in which the piece may be made
with arms as well as a loop, or the loop dispensed with and only shoulders /
Figs. 8, 9 and 10 used, as illustrated; the arms a and b being recessed with
grooves gg to allow of the sliding of the piece j. The piece having been
turned over to open the arms a and b and drawn back in the grooves g g as shewn
by Fig. 10 and then laid flat as shewn by Fig. 11, the curler is turned to wind ou
the hair and the piece pushed forward so as to embed its armis into the hair as
shewn by Fig. 12.
Figs. 13 to 17 inclusive illustrate another form in which the portion forming the
pins a and b and bow spring c are neither bent as at dd Fig. 1 nor grooved as
at g g Fig. 7 but plain as at Fig. 13 with an angular hole in the bow spring at h.
The other portion of the curler consists of a piece of a flat section and form
illustrated by Fig. 14 described in the Provisional Specification as a double hook
piece. This piece is inserted in the hole and when turned edgeways will force
open the arms a and b shewn by Fig. 15 being then turned flatways and drawn
back as in Fig. 16 the hair (previously inserted) will be gripped by the bars a and b
and after it has been wound on the bars the piece is pushed forward as shown in
Fig. 17 so that the arms m m upon it hold the hair upon the curler. In order to
enable the piece to turn freely when forward, and act as a handle when back as in
Fig. 16 a portion of the neck n is rounded to pass through the angular hole hand
the other portion angular to fit in the hole.
The form of curlers illustrated by Figs. 1 to 6 (inclusive) when made of a larger
size than required for curling pins and having attached to them suitable handles
may be used as curling irons.

page_text: 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:
Hair curlers consisting of two bars or pins connected together by a bow spring
and with a piece of metal or other material placed between them so arranged so
that by one of its movements it will force apart the pins and by a further move-
ment it will secure the hair upon the pins all substantially as set forth and
illustrated.
Dated this 5th day of September 1895.
HENRY F. TALBOT,
7 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.