A New or Improved Curling Comb for Enabling Ladies to Carl their own Hair.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Curling Comb for Enabling Ladies to Carl
their own Hair.
I IGNATZ GEORG KRAUS of No. 8 Kanonierstrasse Berlin N.W. Hair Dresser
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 a new or improved curling comb whereby ladies will
henceforward! be able to curl their own hair.
In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my new or improved curling
comb, a is the central comb which is jointed to the side combs bin such a manner
that the latter can be adjusted according to the mass of hair to be curled. This
is effected by fixing to the joints cc two tubular pieces or sockets d d wherein
the pins
are inserted (Fig. 2) so that when they are apart the side combs take
the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The pin is formed with a slot d
wherein the pin enters and limits thus the extent to which the comb can be
stretched.
The lower ends of the two side combs are furnished with headed pins i i
passing through the slots of adjustable links 1, the extreme ends of these combs.
terminate in a hook m and a tab p respectively, m passing over and engaging
under p thus forming a catch or lock.
Upon the four lugs o fixed to the combs are wound the different locks or tufts
of hair, these lugs assuming the appearance of four ornamental pins. The two
springs r maintain the parts bb in their locked position.
To use the comb, the hock m is first disengaged from the tab p, the side combs b
are extended so as to be in a line with the central comb a which is subsequently
inserted through the tied up hair, while the side combs are pulled down by
stretching the springs rr and are locked together by passing the hook m over and
under p.
Should the hair be too thick for a comb of ordinary size the latter can be
readily stretched with the aid of the tubes d and the pins f as well as of the slotted
links at the lower ends of the combs b, in consequence whereof this curling comb
is now adaptable to a larger mass of hair for curling purposes. When the comb has
been properly fixed into the hair the latter is divided into locks or tufts which are
Bymetrically wound upon the lugs o so as to give the latter the appearance of
hair pins.
Fig. 3 shows a modification of Fig. 1, wherein the adjustability of the curling
comb has not been provided for, the joints c being directly connected with the
combs a and b, while the hook m and the tab p now form the lower extension of
the side combs b. This comb is used in the same manner as that shown in Figs. 1
and 2; the curls being likewise formed by wiuding the hair locks or tufts upon the
All joints and hinges
lugs o while the comb is locked again by coupling m and p.
are covered so as not to catch any hair.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what [
claim is :
1. A curling comb for enabling ladies to curl their own hair consisting of three
nests ininted together. two of which can be stretched under spring control by

page_text: the aid of pins and tubes or sockets in order to grasp a suitable quantity of hair
substantially as herein described and shown.
2. In the curling comb above claimed the combination with a hook and a tab
forming a catch or lock, of slotted links wherein moves a pin for the purpose of
adjusting the side combs according to the quantity of hair to bo grasped and of
allowing them to be locked by the said hook and tab, substantially as herein
described and shown.
3. In the curling comb above claimed, the arrangement of lugs whereon the
hair locks or tufts are wound in order to formn curls and hold them, which lugs
have when thus covered by hairs the appearance of ornainental hair pins,
substantially as herein described and shown.
Dated this 28th day of February 1896
DE KATOW & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.