Improvements in Devices for Waving or Crimping Hair.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 2nd May, 1892--Accepted, 11th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Waving or Crimping Hair.
I, EUGENE GAUDIN, of 1, Passage du Jeu de Boules, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Hairdresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My invention relates to devices for waving or crimping hair.
In order to crimp hair by means of the devices heretofore used it is parted into
locks which are crimped separately. From this results that all the locks are not
crimped the same length, so that bad work is produced. Moreover, during the
passage of the iron it often happens that notwithstanding the use of a comb
and all possible precautions, the head of the person is burnt, which is very
disagreeable.
For obviating these inconveniences I have constructed a device for crimping
hair which is composed in principle of a crimping iron designed to protect the
head, and two combs arranged for holding the hair for enabling it to be laid in one
or the other direction with the aid of the iron.
In order to render my invention better understood I have represented it in the
accompanying drawing, but only by way of example.
In this drawing
Figure 1 shows a side view of my crimping device.
Figure 2 is a view from above.
Figure 3 is a view from below.
Figure 4 represents a view from above of a modification of my crimping device.
Figure 5 represents the waves which I obtain with my device.
As shown in the drawing my improved device is composed of the crimping iron
proper a or the part which protects the head against being burned by the iron. For
this purpose I preferably make it of a thin piece of metal, but I may also make it
in any other suitable manner.
To this crimping iron, I preferably give a concave form interiorly for locating
the iron which terminates in a point to facilitate its passage under the hair. The
said crimping iron, is provided with a handle band has on the right and left hand
side two lugs ce between which I place the appliance which serves for oscillating
the two combs d d to enable the hair to be placed between the crimping iron and
the said combs. For this purpose the combs are arranged on a pressing-piece e
which is oscillated upon an axis between the two lugs of the crimping iron, and
which causes the two combs to engage automatically with the hair when it
moves back under the action of a spring g which may be of any kind. It is
understood that I may employ metallic combs and prolong them to form the
pressing piece.
As shown in the drawing the two combs are arranged on either side of the
crimping iron, they do not however extend beyond its back, in order that the teeth
shall not touch the head of the person.
In the modification represented in Figure 4 the principle remains exactly the
same only I arrange the combs d in the interior of the crimping iron so that the
teeth will be free and do not extend beyond the edges of this crimping iron. These
combs are also operated by means of pressing pieces e arranged on each side; they
are articulated at h upon their pressing piece in order that they shall be raised as
nearly as possible parallel with the crimping iron when pressing-pieces are oscillated
upon their axis f.
This crimping iron is concave and terminates in a point as in the arrangement
above described. I provide it above with a cover i which is partly concave,

page_text: forming a band or strip only at the intermediate space between the combs. This
cover is prolonged in order to be fixed upon the handle and provides for free
lateral play for the pressing pieces èe of the combs.
The combs employed have their point placed below the cover i so that they
cannot be oscillated beyond measure, and they carry between their pressing piece e
a suitable stop spring which replaces them automatically in the crimping iron.
I. may vary in accordance with requirements the forms,. details, materials,
accessories and dimensions of my crimping device without departing from the scope
of my invention.
The curling iron which I employ in combination with my device may be of any
kind, but I preferably employ that represented in Figures 6, 7, 8 of the accom-
panying drawing. This iron is characterized by a long opening or slot / formed in
the concave jaw, that is to say in the lower jaw, so that the heat of the iron shall
not be communicated by contact to the crimping device and through it to the head
of the person whose hair is to be crimped.
Dated this 11th day of August 1891.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Waving or Crimping Hair.
I, EUGENE GAUDIN, of 1 Passage du Jeu de Boules, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Hairdresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be perforined, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to devices for waving or crimping hair.
In order to crimp hair by means of the devices heretofore used it is parted into
locks which are crimped separately. When this method is employed all the
locks are not crimped the same length, and as a result bad work is produced.
Moreover, during the passage of the iron it often happens that notwithstanding
the use of a comb and all possible precautions, the head of the person is burnt
which is very disagrecable.
For obviating these inconveniences I have constructed a device for crimping hair
which is composed in principle of a crimping iron designed to protect the head,
and two combs arranged for holding the hair for enabling it to be laid in one or
the other direction with the aid of the iron, which constitutes the object of the
present invention.
In the accompanying drawing and in the drawing left with my Provisional
Specification I have shown how my said invention may be conveniently and
advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a side view of my crimping device.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is an underside view thereof.
Figure 4 represents a plan of a modification of my crimping device.
Figure 5 represents the waves which I obtain with my device.
Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are shown on the drawings filed herewith.
Figure 6 is a front view showing the curling iron, which I employ in combination
with my crimping device in an open position.
Figure 7 shows the said curling iron from the side of the concave jaw, and
Figure 8 is a horizontal section of the jaws.
As shown in the drawing my improved device is composed of the crimping iron
proper a or the part which protects the head against being burned by the iron. For
this purpose I preferably make it of a thin piece of metal, but I also make it
may
in any other suitable manner.

page_text: To this crimping iron I preferably give a concave form interiorly, for locating
the iron which terminates in a point to facilitate its passage under the hair. The
said crimping iron is provided with a handle b and has on the right and left hand
side two Ings c, e between which I place the appliance which serves for oscillating
the two combs d, d to enable the hair to be placed between the crimping iron and
the said combs. For this purpose the combs are arranged on a pressing-piece e
which is oscillated upon an axis between the two lugs of the crimping iron, and
which causes the two combs to engage automatically with the hair when it moves
back under the action of a spring 9 which may be of any suitable kind. It is
understood that I may employ metallic combs and prolong them to form the
pressing piece.
As shown in the drawing, the two combs are arranged one on either side of the
crimping iron, they do not however extend beyond its back, in order that the teeth
shall not touch the head of the person.
In the modification represented in Figure 4 the principle remains exactly the
same, only I arrange the combs d in the interior of the crimping iron so that the
teeth will be free and do not extend beyond the edges of the said crimping iron.
These combs are also operated by means of pressing pieces e arranged on each
side; they are pivoted at upon their pressing piece in order that they shall be
raised as nearly as possible parallel with the crimping iron when the pressing-pieces
are oscillated upon their axis f
This crimping iron is concave and terminates in a point as in the arrangement
above described. I provide it above with a cover i which is partly concave,
forming a band or strip only in the intermediate space between the combs. This
cover is prolonged in order to be fixed upon the handle and provides for free
lateral play for the pressing pieces e, e of the combs.
The combs employed have their point placed below the cover so that they
cannot be oscillated beyond a certain distance and they carry between their
pressing piece e a suitable stop spring which replaces them automatically in the
crimping iron.
I may vary in accordance with requirements the forms, details, materials,
accessories and dimensions of my crimping device without departing from the scope
of my invention.
The curling iron which I employ in combination with my device that is repre-
sented in Figures 6, 7, 8 of the accompanying drawing. This iron is characterized
by a long opening formed in the concave jaw, that is to say in the lower jaw, so
that the heat of the iron shall not be communicated by contact to the crimping
iron and through it to the head of the person whose hair is to be crimped.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
First. In devices for waving or crimping hair, the combination of the concave
crimping iron a for receiving the hair to be crimped, and of two combs d, d pivoted
upon the same axis and adapted to be operated by means of a spring pressing
piece e by which they are caused to oscillate so as to enable the hair to pass
between them and the crimping iron, as described.
Second. The combination, with the crimping iron and the combs characterized
in the first claim of a curling iron having a long opening or slot 7 formed in the
concave or lower jaw, so that the heat cannot be transmitted to the crimping iron
and through it to the head of the person whose hair is to be crimped, as described
and represented in the drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1899
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.