Improvements in or relating to Artificial Hair Constructions.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1896
Cation
LA
20th Ion
4907 Accented 6th Mar 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Artificial Hair Constructions.
We, GEORGE LICHTENFELD and HERRMANN LICHTENFELD both of 93 Great
Portland Street, in the County of Middlesex, Wig Makers, do hereby declare.the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to artificial hair constructions more particularly to
tubular foundations, and their attachments, and may be carried out in the following
manner :-
We take any suitable material say for example netting, webbing, braiding or
the like of any suitable material, mohair, horse hair, human hair, vegetable fibres etc.
This material is preferably taken as a sheet or strip, and rolled up until it forms a
tube preferably of three or four thicknesses, the edge being then fastened down to
the tube which is thus complete. To this tube I secure in any convenient manner
say for example by knotting, human hair of suitable length, and character, which
may be arranged upon the foundation in any desired manner. For example it can
be lapped round the foundation until the complete tube looks like a solid coil of
human hair, or it may be frizzed or otherwise arranged according to requirements.
The tubes may be of any desired length and can be folded and arranged in any
desired manner in conjunction or not with other foundations, and may be covered
with hair net or the like, but the tubular foundations being sufficiently strong,
light and resilient, are capable of retaining their tubular shape, even when folded
in comparatively sharp turns.
The above described manner of making the foundation may be varied, an example
of this would be to make the foundation as a complete tube in a braiding machine
or the like.
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$1.1000
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in or relating to Artificial Hair Constructions.
We, GEORGE LICHTENFELD and HERRMANN LICHTENFELD both of 93 Great
Portland Street, in the County of Middlesex Wig Makers, 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 artificial-hair constructions more particularly to
tubular foundations, and their attachments, and may be carried out in the following
manner:
We take any suitable netting, webbing, braiding, or the like of mohair, horse
hair, human hair, vegetable fibres or other sufficiently tight, strong and resilient
material, preferably in the form of a sheet or strip, and roll it up until it forms a
tube of suitable thickness, the edge being then fastened down to the tube which

page_text: is thus complete. Or the tube may be woven complete at first. To this tube we
secure in any convenient manner say by knotting, human hair of suitable length,
and character, which may be arranged upon the foundation in any desired manner.
It can be lapped round the foundation until the complete tube looks like a solid
coil of human hair, or it may be frizzed or otherwise arranged according to
requirements. The tubes may be of any desired length and can be folded or
bent and arranged in any desired manner in conjunction or not with other
foundations, and may be covered with hair net or the like, but the tubular
foundations being sufficiently strong, light and resilient, are capable of retaining
their tubular-shape, even when folded in comparatively sharp turns.
The strength and resilience of the tubular foundations may be increased, if
desired, by placing within them or incorporating in their structure coil or other
springs of metal or other material.
The above-described manner of making the foundation may be varied, an example
of this would be to make the foundation as a complete tube in a braiding machine
or the like.
Improved artificial-hair constructions according to this invention are more
comfortable than the artificial hair constructions hitherto usually made being
lighter and less likely to become hot during wear and are therefore more comfortable,
and also are more hygienic by reason of the facility with which air may have access
to the interior of the hollow coil.
In the accompanying drawings two out of the many different artificial-hair
constructions according to this invention are illustrated.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tube of netting with individual hairs secured
thereto by knotting to form a tress or plume.
Figure 2 is a similar view showing a like tube curved and having the hairs
knotted to it as in Figure 1 and lapped around it to form a curved coil.
Like letters indicate like parts in both figures.
A are the threads of the foundation, netted together or otherwise connected to
form the fabric of which the foundation is composed. B are the hairs knotted
thereto. In both the views portions of the tube are shown as being without hair in
order to facilitate comprehension of the constructions.
C, Figure 2 are springs such as are herein before referred to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In an artificial-hair construction of the type described the employment of a
tubular foundation.
2. An artificial-hair construction of the type described comprising a tubular
foundation of netting webbing braiding or the like with or without a spring for
the purpose specified.
3. The artificial-hair construction substantially as described and illustrated in
Figure 1 or Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of January 1897
GEORGE LICHTENFELD.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicants.
GEORGE LICHTENFELD.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicants.