Improvements in or relating to Hair Pins.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Hair Pins.
I, ALEXANDER DONALD, of 17, Wellington Street, Dundee, in the County of
Forfar, North Britain, Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to prevent the pins from shifting and falling
out, when used for fastening crimping and curling the hair.
This I accomplish by means of two bulbs, one on each extremity or point of
the pin, and by bending and twisting the parts next these bulbs, so that they
clasp and interlock each other when pressed together.
I may also use an elastic or metal band with a ring, cap, or catch, to place on
the extremities of pin for a like purpose.
Dated this 1st day of Tunu
1905
Improvements in or relating to Hair Pins.
I, ALEXANDER DONALD, of 17, Wellington Street, Dundee, in the County of
Forfar, North Britain, Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement; -
The object of my invention is to prevent the pins from shifting and falling
out when used for fastening, crimping, that is to say waving, and curling the
hair.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which the same reference numerals
are used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown.
Figure 1 shows a pin used for fastening the hair, open and ready for insertion.
Figure 2 shows the same pin with its points interlocked, as it should be when
in position in the hair.
Figures 3 to 6 give various views of the pin used for crimping or waving the
hair.

page_text: Figures 7 to 9 give various views of the pin used for curling the hair.
Referring to these drawings:
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This I accomplish by means of two bulbs 10, one on each extremity or point of
the pin, and by bending the parts next these bulbs, as shewn, so that they clasp
and interlock each other when pressed and twisted together, or released when
twisted in the opposite direction.
I may also use an elastic or metal band 11, with or without a ring, cap, or
catch, to place on the extremities of the pin, for a like purpose. In the drawings
I have shown an elastic band, without the ring, cap or catch.
In using the pin for fastening the hair-as illustrated by Figures 1 and 2-I
pass it into the hair like an ordinary pin, and when in position cause the points
to interlock, as shewn in Figure 2.
In using the pin for waving the hair-as illustrated by Figures 3 to 6-I
weave the hair in the usual way on to the pin when it is unclasped, as in
Figure 5, and then lock the two points together, the final arrangement being as
shewn in Figure 6.
In using the pin for curling the hair-as illustrated by Figures 7 to 9-I
place the points of the hair between the open pin (Figure 8) and then clasp it
(Figure 7), afterwards winding the hair around such pin in the ordinary way,
finally securing it as shewn in Figure 9 by drawing the elastic band over and
between the interlocked points. It is to be noted that in waving or curling the
hair, it is neither necessary nor desirable to heat the pins.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be under-
stood that I am aware that beads or balls have been used on the extremity of hair
pins, and I lay no claim at large to such construction, but I declare that what I
claim is:
(1) The mode or manner of constructing hair pins, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
(2) The mode or manner of constructing crimping or waving pins, substan-
tially as and for the purposes set forth.
(3) The mode or manner of constructing curling pins, substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
(4) The combination of bulbs with waving and curling pins, substantially as
described and for the purposes set forth.
(5) The combination of bulbed hair pins, with elastic bands, substantially as
described and illustrated by Figures 7 to 9.
Dated this 16th day of July 1895
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
41, Reform Street, Dundee, Agents for Applicant.