Improvements in Hair-pins or Appliances for Securing the-Hair.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1890-Accepted, 6th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hair-pins or Appliances for Securing the-Hair.
I, HENRY MACLEAN of Park Street, Radcliffe, in the County of Lancaster; Drysalter
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is the arrangement and construction of a circular hair
pin or toilet apparatus whereby to hold a lady's hair in position and especially when
plaited either at the back or top of the heal. In performing my invention I employ
a pair of side pieces from which project two or more prongs capable of being inserted
into the hair from opposite sides.
These side pieces which may be constructed of tortoise-shell, bone, steel, or other
suitable material are connected together at the bottom by a curved or segmental wire
connecting piece hinged at its extremities to each of the said pieces thus forming
therewith a complete circle whilst the top of the said pieces are connected together by
a pair of segmental arms which meet in the centre and are there capable of grasping
and sliding over each other to adjust the size of circle to the greatest nicety..
In this manner I construct an improved hair pin which is capable of holding the
hair in bulk in a fixed position more perfectly than is possible with any other known
toilet apparatus.
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JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Office, 55, Market Street, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hair-pins or Appliances for Securing the Hair.
I, HENRY MACLEAN of Park Street, Radcliffe in the County of Lancaster, Drysalter,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention 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 this invention is the arrangement and construction of a double hair
pin or toilet apparatus whereby to hold a ladies hair in position and especially when
plaited either at the back or top of the head.
In performing my invention I employ a pair of side pieces from which project two
or more prongs capable of being inserted into the hair from opposite sides. These
side pieces which may be made of tortoise-shell, horn, bone, steel or other suitable
material are so connected together by springs or arms at the four corners that when
placed in the hair they are not only efficiently secured in position but serve to hold the
hair in bulk in a fixed position and more perfectly than is possible with any other
known toilet contrivance.
And in order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect I have bereunto annexed a. drawing illustrative of my
improved apparatus and will now proceed to describe the same with the assistance of
several figures and letters of referance marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a back view and Fig. 2 an edge view of my improved double hair pin or
toilet apparatus and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same.
The
In all the views a a are the side pieces from which project the prongs b and c.
central prong c is bent or curved in an opposite direction to and is slightly longer than
the outer prongs bb and is so arranged to be pushed first into the hair quite close
to the head without danger of injuring the latter whilst the outer prongs are intended
to be pushed direct into the plait or into the roll or other design of hair dressing to be
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page_text: These side pieces a a are provided at the back corners is illustrated with long spiral
extension springs d capable of extending out a long distance and which springs are at
the outer extremities provided with the corresponding parts of a snap connection e so
that when the prongs of such side pieces are inserted in the ladies hair all that is
necessary to secure the side pieces in position is to snap the extremities of the spring
together when owing to the elasticity of the spring the same will become imbedded in
the hair and so hidden from view.
In the cheaper forms of my improved apparatus I can substitute india-rubber or
other elastic material for the mettalic extension springs and with or without clasps.
It will thus be observed that the feature of novelty consists in connecting the two
combs or pins together by elastic spiral or other springs and the peculiar formation of
the centre prong or prongs with regard to the outer prongs as illustrated the centre
prong grasping the underneath hair whilst the outer prongs go immediately into the
plaits, rolls or other design of hair dressing thus constituting an effective combination
hair pin or toilet apparatus for secureing a ladies toilet.
Having thus 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 :-
:-
The improved arrangement and combination of double hair pin or toilet apparatus
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on the
accompanying drawing.
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JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Office, 55, Market Street, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.