A New or Improved Hair Pin.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 4th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPE
TION.
A New or Improved Hair Pin.
I ERNEST RUDOLPH of 135 Fulham Road South Kensington in the County of
London Court Hair Dresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct hair pins in such a manner as to be
used in lieu of pads or supports for the hair as well as to attach one plait or coil
of hair to another and also to be used as ornaments.
Now according to this invention I form the hair pin which may be of any suitable
material with any suitable number of prongs and above the prongs I form a
crescent or approximately crescent shaped head to the pin one horn of the crescent
may be formed into an ornament or be ornamented with stones, pearls or in any
other suitable manner and stands above the coiffure the other horn of the crescent
being hidden.
A portion of the hair is passed over the concave portion of the crescent which
thus forms a support and enables the pin to be used with the hair dressed in many
different styles.
Dated this 10th day of February 1896.
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, Holborn, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Hair Pin.
I ERNEST RUDOLPH of 135 Fulham Road South Kensington in the County of
London Court Hairdresser 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 :-
The object of this invention is to construct hair pins in such a manner as to
enable them to be used in lieu of pads or supports for the hair as well as to
attach one plait or coil of hair to another and also to enable such pins to serve
as ornaments.
Now according to this invention I form the hair pin which may be of any suitable
material with any convenient number of prongs and above the said prongs I form
a crescent shaped or approximately crescent shaped head to the pin. One horn of
the crescent may be formed into an ornament or be ornamented with stones pearls
or in any other suitable manner and stand above the coiffure the other horn of the
crescent being hidden by the hair. A portion of the hair is passed over the concave
portion of the crescent which thus forms a support and enables the pin to be used
with hair dressed in many different styles.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which:
Fig. 1. represents Iront view of a hair pin constructed according to this

page_text: invention. Fig. 2 is side view of the same. Fig. 3 is front view of a hair pin also
constructed according to this invention.
Figs. 4. 5 and 6 shew method of using the hair pin.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs.
a a are the prongs b an approximately crescent shaped head having the horn c
larger than the horn d.
The horn e may be carved set with stones or pearls or otherwise ornamented.
The pin shewn at Fig. 3 has the horn c formed into three prongs fff having
knobs ggg at the extremities thereof to form an ornament.
Hair pins constructed according to this invention may be made of tortoishell
metal or other suitable material and be made either ornamental in shape as shewn
at Figs. 1 and 2 or be set with stones or pearls or otherwise ornamented as shewn
at Fig. 3 to enable such pins to be used as ornaments for the head as well as to
form supports for the hair. One method of using the hair pin is shewn at Figs. 4. 5
and 6. Fig. 4 shews the hair tied in the centre with the improved hair pin fixed
in the hair. Fig. 5 shews the long hair which is tied to be combed up high slightly
twisted to the right and turned over the comb and brought round to the left.
Fig. 6 shews the hair twisted into a coil round the back of the pin and the end of
the hair fastened with an ordinary hair pin and the head dress completed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that
what I claim is
1. A hair pin having one or more prongs and a crescent shaped or approximately
crescent shaped head one horn of the said head being shaped or ornamented to
form an ornament for the hair when the said pin is in use substantially as
herein before specified and for the purposes stated.
2. The constructions of hair pins substantially as shewn by the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 4th day of Anonet 1006
T. E. HALFORD,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.