IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR 44 CURLING, FRIZZING OR WAVING THE HAIR
Year: 1884

page_text: I, FREDERICK ILES, Manufacturer, of 100 Highgate St. Birmingham do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR
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CURLING, FRIZZING OR WAVING THE HAIR" to be as follows:-
A short bar or strip of metal is perforated or eyed at each end, these ends are
then turned down at an angle so as to allow a second bar formed of a strip or bar of
metal doubled upon itself, and furnished with a loop, ring, or knob, to pass through
the said perforations or eyes and to revolve or turn therein by means of the loop,
ring or knob connected thereto.
I do not confine myself to the use of metal in the above, but employ vulcanite,
celluloid, wood or other suitable material.
The above described article is intended to be used in the following manner viz:
For Curling the Hair; The double bar is withdrawn so as to allow the ends to
spring apart, the end of the hair is then placed between, it is then compressed and
inserted in the perforation at end of bar, from which it had been withdrawn & the
double bar is revolved by the fingers till the apparatus reaches the head, a reversion
of the above actions will release the hair.
For Frizzing; The instrument is opened as above, the hair inserted as before &
is then wound in & out alternately between the bars of the double pin, one of the
bars is then inserted in the perforation at end of bar.
For Waving; The instrument is opened as above, the hair inserted as before &
is then passed alternately around the double bar & the flat bar, the end of the
double bar is then inserted in the perforation at end of .bar.
FREDERICK ILES.

page_text: I, FREDERICK ILES, of 100 Highgate St. Birmingham, Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR
CURLING, FRIZZING OR WAVING THE HAIR and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
I take a bar or strip of metal or other suitable material of convenient length,
& perforate or eye each end of the same, these ends I then bend at an angle; I then
take a second bar or strip of sufficient length and double the same upon itself so
that it may be inserted through the perforations or eyes in the first bar (herein-
after called the single bar) and be turned or revolved therein, this double bar may
have a loop or eye formed in it at the point where it is doubled; or may have a
ring or stud attached for greater convenience in turning the same when in use.
The double bar may also be made of two shorter bars of equal length connected
at one end by a pin or ring.
For use in Curling the hair; the double bar is withdrawn from one of the per-
forations or eyes in the single bar so as to allow the ends to open apart the end of
the hair is then placed between the open ends which are then closed & reinserted
in the perforation in the single bar, the double bar is then turned by the, ring, loop
or stud, till the apparatus reaches the head.
For Frizzing, the apparatus is opened, and the hair inserted, as for curling and
is then wound in and out between the bars of the double bar, one of which is
reinserted in the perforations of the single bar to secure it.
For Waving, the apparatus is opened as above, the hair inserted & then passed
alternately around the double bar & the single bar, the ends of the double bar are
then reinserted in the perforation.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said invention
& in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
The combination of a single bar of metal, or other suitable material, perforated
or eyed at its ends, and a double bar capable of being inserted in the perforations
or eyes of the single bar and of being turned therein, for the purpose of curling,
frizzing or waving the hair.