AN APPARATUS FOR CURLING WAVING AND FRIZZING HAIR
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOSIAH AINSWORTH of Sunny Bank Cottage Over Darwen in the county of
Lancaster, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN
APPARATUS FOR CURLING WAVING AND FRIZZING HAIR, to be 08
IMPROVED
follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct an apparatus for curling, waving, and
frizzing hair, simple and easy in construction and use, light and durable, and with
a perfect grip.
I construct my apparatus as follows. I take a piece of flat steel wire, or any
other suitable metal, and double it, forming an oblong fraine, but doubled down or
nipped in at both ends, almost to meet, so as to carry and hold the clip or curling
blades for securing and holding the hair the clips are made of two pieces of flat
steel wire or other metal rivetted and pivotted between the two ends of the frame
so as to be moved outwards or inwards, when moved inwards horizontal to the
frame sides, the ends of the clips are held by the nipped in portion of the frame
which acts as a kind of spring and firmly holds the two together or the clips may
be made slightly curved so as to spring apart when not pressed into the frame, or
the frame may be dispensed with, and the two clips be simply pivotted or hinged
together and a small metal shoe or hoop may be slipped on to the tapered ends of
the clips, the hoop or shoe being held on by an elastic band, spiral spring or other
suitable attachment which keeps the clips together securely.
The apparatus is used as follows, the clips are moved outward from the frame
and then opened, the end of the hair to be curled or frizzed is placed between them
the clips are then closed, and the hair wound round the two clips, then the whole
is pressed down into the frame and nipped into position, the two sides of the frame
prevent any slipping or incurling; in waving the hair the clips are partially opened
and the hair is wound alternately around one clip and the other, the two clips are
then pressed together and secured by the frame or by the shoe and ring.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I JOSIAH AINSWORTH, of Sunny Bank Cottage, Over Darwen, in the County
of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR CURLING, WAVING, AND FRIZZING HAIR" and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
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This Invention relates to an improved devico or apparatus for curling, waving,
and frizzing hair, and consists of two blades of steel or other metal hinged in a
rectangular or oblong frame having a loop or clip formed in one of its narrow sides
sufficiently large enough to receive and maintain a slight grip upon the two blades
when they are placed parallel with each other within the frame.
And in order that my Invention may be more fully understood, I hereto annex
a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof.
Figure 1 represents my improved apparatus opened and ready for use, the blades
being indicated by the letter a and the frame by b. The frame with the blades
removed is shown in Figure 2. which is drawn to a somewhat enlarged scale. As
may be seen it is formed of a single strip of metal between the loose ends of which
the blades are hinged upon a pin or rivet c in such manner that when closed they
place themselves naturally opposite the loop or compression d as shewn in Figure 3.
The opening of the loop being barely equal to the thickness of the two blades, a
little pressure is necessary to cause the blades to enter, but the metal being elastic
the spring or reaction is sufficient to retain the blades in their closed position
without any other form of fastening.
The frame may also be dispensed with and the blades secured by a cap c attached
to a piece of elastic f as shewn in Fig. 4.
By the use of my Invention, the operations of waving, curling, and frizzing,
which usually involve a considerable expenditure of time, are greatly facilitated,
whilst the device is neat in appearance and handy for use.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1. The method of securing the ends of the blades a by compressing them
within a loop or clip d formed in the frame, substantially as herein shewn and
described.
2. The employment of a cap e attached to a strip of elastic f for securing the
blades together.

page_text: I JOSIAH AINSWORTH of Sunny Bank Cottage Over Darwen in the county of
Lancaster, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CURLING WAVING AND FRIZZING HAIR, to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct an apparatus for curling, waving, and
frizzing hair, simple and easy in construction and use, light and durable, and with
a perfect grip.
I construct my apparatus as follows. I take a piece of flat steel wire, or any
other suitable metal, and double it, forming an oblong frame, but doubled down or
nipped in at both ends, almost to meet, so as to carry and hold the clip or curling
blades for securing and holding the hair the clips are made of two pieces of flat
steel wire or other metal rivetted and pivotted between the two ends of the frame
so as to be moved outwards or inwards, when moved inwards horizontal to tho
frame sides, the ends of the clips are held by the nipped in portion of the frame
which acts as a kind of spring and firmly holds the two together or the clips may
be made slightly curved so as to spring apart when not pressed into the frame, or
the frame may be dispensed with, and the two clips be simply pivotted or hinged
together and a small metal shoe or hoop may be slipped on to the tapered ends of
the clips, the hoop or shoe being held on by an clastic band, spiral spring or other
suitable attachment which keeps the clips together securely.
The apparatus
used as follows, the clips are moved outward from the frame
and then opened, the end of the hair to be curled or frizzed is placed between them
the clips are then closed, and the hair wound round the two clips, then the whole
is pressed down into the frame and nipped into position, the two sides of the frame
prevent any slipping or incurling; in waving the hair the clips are partially opened
and the hair is wound alternately around one clip and the other, the two clips are
then pressed together and secured by the frame or by the shoe and ring.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: 1 JOSIAH AINSWORTH, of Sunny Bank Cottage, Over Darwen, in the County
of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR CURLING, WAVING, AND FRIZZING HAIR" 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 an improved device or apparatus for curling, waving,
and frizzing hair, and consists of two blades of steel or other metal hinged in a
rectangular or oblong frame having a loop or clip formed in one of its narrow sides
sufficiently large enough to receive and maintain a slight grip upon the two blades
when they are placed parallel with each other within the frame.
And in order that my Invention may be more fully understood, I hereto annex
a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof.
As
Figure 1 represents my improved apparatus opened and ready for use, the blades
being indicated by the letter a and the frame by b. The frame with the blades
removed is shewn in Figure 2. which is drawn to a somewhat enlarged scale.
may be seen it is formed of a single strip of metal between the loose ends of which
the blades are hinged upon a pin or rivet c in such manner that when closed they
place themselves naturally opposite the loop or compression d as shewn in Figure 3.
The opening of the loop being barely equal to the thickness of the two blades, a
little pressure is necessary to cause the blades to enter, but the metal being elastic
the spring or reaction is sufficient to retain the blades in their closed position
without any other form of fastening.
It will be observed that the clip & may be dispensed with and the blades secured
merely by the pressure of their rectangular ends against the narrow end of the
frame as shewn in Figure 4. This mode of fastening I should consider equivalent
to the one illustrated by the drawings.
The frame may also be dispensed with and the blades secured by a cap c attached
to a piece of elastic f as shewn in Fig. 5.
By the use of my Invention, the operations of waving, curling, and frizzing,
which usually involve a considerable expenditure of time, are greatly. facilitated,
whilst the device is neat in appearance and handy for use.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1. The method of securing the ends of the blades a by compressing them
within a loop or clip d formed in the frame, substantially as herein shewn and
described.

page_text: 2. The employment of a rectangular frame b with or without the clip d for
containing and securing the blades a in a parallel position, substantially as herein
shewn and described.
3. Tho employment of a cape attached to a strip of elastic f for securing the
blades together
HUGHES & SON,
5, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Petitioner.

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