Year: 1885

page_text: I, WILLIAM LORD BALLIN HINDE, of 15, Oxford Street, Birmingham, Warwick-
shire, Brush Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My new or improved apparatus for waving and crimping hair consists essentially
of three parts, viz, firstly, of a pair of parallel or approximately parallel prongs
formed preferably of a single piece of wire or other metal strip bent into the form
of the letter U, secondly, a slide bar or handle which is hinged at one end to the
said pair of prongs at the lower part of the U, and thirdly, a sliding cross-piece
carried on the said slide bar or handle and along which latter the said sliding cross-
piece is free to be moved. The said prongs and the slide bar or handle are so
hinged together that they can be freely turned round their hinged part in parallel
planes but such hinged part is made long enough to prevent any end wise move-
ment in the joint. I prefer to make the slide bar or handle from a parallel strip
of metal bent centrally to form that end which is hinged to the prongs so that the
outward ends thereof will tend to spring open to hold the said cross-piece in any
desired position thereon. The said cross-piece is provided with holes into which
the outward ends of the prongs can enter when they and the outward end of the
slide bar or handle are turned to point in the same direction so that the slide bar
or handle will thereby be held between the prongs.
The apparatus is used as follows:-The prongs and the slide bar or handle are
opened out on their hinged end so that the outward ends of the prongs and the
outward end of the slide bar or handle will point in opposite directions. The lock
of hair to be waved or crimped is now twisted backwards and forwards according
to fancy upon the prongs and the slide bar or handle is then turned round on its
hinge so as to lie between the prongs; the cross-piece is now moved down the
slide bar or handle so that the ends of the prongs will pass into the holes therein
and so securely fix the apparatus to the hair. If the lock of bair does not fill the
prongs when twisted thereon as above described the cross-bar can be moved down
towards the hinged end so as to press the hair tightly together. To remove the
apparatus from the hair the cross-piece is disengaged from the ends of the prongs
and the slide bar or handle opened out on its hinge or joint when the prongs
can be withdrawn; the lock of hair will then, if it has been operated upon for a
sufficient length of time, be crimped or waved as required.

page_text: When the slide bar or handle is made of a folded strip of metal arranged to
spring open as above described the outer ends thereof can be employed as a pair of
tweezers for toilet use.
Instead of making the slide bar or handle of a folded strip of metal arranged to
spring open, to hold the cross-piece as above described, the slide bar or bandle may
be made of a single piece of metal and a spring formed on the cross-piece to
maintain it in position on the slide bar or handle.
A New or Improved Apparatus for Waving and Crimping Hair.
I, WILLIAM LORD BALLIN HINDE, of 15, Oxford Street, Birmingham, Warwick-
shire, Brush Manufacturer, 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 :—
My new or improved apparatus for waving and crimping hair consists essentially
of three parts, viz, firstly, of a pair of parallel or approximately parallel prongs
formed preferably of a single piece of wire or other metal strip bent into the form
of the letter U, secondly, a slide bar or handle which is binged at one end to the
said pair of prongs at the lower part of the U, and thirdly, a sliding cross-piece
carried on the said slide bar or handle and along which latter the said sliding
cross-piece is free to be moved. The said prongs and the slide bar or handle are
so hinged together that they can be freely turned round their hinged part in
parallel planes but such hinged part is made long enough to prevent any endwise
movement in the joint. I prefer to make the slide bar or handle from a parallel
strip of metal bent centrally to form that end which is hinged to the prongs so
that the outward ends thereof will tend to spring open to hold the said cross-piece
in any desired position thereon. The said cross-piece is provided with holes into
which the outward ends of the prongs can enter when they and the outward end
of the slide bar or handle are turned to point in the same direction so that the slide®
bar or handle will thereby be held between the prongs.
The apparatus is used as follows:-The prongs and the slide bar or handle are
opened out on their hinged end so that the outward ends of the prongs and the
outward end of the slide bar or handle will point in opposite directions. The
lock of hair to be waved or crimped is now twisted backwards and forwards
according to fancy upon the prongs and the slide bar or handle is then turned

page_text: round on its hinge so as to lie between the prongs; the cross-piece is now moved
down the slide bar or handle so that the ends of the prongs will pass into the holes
therein and so securely fix the apparatus to the hair. If the lock of hair does not
fill the prongs when twisted thereon as above described the cross bar can be moved
down towards the hinged end so as to press the hair tightly together. To remove
the apparatus from the hair the cross-piece is disengaged from the ends of the
prongs and the slide bar or handle opened out on its hinge or joint when the prongs
can be withdrawn; the lock of hair will then, if it has been operated upon for a
sufficient length of time, be crimped or, waved as required.
When the slide bar or handle is made of a folded strip of metal arranged. to
spring open as above described the outer ends thereof can be employed as a pair of
tweezers for toilet use.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents my new or improved apparatus
for waving and crimping hair open ready'to receive the hair required to be waved
or crimped and Fig. represents the same apparatus closed; Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6
illustrate how the said apparatus is used as hereinafter fully set forth; Fig. 7
represents a modified form of the apparatus illustrated by the preceeding Figures
and Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate a further modification of the same.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several Figures.
I will first refer to Figs. 1 to 6, both inclusive, in which it will be seen that the
said apparatus consists essentially of three parts viz, firstly, of a pair of parallel or
approximately parallel prongs a, a, formed preferably of a single piece of wire
or other metal strip bent into the form of the letter U, secondly, a slide bar or
handle b, hinged at one end b¹ to the lower part al of the U where the prongs a, a,
are connected together and thirdly, a cross bar c carried on the slide bar or handle b
and along which it can be moved. The prongs a and the slide bar or handle b can
be freely turned on their hinged joint a², 61, which is made long enough to prevent
any endwise movement. When the hinged part a³ of the prongs is made long as
in the apparatus illustrated by Figs. 1 to 7, both inclusive, I prevent any-end wise
movement by the tubular piece d which is gripped by the slide bar b and in which
the part a¹ can turn. The slide bar or handle b is preferably made from a strip of
metal bent centrally to form the looped end 6¹ which is binged to the prongs as
shewn in Figs. 1 to 6, both inclusive, the halves of which by tending to spring
outwardly hold the cross bar c in any desired position and may serve as a pair of
tweezers for toilet use by their ends 62, 63, being formed for that purpose. In the
cross-piece c are two holes c², cl, into which the ends of the prongs a can be entered
when the apparatus is closed (see Figs. 2, 5 and 8) so as to hold the outer ends of
the prongs and slide bar or handle together.
In using the said apparatus the prongs a and the slide bar or handle b are opened
out as shewn in Fig. 1 and the lock of hair to be waved or crimped is then twisted
back wards and forwards according to fancy upon the prongs, for instance as shewn
in Fig. 3. The slide bar or handle b is now turned round upon its hinge (see
Fig. 4) so as to lie between the prongs where it is secured by the outer ends of the
prongs passing into the holes c¹ of the cross-piece c after it has been moved down
the slide bar or bandle as shewn in Fig. 5. The apparatus is now secured to the
hair but if the prongs are not filled the cross-bar can be moved downwards (see
Fig. 6) so as to press the hair more tightly together. When the lock of hair has
been operated upon for a sufficient length of time it will be crimped or waved as
required and the prongs can be withdrawn by first disengaging the cross-piece c
therefrom and then opening out the slide bar or handle on its hinge (see Fig. 3).
It will be evident that the shape of the various parts may be considerably
modified without departing from the nature of my Invention, for instance instead
of making the slide bar or handle b of a folded strip of metal arranged to spring
open to hold the cross-piece as above described and illustrated by Figs. 1 to 6, both
inclusive, the slide bar or handle b may be made of a single piece of metal (for
instance as shewn by Fig. 7) and the cross-piece c may be provided with a spring e
or other means to maintain it on the slide bar or handle or the slide bar or handle b
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page_text: may be made wider than the prongs so as to embrace them when closed as in the
modification illustrated by Figs. 8 and 9.
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:
The new or improved apparatus for waving and crimping hair herein before
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, that is to say, an apparatus
for the purposes described consisting of a pair of prongs jointed at their connected
ends to a handle carrying a cross-bar by which latter the outer ends of the prongs
and handle can be secured together when required substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated.