Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Dressing or Orna- menting the Hair.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 12th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Dressing or Orna-
menting the Hair.
I, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS, of 23, Southampton Buildings, in the County
of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com-
munication to me from La Société Vibert et Desruol, Lyons, in the Republic of
France, Hair Dressers) to be as follows:-
This apparatus or attachment has for its object to gather and fix against or close
to the head a more or less large mass of hair.
It is formed essentially of two parts: A ring through which is passed the mass of
hair which is required to be fixed and a clasp in the form of a comb which is pushed
into the hair by sliding through the ring.
The accompanying drawing illustrates the general arrangement of the apparatus or
attachment, it being shown open at Fig. 1, and closed at Fig. 2.
The ring A which may be of circular, oval or other convenient form, is furnished
with two openings B, B1, the exterior edges of which are pressed back so as to permit
of the teeth of the comb P passing therethrough, one or more of which teeth are
provided with a slot 1), closed at its ends and through which pass two small pins C. C.
These pins have for their object to guide the comb and to prevent its separation
from the ring; they are placed so as to permit of the complete withdrawal of the comb
from the ring as shown in Fig. 1, and the complete closing of the ring as shown in
Fig. 2.
This attachment may be made in all sizes, and may be used for fixing the entire
or only a portion of a head of hair.
It may be made in tortoiseshell, celluloid, horn, metal or in any other suitable
material and may be ornamented or decorated in any of the ways which characterize
known combs.
Dated this 21st day of March 1898.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Dressing or Orna-
menting the Hair.
I, BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS, of 23, Southampton Buildings, in the County
of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a
communication to me from La Société Vibert et Desruol, Lyons, in the Republic of
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page_text: France, Hair Dressers), and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
:-
This apparatus or attachınent has for its object to gather and fix against or close to
the head a more or less large mass of bair.
It is formed essentially of two parts: A ring through which is passed the mass of
hair which is required to be fixed and a clasp in the form of a comb which is pushed
into the air by sliding through the ring.
The drawing accompanying my Provisional Specification illustrates the general
arrangement of the apparatus or attachment, it being shown open at Fig. 1 and closed
at Fig. 2.
The ring which may be of circular, oval, or other convenient form, is furnished
with two openings B, B1, the exterior edges of which are pressed back so as to permit
of the teeth of the comb P passing therethrough, one or more of which teeth are
provided with a slot D, closed at its ends and through which pass two small
pins CC.
These pins have for their object to guide the comb and to prevent its separation
from the ring; they are placed so as to permit of the complete withdrawal of the
comb from the ring as shown in Fig. 1, and the complete closing of the ring as shown
in Fig. 2.
This attachment may be made in all sizes, and may be used for fixing the entire
or only a portion of a head of hair.
It may be made in tortoiseshell, celluloid, horn, metal or in any other suitable
material and may be ornamented or decorated in any of the ways which characterize
known combs.
Having now 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:
An apparatus or attachment for dressing or ornamenting the hair, capable according
to its dimensions of containing the entire or only a portion of a head of hair, and
composed essentially of a ring traversed diametrically by a comb sliding in two
openings formed opposite to each other on the edges of the ring, substantially as
herein shown and described.
Dated this 12th day of December 1898.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.