Patent ID: 8087414

Claim:
A machine for styling long locks of hair entwined in dreadlocks, the machine comprising: a body having an interior; a motor positioned in said interior of said body, said motor being electric or pneumatic, said body having a handle extending outwardly therefrom, said handle defining a nose having an interior passageway; a harpoon-shaped needle extending through said interior passage so as to have a barbed end projecting outwardly of said handle, said barbed end positioned at an end of said harpoon-shaped needle; a switch affixed to said body behind said nose, said switch being connected to said motor, said motor having a means for regulating a speed thereof, said motor having a shaft extending in parallel relation to said harpoon-shaped needle and rotationally coupled thereto; an undulating fin projecting radially from said shaft, said shaft having a pair of longitudinal halves, said undulating fin extending through said pair of longitudinal halves, said undulating fin having an undulation forming a half sinusoid, said undulating fin being caught between external rotary rings of respective bearings which are fitted on pivots, said pivots being radial relative to said shaft; and a shuttle receiving said harpoon-shaped needle such that said harpoon-shaped needle is interchangeably connected thereto, said pivots being transverse relative to said shuttle, said shuttle being longitudinally guidable.