US2322429A - Hair curling device - Google Patents

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June 22, 1943. 1 EISENMAN 2,322,429'

v HAIR CURLING DEVICE Filed April 19, 1957 Patented June 22, 1943 2,322,429 HAIR CURLING DEVICE Louis Eisenman, Brooklyn, N. Y., assi'gnor to Solo Products Corporation, New York, N. Y.

Application April 19, 1937, Serial No. 137,816

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in hair curling devices and more particularly to devices .for making what are now known generally as pin curls. The invention relates primarily to an improvement over that device shown in patent to Freeman, No. 2,039,789, May 5, 1936.

One of the objects of the present invention is vhas been removed.

A further object is to provide a device of the above character, which is especially adapted for use with a small clamping curler pin, thereby to produce tighter and more desirable curls, less likely to become disarranged or loosened.

A further object is to provide a reliable and emcient device, in which the hair may be more easily and quickly simultaneously combed, clamped, curled and set in a series of consecutive steps.

Other objects will be in part obvious from the annexed drawing and in part hereinafter indicated in connection therewith by the following analysis of this invention.

This invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of parts, the unique relation of the members, and in the relative proportioning and disposition thereof, all as more completely outlined herein.

To enable others skilled in the art fully to comprehend the underlying features of the invention, that they may embody the same by the numerous modifications in structure and relation contemplated by the invention, a drawing depicting a preferred form has been annexed as part of this disclosure, and in such drawing like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the views, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the complete device;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view substantially along line 2-2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View substantially along line 3 3, Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawing, and more particularly to Fig. 1, Il] indicates a main supporting member which when in use occupies a relatively stationary or iixed position. This member I comprises a strap bent around the device 'and back upon itself as clearly shown, terminating in two parallel and adjacent ends Il clamped together by means of a pivot I2 passing through these two ends as well as one end of a pin support I3. This support is adapted to have a relative swinging movement about its pivot I2, but normally occupies the position shown in Fig. 1 by reason of a coiled spring I4 acting between the base and the support I3 thereby to urge the free end I5 into close clamping and interlocking engagement with a freely rotatable cylindrical member I6 having a notch I'I along one of its sides whereby this cylinder I6 will occupy normally a xed position against rotation with respectv to the free end I5 of the support. It will be noted that both the free end I5 andthe cylinder I6 are provided with longitudinal bores or recesses (Fig. 1) for receiving the two Shanks of a clamping hair pin I8 as shown in Fig. 1, which style is permitted by reason of the close interlocking position and non-rotatable relation of the ends of the device when operated.

Interposed between the support I0 and the cylinder I6 is a rotatable longitudinal member or mandrel 20 upon which a lock of hair is adapted to be curled. Within the body member I this mandrel is cut away substantially half of its thickness (Fig. 2) to provide space for a pivot edge 2| with its mounting passing adjacent the central part of a clamping member 22, one end 23 of which is adapted to conform to the cylindrical face of the mandrel 20 while the other end 24 provides a finger press reacting against a spring 25. Thus by pressing down upon the part 24 against the spring 25 the free end 23 of the clamping member may be raised to permit the insertion of a lock of hair between the mandrel 20 and the clamp 23.

It will be noted that this clamp is provided intermediate its ends with a comb portion 26 on either or both sides whereby, after selecting a lock of hair, it may be combed out after slightly pressing upon the member 24, prior to clamping the hair against the mandrel 2i). If desired, stops I9 may be applied to the clamp and mandrel in the form of a two-part ring to determine the combing and curling positions.

The extreme right hand end of the device, as shown in Fig. 1, is provided with a knurled nut or handle portion 2'I which may be conveniently rotated and in turn rotate the mandrel 20 and its clamp 23, thus winding the hair about these two parts and between the mandrel and the diagonal spaced support member I3. When the curl has been completely formed the operator then merely presses on the finger piece 24 to slightly loosen the curl whereupon it may be slid longitudinally from between the parts 20 and I3 and thus out from between the portions I5 and I6 which at that moment are slightly spaced part by the operator. A continued lateral movement of the curl toward the left will cause it to pass between the concealed shanks of the hair pin I8 whereupon the removal of the pin I8 simultaneously with a continued lateral movement of the curl towards the left, the curl will then automatically be clamped between the shanks of the clamping hair pin I8.

The above thus clearly discloses the construction and method of use.

The invention comprehends a simple and practical device having relatively fewV parts which may be easily and inexpensively manufactured and assembled. By having the parts I3 and 20 arranged at an angle to each other and closely adjacent at their free ends permits the use of a clamping hair pin thereby better to form the curls with the assurance that the curls will remain tightly held and in place until set.

Without further analysis the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the invention that others can by applying current knowledge readily adapt it for various applications without omitting certain features that from the standpoint of the prior art fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention, and therefore such adaptations should and are intended t be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalency of the following claims.

I claim:

l. A hair curling device comprising a hollow mandrel about which a lock of hair is adapted t0 be wound spirally,.means for clamping the lock of hair thereto, a handle for rotating the man drel, a hollow member adjacent but at an angle to said mandrel, said member and the end of the mandrel having an interi'ltting, non-rotatable relation, and openings for receiving the two shanks of a hair pin.

2. A hair curling device comprising a mandrel, a clamp for engaging a lock of hair while being curled, means for raising the clamp out of engagement with the mandrel throughout a major portion of its length, means for rotating the mandrel and the clamp, and a member spaced Vfrom the mandrel throughout a major portion of its length but having its free end interlocked in nonrotatable relation when operated with the free end of the mandrel, said free ends having openings thereby to receive the shanks of a hair pin.

3. A hair curling device comprising a main body portion having a relatively iixed position when in use, a rotatable mandrel and clamp carried thereby, means for rotating the Clamp and mandrel, a relatively stationary member at the end of the mandrel having a longitudinal opening, a member spaced from the mandrel pivoted upon the body portion at one end and having its opposite end engaging said first-mentioned member, said opposite end having a longitudinal opening whereby with the opening in the end of the mandrel a clamping hair pin may be inserted for the purpose of receiving a finished curled lock of hair.

4. A hair curling device comprising a hollow mandrel about which a lock of hair is adapted to be wound spirally, means for clamping the lock of hair thereto, a handle for rotating the mandrel, a hollow member adjacent but at an angle to said mandrel, said member and the end of the mandrel having an intertting, non-rotatable relation with openings for receiving the two shanks of a hair pin, and a comb associated with said it between the clamp and mandrel.

LOUIS EISENMAN.

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