US2584668A - Eyelash curler - Google Patents

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P. A. BROWN Feb. 5, 1952 EYELASH CURLER Filed Jan. 10, 1947 l E i: fia zii a all? ag/ na 0Z2 INVENTOR- 75W ATZTORNE ms I tion of the arrow A shown in Fig. 1.

Patented Feb. 5, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EYELASH GURLER Percy A. Brown, Quantlco, Va.

Application January 10, 1947, Serial No. 721,296

1 Claim. (Cl. 13232) 1 g Generically this invention relates to hair curling devices, but it is more specifically directed to new and useful improvements in an eyelash curler.

One of the principal objects of this invention I is the provision of a unique and compact structural arrangement embodying a casing including a stationary member, and a vertically movable member surmounting said stationary member and telescopically arranged in said casing for movement downwardly into operative engagement with said stationary member.

Another important object of this invention is the provision of simplified and novel means inher and operating mechanism therefor, and manually operable means for effecting reciprocal movement of said stem.

I With these and other objects inview, which willbecome apparent as the description proceeds,

the invention resides in the construction, com-,

bination, and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, of which:

Fig.1 is a side elevation of my improved eyelash curler showing movable parts in dotted'lines.

"Fig. 2 is a front elevation looking in the direc- Fig. 3 is a rear elevation looking in the drec- 'tionof the arrow B shownin Fig. 1.

Fig. 4is a central vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2 with parts'in section and showing the eyelash engaging members in open position. I V

. Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 4 showing the eyelash members is closed or eyelash curling po- .sition.' r

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4. a,

--line 1-9 of Fig; 4. V

Fig. 10 is a horizontal section taken on the line l0l0 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through the movable and stationary jaw elements showing a. modified construction of a stationary jaw element.

Fig. 12 shows a sectional view of a further modification with a movable jaw in open position.

Fig. 13 is a similar view to Fig. 12 with the movable'jaw in closed or operative engagement with the lower jaw element. V

Fig. 14 is a detail top plan view of the lower jaw element with parts broken away and in section.

Fig. 15 is a view similar to Fig. 14 of another modified form of one of the jaw members showing an adjusting means mounted thereon.

The devices of this general character with which I am familiar have proven deficient and unsatisfactory for various reasons, some of which are; manually operable means of cumbersome construction making the device unwieldy to handle, diflicult to carryin a small container or in the pocket, and, further, by reason of exteriorly mounted connections between the jaws and the operating means, manually operable means usually mounted at the end of the device opposite to the jaw element tendingto render it difiicult to operatively position the device. It was therefore to overcome these and other disadvantages, by providing a device wherein the body portion of the device constitutes a support for the jaws and at the same time forms a casing to house most of the operating parts of the device, and, at the same time, permitting ready demounting of the device and replacement of parts, the casing portions being formed with an interior guide channel for the reciprocating stem of the upper jaw and with an enlarged hollow space for housing the simple operating coacting mechanism between the stem and push-button, the movable jaw being spring-controlled, and when assembled said parts constituting a compact, easily handled instrument,that I designed the device forming the subject matter of this invention.

In the illustrated embodiment characterizing this invention there is shown an eyelash curling device C comprising a body or casing portion D, said portion D including a pair of separable complemental sections l and 2. The casin D is formed, spaced from its upper end, with a solid outwardly projecting portion 3, and intermediate said portion 3 and the free end of the device on the opposite side thereof, said'casing D is formed with a hollow dome-like projection 4, said casing curving slightly upwardly at its free end as at 5,

' compression or coir-spring 31 for a and substantially curving upwardly at the opposite end from 6 to I.

The upper surface of the casing D is convexed the end of the casing is a stationary arcuate lower jaw element 8, in the present instance, formed with a channel 9 in which is frictionally or otherwise mounted a resilient upper jaw engaging member I0, said member 8 being secured at spaced points to the respective end wallsof,

2 is formed on-itsinner face with openings i adapted, when said sections are-assembled, to

' frictionally receive the complementaldowels it formed; on the meeting face of section I, and which maintains the sections united to form the casing D as will be well understood.

A- complemental movable blade-like jaw element- Iiv is riveted; welded, or otherwise suitably secured to the free ends of yoke portion E8, the latter being formed with an elongated stem portion 19 adapted for telescopic reciprocal engagement in bore l2, and,- inthe present instance, is for-med witha countersunk opening 26 on one surface terminatingat its upper edge in an arcuate flange 2|; said opening is adapted to receive the*f-ree'end of the shorter arm 22 of a bellcrank element '23 pivotally mounted on pin 24, the free end of the other arm 25 of said bellcrank being formed with a pivot head 26 adapted to engage the enlarged inner-head 21 suitably formed o'n'push-button 28,-the shank or stem 29 of which extends-through opening 30 in dome portion 4-. Intermediate the end of stem portion 1-9 and the end wall of'bore i2 is positioned a purpose directly more fully appearing.

It is understood that the parts of the instant invention, while primarily shown-as constructed of metal, may be constructed of plastic or other suitable material: Fig. ll'shows a modification wherein thelower jaw element 32, corresponding to jaw 8, isconstructed of plastic and formed with a channel 33 in which'is positioned the insert34 formed 'with'a V-shaped recess 35 and constructed of semi-resilient material, such as plastic; rubber, or the like, said recess adapted to-receive" the blade-like movable jaw 35 correspending to jaw ll, so that when the eyelash and .in. this form, instead of insert. H] or 34,

member 3.! is inserted in channel 38 and enveloped by'a resilient or rubber-like. tube 39, and they movable jaw 40, corresponding to jaw 36, is shown in retracted. or open position. Fig. 13

; shows jaw 40 in lower jawengaging eyelash curl as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and mounted on a ing position, wherein the tube member 39 is depressed within recess 4| formed in said tube member and which corresponds to channel 35 as above described, said tube assuming its normal position as shown in Fig. 12 upon return of jaw 40 to open position.

Fig. 14 shows a'further modification wherein the lower jaw 42 has a metal strip 43 pre-shaped to any desired arc and secured to the outer face 'of said member by rivets 44 extending through member 42 and adapted to shape and hold said member in such adjusted position.

In Fig. 15 another modification is shown wherein a lower jaw 45, correspondin to jaw 8 for instance, has a pair of spaced brackets 46 secured to the outer surface of said jaw by screws or rivets 41, and having spaced outwardly projecting ears 49 formed with registering threaded openings one of which is threaded, adapted to receive the threaded shank 56 of thumb-bolt 5| so as to vary theburvatureor arc. of'jaw member-- by tightening -or loosening said bolt-5| "to adjust said jaw in conformity'with the contours of different shaped eyelashes. While-the adjusting means-just described is, for instance, shownattachedto a lower jaw 45, it is to be understoodthat asimilaradjustingmeans is also mountedonand-secured to its complemental uppera-jawso-asto efie'cta corresponding adjustment thereof; a

showninFigi 5,410 efiect the'curling operation,

and upon removal of pressure upon push-button 23;'spring 31 'willreturn-jaw I! to its initial normally openpositionas-will be clear without furtherdiscussion;

' From the-above it will be apparent that I have "designed a devi'ce' simple in construction, compact inform, easily manipulated, comprising few parts, manufadturablat a minimum of production 'cost',"and"efiicient for the purposes intended.

Although inpractice it'has been found that theformpf'the invention-illustrated in the ac- ;compa;nyingt drawings and? referred to in the abovedescription' as the preferred embodiment is'thej most 'efiicient and practical, yet realizing that conditions concurrent with the adoption of the. invention will necessarily vary, it is desired to emphasize that variousv minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts, may'be'resorted' tofwithin the scope of the appendedclaimslwithout departingfrom or sacrificing any of theprin ciples of this invention.

. desire protectedbyLetters the respective sections being formed with portions angularly extending beyond the end of thecasing proper and-forming. seats, an .arcuate lower jaw fixedly secured to said seats said' sections being formed-to provide when secured in meeting engagement, a dome-like projection forming a m e ne-side of the casingasolid outwardly projecting portion intermediate said dome portion and; lower --jaw i'onrthe opposite side of the casing, and a guide channelsubstantially, coex- 5 tensive with the length of the casing and intersecting said chamber, a complemental eyelash engaging upper jaw element including a spring controlled stem member movably arranged in said guide channel, said upper and lower jaws being in vertical alignment, a bell-crank element pivotly mounted in said dome with one end engaging said stem, a single depressible operating means coacting with the free end of said bellcrank and extending to the exterior of said dome projection operable to produce movement of the upper jaw member to efiect eyelash curling engagement of said upper jaw with said lower jaw against said spring control action, the construction and arrangement of said casing and dome and solid projections being such as to provide a comfortable finger engaging formation and positioning the single operating mean for actuation thereof by the thumb during the curling operation.

PERCY A. BROWN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 222,907 Holmes Dec. 23, 1879 1,036,725 Sabo Aug. 27, 1912 1,904,575 Tuttle Apr. 18, 1933 1,925,266 Manning Sept. 5, 1933 1,951,130 Cohn Mar. 13, 1934 2,044,209 Glatzer June 16, 1936 2,109,244 Zajicek Feb. 22, 1938 2,196,235 Tuttle, et a1 Apr. 9, 1940 2,411,519 Byron Nov. 26, 1946

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