US2852029A - Apparatus for cold waving practice - Google Patents

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SEP- 16, 1958 R. M. STEELE 2,852,029

APPARATUS FOR /COLD WAVING PRACTICE Filed Sept. 5, 1957' FIG. 4 6

United States Fatemi:

APPARATUS FOR COLD WAVING PRACTICE Richard M. Steele, Stockton, Calif.

Application September 3, 1957, Serial No. 681,739

4 Claims. (Cl. 132-42) .My invention relates to the winding of a tress of hair on a cylindrical spindle known as a curling rod in use in the practice generally called cold waving. Customarily, in this practice, a tress of hair is wound toward the roots from its extremity upon a curling rod which is aixed at or near the scalp by means of a fastener, usually a string, an elastic, or member of other material, which is attached to the one end of the tress-wound curling rod, extends to and then attaches to the other -end of the tress-wound curling rod, and, with varying amounts of tightness against and across the hairs of the tress, there is caused a binding and pressure by the fastener in its function to support the tress-wound curling rod in position.

Now this binding with pressure on the hairs of a wound tress by such a fastener can cause, and has been said to cause, a deterioration of strength and normal composition of those hairs which are subjected to such binding with pressure during and after the saturation and impregnation of the wound tress with certain chemical lotions customarily used with the intention to impart a permanent curl to the tress. The deterioration and deleterious effect to the hairs of the wound tress which may be caused in this manner may develop to such magnitude that often immediate, or often, consequential breakageof the so subjected hairs occurs to Various extent and through various periods of elapsed time, days or weeks, as those hairs having sustained the deterioration and damage become unable to withstand the stress and strain of general combing, brushing, and dressing, and, thereupon, break at the point of greatest deterioration.

In View of the foregoing, it is desired and expedient, and it is the primary object of my invention to provide a device which has none and which will eliminate, from the curling rod, the string, elastic, or member of other material, which ordinarily joins and stretches from one end of the curling rod to the other end, binding against and across the hairs of the tress-wound curling rod as a means of support.

It is the further object of my invention to utilize the inherent tendency of the tress-wound curling rod to unwind of itself, by reason of the weight of the curling rod and the pull of the hairs thereon, to hold the said curling rod stationary and in waving position .by providing means alhxed at each end of the curling rod to arrest and to prevent its rotation toward the pull of the hairs and by gravitational force.

It is the object of my invention, relating to the parts thereof, that they be manufactured cheaply of fairly chemical-resistant material, such as aluminum or stainless-steel, suitable for stamping, and plastic or synthetic material, suitable for molding; and, relating further to the said parts, it is the object of my invention that it `may be easily assembled and retted with spares when required by the person ordinarily using it.

For a better understanding of these objects of my invention, and of other objects which will become apparent 2,852,029 Patented Sept. 16, 1958 hereinafter, reference may be had to the accompanying drawing, which is not intended to limit the scope of the novelties and the novel arrangements inherent in my-invention, but which does show a practical embodiment of the novelties and novel arrangement.

Figure 1 is a plane view of my stringless cold waving rod showing the curling rod with the tine portions of the lever-like brake members in ready position to wind a tress of hair.

Figure 2 is a plane View of my stringless cold waving rod with cut-away.

Figure 3 is a similar plane view of my stringless cold waving rod with cut-away and showing varied manipulations possible by thumb and index linger of each hand.

Figure 4 is a plane view of my stringless cold waving rod with a tress of hair wound thereon in waving position.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional View of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawing, the following explains the small numbers which designate the same parts appearing in all the views.

1 designates the tine portions of the lever-like brake members.

2 designates the U-bends in the lever-like brake members made to accommodate attachment of an elastic means thereto.

3 designates the stock butt portions of the lever-like brake members.

4 designates the single, or multiple, elastic, rubber bands, or material having an elastic property, which, hereinafter, for the purpose of this description, shall be referred to as the elastic or elastic means.

5 designates the concave apertures into which the U- bends 2 and the stock butts 3 of the lever-like brake members may be sheathed butt'rst, and into which the U-bends 2 may be inserted when the lever-like brake members are in functional position.

6 designates serrated and notched edges of the curling rod at the face of its ends to provide a plurality of spaced nubs against and between which the tine portions 1 and the stock butts 3 of their respective lever-like brake members may be snubbed and drawn taut by the elastic 4.

7 designates the longitudinal hole transversing 'the center of the length of the curling rod on the line of its axis from concave aperture to concave aperture (5 to 5), t0 permit the elastic to float and to attach only tothe U-bends 2 of each of the lever-like brake members, one at each end, thus, permitting universal, toggle movement of the individual lever-like brake members, independently of each other, in relation to the ends of the curling rod.

8 designates the point of innermost depth of the concave apertures 5 to which the lever-like brake members may be sheathed.

9 designates the curling rod, proper, for the purpose of this description.

10 and 11 indicate the points on the scalp or head surice ` `face adjacent the ends of the curling rod 9, upon which the tine extremities of the lever-like brake members touch, rest, and bear.

l2 designates the hairs and the tress of hair wound on the curling rod 9 in waving position.

Explanation of the several figures in the drawing is now set forth.

Figure 1, a plane view of my stringless cold Waving rod, shows the curling rod 9 with the tine portions 1 of the lever-like brake members protruding from the concave apertures 5 at the ends of the curling rod, in straight, degrees, horizontal alignment to permit the thumb and lingers to turn the curling rod 9, conveniently, for the purpose of Winding a tress of hair thereon.

In this position, approximately one-third 0f the length,

(2 and 3), of each of the lever-like brake members is concealed at its respective end of the curling rod as within a sheath provided by the concave apertures 5, the leverlike brake member being drawn in to the depth 8 of the concave aperture by the elastic 4.

Figure 2 is a plane View with a cutaway at the left-hand end, showing the U-bend 2 of the lever-like brake member, in sheathed position with the elastic4 attached thereto, and showing the stock butt 3 of the lever-like brake member, resting at the innermost part of the concave aperture 8. At the right-hand end of the curling rod, in Figure 2, is shown the entire lever-like brake member, unsheathed and disassociated from the curling rod, being attachedonlyto the elastic 4, fastened kat the U-bend 2, and with the stock butt 3 just engaged against the serrated edge with nubs 6, and the arrow indicating the direction of full engagement by the stock butt 3, and the tine portion 1, to the end of the curling rod. The leverlike brake member will be drawn to and snubbed into position at 90 degrees to the longitudinal line of the curling rod and with the U-bend 2 entered into the concave aperture 5.

Figure 3, a plane View similar to Figure 2, illustrates the Versatility of movement and possible manipulation of the lever-like brake members by the thumb and index finger of the right hand and of the left hand respectively. For the reason that the lever-like brake members are attached permanently only at the U-bends 2 to the elastic 4, which traverses the length of, and oats in, the longitudinal hole 7, provided through the curling rod on the line of its axis, with no other .attachment thereto, the thumb and index nger may grasp and manipulate the lever-like brake member in universal, toggle movement in its relation to the end of the curling rod and, independently, one from the other.

Figure 3 shows, further, at the left end cut-away, the lever-like brake member attached at the U-bend 2 to the elastic 4, being drawn by the left thumb and index linger from the aperture 5 with the stock butt 3 being drawn past the serrated rim with nubs 6. The right thumb and index finger, illustrated at the right-hand View, shows the completely unsheathed lever-like brake member being released to snap to, and to engage against, and to span the serrated rim edge with nubs 6 at the end of the curling rod, in the direction indicated by the arrows.

In Figure 4, a plane view of my stringless cold Waving rod, and in Figure 5, a sectional View of Figure 4, the tress of hair 12 is wound on the rod in the manner known in the art as the Croquignole wind, that is to say, the hairs pass from A to B, as indicated by the arrow. For the reason that the lever-like brake members, at 1 and 3, are aixed securely to the serrated rim with nubs 6 by the tension provided by the elastic 4, transversing inside of the curling rod, traction from the extremities of the lever-like brake members, touching, resting, and bearing upon the scalp or head surface, adjacent, and 11, is transmitted to the entire assembly to arrest and prevent gravitational, rotative movement of the tress-Wound curling rod.

From the foregoing, it will be manifest that I have provided a novel means to eliminate the danger of one possible damage to hair undergoing cold waving treatment. The novel arrangements composite in my stringless cold rod having the general configuration of a thin spool, each end of-said rod having an aperture therein, each end of said rod having a plurality of spaced nubs protruding therefrom, said rod having a longitudinal passage communicating with said apertures, elastic means within said passage, a irst lever-like brake member engaging one end of said rod between said spaced nubs and attached to one end of said elastic means, a second lever-like brake member engaging the other end of said rod between said spaced nubs and attached to the other end of said elastic means.

2. In apparatus according to claim l, the end of said rst lever-like brake member being sheathed within the said aperture Within said one end of said rod, said iirst lever-like brake member being drawn in to the depth of the said aperture by said elastic means, the end of said second lever-like brake member being sheathed within the said aperture Within said other end of said rod, said second lever-like brake member being drawn in to the depth of the said aperture by said elastic means.

3. In apparatus according to claim l, said lever-like brake members fashioned in the shape of small bars, said rst lever-like brake member spanning the aperture provided within said one end of said rod, said first leverlike brake member engaging between the spaced nubs protruding from said one end of said rod, said first leverlike brake member being of a length to reach beyond the points of said engagement between the said spaced nubs to a resting place on the scalp or head surface adjacent to said rod when said rod is Wound with a tress of hair thereon, said second lever-like brake member spanning the aperture provided within said other end of said rod, said second lever-like member engaging between the spaced nubs protruding from said other end of said rod, said second lever-like brake member being of a length to reach beyond the points of said engagement between the said spaced nubs to a resting place on the scalp or head surface adjacent to said rod when said rod is wound with a tress of hair thereon.

4. In apparatus according to claim l, said elastic means being attached at each end to an otherwise unattached lever-like brake member.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,766,849 Rudiger Oct. 16, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS 763,384 Great Britain Dec. l2, 1956 814,200 Germany Sept. 20, 1951

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