US2499204A - Hair curler - Google Patents

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Feb. 28, 1950 WEAVER 2,499,294

HAIR CURLER Filed March 21, 1947 INVEN TOR. w ill f7: Ma 2/67" BYoi fw Patented Feb. 28, 1950 HAIR CURLER Ruth K. Weaver, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Gaylord Products, Incorporated, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Delaware Application March 21, 1947, Serial No. 736,361

This invention relates to improvements in hair curlers, and is more particularly concerned with the provision of a hair curler in Whicha locking ball is pivotally connected to one end of a tubular body and movable to extended position to serve as a handle to facilitate winding a lock of hair around the tubular body. After the hair has been wound around the tubular body, the locking bail is adapted to be pivoted into its locking position to secure the curl of hair against displacement from the tubular body.

The present-invention contemplates the provision of a hair curler having a tubular open end, tapered body adapted to be simply and inexpensively formed from resilient sheet material, such as metal or plastic, and formed with apertures for the circulation of air to facilitate the drying of moistened curls of hair wound around the body. In forming the hair curler body, opposite edges of a sheet are brought into abutting engagement to provide a longitudinally extending clamping slot to receive and engage the end of a lock of hair to be curled. In order to position the end of a lock of hair within the longitudinally extending clamping slot, a relatively short hairguiding slot is formed in the body and diametrically opposed with respect to the hair clamping slot.

This invention further contemplates the provision of a hair curler in which the forward end of the curler body is formed with diametrically opposed notches adapted to receive the free end of the locking bail to secure the latter in its hair clamping position.

This invention further contemplates the provision of a hair curler in which the ends of the locking bail extend transversely through slots formed in diametrically opposed sides of the curler body, the ends of the locking bail being in crossed relation to coact with the walls of the slots to yieldably resist movement of the locking ball from either its extended or clamping position.

This invention embodies other novel features, details of construction and arrangement of parts which are hereinafter set forth in the specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view illustrating a hair curler embodying features of this invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view of same. 7

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view showing the hair curler with the bail in its hair locking position.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view showing the locking bail in its extended position to serve as a handle during the hair curling operation.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the hair curler with the bail in its hair clamping position.

2 Claims. (Cl. 132--41) Referring now to the drawing for a better understanding of this invention, the hair curler is shown as comprising a tapered tubular body 8, open at its ends, and formed with a plurality of apertures 9. The body 8 is preferably formed of resilient sheet material, such as metal or plastic, which is blanked and formed to bring the opposing Side edges of the blank into abutting relation to provide a longitudinally extending hair clamping slot l l. The forward end of the curler body 8 is rounded at l2 to provide a converging entrance leading into the hair clamping slot l l. Diametrically opposed to the hair clamping slot H is provided a relatively short longitudinally extending hair-guiding slot l3, the slot I 3 being formed to extend approximately half the working length of the body 8. The forward end of the body 8 is rounded at M to provide a converging entrance leading into the hair-guiding slot l3. To prevent overlapping of the side edges forming the hair clamping slot H, a plurality of beads l6 are pressed downwardly adjacent the back end I! of the curler body 8.

A locking bail l8, preferably formed of resilient wire, is formed with a pair of pivot legs I9 and 2| which are mounted in diametrically opposed longitudinally extending slots 22 formed in the body 8. As illustrated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 the legs l9 and 2| cross each other and terminate in offset end portions 23 and 24, respectively, to prevent displacement of the locking bail l8 from the curler body 8.

It will be noted that the pivot legs l9 and 2| are inclined toward the forward end of the curler body 8 when the locking bail I8 is in its hair locking position, as illustrated in Fig. 5. By having the pivot legs l9 and 2| inclined toward the forward end of the curler body 8, it will be noted that the pivot legs 19 and 2| serve to yieldably resist axial movement of the bail l8 relative to the body 8. A pair of diametrically opposed bail locking notches 28 are formed in the forward edge of the body 8 to receive and engage the free end of the locking bail I8 when the latter is in its locking position. The back end ll of the curler body 8 is pressed inwardly at 21 adjacent each of the longitudinally extending slots 22 in order to dispose the offset ends 23 below the outer surface of the body 8.

In the use of a curler'of the type shown and described, the end of a lock of hair to be curled is first inserted into the guide slot 13 and then into the hair clamping slot l I defined by the langitudinal abutting edges of the body 8. The lock of hair is then wound around the tapered curler body 8 and is secured thereon by moving the ball 8 from its extended position, illustrated in Fig. 4, to its locking position, illustrated in Fig. 3.

During movement of the locking bail 18 from its extended position or locking position, it will be noted that the pivot legs l9 and 2| coact with the walls defining the longitudinally extending slots 22 to yieldably resist such movement. It will further be noted that the legs [9 and 2| incline toward the forward end of the curler body 8 to yieldably resist movement of the free end of the bail l8 into and out of the locking slots 26.

While this invention has been shown in but one form, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited but is susceptible of various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed invention.

I claim as my invention: I

1. In a hair curler, a tubular body formed of relatively thin resilient material and being slit longitudinally to provide a pair of hair clamping edges normally disposed in abutting engagement and yieldably resistant to movement out of abutting engagement by the insertion of a lock of hair therebetween, one end of said tubular body hair guiding slot extending inwardly from the notched end and diametrically opposed to the slit defined by said hair clamping edges.

2. In a hair curler, a tubular body formed of relatively thin resilient material and being slit longitudinally to provide a pair of hair clamping edges normally disposed in abutting engagement and yieldably resistant to movement out of abutting engagement by the insertion of a look of hair therebetween, one end of said tubular body having a pair of diametrically opposed bearing apertures equidistantly spaced from said hair clamping edges, the other end of said tubular body being formed with diametrically opposed bail receiving notches, said bearing apertures and said bail receiving notches being arranged in a common plane with the longitudinal axis of said tubular body, a loop hail of resilient material having its one end journaled in said bearing apertures and its other end free to swing into and out of locking engagement with the notched end of said tubular body, said loop bail being formed from a piece of resilient wire having each of its ends journaled in said bearing apertures and extending transversely across said tubular body, the ends of said bail being crossed intermediate their ends adjacent the longitudinal axis of said body portion, said bearing apertures being of greater length than width to receive and engage the ends of said bail whereby said bail acts to yieldably resist movement from a common plane with the longitudinal axis of the tubular body.

- RUTH K. WEAVER.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,073,815 Solomon Mar. 16, 1937 2,089,499 McFadden Aug. 10, 1937 2,179,525 Solomon Nov. 14, 1939 2,196,438 Hitz et al Apr. 9, 1940 2,247,240 Klein June 24, 1941 2,281,291 Holden Apr. 28, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 6 987 Great Britain of 1885

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