Toilet – Hair device – Having hair shaping surface or form
Patent
1991-05-14
1993-02-16
Mancene, Gene
Toilet
Hair device
Having hair shaping surface or form
132245, A45D 614
Patent
active
051861887
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention is relative to a hair curler with an essentially cylindrical, preferably hollow cylindrical rolling body optionally provided with perforations, with flanges in the area of both its ends which are provided with bores running parallel to the axis of the rolling body and preferably arranged so that they are distributed at regular intervals over the circumference of the flanges. The bores of the two flanges are arranged coaxially to each other and at least one rod can be pressed into said bores.
Such a hair curler is known e.g. from DE-OS 33 01 592. In this curler, a single thin, small rod can be inserted laterally parallel to the curler axis into one of the bores in the one flange, stuck through the completely wound-up hair strand and engaged in the aligned bore of the opposite flange.
Furthermore, U.S. Pat. No. 3,123,079 teaches a hair curler with flanges set on the ends of the hair curler and comprising barbs which hold the hair strand fast.
All these known hair curlers have the sole purpose of fixing a hair strand wound in one direction on the rolling body.
It has been shown, however, that it is better for hairdos with very full curls if the individual hair strands are rolled in a broken fashion, that is, if a part of the length of the hair strand is first rolled in one direction and thereafter a further part of the length of the hair strand is rolled in the opposite direction. However, this is not possible with the known hair curlers.
The invention therefore has the problem of suggesting a hair curler of the initially mentioned type which makes it possible to roll a hair strand section-by-section with alternating direction of rolling onto a rolling body.
This is achieved by the invention in that the bores extend up to the outer circumference of the rolling body and are open-edged in the area of the outer jacket surfaces of the flanges and in that the inside width of these openings is slightly smaller than the diameter of the bores which corresponds to the diameter of the rods.
It is possible in this manner to roll a section of the hair strand which exhibits a length of e.g. 1.5 times the circumference of the rolling body onto said rolling body and to clamp it fast to the rolling body by means of a rod. Then, the hair strand is bent through 180.degree., rolled further in the other direction and clamped fast again by means of another rod before the next reversal of the direction of rolling, etc., until the hair strand has been completely rolled up in this manner. The direction of rolling can be changed as often as the length of the hair strand permits.
This possibility of rolling is created for the first time by the features of the invention. As a result of the fact that the open-edged bores in the flanges and overlapping the rods extend up to the outer circumference of the rolling body, it is possible for the first time to clamp partial sections of a hair strand fast in such a manner that they can not slide off the rolling body. By way of contrast, in the case of the known hair curlers, there is a wide slot between the insertable rods and the surface of the roller core which slot does not permit a hair strand which is not completely rolled up and sufficiently long to be clamped in.
It is further possible, as a result of the design feature that the bores are open-edged in the area of the outer jacket surfaces of the flanges and that the inside width of these openings is slightly smaller than the diameter of the bores which corresponds to the diameter of the rods, to press in a fixing rod again and again during the turning process even though the rolled height constantly increases in the course of the rolling.
According to a further feature of the invention, it can be provided that the diameter of the rods is at least one third of the diameter of the rolling body. As a result of this design, the bending strain on the hairs during a reversal of the direction of rolling can be considerably reduced.
It is especially advantageous if the rolling body and the flanges formed on them, preferably in a o
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LaViola Frank A.
Mancene Gene
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