US 3,939,851 AGranted

Single step hair curler with independent self-contained supporting and securing means

OwnerThomas J. Parlagrecoinventor

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Abstract

This invention pertains to a hair curler having a roller rotatably mounted on end supports whose base portions are adapted to rest on the head of the user. Each end support operates independently of the other and one or both includes a self-contained securing tension mechanism in the form of a ratchet device. This ratchet device in no way restricts the winding of hair around the roller portion of the curler assembly. After a section of hair has been wound around the roller, the base of the rotatable end support is positioned on the head and the roller remains in this condition with the end support sustaining the curler while retaining the hair wound thereon until the desired drying, styling or curling effect of the hair has been achieved. The base of the end support is constructed in such a proportioned manner that the support retains and restricts movement of the hair roller from the prescribed and seated position on the user's head. The roller can be easily disengaged from this position by tipping the roller over and releasing the tension thereby enabling the user to unwind the hair. Both internal and external independent, self-contained supporting, securing and tension mechanisms are shown. These include ratchet devices as well as an insertable support ratchet end member which may be utilized in conjunction with conventional hair curlers and/or rollers now known to the trade.

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Dependent claims

A hair roller assembly having independently rotatable end supports with at least one of the end supports restricted as to the freedom of rotation, said roller assembly including:

(a) an intermediate roller member of generally cylindrical configuration;
(b) a closed end member of disc-like configuration secured to each of the ends of the intermediate roller member so as to seat in and close the open end;
(c) a short axle rotatably carried in each of the closed end members, said axle independently movable with respect to the other axle;
(d) a support member carried by the axle, each support member independently movable with respect to the other support member, each support member formed with a broad base support portion adapted to rest on the hair of the user's head and while in resting condition lifting the roller sufficiently for the hair of the user to be wound on the intermediate roller member while said member is being rotated on the axles;
(e) at least one ratchet gear carried by one of the closed end members and the associated end of the roller member, and (f) a ratchet engaging pawl carried by and with the support member and moved as the support member moves in an arch around the axis of the intermediate roller member, this pawl adapted to prevent rotating of the roller with the hair thereon it until the desired tension has been developed in the hair wound on the roller after which the rotation of the intermediate roller is terminated with the pawl engaging this ratchet gear and preventing unwanted reverse rotation of the roller.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.