Hair curling apparatus

Hair curling apparatus comprising

• (a) a handle,
• (b) a tong portion secured to and extending from the front of said handle,
• (c) a spring loaded clip mounted outwardly of said handle and said tong portion and biased toward the latter,
• (d) an energy source in the form of electrical storage cells mounted within said handle,
• (e) resistance element means mounted within said tong portion and comprising a plurality of individual strands the ends of which are commonly connected to electrical connector elements, each strand being encased in an insulating sleeve, with the strands and sleeves occupying substantially the entire area within the interior of said tong portion thereby reducing insulating air pockets within said tong portion,
• (f) contact means for recharging said storage cells mounted in the rear end of said handle, the latter being open at such end for mating connection with a recharging source,
• (g) a three-way switch mounted within said handle and including a switch actuator exposed exteriorly of said apparatus for operating said switch, said switch having terminal settings for alternately heating said resistance element means or recharging said storage cells, and a third position between said terminals for an off or deactuated condition, and
• (h) circuit means electrically interconnecting said switch with said resistance element means, said storage cells, and said contact means for recharging said storage cells.