Hair curling spool holder
OwnerPeter L. Franzinoinventor
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Abstract
A hair curling spool holder including two mating arcuate half sections pivotally joined with spring biasd finger grips urging the two half sections closed along a longitudinal line; each section comprising a body portion of a plurality of spaced curved comb teeth adapted to encircle a heated spool around which hair has been wound for being curled; the teeth being adapted to interlock with teeth of the opposing half section so as to maintain the hair around the roller without damage thereto.
Claims14
A hair curling spool holder for releasable attachment about a heatable cylindrical spool having a longitudinal axis and onto which hair is wrapped therearound with upstanding hair engaging nibs on its outer surface and an outwardly extending flange at each end, the improvement comprising a pair of identical mating half sections each having a finger grip portion, a body portion for encircling at least one-half of a spool, and an intermediate portion joining said body portion to said finger grip portion, said half sections being pivotal along a pivotal axis adjacent said finger grip portions to open and close said body portions along a longitudinal line parallel to a spool longitudinal axis to be respectively removed from or closely encircle a spool, said longitudinal line being closed adjacent an outer surface of a spool, said pivotal axis being parallel to said longitudinal line and a longitudinal axis of a spool and being spaced remote from an outer surface of a spool, each said section having a plurality of spaced, curved, flexible teeth extending from said longitudinal line to said intermediate portion, said sections when mated having said spaced teeth in interlocking relationship to provide lateral engagement therebetween to close said holder around a spool and to engage hair of a user without damage thereto whereby a spool with hair wrapped thereon is engaged by said holder and maintained in position on a head of a user.
A hair curling spool holder for releasable attachment about a heatable cylindrical spool having a longitudinal axis and onto which hair is wrapped therearound with upstanding hair engaging nibs on its outer surface and an outwardly extending flange at each end, the improvement comprising a pair of identical mating half sections, and spring means biased to hold sections together in opposing relationship, each section having a finger grip portion, a body portion for closely encircling at least one-half of said spool and an intermediate portion joining said body portion to said finger grip portion, said half sections being pivotal along a pivotal axis adjacent said finger grip portion to open and close said body portions along a longitudinal line parallel to said spool longitudinal axis and diametrically opposite to said pivotal axis, said longitudinal line being closely adjacent the outer surface of said spool, said pivotal axis being parallel to said longitudinal line and a longitudinal axis of said spool and being spaced remote from an outer surface of said spool, each body portion consisting essentially of a plurality of spaced, parallel, curved, flexible comb teeth extending from said intermediate portion to said longitudinal line, said sections when mated having said spaced teeth in interlocking relationship to provide lateral engagement therebetween to close said holder around a spool and to engage hair of a user without damage thereto whereby a spool with hair wrapped thereon is engaged by said holder and maintained in position on a head of a user.
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