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US 5,671,759 AGranted
Device for wrapping hair with cord
AssigneeCaleb Chung
InventorsCaleb Chung, David M. Snively, Joseph C. Beck
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Abstract
A toy hair wrapping device is disclosed. The device includes a housing for supporting a rotating spindle, a spool, and a motor for rotating the spindle. As the spindle rotates, cord on the spool is dispensed and wrapped around hair in the spindle bore. If the cord becomes unduly tensioned the device will release the cord from the rotating spindle to prevent pulling of the hair or snapping of the cord.
Claims16
Apparatus for wrapping hair with a cord, comprising:
- a housing;
- a spindle operatively joined to the housing, and defining a spindle bore for receiving cord and hair, and having an end defining a detent for receiving cord;
- means for retaining the cord in the detent;
- a spool defining a spool bore through which the spindle is disposed, and the spool is for receiving and dispensing cord;
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- means for rotating the spindle relative to the housing;
- whereby cord is dispensed from the spool through the detent and spindle bore, hair is disposed through the spindle bore, and the spindle is rotated to wrap the hair with cord.
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A device for wrapping hair with a cord, comprising:
- a housing defining a spool chamber and an internal space;
- a spindle disposed in the spool chamber and rotatably joined to the housing, the spindle defining a spindle bore for receiving cord and hair, and having an end defining cord retaining detents;
- a spool for receiving and dispensing cord, the spool defining a spool bore through which the spindle is disposed;
- a spool cover pivotally connected to the housing for maintaining the spool in the spool chamber and cord in the detent of the spindle;
- a motor disposed in the internal space and having a rotating shaft;
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- a gear mesh disposed at least partially in the internal space for transmitting rotary motion from the motor shaft to the spindle;
- whereby cord is dispensed from the spool through a spindle detent and through the spindle bore, hair is disposed in the spindle bore, and the motor is activated to rotate the spindle and wrap the hair with cord being dispensed from the spool through the spindle detent.
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A device for wrapping hair with a cord, comprising:
- a housing defining a spool chamber and an internal space;
- a spindle disposed in the spool chamber and rotatably joined to the housing, the spindle defining a spindle bore for receiving cord and hair;
- a spool for receiving and dispensing cord, the spool defining a spool bore through which the spindle is disposed;
- means for applying variable friction between the spool and the spindle to adjust tension in the cord;
- a motor disposed in the internal space and having a rotating shaft;
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- a gear mesh disposed at least partially in the internal space for transmitting rotatory motion from the motor to the spindle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.