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US 5,799,671 AGranted
Curly hair curling iron
OwnerToyosaku Takimaeinventor
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A curly hair curing iron having a jerking portion which does not exert a severing action on the hair and a stretching portion for making the hair straight. The iron is a scissors type iron having a rod housing with heaters therein. The inlet side constitutes the jerking portion having a strong gripping force. The outlet side constitutes the stretching portion having a weaker gripping force than the jerking portion. The jerking portion includes convex portions 8, 9 and 10 on one rod, and plane portions in engagement with the convex portions on the opposite rod. The stretching portion has a plurality of convex portions 11 on one rod which are square or trapezoidal in section and a plane on the other rod. Both the convex portions and the plane portions on both the jerking portion and the stretching portion are formed of an elastic material.
In a scissors type iron having rods each having a heater housed therein, a curly hair curing iron characterized in that engaging surfaces of two rods have a plurality of convex portions which are one of trapezoidal and semicircular in section and plane portions in engagement with convex portions of the other rod, both said convex portions and said plane portions are formed of an elastic material.
In a scissors type iron having rods each having a heater housed therein, a curly hair curing iron characterized in that a curly hair inlet side of the rod constitutes a hair jerking portion having a strong gripping force, and an outlet side thereof constitutes a stretching portion having a weaker gripping force than the jerking portion.
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