US2116079A - Sachet for treating and waving hair - Google Patents

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May 3, 1938. P. MOULIN SACHET FOR TREATING AND WAVING HAIR Filed March 21, 1936 IHNVENTOR, .Piam'e LuazwMouJ/wu @Jm MM ATTORNEYS Patented May 3, 1938 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE SACHET FOR TREATING AND' WAVING HAIR Pierre Lucien Moulin, Paris, France, assignor to Eugene, Ltd., New York, N. Y a corporation of New York Application March 21, 1936, Serial No. 70,154 In Great Britain March 23, 1935 Claims. (Cl. 13236.2)

This invention relates to the permanent Wav- Fig. 4 illustrates a convenient way of practicing ing and similar treatment of hair and particuone step of the invention; larly to the practice of applying sachets or treat- Fig. 5 illustrates the step of winding a tress of ing pads to hair tresses wound and stretched upon hair about the curler; curling rods carried by hair clamps preparatory Fig. 6 illustrates a sachet or treating pad which to the application of heat. may be employed in the practice of the invention; In the conventional practice the tress is firmly Fig. 7 shows a modified sachet pad and one clamped near the scalp and after winding the method of heating the treating pad and the tress upon the curler and mounting the curler Wound tress;

10 with the tress wound thereabout upon the clamp, Figure 7 is a sectional view through the device 10 the sachet or other treating pad is applied upon showing the assembly of clamp, pad and heater, and over the wound tress and the ends of the and.

pad pinched about the sides of the wind for the Fig. 8 is a p r p v v w f the pad Shown treating operation. Irrespective of the care exin Fig. 7. ercised in positioning and applying the sachet, Referring to the drawing the scalp is indicated 15 the under side of the wound tress, namely, that at A and tress of hair to be waved and treated portion adjacent the clamp, is either imperfectly is indicated at B. contacted or not contacted at all by the treat- A C Ve n a a p 0 p t s d ing pad and an imperfect closure of the win-d is cated at I, the details of which are omitted from obtained with the result that the wound tress is th drawin fo convenience n us a t non-uniformly treated and leakage of the hot being of any o v n ional typ r fi m y pfluid and vapors often occurs with injury to the g the tress of hair B Heal the p- The Clamp scalp. Moreover, when external heater are emor protector l carries the conventional curler or ployed the latter sometimes burn the exposed or 0 the latter being Carried y the holders imperfectly shielded tress. or lugs 3 mounted on the clamp. At 4 is indi- One of the objects of the invention is the eirec- Gated h sachet or r n p for enclosing he tive closure, protecting and treating of the wound Curler rod having a tress o a r Wound therehair tresses, whereby the whole circumference a A Protecting D Shield 5 of rubber, of the wound tress is intimately contacted by the felt the like is disposed beneath the Clamp l treating pad with resultant uniform treating and and pr r bly this prot in p 5 is separate 30 waving of the tress. from the clamp l, although the clamp l is often A further object i t effect ubstantially itself provided with a rubber or felt protector on complete enclosure of the wound hair tress within its under Sidethe sachet or treating pad, notwithstanding the FigS- 1 and 2 S ow the tress of hair wound mounting of the curlers upon the suppgrting ready fOI treatment. It is noted that in addition clamps, whereby the whole circumference of the t0 the plfitectihg Shield 0 pad 5 D S beneat wound tress is uniformly treated and leakage in the Clamp the Satchet treating p 4 tendS the neighborhood of the unwound part of the w n t clamp l a d t ur a y n the tress near the roots avoided, wound tress B, leaving no part Of the Wind ex- A further object of the invention is a novel p s d a t y m n a d u se l r p osachet or treating pad for use in hair waving. tection against the hot vapors and fluid reaching Further objects of the invention will hereinthe p- Q the sachet Completely e after appear. circles and encloses the Whole circumference of Referring to the drawing accompanying this the wound tress of hair which ensures a thorough 5 application: and uniform treatment of the Wound tress.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view diagrammatically s. 3 0 When a protecting D 5 paillustrating the protector, the curler and the rate from the clamp is utilized it is first threaded sachet with the hair tress wound ready to be p n the tress this P usually having a Slit treated, according to the invention; or opening in it for the reception of the tress. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through Fig. 1 on the The clamp I is then caused to grip the tress at a 50 line 22; point adjacent the pad 5. The sachet or treat- Fig. 3 is a schematic view illustrating the preing pad 4 is provided with a transverse slit 4 ferred order of the steps in the assembly of the intermediate its ends and edges, as indicated, for different parts of the appliances employed in the reception of the tress in a closely fitting manthe practice of the invention; ner. The sachet is threaded over the tress and '55 brought down upon the clamp l with the tress passing through the slit 4'. Fig. 4 illustrates a convenient way of threading the tress through the slit 4', when the slit is closed at both ends and stops short of both sides of the pad as illustrated, a hook 6 being employed in this operation. The tress is then wound from the tip towards the roots (Fig. 5) upon the curler 2 to form a substantially cylindrical wind, whereupon the curler 2 is then inserted upon the holders 3 of the clamp l. The wind is then tensioned and stretched by applying a key or wrench to the spindle of the curler and turning it in the conventional manner. The sachet is then brought upwardly from both sides about the wound tress of hair and the ends are caused to overlap as indicated at In and II. The wound tress thus formed and totally enclosed in the sachet 4 is then ready for the application or production of heat utilized in the treatment of the hair It is thus apparent that the whole circumference of the wound tress is brought into efficient hair treating relation with the sachet 4, the latter entirely enclosing the wound tress. A uniform and thorough treatment of the hair tress is thereby effected. Moreover, the wound tress, being entirely enclosed within the sachet itself, is thoroughly shielded against and protected from any other part of the appliance, such as a conventional heater clamped thereto. The internal heat is maintained and preserved more efliciently and the vapors and liquids cannot escape and drip upon or burn the scalp. The slit or orifice 4 is so dimensioned as to afford passage exactly to the tress of hair and is effectively sealed by the tress of hair passing therethrough thus preventing the escape of vapors or fluid along the unwound root part of the tress. For more effectively forming the seal at the slit the latter may be reinforced as, for example, by absorbent elastic material so that on the tress of hair bein drawn through the slit the material adjacent the slit may be pressed down for the purpose of tightly clamping the hair tress at the position at which it extends through the sachet. Thus the body of the sachet 4 rests against the underneath side of the wound tress and directly in contact with the clamp protector or support or in contact with another protecting layer which rests upon the clamp. The sachet is wrapped around the curler and tress of hair from the bottom' and away from the scalp contrary to the conventional practice of wrapping the sachet from the top of the wind and only partially encircling the wind.

In the preferred practice of the invention the sachet is inserted with the tress passing through the slit 4', as the next step immediately following the clamping of the tress by the clamp I and, as indicated above, the tress may be passed through the slit 4' by the use of a suitable instrument or hook 6. In the particular embodiment illustrated, the sachet or pad is adapted to the accommodation of a single tress of hair, but, obviously, if more than one tress of hair is to be treated by the use of the same pad the latter should have for best results a slit for each tress.

The sachet 4 may otherwise be of any conventional character. For example, it may comprise an outer envelope 12 of thin metal foil, piece of tinsel or a sheet of material that is a good conductor of heat, an absorbent lining l3 of soft, thick flannel or cotton or otherwise spongy, fibrous or napped material, and finally an inner shield M of parchment paper or equivalent sheet material which is perforated or provided with a multiplicity of small pin point holes l5. These parts may be fastened together by seams Hi to form a unitary structure. The absorbent lining l3 serves the usual purpose in hair waving, namely,it may be impregnated or soaked in advance or at the moment of operation upon the hair by a liquid or a paste or any other substance which will facilitate that operation. It may be dipped in the vaporizable solution for use in the hair waving operation. This solution does not come into direct contact with the tress of hair B, wound around the curler since the perforated layer I4 retains the liquid which permits the vapors from the liquid to pass through the numerous small openings, thereby forming jets of vapor which penetrate the tress of hair for treatment. The tress of hair is usually moistened in advance by any suitable material which together with the vapors passing through the perforations from the absorbent layer results in the proper treatment of the hair. The paper shield [4 may, if it be necessary, be extended to form an insert between the soft thick piece [3 and outer envelope I2 of the sachet 4 and this part of the paper need not be perforated.

Where an external heater is clamped around the curler and the wound tress for applying heat externally, as for example as shown in Fig. '7, the sachet is preferably provided underneath with skirts or flange pieces I9, 20 disposed on the opposite sides of the slit for the purpose of shielding the unwound part 2| of the tress extending between the slit and the clamp from the heat of the heating elements. These protecting skirts l9, 20 project between the heater jaws 22 on the one hand and the tress 2i and clamp on the other hand and thus prevent the heater jaws from touching the tress of hair at the point where it comes through the slit 4' or effectively insulate the jaws.

These protecting skirts or flange pieces of the sachet may be formed in any suitable manner, as by folds of its envelope I2 alone, or by folds of this envelope and the absorbent lining I3 and of its shield 14, as shown. The two superposed folds l9 and '20 form two double lips, triple lips, or quadruple lips, more or less opened out, which are disposed between the hair and the jaws 22 of the heater. Preferably, the protecting skirts form an integral part of the envelope l2, the absorbent lining l3, and the paper shield M. The whole may be made as shown in Fig. 8 in such wise as to form an X structure with a central slit 4 for the passage of the lock of hair. Two groups or separate parts 23 and 24 are secured together face to face along the line 25, as by clips 26 to leave a slit 4 for the passage of the hair tress and the shorter parts or edges l9, 2!] form the protecting skirts.

The two ends of the envelope 12 of the wrapper or sachet may be of different areas, in order that the one of them may be pulled down to the neighborhood of the base of the other for the purpose of enclosing the wrapper that is pressed down by the jaws 22 of the heater. It is this form of construction of the sachet which Figure 6 shows diagrammatically.

While a heater having the jaws 22 is shown for applying heat externally to the sachet, it is understood that the invention is not limited to this method of heating, as any conventional method of developing or applying heat in the hair waving art may be employed. Likewise, the invention is not limited to the particular type of curler or clamp as any conventional appliance may be used which includes means; for tensioning the coiled tress and locking the curler on the clamp against uncoiling. The sachet may be varied in construction, according to conventional practice within the limitations described above.

I claim:

1. A sachet pad for use with a fiat clamp in treating and waving hair in the croquignole process comprising two separate, identically constructed parts fastened together face to face along a line adjacent one edge with the fastening means discontinued through a part of the width to form a slit for the reception of a tress of hair, the short projecting ends forming protecting skirts to overlie the clamp and underlie the jaws of a croquignole heater when placed about the wound tress.

2. A sachet pad of the character set forth in claim 1 which comprises an inner absorbent pad disposed between an outer metallic foil and an inner finely perforated parchment paper with the metallic foil projecting at one end beyond the absorbent pad for forming a closed tube about a cylindrical wind.

3. A sachet pad for treating and waving hair in the croquignole process having absorbent ma- 7 terial disposed between a metallized paper and a perforated paper shield, with a double fold formed therein and with the double fold forming two lips with a slit in the center line of junction, the ends of the sachet pad situated to either side of the slit being adapted to be folded about a cylindrical wind in overlapping fashion, the double fold forming skirts which insulate the jaws of the heaters from the hair and head.

4. A sachet pad for use in the croquignole process having a transverse slit formed intermediate the ends thereof for accommodating the insertion of a sachet pad about a flat band of hair and having protecting skirts firmly attached to it, said skirts extending from either side of the center line of the slit through which the flat band of hair passes, and being adapted to be disposed between the heater elements and that portion of a tress of hair between the clamp and the wind.

5. A sachet pad for treating and waving hair having a transverse slit formed intermediate the ends thereof to accommodate the passage of a lock of hair therethrough prior to the hair being coiled on the curler, whereby said pad may be rolled up over itself after the wind is formed about the curler and in such manner as to form a 2 complete protective and treating tube thereabout.

PIERRE LUCIEN MOULIN.

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