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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325552 | Hair curling device A hair curling device as disclosed which is comprised of a contoured elongated cylindrical body member on which a spiral groove is formed. The spiral groove has a progressively decreasing diameter towards its longitudinal center with multiple notched raised spiral r... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7121285 | Curling element for styling hair and fixing element for a curling element Various shaped curling elements provide flexibility for hairstyling. A fixing element ensures that curling elements are simply and reliably prevented from unrolling once they have been rolled up. The curling element includes at least one ring-shaped notched section ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7082949 | Heating hair curler A heating hair curler comprising a handle with at least one clamp and at least one push button and a heating unit for setting locks of hair, in which the heating unit has a relief in the form of a worm screw, called a fixed spiral profile, fixed to the heating unit,... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6026826 | Device for permanently curling hair A device for permanently curling hair has a hair rod, a cap, and an optional elastic band for attaching the cap to the hair rod. The hair rod is formed as a cylindrical hollow body. A first and second end plates are positioned on respective ends of the bo... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5944030 | Hair curler A hair curling device for forming spiral curls. The curling device has an elongated rod containing longitudinally extending grooves with one end being tapered with a retaining shoulder formed at the outer end. A removable funnel-shaped retaining member is... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5862813 | Heatable hair curler capable of releasing heat slowly A hair curler constituted by a full body (10) of cylindrical shape and a net member (11) removably applicable to said body (10). At least the cylindrical body is made of a material capable of being heated by immersing same in a hot liquid and of slowly re... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5829455 | Holding strip and curling rod for giving a permanent wave A method of rolling up short strands of hair in the process of giving a permanent wave to a person, a holding strip and a curling device including a curling rod used in the method are related. The holding strip is placed about a strand of hair such that t... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5791356 | Hair perm rod with notches and/or channels A hair perm rod for permming hair including a cylindrical hollow rod having a center section with a knurled surface, and having an integrally attached end wall with a perimeter wall edge at one end of the hollow rod; and a detachable end cap with a perime... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5765572 | Hair treating and/or setting apparatus provided with a device for drawing out a curl A preferably hand-held hair treating and/or setting apparatus comprising, arranged around a main body, a handle (1), a hair curling member (2) with a longitudinal axis (x-x'), and at least one movable clip (10) for clamping a lock of hair against the hair... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5713380 | Hair curler In a hair curler with a cylindrical core having a tape made of plastics wire wound around it and with bands with loop-like barbs running around it, the core also has at least one metal, metal-coated, metallized carbon or antistatic filament arranged as a ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5626156 | Hair styling system A hair styling system for use with a forced air electric hair dryer constitutes a coupler having a tubular section for receiving the end of an electric hair dryer. This section supports a smaller axially aligned concentric tubular section, with the two se... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5588451 | Hair retainer A hair retainer and method for using the retainer, the retainer including an elongate rigid member and at least one protuberance extending radially outwardly from the member. The protuberance forms a helical rib around the member having surfaces that oppo... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5551457 | Hairstyling rod A rod device is provided for rolling a lock of hair during permanent wave hairstyling. The rod device comprises an elongated, rigid center core and a fine open mesh covering the center core. The center core includes a central opening extending from a firs... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5309928 | Spiral permanent rods A hair curler device for winding hair strands in the application of spiral permanents. Two rod members are connected at one of their respective ends to a flexible elongated connector. The rod members include trapezoidal threads that cooperatively receive ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5215107 | Spiral hair curler The curler has a generally cylindrical body provided with a rib that winds helically from one end to the opposite end of the body to define a recessed guide channel within which a gathered strand of hair is received when the curler is placed in use. An el... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5193558 | Spiral rod device for permanent wave hairstyling A spiral rod device is provided to form permanent wave hairstyling curls along the entire length of the client's hair. The spiral rod device includes an elongated unitary solid rod with a plurality of spaced apart open slots extending along the length and... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4936323 | Hair curlers A hair curler comprising a roller and a support therefor. The support includes jaws which permit the roller to slide therealong between an entrance position in which the roller is freely rotatable and a grasping position which permits final adjustment of ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4829155 | Hair styler having a heat pipe forming the hair winding portion A hair styler for winding hair thereon for curling, comprising a hollow sealed tubular member made of a metallic material having good thermal conductivity and defining a heat pipe having a heat dissipating hair winding portion. The tubular member contains... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4464562 | Electric curling-iron with spiral polygonal hair engaging edges An electric curling iron for producing a spiral curl giving the impression of a stream-like natural and soft wave is constructed in the form of a scissors having one blade comprising an electrically heated rod and the other blade comprising a clamp cooper... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4284091 | Hair curler A hair curler comprises an elongate member having a generally helical rib extending therealong and defining depressions between the convolutions of the helical rib for receiving a tress of hair wound around the elongated member, and a clasp member adapted... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4258732 | Spirally-shaped hair roller A hair roller for the curling and the setting of hair comprising a main spirally-shaped element apt to receive on said spiral the lock of hair being wound thereon, beginning from the roots and ending at the tips of said hair, and a secondary element consi... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4249550 | Wave rod A wave rod for imparting curl to human hair comprises a tubular core having an integrally formed helical fin on its peripheral surface. Hair to be set is wound along the flat-bottomed helical channel formed between successive turns of the fin. A radially ... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4211245 | Hair-waving device A hair-waving device is disclosed, which is composed of an axonic body (e.g. a cylinder or a cone) on the surface of which a helical groove is formed. The helical groove communicates with a straight short groove in an axial direction across which a hair-c... | 07/08/1980 |
