New hair-curling device

Claim 1

A hair-curling device, comprising in combination, a tubular body, a cylindrical hollow head rotatably mounted in one end of said tubular body, a cap rotatably mounted in the opposite end of said tubular body and having an inner edge with uniformly spaced notches, a central rod extending axiallY within said tubular body and having an end rotatably and slidably mounted in said hollow head and another end rotatably and slidably mounted in said cap and extending beyond said cap outside of said tubular body, a sprocket wheel mounted upon said one end of the central rod and located within said hollow head, a pawl carried by said hollow head and adapted to engage said sprocket wheel, a projection carried by said central rod and adapted to engage any one of said notches, means engaging said rod and resiliently pressing it in the direction toward said cap, a knob carried by said other end of the central rod and located outside of said tubular body, whereby said knob may be actuated to move said central rod from an operative position in which said pawl engages said sprocket wheel and said projection engages a notch into an inoperative position, a substantially U-shaped rigid member having a central portion extending outside of said tubular body parallel to said central rod, an end portion rigidly connected to an outer surface of said hollow head and another end portion enclosing with play a part of the central rod located outside of said tubular body between said cap and said knob, and a U-shaped elastic lamellar clip having a portion removably clamped to said tubular body and another portion extending elastically and longitudinally along an outer surface of said tubular body.