Electrically heated curling iron and stand therefor

Claim 1

Hair curling apparatus comprising in combination at least one hair curling iron having a hair mandrel, a heat insulating handle, an electrically energized heating element enclosed in the curling iron and heat-conductively joined to the mandrel of the curling iron, electrically and spatially separated electrical contact zones on the curling iron handle remote from said mandrel electrically connected to the heating element, an electrically energizable stand, at least one receptacle on said stand, each adapted to receive the handle of one of said at least one curling iron for supporting the curling iron in the stand, electrically and spatially separated contact poles in each receptacle adapted to make electrical contact each with a separate contact zone on the curling iron handle received in the receptacle, a separate electrical line in the energizable stand electrically connected to each contact pole, a normally open switch having conventional spring-biased switch operators in each electrical line, a lesser beam fixed to each receptacle, said normally open switches being secured in pairs to said lesser beam, an actuating pin journalled in said lesser beam to engage the switch operators of said pair of normally open switches, a greater beam secured to the actuating pin to move therewith, a lower arm on the greater beam; a plug shank on the curling iron handle adapted to contact said lower arm of said greater beam when the handle is inserted into the receptacle, and a spring leaf integral with said actuating pin to transmit thrust between the pin, actuated by impingement of said plug shank on the lower arm of the greater beam, and the switch operators of said pair of switches to close the switches the greater beam being movable from the switch closing position upon removal of the curling iron handle from the receptacle, under the thrust of the spring-biased switch operators.