Hair curler with reciprocating hair clamping members

Claim 1

A HAIR CURLER, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED MAIN BODY ADAPTED FOR THE WINDING OF A TUFT OF HAIR THEREON, A CENTRAL AXIALLY DIRECTED PASSAGE IN EACH END OF THE BODY, AXIALLY RECIPROCABLE HAND GRIPPING END MEMBERS SECURED TO THE BODY AT EACH END THEREOF FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN AN AXIALLY INNER TERMINAL POSITION AND AN OUTER RETRACTED POSITION, AXIALLY INWARDLY DIRECTED COMB-LIKE TEETH ON THE END MEMBERS, EACH END OF THE BODY HAVING PASSAGES ADJACENT THE CIRCUMFERENCE THEREOF, SAID TEETH BEING SPACED AROUND THE END MEMBERS AND SLIDABLY RECEIVED WITHIN SAID PASSAGES ADJACENT THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE RESPECTIVE END OF THE BODY, AND A SEPARATE MEANS FOR GUIDING EACH OF THE END MEMBERS FOR RECIPROCATION WITH RESPECT TO THE BODY AND FOR RETAINING THE END MEMBER SFROM RETRACTION PAST THEIR OUTER TERMINAL POSITIONS, EACH OF SAID GUIDING MEANS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CENTRAL AXIALLY INWARDLY PROJECTING GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL MEMBER INTEGRAL WITH ITS RESPECTIVE END MEMBER, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER HAVING ITS INNER FREE END RECEIVED WITHIN THE CENTRAL BORE AT THE RESPECTIVE END OF THE BODY, A FIRST LOCKING FORMATION ON THE INNER FREE END OF THE ELONGATED MEMBER, AND A SECOND LOCKING FORMATION INTEGRAL WITH THE BODY IN THE BORE IN THE BODY WHICH COOPERATES WITH THE FIRST LOCKING FORMATION, ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND LOCKING FORMATIONS BEING