Electrically heated hair-curling instrument

Claim 1

A hair-curling heating instrument comprising: a hollow heat conductive shell, a heat-conducting closure member closing one end of said shell, a heating element within the shell having electric leads which exit from the shell through an aperture in said closure member, a hollow handle having a closed end, said handle positioned with its said end confronting said end closure member of said shell, said leads extending into said handle through an opening in said handle end, a tubular rivet extending through the aperture and opening respectively on said closure member and handle end and holding said handle and shell in axial alignment, said leads passing through said rivet, and thermally nonconductive spacer means interposed between said shell closure member and handle end so constructed and positioned as to define a substantial air gap between the major confronting surfaces of said handle end and closure member for free air circulation therebetween, said spacer means secured to sad handle end and having end portions seated in recesses in said shell closure member to prevent said handle member and closure member from twisting relative to one another.