US 4,739,151 · Granted 1988-04-19

Electrically heating hair styling tongs selectively usable to crimp or straighten hair

An electric hair styling tong includes a pair of elongated arms pivotally articulated to each other at one end and each carrying at its other end an electrically heated pad arranged with its face confronting the face of the other pad and with the face of one pad being smooth for hair straightening and the face of the other being undulating for hair crimping. An intermediate arm movably mounted between the articulated arms carries an intermediate plate provided on on side with a smooth face selectively engageable smooth pad face and on the opposite side with an undulating face complementary to and selectively engageable with the undulating pad face. The intermediate arm may be selectively latched to one or the other of the articulated arms to maintain either the confronting undulating faces or the confronting two smooth faces in engagement, enabling the other of the confronting smooth or undulating faces to be used to treat the hair. The intermediate arm may be simultaneously latched to both of the articulated arms for storage of the tongs.

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