Abstract: An apparatus for dreadlocking hair comprising a motor and a means for holding or engaging a strand of hair. The holding means is rotated by the motor, so that the strand of hair is twisted into a dreadlock, that is, a twisted bundle of hair where hair on the surface of the bundle describes a purely helical path, at least in a newly dreadlocked part of the strand.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 20, 2012
Date of Patent:
June 21, 2016
Assignee:
Palock Limited
Inventors:
Palesa Sansole, Hans Henrik Petersen, Andrew Robert James Russell, Roderick McBrien, Digby Redshaw, Neil Bowker
Abstract: An apparatus for dreadlocking hair comprising a motor and a means for holding or engaging a strand of hair. The holding means is rotated by the motor, so that the strand of hair is twisted into a dreadlock, that is, a twisted bundle of hair where hair on the surface of the bundle describes a purely helical path, at least in a newly dreadlocked part of the strand.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 20, 2012
Publication date:
December 27, 2012
Applicant:
Palock Limited
Inventors:
Palesa Sansole, Hans Henrik Petersen, Andrew Robert-James Russell, Roderick McBrien, Digby Redshaw, Neil Bowker