Flocked hair curling roller

Abstract

A hair curling roller with a flocked outer surface for curling the hair. The curling roller includes a central core member having an opening in one lateral end of the core member and longitudinally extending within the core member; this core member is formed of a material highly conductive of heat. A hollow sleeve member with a flocked outer surface is arranged on the core member. A first end ring is attached to the core member at one lateral end thereof; this first end ring has a flange extending over but spaced from the adjacent end portion of the flocked outer surface of the sleeve member. A second end ring having an attachment member is connected to the core member at the other lateral end thereof by the attachment; the second end ring has a flange extending over but spaced from the adjacent end portion of the flocked outer surface of the sleeve member. The first and second end rings are formed of a low heat conducting material. The attachment member has a prong mounted on an inner surface of the second end ring facing the core member. The prong is inserted into the opening in the core member for securing the second end ring to the core member. The diameter of the opening in the core member is dimensioned such that a heat conductive rod may be inserted into one end of the core member for transmitting heat to the roller. The flocking material is preferably formed from nylon with the preferred dimension of the strands of the nylon flocking material having a diameter of three denier and a length of 0.5 mm.