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Occupation
  
Inventor

Name
  
William Beldue

Role
  
Inventor


Died
  
September 28, 1955, Rochester, New York, United States

William Joseph Beldue (1889 – September 28, 1955) was the American inventor of the eyelash curler.

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Invention

While working at the Kurlash Company, located at 77 South Avenue in Rochester, New York, Beldue co-invented the eyelash curler. He and the company co-held several patents with his colleague, William R. Tuttle. The following is a partial list of patents issued (at least in part) to William Beldue:

  • Great Britain No. 581,055, Improvements in eyelash curlers, August 11, 1944
  • U.S. No. 2,391,047, Eyelash curler, December 18, 1945
  • U.S. No. 2,460,317, Eyelash curler, February 1, 1949
  • Canada No. 456189, EYELASH CURLER, April 26, 1949
  • U.S. No. 2,474,873, Eyelash curler, July 5, 1949
  • Great Britain No. 689,019, Improvements in eyelash curlers, December 18, 1951
  • U.S. No. 2,602,458, Eyelash curler, July 18, 1952
  • Canada No. 493071, EYELASH CURLERS, May 26, 1953
  • Canada No. 493219, EYELASH CURLER, May 26, 1953

    • Personal life

    Beldue had a son, William Jr, born November 17, 1929.

    Death

    William Beldue died in Rochester, New York and is buried in Riverside Cemetery. He had three children:

  • Harold W. Beldue (son)
  • Donald Beldue (son)
  • Kathern Beldue (daughter)

    • References

    William Beldue Wikipedia
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