Electric hair curling iron with rotatable power cord

An electrically heated hair curling iron has first and second handles pivotally connected at one end for movement toward and away from each other. Supported on the free ends of the handles are an electrically heated rod and a press plate which respectively project outwardly from the free ends. A electric power supply cord is connected to the electrically heated rod by a rotatable connector formed as a protrusion on one of the pivotally connected ends of the handles on the opposite side of the handles from the free ends thereof. The axis of rotation of the connector is coaxial with the centerline between the two handles and is in the same plane as the pivotal connection between the handles. Thus the iron can be easily rotated without twisting the power cord. The iron has an adjustment to regulate the opening angle of the handles and a releasable lock for securing the handles together in closed condition. One of the handles may be provided with side covers which serve to close the gap between the handles when they are moved apart and which act as legs to support the iron on a surface when the handles are closed.