US1059282A - Comb. - Google Patents

Description

V. DE BASSINI.

APPLIQATION FILED AUG.19,191a

1,059,282. Y l Patented Apr. 15,1913.

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VERA DEBASSINI, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specication of lietters Patent.

Application led August 19, 1912. Serial No. 715,812.

To all lwtofm, t may concern Be it known that I, VERA DE BASSINI, subject of the KingY of Italy, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New' York, have invented new and useful Improvements `in Combs, of which the fbllowing is a specification.` l

My present invention has to do with fountain combs; and it has `for its object to provide a fountain comb equippedwith a strip of absorbent material calculated to retard the How of li uid, thesaid strip being so constructed an arranged that it is adapted to be readily removed and re laced with a fresh absorbent strip, where y `the comb can be used for distributing dye to the hair or for distributing medicine to the hair as occasion demands.

With the foregoing inmind the invention willebe fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read'in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the fountain comb constituting the preferrgd embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a View, partly in inverted plan and partly in section, of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of a modified absorbent strip. Fig. 4 is a transverse section takenl through the handle of the comb.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in Figs. 1 to 2 and 4.

In furtherance of my invention I employ a hollow body 1 designed to serve as a reservoir for the liquid to be disseminated by the comb. The said ,body 1 comprises a rear and comparatively large portion 2 shaped to form a convenient handle, and a forward and comparatively long` portion 3, of reduced size in cross-section. The large portion 2 is provided at its rear end with a filling opening 4, normally closed by a screw cap 5.

Formed integral with or otherwise fixed to the forward portion 3 of the body `1 are teeth 6 which are solid and are arranged in a longitudinal series in the manner common to Ordinar combs, and in the interdental spaces of t e body portion 3-. e., between the bases of the teeth arey formed apertures y 7 which have for their purpose to permit liquid to iow from the interior of the body portion 3 to the spaces between the teeth 6. With a view to preventing too free passage of the liquid from the body portion 3 to the spaces between the teeth 6, I employ the felt or other absorbent strip 8. The said strip 8 also serves the important function of applying the liquid to'the hair in an equal manner so as to assurewas much of the liquid being applied to one portion of thev to provide the strip with hooks which are engaged with the end teeth and serve to hold the strip detachably in position, this because when the strip isy interlaced between the teeth it is stretched taut "and put under tens1on. It will also be observed that because of the intermediate portion of the strip 8 having no direct connection with the comb, the pressure of hair against the strip, when the comb is manipulated during the use thereof, will maintain the strip tight against the opening 7, and in that way preclude the flow of an excessive amount of 11qu1d through the said openings.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my novel comb can be used with one strip 8 to apply dye or a bleaching liquid to the halr, and then the strip 8 mentioned may be removed and the comb as a whole thoroughly cleansed, after which the comb can be char ed with a suitable medicinal agent and a esh strip 8 can be applied and connected through the medium of the hooks,

which are numbered 9, and then the samecomb can be used to' advantage in-applying the medicinal agent to the hair.

When desired in lieu of employing the interlaced and detachably connected strip,\a strip 8, such as shown in Fig. 3, ma `be employed, without involving departure om the scope of m claimed invention. The said strip 8a is ormed of felt or other absorbent material suitable to the purpose, and.

is provided with a straight row of apertures 10, adapted to receive the teeth 6 of the comb. The strip 8 is ada ted to be slipped on the teeth 6 and manipu ated to a posltion close against the apertured portion of'the body, and it will be'manifest that when the comb is in use the ressure vof the hair against the strip 83L will hold the said strip tight against the body portion, and Ain that i Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

way enable the strip to prevent excessive flow of liquid through the apertures 7 While assuring the thorough saturation of.

the strip so as to enable the same `to efficiently apply the liquid to the hair.

In both embodiments of-my invention it.

In common with the strip 8, the strip 8- a.

is adapted to be removed to give place to another strip 8a when the use to which the comb is to be put is changed.

v Having described my invention, what I, claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a fountain comb having a hollow body, a filling aperture and means for normally closing said aperture, and also having teeth and eduction apertures disposed between the teeth, and further having a strip of absorbent material engaged with the teeth.4 and held by said engagement snug against the body and over the eduction apertures thereof; the said strip fully occupying the interdental spaces of the comb and extending throughout the length of the series of teeth and being readily removable, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a

fountain comb having a hollow body, a filling aperture and means for normally closing said aperture, and also having lteethand eduction apertures disposed between the teeth, and further having a strip of absorbent material interlaced' between the teeth and held by frictional contact with the teeth snug against the body and over the eduction apertures thereof; the said strip fully occupying the interdental spacesof the comb and extending continuously throughout the length of the series of teeth and being detachably connected at its ends to the end `teeth of the series.

' V3. In a fountain comb, the combination with a hollow body having a `lling aperture and means for normally closing the same and also having teeth and eduction apertures dispo-sed between theteeth; of a strip of absorbent material interlaced and held under tension between the lteeth and opposed to the body over the eduction apertures thereof and'havlng hooks at its ends detachably engaging the end teeth of the series. A

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence ofv two subscrlblng witnesses.

VERA DE BAssINI.

Witnesses:

EMMA DE BASSINI, MEYER LEVY.

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