US1108375A - Comb. - Google Patents

Description

J. E. LAING.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. s, 1913.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

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WITNESSES:

manzana/ HIE NuRR/S PEERS Co., PHUTOYLITHO., WASH INGTD y 'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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and exact description oil' the invention, such as will enable others shillod in the art to which it appertaigns to make and use the saine, reference being h ad to the accom pany-J inte, drawings, and to the letters and Figures ot reference marked thereon,which. 'torni a part of this specilication.

My invention relates to combs, arul more particularly to metallic combs, the principal object of the invention being; lto provide a comb having),- a heat cond noting;` body where by Waves or curls may be removed. troni the hair and the hair be made to lie straight and smooth. In accomplishing this object I have provided improved details oit structure hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure I is a perspective view of a comb constructed in accordance with my inven-` tion. Fig. H is a central longitudinal sec tion of the same. Fig. lll is a transverse sectionalview ot the comb. y

Referring more in detail to the parts l designates the comb which comprises a heavy rectangular back 2 and :integral tines 3 having` straight forward e' I s il., inclined. back portions 5, and slightly rounded points (i. Near the center ot each end oil th bach 2, are threaded apertures 7 in which is re movably mounted a lone' metal shank 8 liav- Inge; a non-heat conducting.; handle 9 at its outer extremity. The comb (is preferably termed from a solid piece `ot metal, which is slotted at regular intervals along' its acute edge to form the tines. ,ln'using the device, supp(using a person has had their hair dressed in a manner which leaves the strands full et waves or curls that `resist any effort to malte them lie smooth Specification el' `LettersPatent Patented Auges, 1914.

Application flledNovenlber 3,:1913. Serial No. 798,947.

througrlji the hair, so that rounded points (3 touch the scalp and the hair moves between thetines in a line almost parallel, to the inclined ccflges e. ln this manner the strands of hair are subjected to heat 'trein` between the lenti' parallel surlaces oit the tines and areinade to he straight and. smooth. Aprovidutr a threaded aperture actweach end oit the body, the handle muy be :'zppllilld to either end and therelily cluing'etlie. position oil." the cfunb relative to the head. `For ample il* the comb is iii-led in the riirlit hand air 'lrom the cent f oit the head may be conil'lezl llfffirward und the inclined ilollow". el ose to the head, bu t it it" is de.

to comb thefhuir at the back oit the head,`

the handle must be reversed inorder to brin the comb inthe same relative position with the head.` i y The comb is particularly i'lset'ul in drythe hair ali'ter a shampoo because the heat isapplied more directly to the strands leaving theinstraight and smootln` llt isapparent that by proyidin han le the comb may be conveniel Av used without burning the hands, and that loy slightly roundings,r the points ot the tines the comb cannot injure the scalpk Having thus described my invention, what l clarin as new therein and desire tol secure by,illielters Patent, .iszy i l. ,All comb comprising a body ineuiberlntving' rclativelywide and narrow opposite longitiulinal faces, and slit transvi-n'sely `to :Form `spaced tines `with the slots extended into the body atthe narrow :tree edge to 'lomn` channels oit `graduated depth. o

Q. A. comb` comprising; a heat retaiuineI back having); end apertures, a plurality olf' heat clniducting tines integral with said back, and a handle adapted ttor insertion into either of said apertures.

lily i e lon .it comb comprising a heat retaining;r body, a handle adapted tor amplication to.

either end ot said body, anda plurality of tines integral with said body bovini;1 straight forward edges, inclined rear edges and slightly rounded points. i i 4L. A comb comprising a heat retaining' body, a non-heat conducting handle adapted adapted for application to either end of said lo Jfor application to either end of said body, body.

and a plurality of heat conducting tines inln testimony whereof I aiix my signature tegral with said body having straight forni presence of two Witnesses. 5 Ward edges and inclined rear edges. n v JGHN E LAING 5. A comb comprising a heat retaining body, having a plurality of equally spaced T'Yitnesses: elongated channels along one side adapted i ARTHUR W. CAPS, to receive heat from said body, and a handle l L. E. CoA'rs.

A(Jopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by adressng the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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