US1727837A - Eyelash comb - Google Patents

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Sept. 10, 1929.

J. P. MILLER ET AL 1,727,837

EYELASH COMB Filed Sept. 17, 1927 ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 10, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEANNE I. MILLER AND EDWARD F. MILLER, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

EYELASH COMB.

Application filed September 17, 1927. Serial No. 220,086.

This invention relates broadly to combs and more particularly to eyelash combs.

In the application of mascara and like cosmetics to the eyelashes considerable difliculty is encountered in applying the mascara evenly, so that the individual lash is not covered with clots of the cosmetic or two or more lashes stuck together to afford a decidedly artificial aspect. At the present time, after the mascara is applied an attempt is made to obtain a natural appearance of the eyelashes by brushing them with a small brush of the order of an undersized childs tooth brush, but this treatment frequently results in removing part of the cosmetic from the eyelashes and giving each eyelash a streaked appearance, particularly if the one applying the cosmetic is not skilled in the application.

The present invention seeks means to separate the individual lashes after mascara has been applied to give the eyelashes a natural but enhanced appearance. To this end a comb is provided which is of a size and shape to permit its convenient use in connection with the contour of the face. More particularly, the ends of the teeth lie in a line which conforms generally to the superficial shape of the eyeball while the handle is directed gener ally away from the median line of the toothed part of the comb for convenient grasp of the user. The end of the toothed part, away from the handle, is curved so as to permit the teeth to reach the eyelashes at the extreme inner corner of the eye without interference by the bridge of the nose.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into effect the same will now be described more fully in connection with the accompanying drawings, illustrating one modification by which the in vention may be realizedpand in which:

Figure 1 is a view, in side elevation, showing an eyelash comb in accordance with this invention, in association with'a scale in inches to emphasize the relative smallness thereof. Figure 2 is a view showing the comb looking from the right in Figure 1.

The toothed portion 10 of the comb is formed with a plurality of teeth 11, substantially from thirty-two to thirty-six to the inch, and the ends of these teeth 11 lie in a line which conforms generally to the superficial surface of the eyeball.

Upon reflection it will be recognized that the eyeball is not a perfect sphere or ellipsoid but that the pupil projects outwardly beyond the superficial surface of the rest of the eyeball in a curve of relatively shorter radius and that the pupil is not centrally disposed between the corners of the eye but is somewhat nearer the bridge of the nose. Further, the outer portion of the eyelids are substantially flattened. Accordingly therefore the ends of the teeth 11 terminate in a line which is in part defined by a compound curve and in part by a tangent to that curve. Thus from the inner end 13 of the comb to a point short of the middle of the toothed part the teeth ends terminate in a gradual curve, extending say from about the point a to about 7 0 the point 6 and this curve merges at about the point 6 into a curve of lesser radius 7) 0 so that the line is indented more at this point, as shown. The curve 6 0 is adopted to register substantially with the pupil of the eye while the curve a Z) is adopted to substantially conform to the inner edge of the eyelid which, as is well known, extends somewhat sharply in toward the inside corner at the bridge of the nose.

From about the point 0 to what may be called the heel of the comb, at (Z the ends of the teeth 11 lie in a line which is practically straight and is tangent to the curve I) c at substantially the point 0 and is relatively long because from that portion of the eyelid behind which the eyeball lies when the eye is looking to the front to the outside corner of the eye the eyelid is relatively long and recedes sharply and merges into the side of the face. Thus considering a chord of the curve 6 c the teeth 11 at the end (I? may be considered as projecting outwardly considerably further than the ends of the teeth at the point or end 13 of the comb.

The angle between the side of the average nose at the bridge and the surface of the eyelid next to the bridge of the nose is acute and provision must therefore be made for the teeth of the point of the comb to reach the eyelashes at the extreme inner corner. To this end the end 12 of the comb is curved. Thus between the top and bottom edges, as viewed in the figures, the upper portion of the end 13 is curved rearwardly to merge into the top edge 14 while the bottom portion 15 is curved downwardly and inwardly so that the end member 12 is tapered. v

The use of acomb for the eyelashes is a rather delicate operation and requires the utmost freedom of motion of the arm in order that the muscles may not be constrained and thus hinder the delicate touch necessary. A handle 16 is therefore formed on the toothed portion 10 which recedes from the general longitudinal median line of the toothed portion and the longitudinal median line of the handle 16 may conveniently lie at an angle of about 30 thereto. lVere the handle not set at such an angle the movements of the arm and hand holding the same would be awkward in the extreme.

Such a comb is necessarily of extremely small size and to illustrate the relative size of the preferred embodiment a scale representing three inches is shown immediately therebeneath in Figure 1.

In use after mascara or like cosmetic has been applied to the eyelashes and while the applied substance is still moist the comb is brought to the eyelashes on one lid, if the upper lid, so that the teeth lie in a plane about 30 away from the vertical and the ends of the teeth contact with the eyelid. Then as the teeth are inserted between the eyelashes the comb is gradually rotated about its longitudinal median line while the ends of the teeth are held against the lid until the comb lies substantially in a horizontal plane and the comb is gradually passed up the eyelid, thecomb being raised as a whole so that the eyelashes are deflected to substantially vertical position as they move downwardly with respect to the comb. This operation may be repeated as often as necessary until the individual eyelashes are all separate.

Various modifications will occur to those skilled in the art in the composition and configuration of the component elements going to make up the comb as a whole and no limitation is intended by the foregOiIlg description or accompanying illustration except as set forth in the appended claims.

What we claim is: r

1. An eyelash comb comprising a toothed portion whereof the ends of the teeth lie in a line whereof one end is a curve of relatively great radius merging into a curve of relatively short radius and the other is a straight line tangent to the second mentioned curve.

2. An eyelash comb comprising a tooth portion whereof the ends of the teeth lie in a line which recedes from a line joining the ends of the extreme teeth and which line of tooth ends is defined on one side of the mid-point of the comb by a curve of relatively short radius, which curve merges at one side into a curve of greater radius extending to the extremity of the comb and merges on the other side into a line tangent thereto.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

JEANNE P. MILLER. EDWARD F. MILLER.

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