US2768438A - Hair clipping device - Google Patents

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OC 30, 1956 A. w. coGGlNs ET AL 2,768,438

HAIR CLIPPING DEVICE Filed Feb. 21, 1955 Ewa-Mm) MM United States Patent O M HAIR CLIPPING DEVICE Archie W. Coggins and Leland Erickson, Eau Claire, Wis.

Application February 21, 1955, Serial No. 489,347

1 Claim. (Cl. 30-200) This invention relates to a hair clipping device and more particularly to an attachment for conventional hair clippers.

The conventional hair clipper is provided with a body portion which constitutes a hand grip and also may house mechanism to power the clipping elements. The lower portion of the clipper terminates in a heel plate having a forwardly extending clipper-toothed edge which provides the shearing action during oscillatory movement thereof. The conventional clipper may have a at heel plate or be slightly contoured so that the teeth may be angulated into close contact With the skin or may be raised slightly from the skin when clipping hair short. The conventional hair clipper is also commonly used in conjunction with a comb. However, the manipulation of the comb and clippers requires a high degree of skill since the operators hands must work independently to achieve the desired result. The comb is used to straighten and pull the hair outwardly from the skin while the clipper is employed in tapering angulation to effect a smooth and continuous result.

To the best of our knowledge, no hair clipper has been provided with means which will automatically achieve a combing and tapering effect when the clippers are naturally moved and angulated in one-handed operation. We are aware of certain rigid combing attachments which can be secured forwardly of the oscillating teeth on the conventional clippers, but such teeth have no function other than combing the hair in advance of the clipper teeth. No tapering or provision for smooth and even cutting is achieved by the forwardly extending comb members which are not automatically adjustable with reference to the cutting teeth during use.

It is a general object of this invention to overcome the above noted prior difliculties and to provide a hair clipping device which will easily and eiliciently cut a smooth taper without the application of special skill.

More specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide an attachment which will permit a proper rocking motion while, at the same time, cooperatively providing an outwardly extending hair taper through resilient means.

Still more specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a clipper attachment which will comb the hair and hold it in position to be cut in advance of the clipper teeth while providing a rocking and spacing of the teeth from the skin of the user and, further, automatically accomplishing a shift in angulation of the clipper teeth as the cut is eifected.

These and other -objects and advantages of our invention will be more apparent from the following description, made in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout the several views and in which:

Fig. l is an enlarged fragmentary view of the bottom portion of a conventional clipper showing the heel plate and fixed teeth thereof in secured position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a conventional clipper Patented Oct. 30, 1956 ICC to which our attachment has been secured, unnecessary portions of the device being cut away;

Fig. 3 is a side view of a lowerfragment of the clipper shown in Fig. 2, hidden portions being indicated in dotted line;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the supporting and fastening element with the spring plate attached thereto; andV Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of the attachment device in mounted position taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

With continued reference to the drawing, we contemplate employing a conventional clipper 10 having the ordinary heel plate 11 which is secured to the body of clipper 10 by such means as screws 12.. The heel plate 11 terminates forwardly in fixed teeth 13 over which oscillating teeth 14 are positioned in shearing contact, as shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3. The relatively oscillable teeth 13 and 14 generally are tapered adjacent their ends so as to permit clipping of hair close to the skin. Although the conventional clipper 10 in the instant case is an electrically operated device, it is understood that our invention is equally applicable toV manually operated hair clippers.

Referring now to Fig. 4, our invention contemplates a supporting and fastening element 15 which may be in block form and having alongitudinal groove or opening 16 formed therethrough and communicating with an edge 17. A recessed area delined'by the cut edge 18 permits the supporting and fastening element 15. to be inserted upon the rear margin 19 of heel plate 11. The slot or opening 16 provides frictional clamping engagement with the margin 19 and may be varied to suit the individual dimensions and characteristics of conventional hair clippers 10.

A resilient skin-contacting plate 20 is attached to the supporting and fastening element 15 and comprises a spring sheet 21 which is curved downwardly and forwardly, as shown in Fig. 3. The rear portion of the plate 21 may terminate reversely in a flat portion 22 having means such as openings 23 through which fasteners such as bolts 24 may extend, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. The openings 23 are preferably elongated slots, as indicated in Fig. 3. The bolts 24 are threadably received in tapped openings 25 formed through the supporting and fastening element 15, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Larger openings 26 may be formed through the body portion 21 of the skin-contacting plate 2t) s0 as to be in alignment with the bolts 24, as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. The entire spring plate 20 may be adjustably moved forwardly and rearwardly with the bolts 24 in loosened condition.

The resilient skin-contacting plate 20 terminates forwardly in a hair-guiding and lifting member 27 which is preferably in the form of a comb element removably secured to a forward position on the resilient plate 20, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The curved body portion 21 of the resilient blade 20 may terminate in a gripping edge 28 having curved bifurcated legs 29 and 30, as Shown in Fig. 4. The gripping edge 28 is adapted to receive the enlarged back portion 31 of comb 27, as shown in Fig. 3. When comb 27 is in position, the teeth will extend forwardly and below the oscillable cutting teeth of the clipper 10, as shown in Fig. 3. The device is adapted to hold several types and sizes of combs 27 depending upon the requirements of the clipper during use.

It will be noted that the curved spring blade 21 of the skin-contacting member 20, together with the comb element 27, are so angulated with respect to the oscillable teeth 13 and 14 of clipper 10 that the forewardmost tip edge 32 of the comb teeth will lie forwardly and slightly below the clipper teeth when the attachment is in relaxed condition.

In the use and operation of our attachment, a suitable comb or hair-guiding and lifting member 27 is slidably secured to the gripping or clamping edge 28. The supporting and fastening element 15 is then attached to the rear margin 19 of the heel plate 11, as shown in Fig. 2. A screwdriver may be employed to' loosen the bolts 24 so that the plate 2t) and comb 27 may be properly positioned in a forwardly and rearwardly direction with respect to the heel plate 11 and teeth 13 and 14. The openings 26, of course, provide an accessway for the screwdriver in effecting the adjustment. The clipper is then energized so that teeth 13 and 14 will move relatively and provide shearing action to cut the hair. Where it is desired to clip close to the skin as at the lower neck portion, pressure is exerted upon the clipper so'that the teeth 13 of plate 11 are depressed in contact with the comb teeth 32. In so depressing the clipper teeth, the conformation of the plate 21 will be altered but little, and a curved contacting surface convex at the downward surface will be maintained. A smooth and accurate taper may be effected by raising the entire clipper 10 and, at the same time, rocking the clipper downwardly simultaneously with the upward movement thereof. The shift of pressure rearwardly on spring plate 21 will release the force thereon and permit the forwardly directed comb teeth 32 to become spaced from the clipper teeth 13 and 14. As the movement of the clipper 10 progresses upwardly, the entire clipper may be brought out of contact with the skin and the tapering of the cut hair ends will be continued by virtue of the holding and guiding effect of the comb element 27.

It may thus be seen that we have devised a hair clipper which will simultaneously perform a combing and clipping operation, yet will automatically provide for the proper spacing and positioning of the comb portion when naturally utilizing the clipper 10 in a one-handed op' eration. The net effect is to produce a tapered hair cut of professional quality with the use of a single instrumentality in a simple and easily learned manner.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of our invention.

What we claim is:

In a hair clipping device the combination with a conventional hair clipper having a heel plate terminating forwardly in oscillable cutting teeth, of a removable clamping member transversely mounted upon the said heel adjacent the rear edge thereof, a spring plate resiliently mounted to the clamping member and adjustable forwardly and rearwardly with respect to the heel plate and oscillable cutting teeth, said spring plate underlying in spaced clearance the surface of said heel plate, and a comb removably secured at a forward position on said spring plate and having its teeth extending forwardly in free spaced clearance with said oscillable cutting teeth.

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