US2909183A - Combs - Google Patents

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s. J. GOLDEN 2,909,183

coMBs Filed March 2, 1959 Oct. 20, 1959 nited States Patent COMBS Samuel Jordan Golden,` Waterbury, Conn., assignor of one-half to Robert M. Bowes, Waterbury, Conn.

Application March 2,1959, SerialNo. 796,678 s` Claims. (cl. 132-141) This invention relates to combs, and the main object is the provision ofa combhaving certain novel and useful improved features of construction and operation whereby it aids to maintain the waves or curls: set in the hair after a hairdressers treatment thereby prolonging the benefits `of the hairdressing, and whereby it also aids in restoring the hair or freshening it up, toward reestablishment of the hair set as it was immediately following the treatment.

More particularly the comb of the present invention is an improvement upon the comb disclosed in my United States Patent No. 2,755,808, granted July 24, 1956, in that the present comb attains the same desirable results in an improved manner and with a more lasting and more natural effect.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a comb the use of which will tend to reset naturally curly or wavy hair, that is, to form such hair into the natural shape of the curls or waves toward which they tend.

The above broad as well as additional objects will be clarified in the following description wherein reference numerals refer to like-numbered parts in the accompanying drawing. tended primarily for the purpose of illustration and that it is therefore neither desired nor intended to limit the invention necessarily to any or all of the details shown o1' described except insofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briey to the drawing,

Fig. l is yan elevational view of the comb as seen from one side thereof.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the comb as seen from the reverse side thereof.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the comb.

Fig. 4 is an end elevational view of the comb, looking toward the right, Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is la sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1t) indicates the body or frame of the comb, having the handle 1:1 extending from one end thereof. Merely for the purpose of convenience and clarity, the side 12 will be hereinafter referred to as the front of the frame and the side 113 as the rear or back of the frame.

The frame has a bottom edge 14 which is iiat and extends throughout the length thereof between the substantially parallel planes in which the two rows of comb teeth lie, that is, the front row 15 and the back row 16. It is to be noted that the back row of teeth 16 only are shown in Fig. 1 although portions of the front row 15 would also be visible, in order to clarify the structure of the comb without confusion.

The back row of teeth 16 has a break or empty space It is to be noted that the drawing is inthe space 17 curved to form arcs whose concave sides' face the `space .17. The remaining or outer portions of the teeth 20 are curved in the opposite direction, that is, with their convex sides toward the space r17,V with the intermediate portions ofthe teeth providing a' blending curvature between the base portions and` the outer portions. Moreover, the degree of curvature-of the base portions of these teeth lessensV progressively outward from the space 17, so that the bases of the outermost or end teeth 20a have the smallest degree of curvature.

The front row 1'5 of teeth is also-divided at the middle thereof by the space 23 which is wider, approximately three times as wide, as the space 17 in the back row, dividing the front row into two sections 24a and 24h which are also mirrored reflections of each other. The individual teeth 25 of these sections on both sides of the space 23 are all curved with their concave sides toward the space 23 and all are curved ata substantially constantA degree but they increase in length progressively from the space 23 toward the outermost teeth 25a. The teeth 25 all extend from the bottom surface 14 which, as shown in Fig. 5, has a bevel 26 at the roots of these teeth.

The cross-section of the teeth 25 is shown in Fig. 6. Each tooth 25 has the laterally opposed bevels 27 on the leading edge thereof. Fig. 7 shows the substantially rectangular cross-section of the teeth 20. All of the teeth 20 and 25, however, have rounded extremities, as comb teeth usually do.

One way of using the comb is as follows. is drawn through the hair with the row of teeth 15 leading or following. Assuming that the teeth 16 are leading, the two sections 18a and 18h gather the hairs or strands of hair and tend to form them into curls or waves, and the following row .15 of teeth tends to fix the upper portions of the curls or waves. If the teeth \1'5 are leading, they tend to gather the portions of the hairs or strands of hair which are positioned away from the scalp a short distance and tend to round the same into curls or waves,

and the following teeth 16 tend to x the curls or waves.

rIn actual practice, since the type and degree of the tendency of human hair to form curls or waves varies considerably between individuals, the user will find the most suitable way of using the comb by practice. However, the structure of the comb as illustrated and described assures the user of beneficial results in tending to form the hair into curls or waves as well as in tending to maintain the set of the hair after a hairdressing.

The entire comb is preferably molded as a unitary structure, the material being any one of a variety of suitable plastics available yon the market such as, for example, that sold under the trademark Lucite.

The invention having thus been described, what is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A comb including a substantially flat frame having a bottom edge, a first row of teeth extending downward from the frame on yone side of said bottom edge, a second row of teeth extending downward from the frame on the other side of said bottom edge, said rows of teeth lying in substantially parallel planes, said lrst row of teeth having a blank space at the middle thereof dividing the same into two groups, the teeth of both of said groups being arcuately curved and having their concave sides facing toward said blank space, said second row of teeth The comb# said irst-named blank space and ofl substantially lesser' Width than said first-named blank space dividing the same into two groups, the bases of the teeth of said secondnamed groups being curved and having their concave sides facing toward said second-named space, the outer portions of the teeth of said second-named groups being curved and having their convex sides facing toward said second-named space.

2; A comb according to claim l, the 'length of said bases of the teeth of vsaid second-named groups increasing progressively in a direction away from said secondnamed space whence the length of the teeth of said sec'- ond-named groups also increase progressively in the same direction.

3. A comb according to claim 2, the degree of curvature of said teethof said first-named groups being substantially constant. y

4. .A comb according to claim 2, the degree of curva- Iture of said teeth of said second-named groups diminishing progressively outward fromsaid second-named space` 5. A comb according to claim 4, the length of said teeth of said second-named groups substantially exceeding the length of the teeth of said first-named groups.

6. A comb according to claim l, said bottom edge of the frame having an arcuate flange extending downward from said other side of the frame having the concave side of the -ange facing downward and being substantially tangential to said bottom edge at the midpoint of said bottom edge, said second row of teeth having their roots integral with said ange.

7. A combaccording to claim 6, said bottom edge of the frame having a bevel on said one side thereof, said first row of teeth extending from said beveled edge.

8. A comb according to claim 7, said rst row of teeth having the edges thereof remote from said second row of teeth longitudinally beveled.

i No references cited.

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