US389451A - Curry-comb - Google Patents

Description

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L. M. DBVORE.

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Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,451, dated September 11, 1888.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI M. Dnvonn, a resident of Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curry-Combs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in curry-combs, and is fully described and explained in this specication and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a bottom plan of a curry-comb embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a section of the same through the line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of the same through the line y y, Fig. l.

In the views, A is a iiexible back of leather, rubber, or other suitable material, and A is a handle secured to the upper face of the back, and preferably at right angles to the line of its greatest length. On the lower face of the back are secureda series of rigid sections, B, preferably of cast metal, extending across the back in lines parallel to the line of the handle A', and, like the handle, preferably transverse to the line of greatest length of the back. Each of the sections, as illustrated in the drawings, consists of two parallel side bars, L, joined at their ends by plates b', formed integrally with the side bars, and pierced with holes for rivets, by means of which the section is fastened to the back. A series'of thin webs, b", having their outer edges toothed or serrated, as shown, are formed integrally with the side bars,b, and extend transversely across the space between them. The ends of the webs b project on either side beyond the side bars, and the. contiguous sections are so placed with reference to each other that the ends ofthe webs of one section slightly overlap the ends ofthe corresponding webs of the next section. rIhe different sections are separated by spaces sufficient to allow the bending of the back about the lines between the sections, the Vface of the back on which the sections are fastened being inward and becoming concave when the back is bent; and it is evident that as the ends of the webs b proj eet outside of the side bars, I), the space between the sections necessary to permit of such bending of the back is considerably less when the sections are offset in the manner described than if they were so placed as to bring each web in the same plane with the corresponding web in the next section. The necessity for making the back flexible in the manner described and the difference in the use of a ourrycomb having such a flexible back as compared with one having a rigid back are too evident to require explanation.

The sections B may be considerably varied in form without changing their use, the manner of their application to the back, or the operation of the completed curry-comb. It is evident that the base of each of the sections, instead of being a skeleton base consisting of the side bars, b, and the cross-plates b', may be a solid plate, on which the webs b are cast directly; but the form shown and described operates equally as well as one having a solid base, and is considerably lighter and cheaper. The sections may, if desired, be made of sheet metal, the toothedwebs b" being struck np from the sheet which forms the base; but I. am satisfied from my experiments with both forms that the cast-metal sections are as effective as those made of sheet metal, and are somewhat cheaper to manufacture. The teeth of the webs shown in the drawings are ordinary saw-teeth, having the same bevel on both sides. The form of these teeth is, however, not essential, the only object to be attained heilig the providing of the sections with projections of such number, size, and sharpness as will mal-:e the currycomb operative and effective.

Having now described and explained my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, isM

l. In a curry-comb, the combination of a flexible back,a loop or handle fastened to and extending across the upper face of the back, and a series of sections fastened to the lower face of the back in lines approximately parallel to the line of the handle, and provided with teeth arranged in lines transverse to the line of the handle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combinatiomwith the back A, of the rigid parallel sections B, fastened to the back, each of said sections consisting of a baseplate IOO and a series of transverse Webs formed inteetedto thepbacknd trzinsverse webs b, formed grally with the base-plate and having their integrally with the side bars and having their exposed edges formed with teeth, substantially edges serrated, substantially as and for the as and for the purpose set forth. purpose set forth. 15

3. The combination, with the back A and the In testimony whereof I have si gned this specihandle A', fastened to the upper face of `the fieation in the presence of two subscribing witback, of the rigid metal sections B, fastened to messes. the lower face of the back in lines parallel with LEVI M. DEVORE. the handle A', each of said sections being made Vitnesses:

up of parallel side bars, b b, end plates,b, connecting said side bars and Vadapted to be riv- R. H. WILEs, WALLACE

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