US516520A

US516520A - Spring-currycomb

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Publication number: US516520A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-03-13
Anticipated expiration: 1911-03-13

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T. BUTTERWORTH.

SPRING GURRYGOMB.

No. 516,520. Patented Mar. 13, 1894.

NITED STATES .ATENT Fries.

THEODORE BUTTERWORTH, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

SPRING-CURRYCOMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.- 516,520, dated March 13, 1894. Application filed December 23,1892. Serial No. 456,160. (No inodel.)

use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in spring curry combs and consists in certain novelty of construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts all of which I' will now proceed to point out and describe reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan view of a comb secured to its handle in the preferred manner. Fig. 2 is a section taken longitudinally through the handle showing the means employed for securing the comb to the handle. Fig. 3 is a detail on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail illustrating a modification of the means employed for securingthe comb to the handle, and Fig. 5 a top plan view of said detail.

Referring to said drawings-A represents a metal shank having its outer end B, enlarged and bent at right angles. Said end being bifurcated forming two members I), having inwardly projecting lips I). The end B being made of malleable metal. Said shank is secured in the ordinary manner in a wooden handle 0.

D are arms projecting at right angles on opposite sides of the shankat a point below the bifurcated end and at the end of the wooden handle and said arms are provided with enlarged'ends and form what I preferably term,

knockers for a purpose hereinafter described, said arms or knockers being formed integral with the said shank.

E is a spiral spring comb provided with teeth 6. Said spring is coiled so as to present rings decreasing in size from the outer to the inner ring and each coil or ringis placed within the bifurcated ends'of the shank so as to rest against each other,the members I), of said bifurcated ends are then clamped together, thus securely holding the spring comb in place. By placing the rings so that they rest against each other one coil or ring is strengthened by the other and firmly held in place. The teeth on the coils or rings are cut away at the point where they aresecured in the bifurcated end of the shank. I I

The knockers which I have heretofore de-- scribed are of great value as it is customary with all horsemen .to frequently knock the comb against some hard substance to remove the dust and hair while currying, this is always liable to damage the comb. By means of the knockers the force of the blow comes entirely upon the metal shank and the jar upon the spring comb being sufficient to remove dust or hair without injuring the comb itself.

' In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a modified means for securing the spring comb to the handle. Inthis the shank is the same and the end is bifurcated forming a yokeG, havfound to be much more durable than combs of this class which have heretofore been in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. In a spring curry comb, the combination of a handle and a metal shank A, having formed'integral therewith arms D, projecting at right angles to and on opposite sides of the handle, forming knockers, and a spring metal comb secured to said shank, substam' tially as shown and described.

2. In a spring curry comb, the combination of a handle and a shank having a bifurcated metal end, acoiled spring comb having the coils of the spring in the bifurcated end, the membersof said bifurcated endbeing clamped upon said spring coils, substantially as shown and described.

3. In aspring curry comb, the combination of a handle, a shank A provided with a bifurcated metal end B, having inwardly projecting lips I), a coiled spring comb having the coils of the spring in said bifurcated end 10 and the members of said bifurcated end being clamped upon the spring coils, and said shank carrying knockers,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE BUTTERWORTI-I.

Witnesses:

G. C. WIDNEY, PETER WALLACE.