US622347A - Currycomb - Google Patents

Description

No. 622,347. Patented Apr. 4, 1899. J. A. HACKENBERG.

CURRYCOMB.

(Application filed Mar. 15, 1898.)

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JACOB A. HACKENBERG, OF PI'IGENIXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUR RYCOMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,347, dated April 4, 1899.

Application filed March 1 5, 18 9 8.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AOOB A.1-IA0KE'NBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Phoenixville, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Currycomb, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to currycombs, and

has for its object to provide a device of this class having such a construction of teeth as to adapt it to remove dirt and loose hairs without abrading the skin when passing over bony or protuberant parts and of which the teeth, furthermore, may be readily cleaned or relieved of accumulations of hair and other matter collected thereby in use.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a comb which may be manufactured at a small cost and of which the body portion, if preferred, may be constructed of'sheet metal, the minimum amount of metal being required.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a currycomb constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being shown inverted. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the blank of which the body portion when constructed of sheet metal is formed to show the parallel slits and the tongues of different lengths formed by such slits, the folding or crease lines of the tongues being indicated by dotted lines.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The currycomb embodying my invention consists of a head or block 2, to which is at-. tached a suitable handle 3, said head having teeth projecting from its face and approximately perpendicular to the plane thereof, said teeth being arranged in parallel inner and outer rows or series. The inner rows of teeth 5 are arranged upon opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the head and at a short interval therefrom, while the outer rows of teeth 7 are located contiguous to the opposite side edges of the head and parallel with the rows of teeth 5.

In the preferred construction the teeth are gerial No. 673,945. (No model.)

may be secured to the face of the head by any suitable means, such as pins or rivets 8, engaging openings 9. In constructing the teeth the blank may be provided, as shown in the drawings, with parallel slits disposed perpendicularly to the opposite side edges of the blank and extending inwardly from said edges, the alternate tongues thus formed being made of different lengths. For instance, the long tongues 6 may be made of the full width of the blank, while theintermediate or short tongues,which constitute the inner rows of teeth 5, may be cut oif to the desired length. In Fig. 3 I have indicated dotted lines a and b, which represent the folding or crease lines of the said alternatelyarranged long and short tongues, said tongues being deflected upon these parallel .lines a and b from the plane of the body portion or blank to occupy positions approximately perpendicular to the plane of said body portion; Obviously this construction of the comb disposes the teeth in parallel side sets, each set comprising outer and inner rows, of which the members are staggered. For instance, the tooth formed by the extremity of one of the long tongues is arranged contiguous to the side edge of the head, while the next tooth of the inner row is ofiset, and, again, the next tooth is arranged at the edge of the head in alinement with the first-named tooth. The folding or crease lines, however, of the inner and outer rows of teeth are parallel with each other and also with the edges of the head.

The construction of tooth which I desire to employ and which I have illustrated in the drawings is short, rectangular, (approximately square,) thin, and terminally blunt, the operative or terminal edges of the teeth being parallel with the plane of the head. This construction of tooth is adapted for removing loose hair and accumulations of foreign substances upon the hide of an animal without scratching or abrading the same or otherwise causing injury or inconvenience, and the staggered disposition of the teeth in each set provides for completely covering the surface traversed. Furthermore, in practice it is desirable to construct said teeth of equal projection from the plane of the head and to make each tooth of one row equal in width to the interval between the teeth of the parallel row of the same set, or approximately so, and also to make the operative extremity of each tooth of a length equal to the full width of said tooth, each operative edge being straight or having no projecting portions capable of abrading the hide. Also by this arrangement the combined lengths of the operative or terminal edges of the teeth in the two rows constituting a set are equal to the interval between the outer edges of the extreme or terminal teeth of said set, and therefore in drawing the comb across the hide of an animal the entire surface traversed by the comb will be affected by the operative or terminal edges of the teeth. There will be no intervals between the paths of adjacent teeth requiring a subsequent stroke of the comb over approximately the same path in order to affect the portions of the hide not touched on the first stroke.

It is obvious that a simple comparativelyincxpensive comb-plate may be constructed of sheet metal, as indicated in the drawings, and in practice I have found such aconstruction to be desirable; but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to a construction of sheet metal, as it is obvious that the specified construction and arrangement of teeth may be obtained otherwise than as specifically set forth, and also-that various other changes in the form, proportion,and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

lIaving described my invention, What I claim is- 1. A currycomb having its head provided with separate spaced rectangular flat teeth arranged in rows, with the teeth of one row opposite the intervals between the teeth of another row, and having straight-edged terminals or operative ends of which the combined lengths are equal to the interval between the outer sides of the extreme or ter minal teeth of said rows, substantially as specified.

2. A currycomb having a flat-faced head provided upon each side of its longitudinal center with a set, consisting of parallel inner and outer rows, of spaced flat-faced teeth, arranged in common planes, projecting perpendicularly from the face of the head, with the teeth of the inner row opposite the intervals between the teeth of the outer row, and having terminal or operative edges of lengths respeotively equal to said intervals between the teeth, whereby the combined lengths of the operative edges of the teeth in two rows are equal to the interval between the outer sides of the extreme or terminal teeth of the set, substantially as specified.

3. A currycomb having a comb-plate formed of a blank of sheet metal, slitted from and perpendicular to its opposite side edges, to form alternatelyarranged long and short tongues, which are deflected from the plane of the plate, upon lines parallel with said edges of the same, to form outer and inner rows of teeth which terminate at approximately uniform distances from the plane of the plate, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JACOB A. IIACKENBERG.

Vitn esses:

DANIEL JONES, SAML. WILSON.

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