US895483A

US895483A - Comb.

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Publication number: US895483A
Application number: US43923108A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herbert A Metcalf
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-06-18
Filing date: 1908-06-18
Publication date: 1908-08-11
Anticipated expiration: 1925-08-11

Description

APPLIOATION FILED ma. e

L'Ll IEEEH miran 'STATES PATENT oFFroE.j

t HERBERT A. METCALF, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS. i

Specification o! Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1 1, A1908.

Application med March e, 1901, serial 110,361,002. Renewed :im 1s, 190s. serial No. 439,231.

rovide comb with removable ornamental plates for the back of the comb at the top, so that a plurality of s uch plates might be used successively with a comb of ordinary construction, provided with recesses to receive the engagmg member.

One of the main objects of this invention isto provide novel means for producing an interlocking connection between the ornamental plates and the comb proper, the cleinents forming the interlocking co'nnection bein readil disengaged to ermit the subg Y s s i 1P stitution of an ornamental p ite.`

A further object of this invention is to provide an interlockingr means which is retained in operative posltion by reason of the resiliency of the material from which the comb and plate are made, so that the interlocking connections may be sprung into place by )ressure on the said late or comb.

A still iurther object of this invention is to provide a comb of the'character described which will prove economical in use, in that different eflects may be obtained by simply substituting one of the inexpensive lates for any other plate that is temporariiy attached to the comb, and it affords a readyv means for changing the ornamental feature of the comb so that it will coincide in color or eilect with the costume to be worn.

lYit-h the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to beherelnafter more fully set forth and claimed whereby a comb of the character indicated may be produced which will possess advantages in points of eficiency, and in inexpensive construction.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in whlch- Figure 1, is atop plan view of the removable plate.. Fig. 2, 1s a view in elevation of t-he back of the comb showing a fragment of the ornamental plate applied thereto and illustrating the aperture 1n the body of the comb for receiving the retaining members of the plate. F 3, is a top plan view of the plate and comb in assembled relation.

In these drawings, A, denotes the combl having an ordinary head or top. provided.l

with an aperture B, and with the exce tion of these apertures, the comb may be o any ordinary construction or configuration.

The ornamental removable late C, preferably consists of material whlch has a oertain amount of resiliency and it will be found desirable, it is believed, to construct the said plate ofthe same material as' the comb. The said plate is provided with suitable ornamentations or settings of precious or semi-precious stones or it may be etched or otherwise ornamented and it will be understood that it is the Jurpose of the inventor to produce these p ates in sets or inde endcnt of the comb so that they may be so d as a separate article of commerce if need be, so lon@` as they are provided with means for attaching them to the comb. The said plates C, are provided with lugs D, which may be integral with or attached to the said plates arid the said lugs D, have shoulders d, which are designed to overiie and engage the inner surface of the comb after the said lufrs have been 'inserted in the apertures B, oiP the comb. The edges of the said lugs are held in engagement with the inner walls of the aperture', by reason of the tendency of the material to maintain a position in which it is molded although, o course, the said material has a certain resiliency which would permit the lugs to register with the apertures when the plate is slightly pressed, to reduce the curve of the plate it beingunderstood, as stated, that the plate will spring to its normal position as soon as pressure 1s removed and as it does resume its normal position it will have a tendency to draw the shoulders of the lugs into the position shown in Fig. 3, when disengagement of the said lugs iiom the comb will be obviated, except by the application of' pressure as heretofore indicated.

`oein T rprovided with inwardly positioned shoulders, the flexibility of the members 10 tending to retain the lugs in engagement with the comb. l

HERBERT A. METCALF. Witnesses:

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