US953267A

US953267A - Comb.

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Publication number: US953267A
Application number: US49197909A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herman C Heffner; Frank E Wilson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-04-24
Filing date: 1909-04-24
Publication date: 1910-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 1927-03-29

Description

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APPLICATION FILED 11193.24, 1909.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

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MARTNSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application tiled April 2s, 1909.

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lle it known that we. HERMAN C. tiene ma: and FRANK E. vil/'inserm citizens ot the linited Statey residing ai, liiartinsburg. in the countyr ot Berkeley and wtate ott ifcst Virginia, have invented new and useful liin-- provements in Combs, et' which the following is a specification.

',the invention relates to an improved comb, designed particularly for use `with vacuum or drying apllaratus, in the use ot which comi) the hair may be nuire etl'ectivcly and quickly dried atter treaiingA and the scalp more readily cleaned.

lhe main object ot' the present invention is the provision ot a comb, which in addition to its usual function is so mounted that a continual suction is created by the. vacuum apparatus around the teeth with the effect to readily absorb the moisture in the hair and also to remove particles ot dandrutf or the like during operation.

rl`he invention will be described in the following' specification, reference being` had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which v Figure l is a view in elevation, partly in longitudinal stetion, showing: the preferred form oft" comb. Fig. 2 is a section on line Q-Q o't Fig. t. Fit. 3 is a` view similar to Fin'. l. .showing a slightl)Y modified form.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings. our improved comi: in its pret'erred embodiment comprises n tube-like nu-mber l` the respective end sections of which are arranged in relatively .offset planes to provide what will be hereinafter termed a comb section 2 and a handle scction S. '.lhc tube or hody member l Vis open tlnoug'houtV its entire length7 being' adapted to bc closed at the forward or Vtree end ot' the eomh section through the medium ot' a cap Lt arranged for threaded or frictional connection with the section. ln rear ot' the t'orward cud ol' the comb section 2 the body is preferably ot' slightly oval yshane-r as shown in Fig. L), the relatively lower edge ol' said oval portion heine Jf'ornied with a l l l l i i l l l l l l l i l i l l longitudinally extending slot "he slotextends ythrtmghont the length of the comb sectien7 opening through the forward edge, and terminating at the rear end in an abrupt wall 6. A eoinh inchulinp,l the usual hack and teeth 8, is designed to he inserted in the comb section, the width of said comb being such as to tit .in the slot The major axis of the comb engaging portion the comb section is greater than the height et the comb hach; so that, when the Semin is disposed. therein the upper end of the teeth, or more properly theI juncture between the teeth and back .is within the hedy, so that the interior of the body l is in open comnninication with the atmosnhere through those. portions o1 the slet o between the teeth of the comb. The handle section 3 of the body l is provided with n. handle 9 for convenience in the operation et the device, and the rear or free end of the handle section is preferably formed to permit the connection thereto of a flexible or other tube 10 leadingr from a vacuum treating apparatus.

In Fig. 3 we have shown a structure .identical with that previously described except that the body l has both the comb and handle sections arranged in the same plane.

In use with the vacuum apparatus in operation the comb is used in the ordinary manner, the teeth operating to separate the strands of hair and permit the suction to take up the moisture in an expeditious manner. The effect is to be distinguished from drying apparatus adapted to be passed over the hair to take up the moisture, in that by the use of the comb the fixed strands of hair are separated and 'the drying` operation is much vmore quickly and effectively performed. `While designed primarily for. use with the vacuum apparatus` it is, of course equally effective with'a scalp or hair treating apparatus in which heat or medicated an' is forced onto the hair, as the effect of` the comb insures a complete searching of such medicated air so as to render the same more effective.

By removal of the cap 4 the comb proper in use may be readily removed and combs closing,t the end of the body and preventing of various sizes and for different purposes displacement of the comb proper.

as readily inserted. In testimony whereof We alibi our Signai Th structure,' aside from the details Ioted tures in presence of two witnesses. 5 may e varied or ornamented as desire y T Having thus described the invention What ER is claimed es new, is:-- u l A comb including a. hollow body formed Witnesses: with a. comb receiving slot, a. comb proper WALTER W. TROUT, -10 removably mounted in the slot, and a .cap M. FREDA GROVE.