US665172A - Currycomb. - Google Patents

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JOHN GARDEN, OF GARDENA, CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming pari; of Letters Patent No. 665,172, dated January 1, v190i.

Application tiled April 26, 1900. Serial No. 14,513- (NO model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GARDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at'Gardena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Currycomb, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to currycombs, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character in which the teeth are reversible, so as to bring either end thereof into operation, and the inactive teeth are normally covered and protected by the back of the comb. It is also designed to provide an improved toothed blade and to detachably connect a plurality of such blades into a single device having improved means for rigidly and removably connecting the combined blades to an operating-handle.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly point- .ed out in the appended claims, it being. un-

derstood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a currycomb constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 2 and through a portion of the handle. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the toothed blades.

Corresponding parts in the several figures ot' the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

Referringto the accompanying drawings, l designates the back of the comb, which is formed from a Vrectangular blank of metal having its edges bentintoa marginal dange 2, that projects at the under side of the back. The handle of the comb is designated by the numeral 3 and is provided with a laterally-offset forwardly-projecting flat metallic shank 4, that is riveted or otherwise secured to the upper or outer side of the back plate.

is provided by means of a plurality of toothed frame-plates 5, each of which is formed from a single strip of metal which is bent into substantially U shape, as best shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The opposite edges of this strip are toothed, as at 6, and the opposite ends of the U-shaped frame-plate are bent inwardly, so as to form overlapped end fianges 7, having corresponding notches 8 formed in their upper and lower edges. The opposite end of this loop-shaped frame is also provided in its upper and lower edges with' similar notches 9. Aplurality of these toothed frameplates is secured together-preferably three in number-by means of the opposite connecting-bars l0. Each of these bars is formed from a fiat strip of metal which is provided at opposite ends and at intermediate points, according to the number of toothed plates,

with the pairs of opposite wings or ears ll, 4

that project outwardly from the opposite longitudinal edges of the bar. The toothed plates are placed in parallel relation and spaced at predetermined distances, according to the distance between the clamping-ears ll, after which a connecting-bar is placed against the outer side of each end of the combined plates and then the clam ping ears or wings are bent inwardly in opposite directions, so as to embrace the notched portions of the ends of the respective toothed plates, thereby connecting all of the plates into a rigid device. It will be noted that besides connecting the several plates the connecting-bars also secure the re spective overlapped ends of the, individual plates, and thus obviates the necessity of an additional fastening for each plate.

In order that the back plate maybe connected to the combined toothed plates, the middle plate is provided in its opposite sides and substantially midway between its opposite ends with the opposite perforations l2 for the reception of the transverse head 13 of a screw-threaded fastening 14, which is located intermediate of the oppositesides of the middle plate and projects upwardly through a perforation in the back plate. A suitable IOO From the foregoing description it Will be apparent that the back plate may be readily removed, so as to facilitate the reversal of the toothed plates, and the latter are also removably connected togetherin order that any individual plate may be reversed or replaced when broken or Worn. Also the marginal flange of the back plate snugly embraces the toothed plates and adds materially to strengthen and stiffen the comb. Moreover, the back protects the toothed portions of the plates, which are unexposed for the currying operation,andfalso prevents the dust and hair from being thrown upon the hand of the operator.

What I claim isl. A currycomb, comprising a back plate, having a handle, a plurality of toothed and m utually-connected plates, the central pair of the latter having corresponding perforations, an inverted substantially T-shaped screwthreaded fastening, having the opposite ends of its head fitted in the respective perforations, and the shank projecting through a perforation in the back plate, and a binding-nut itted to the projecting end ofthe fastening.

2. A currycomb, having a plurality of substantially parallel and toothed plates, which are also provided with notches, and opposite connecting-bars extending transversely across the opposite ends of the plates, and provided with ears or Wings, which are bent or folded in to the notches of the bars to connect the several toothed plates, a back for the latter, and a handle.

3. A currycomb, having a plurality of substantially rectangular and toothed frameplates,provided with pairs of opposite notches in the edges of the respective ends thereof, and opposite connecting-bars, having pairs of opposite wings or ears,which are bent or folded into engagement with the respective notches, to connect the several toothed plates.

et. A currycomb, having a plurality of toothed plates, each plate being formed from a single strip of flat metal, having its opposite edges toothed,and also hentinto substantially U shape, the opposite ends of the strip being bent inwardly into overlapped end flanges,

esalta and the respective ends having notches formed in the opposite edges thereof, and opposite end bars, formed from flat metal strips, and provided With pairs of opposite Wings or ears, to be folded into the respective notches of the toothed plates, to connect the latter together, and also to connect the folded end flanges.

5. A currycomb, comprising a back plate, having a pendent marginal iiange extending entirely around the outer edge of the plate, a plurality of separate substantially parallel toothed plates, which are detachably interconnected, the opposite ends of the plates abutting against the respective end portions of the iange, and the opposite outer plates fitting snugly against the respective side portions of the flange, whereby the marginal flange embraces the combined plates and firmly binds the latter together, and common fastening means detachably connecting the combined plates to the back.

6. Acurrycomb,comprisingasubstantially rectangular back plate,havinga pendent marginal ange, a handle connected thereto, a plurality of substantially rectangular toothed frame-plates, each of which is formed from a single strip of flat metal bent intermediate of its ends into substantially U shape, the opposite edges of the strip being toothed, and the ends thereof folded inwardly to provide overlapped end flanges, the opposite ends of the frame being notched, opposite end connecting-bars, having opposite wings or ears folded into engagement with the respective notches of the toothed frame-plates, a substantially T-shaped screw-threaded fastening, having its head received Within perforations formed in the opposite sides of one ofthe frame-plates, the stem of the fastening passing upwardly through a perforation in the back. plate, and a binding-nut fitted to the outer end of the screw-threaded stem.

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

JOHN GARDEN.

Witnesses:

C. Gr. KEYES, E. I. MooDY.

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