US1400468A - Comb - Google Patents

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COMB.

`APPLICATION FILED APR. I2. 1921. i

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

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UNITED srarssY VIOLET V. WARNER, 0F NEW YORK; N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nee. 13, 192i.

Application filed April 12, 1921. Serial No. 460,611.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, VIOLET V. VVAnNnn, a citizenV of Great Britain, residing at. New York, in the county of New York and State of N ew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combs, of which the fol lowing is a specication.

This invention relates to instrumentalities for treating human hair.

More particularly the invention relates to combs which may be subjected to heat and to be of use in a heated condition. y

Some of the objects of the present invention are: to produce a heat retaining comb comprised of a plurality of comb-members, one of which may be heated and which is received within the other comb-member t-o heat the latter, .which latter is applicable to subject hair to the influence of the heat thereof to straighten the hair; to produce a comb of interlitting parts or members of incombustible material which may be heated; to produce a comb comprised of pivotally connected members which are designed so that one of the members may be swung to lie within the other member; to provide a comb comprised of intertitting comb-mem bers with means for retaining one of the said members fitted within the other of said members. With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the particular provision, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullyl described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the instrumentality of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view.

It is known that wavy and kinky human hair may be straightened by applying heat thereto. It is also known that dandruff on the scalp may be dissolved or destroyed by the application of heat thereto. It has been found that an instrumentality in the nature of a comb when heated and when applied to the scalp and the hair thereof is best suited for taking out any waves or kinks in the hair, and for destroying any dandruff that may be on the scalp. It is for thesel reasons that the instrumentality hereinafter described has been especially designed.

As shown in the drawing it will be seen that the instriunentality includes combmembers 10 and 11. Thecomb-member 10 is made preferably of metal or the same may be made of some other incombustible material. The member 10 comprises a body 12., teeth 13 formed or secured tothe body, and a handle 1li. The comb-member 11 is made preferably from metal or the same may be .made of some other incombustible material, The member' 11 as distinguished from the member l() is hollow and comprises a body 15 embodying flexible sides 169 and hollow teeth 17 formed or secured to the body 15. The comb-member 11 is pivotally connected to the comb-member 1G and to this end the body 15 of the member 11 is formed with an extension 18 which is bifurcated at the free end thereof so as to receive the part 19 of the coinb-member 10 which joins the body 12 thereof with the handle 14. A. pintle or pivot pin 2O secures the pivotal connection between the extension 18 and the part 19. Certain of the teeth 17 are entirely of the same material and certain of the teeth are composed of two different materials, that is to say the major portion of each tooth may be of metal whereas the point of each tooth may beef ivory. Tlie object inv making the teeth of two differentmaterials is to have relatively coolpoints-the upper portions of the teeth and the body 15 being of greater heat retaining properties and will therefore be warmer than the said ivory ,ointed teeth. As shown in the drawing the comb-member 11 has teeth of the same material in their entiretiea and teeth which are composite-maple up from two di'lferent materials. t is obvious that any number of the teeth of the comb-member 11 may be composite-teeth and that it is within the present invention te make all of the teeth of the comb-member, composite-teeth- The teeth 17, as stated7 are hollow and the walls thereof diverge to afford suiiiciently large openings at the junctures of the teeth with the body 15 for the entry of the teeth 13 of the comb-member 10. The teeth 13 are considerably shorter than the teeth 17-about one-half as long as the teeth 17. By having the teeth 13 shorter than the teeth 17, the points of the teeth 17 do not become heated to the degree to which the upper portions of the teeth will be heated.

To use the comb it is necessary to first heat the comb-member 10 and then thecombmember 10 is brought to lie within the oombmember 11. The heated member 10 heats the member 11 and at the proper time the combing operations may be carried out. The actual straightening process is accomthe lcomb-men'iber;l0 and serve to securely retain the member l0 within the member l1 andat the same time prevent the entrance of air into the member l1 thus preventing untimely cooling of the comb.

What is claimed is:

i l. A' comb comprising separable mating comb-members pivotally connected together and made from incombustible heat retaining material, the'teeth of one of said comb-` members being completely inclosed by the teeth of the other of said comb-members in which they may be disposed. Y

2. An article including a solid comb-meinber and a hollow comb-member pivotally connected together, the solid comb-member being designed to fit within the said hollow comb-member,V so that the teeth thereof which are equal innumber to the teeth of the hollow comb-member may be completely inclosed. t

VBQAn instrumentality including` a solid metallic comb-member having a handle, a hollow metal comb-member pivotally connected to the said solid comb-member, the hollow combfmember being designed so as to be capable of receiving` the solid comomember, the hollow comb-member having' the same number of teeth as the number of teeth of the solidcomb-member.

4f. comb comprising separable interit ting comb-members, one of said comb-members being solid andthe other of said combmembers being hollow, each of said combmembers including a body and a comparatively lilre number of teeth, the body of saidV hollow comb-member embodying flexible sides, designedto embrace the body of the 'solid combanember when the said combmembers are brought together.

5. comb comprising a solid comb-member including a body and teeth thereon, a hollow comb-member including spaced flexible sides and hollow teeth, the teeth of said solid comb-member being shorter than and of like number to the teethV of said hollowV combmember, the hollow comb-member being connected to the other comb-member for pivotal movement 'with respect thereto Vso that thesolid comb-'member maybe moved Y tips being of heat resisting material;th e Y said hollow comb-member being pivotally connected to the said solid combimembjer to allow the solid comb-member to be inserted into the said solid comb-member. 1

In testimony whereof I hereby `aliX my signature.

VIOLET V. WARNER,

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