Patent ID: 8844142
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. An adjustable comb assembly attachable to an electric hair cutting appliance including opposing cutting blades having a plurality of shearing teeth each with a length and collectively defining a cutting edge margin for cutting hair, the adjustable comb assembly comprising: a plurality of comb teeth for regulating a haircut length resulting from the hair being cut by the cutting edge margin of the electric hair cutting appliance; a drive assembly comprising a rotatable drive actuator, a linear actuator operatively connected to the comb teeth for selectively moving the comb teeth generally along the lengths of the shearing teeth, and a plurality of drive members disposed operatively between the drive actuator and the linear actuator for transferring motion from the drive actuator to the linears actuator, wherein the drive members are movable relative to one another; and an attachment component configured for removably attaching the adjustable comb assembly to the electric hair cutting appliance such that the comb teeth, together with the drive assembly, are removable from the electric hair cutting appliance, and such that the comb teeth are movable relative to the attachment component via the drive assembly, wherein, when the adjustable comb assembly is attached to the electric hair cutting appliance, the comb teeth are selectively movable relative to the cutting edge margin of the electric hair cutting appliance via the drive assembly to any one of a plurality of different haircut length positions within a range from a maximum haircut length position, in which the adjustable comb assembly facilitates cutting hair to a maximum haircut length, to a minimum haircut length position, in which the adjustable comb assembly facilitates cutting hair to a minimum haircut length, to thereby allow selective adjustment of the haircut length to any one of a plurality of different haircut lengths within a range from the maximum haircut length to the minimum haircut length.