IMPROVEMENTS IN CURRY COMBS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Imray, of No. 28, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CURRY COMBS." A communication from abroad by
Madame Adèle Engström, of Paris, in the Republic of France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Imray at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th April 1880.
JOHN IMRAY, of No. 28, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CURRY COMBS." [A communication from abroad
by Madame Adèle Engström, of Paris, in the Republic of France.]
This Invention relates to a construction of curry comb in such a manner that
the blades which are flexible and elastic can be easily removed and replaced, the
toothed or combing blades being combined with plain blades somewhat higher
The back of the comb
which serve to protect from injury the animal operated on:
is a steel plate bent up to form at each end a flange through which are passed two
or more bolts.
These bolts pass also through holes in the blades, which are of thin
sheet steel, and which are held on the bolts at suitable distances apart by short
The
pieces of tube intervening between the blades and enclosing the bolts.
toothed blades alternate with plain edged blades which are made a little higher
than the toothed blades, so that the latter do not touch the animal unless the
comb is pressed with some force against it. The blades thus held in the comb can
be readily removed or replaced by taking out or putting in the bolts, and if desired
The handle is held
brushes can bo inserted in lieu of them or along with them.
in two metal loops fixed on the back of the comb and serving to stiffen it.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Imray in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th October
1880.
"
JOIN IMRAY, of No. 28, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex. IMPROVEMENTS IN CURRY COMBS." A communication from abroad
by Madame Adèle Engström, of Paris, in the Republic of France.
This Invention relates to a construction of curry comb in such a manner that the
blades which are flexible and elastic can be easily removed and replaced. For this
purpose the comb is constructed as shewn in the accompanying Drawings. Fig. 1
is a longitudinal section; Fig. 2, a. plan, and Fig. 3 an end view of the comb;
Fig. 4 shewing separately one of the toothed blades; Fig. 5 is a side view of the
frame and handle with the complete set of blades shewn detached from the frame.
a is a steel plate forming the back of the comb, and having one edge b turned up
at right angles. It is secured by rivets at its corners to the back frame c, which
has a stem d to receive the handle m. The two front rivets serve also to fix
pieces j, under which can be inserted the ends of an angle picce i. Bolts hare
passed through holes in the angle piece i and in the raised edge b, and also through
holes in the blades 1, 1, and in pieces of stiffening platef on each side of them.
between which plates are tubes g serving as distance pieces. These parts are all
strained firmly together and held in place by tightening up the nuts e. The
blades instead of having plain holes for the passage of the bolts h through them
are made with holes notched as shown at p, so that by slacking the nuts e any blade
can be moved a little lengthwise and then withdrawn without the withdrawal of
the bolts h. The serrated blades & may be alternated with blades which are not
serrated to prevent the serrations penetrating too deeply so as to injure the skin
of the animal. Instead of employing thin blades elastic in themselves thicker
blades n may be employed, as shewn in Fig. 6, with springs o between them,
these springs allowing any blade to yield to excessive resistance. Brushes instead
of blades, or in conjunction with them, may be inserted and fixed in the frame in
the same manner as the blades.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent,
I claim,―
The construction of curry comb wherein the blades are secured by bolts passing
through them and through holes in the end framing, so that any blade can be
removed on slacking the nuts on the bolts, substantially as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Imray, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.