IMPROVE- MENT IN COMBS FOR FLAX, WOOL, HAIR, AND SIMILAR MATERIALS
Year: 1885

page_text: I WILLIAM FRANKLIN HALL, of 43 South Main Street, Providence in the
County of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, one of the United States of
America, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENT IN COMBS FOR FLAX, WOOL, HAIR, AND SIMILAR MATERIALS," and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings forming a part of this Specification :-
My invention relates to combs for combing wool, flax, or the manes and tails of
animals, and for other similar purposes.
The object of my invention is to improve the form of the comb, so as to increase
the thoroughness of its action, and also to facilitate its manufacture.
To the above purpose my invention consists in the provision of a comb the teeth
of which are arranged in two alternating series, as hereinafter described and
claimed.
In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe
it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which→
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved flax or wool comb.
Figure 2 is a top view of the saune.
Figure 3 is an end view of the same.
Figure 4. is a similar view, partly in section, of the comb, showing the teeth
spread apart.
Figure 5. is a top view of a portion of the comb, showing a modified form of the
teeth.
Figure 6. is a perspective view of a hostler's comb, constructed according to my
invention.
In the said drawings A. designates the body of the comb and B, B', the teeth of
the same.
The comb and its teeth may be of metal, rubber, celluloid, or of any
other suitable or preferred material which may be cast or molded.
set.
The teeth B, B1, are arranged in two alternating series, or, in other words, in two
sets; the teeth of one set being opposite the spaces between the teeth of the other
These teeth may be either triangular in cross-section, as is shown in figure 2,
or oval, as is shown in figure 5, or of any other suitable or preferred individual
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page_text: shape. It is important, however, and essential to the spirit of my invention that
the teeth should be arranged alternately so that the separation of the strands of
the material operated upon shall be effectively accomplished. The body A of the
comb, shown in figures 1 to 5 inclusive, is formed with a reduced central portion in
which a hole a is formed, by means of which the device may be suspended from
any desired place, and the edge of said body is raised, as is shown at a', so as to
afford a better hold for the operator's hand.
In figure 4 I have shown the teeth of the comb as bent or curved oppositely at
their outer ends; the object of this arrangement being to increase the penetration
of the teeth into the mass of the material to be operated upon and to more readily
separate the strands of the same.
In figure 5 I have shown the comb-teeth as being of oval or elliptical form in
cross-section, in which form the comb is better adapted for stable uses than where
the teeth are triangular in cross-section.
In figure 6 I have shown a hostler's comb having its teeth arranged according
to my invention. The stem c of the handle C is either formed upon or secured to
the body A of the comb, and. the teeth are preferably of the oval or elliptical form
above described.
The comb shown in figures 1 to 5 inclusive may be made of either metal, rubber,
or celluloid, or of any other desired material.
The metal comb is cast in one piece in a three-part mold; one of such parts
forming the teeth and the other two parts forming the body with its depressions
and a core being used to form the aperture a in the body of the comb.
The rubber or celluloid comb may be either molded in one piece, or in two
sections on the line X - X of figures 2 and 3; the two sections being subsequently
united by cement. In either event, however, the teeth are formed in two alternate
series, as above specified.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st As a new article of manufacture, a comb for flax, wool, hair, etc., having its
teeth arranged in two alternating series or in two series the teeth of each series
being opposite the spaces between the teeth of the other series, substantially as
aud for the purposes set forth.
2nd An improved comb for flax, wool, hair or the like, the body of which is
composed of a depressed portion and a raised edge and the upper edge of which
carries a series of alternately arranged teeth, substantially as described.
3rd As a new article of manufacture, the comb herein described consisting of the
body A centrally depressed and provided with the raised edges a¹ and hole a, and
the teeth B, B', formed upon the upper edge of the body and arranged in an
alternating series, as described.
4th The improved comb herein described consisting of the body A, the
alternately arranged teeth B, B¹, a handle C and a stem c, as set forth.
Dated this 13th day of January 1885.

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