CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBS FOR THE HAIR, AND WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO COMBING OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1842

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
JAMES BAGGALY, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Seal Engraver, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Twenty-ninth day of January, in the fifth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her Heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
John James Baggaly, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and
authority, that I, the said John James Baggaly, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, and such others as I, the said John James Baggaly, my executors,
administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times during the term of years therein mentioned,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in all Her Majesty's
Colonies and Plantations abroad, and in the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey,
Alderney, Sark, and Man, my Invention of " CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBS
FOR THE HAIR, AND WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO COMBING OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, obliging me,
the said John James Baggaly, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of my said. Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, and to cause the same to be
inrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months

page_text: next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John James Baggaly, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following description thereof, reference being
had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon (that is to say) :-
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My Invention of certain improvements in combs consists in the construction
and adaptation of a tubular chamber or reservoir in or contiguous to the back
of a comb, which chamber may contain any oily, colouring, or other liquid
which may be required to be applied to the hair or other fibres in the act of
combing. This chamber or reservoir I prefer to adapt to the back of the
comb, and it must be so constructed that the oil or. other fluid contained
therein may be regularly discharged and supplied in small quantities to the
teeth of the comb, and by that means communicated to the hair or other fibres
in the act of combing. It must be obvious that this reservoir may be formed
and connected to the comb in a variety of ways. I therefore do not consider
it necessary to describe all the methods in which my Invention may, be carried
into effect, but. proceed to describe one method which has been found to
answer very well. And in order that the. Invention may be fully understood,
I have shewn in the: accompanying Drawing several views of a comb and its
appendages, exhibiting.my improvements.
1...
Fig. 1. is a side view of one of my improved combs with its appendages
complete; Fig. 2. is a longitudinal section of the same, shewing the manner
of connecting the comb with the reservoir; Fig. 3. is a transverse,section of
the comb, with it's reservoir connected, as in Fig 2; and Fig 4. represents-the
comb detached from the reservoir. a, a, a; a; is a handle to the comb. having
a tube of cylindrical or other form containing. the oily or other liquid, which
liquor is poured in at one end on removing a plug or screw. cap, and when
full the plug or cap is.replaced. The other end of the tube is, furnished with
piston b, by sliding which inwards, the liquid is expressed through, apertures
into a recess formed in. the middle of the comb c, c, as shewn in the sections,.
Figures 2 and 3. This comb (shewn detached at Fig. 4) may be made of
horn, shell, or other suitable material, as usual, and fitted to the tubular bandle
in the way represented at Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The back of the comb is slit or
cut verticaily, forming a recess therein, which slit must be continued down.
B
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page_text: into the teeth, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, whereby the liquid will be allowed to
pass through and flow over the teeth. The slit in the back of the comb should
be partially occupied with some porous material, such as wollen cloth, leather,
or other suitable substance, for the purpose of regulating the supply of the oil
or other liquid, and preventing its flowing too abundantly on to the teeth of
the comb. In order that the oil or other liquid may be supplied in a regular
manner, it is necessary that the reservoir of the instrument should be made
air-tight, except at that part which connects it with the back of the comb.
The porous material may be applied in a different manner, such, for instance,
as by passing it between the teeth of the comb, and when pressed down to the
roots fastening it back to the sides, which will cause it to form a packing, and
prevent the liquid from flowing out at the sides of the comb. Other methods of
effecting this object may also be employed, but I have not found any to answer
so well as the porous material, assisted by the piston b, as shewn in the above
Drawings; and I would observe that I have sometimes introduced stiff bristles
between the teeth or in place of the teeth of an ordinary comb. After the
instrument has been used, this piston should be drawn back, thereby with-
drawing any superabundant fluid, and leaving the comb nearly dry. It is
obvious that the instrument which is above described as applicable to combing
human hair, may also be employed for combing and oiling wool, or dressing
and impregnating with any other liquor other fibrous materials requiring the
operations, combing and moistening the fibres being performed simultaneously
by means of it.
Having now described my Invention, and the manner of carrying the same
into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not intend to confine myself to
the precise arrangement and construction of the parts as herein shewn, as they
may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention; but I claim,
as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent, the construction of combs or instruments for combing hair and other
fibrous materials in which a reservoir or chamber for containing any oily,
colouring, or other liquid is applied to or connected with the comb itself,
whereby the oily, colouring, or other liquid may be delivered to the hair or
other fibrous material in and during the act of combing, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John James Baggaly, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
JOHN JAMES (L.s.) BAGGALY.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Twenty-sixth day of July, in
the year above mentioned, the aforesaid John James Baggaly came before our
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And
also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the
Statute in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the Twenty-ninth day of July, in the year above written.
INTANTAY