Improvements in Curry Comos.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1895.
Improvements in Curry Comos.
We, FRANCIS HENRY BURKE, Horseman, and WILLIAM JOSEPH OVEREND,
Hotel-keeper, both of the Town of Peterboro, in the County of Peterboro, in the
Province of Ontario, Canada, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement: --
Our invention relates to improvements in curry combs and the object of the
invention is to divise a curry comb of the sheet metal class, which will expeditiously
and effectually cleanse horses and other animals and it consists essentially of a
curry comb in which the comb is formed from corrugated sheet metal with out-
wardly extending teeth forming portion of the corrugations and peculiarly formed
in relation to each other as hereinafter more particularly explained.
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of a curry comb formed in accordance with my
invention.
Fig. 2, is a cross section through the comb.
Fig. 3, is a side elevation showing portion of a scalloped sheet metal strip before
being hent into corrugated form in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 4, is a detail of this strip corrugated in accordance with my invention.
In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each
figure.
A is the back of the comb, which is preferably formed of sheet metal. B is a
handle, which is securely rivetted to the back at b in any suitable manner, the
handle being preferably formed of leather. CC1 and C2 are the outer, intermediate
and inner rings of corrugated teeth, the peculiar construction of which we shall
now describe.
The corrugated teeth are not formed with the top flush as in other combs of
which we are aware but are formed with outwardly extending serrated ends or teeth
formed from the scallops e partially extending inwardly and partially extending
outwardly.
This is graduated in the following manner. The strip is preferably corrugated
by being passed between meshing cog wheels, the teeth of which are of such a size
that they gradually advance from the centre of the apex of a scallop as indicated
by the dotted line c¹ in Fig. 3, to the centre of the depression of the scallop as
shown by the dotted line c² shown in the same figure and from this dotted line to
the centre of the apex of a scallop and so on alternately.
The effect of this is that outwardly extending teeth formed by the scallop
partially turn one way and then gradually turn the other way, this of course being
caused by the advance of the cogs over the apexes of the scallops. It will thus be
seen that this is graduated partially one way and partially the other as hereinbefore
referred to in Fig. 4.
The effect of this construction is that in moving the comb over the hair and skin
of the animal one way serves to cause the teeth pointing in one direction or
partially so to plow out the dirt while the teeth which point in the opposite
direction or more properly incline serve to collect such dirt when plowed out. The
effect of this we find in practice is to very quickly and readily loosen and remove
the dirt which is held for the time being in the body of the comb within the
corrugations

page_text: We find that a comb such as we describe may not only be given the ordinary
motion but may also be given a circular motion without injuriously affecting the
skin or hair.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.
1. In a curry comb the combination with the back, of corrugated scalloped rings
secured thereto and having the scallops extending outwardly, so as to form serrated
concavo-convex teeth as and for the purpose specified.
2. In a curry comb the combination with the back, of corrugated scalloped rings
secured thereto and having the scallops extending outwardly, so as to form serrated
concavo-convex teeth, the incline of the teeth being partially towards the inside
and partially towards the outside of the rings as and for the purpose specified.
3. The method herein described of forming the combs of curry combs consisting
of scalloping a strip of sheet metal and then passing it through meshing cog wheels
with teeth of such a size that they advance on the scallops and gradually turn them
to incline partially to one side and partially to the other side as and for the purpose
specified.
Dated the 31st day of October 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.

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