AN IMPROVEMENT IN Сомва
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Adolph Poppenhusen, Rubber Manufacturer, of
College Point, Queen's County, State of New York, in the United
States of America, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
Сомва."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Adolph Poppenhusen
..at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Pétition,
on the 29th June 1875.
I, ADOLPH POPPENHUSEN, Rubber Manufacturer, of College Point,
Queen's County, State of New York, in the United States of America,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Ax IMPROVEMENT
IN COMBS," to be as follows:-
:
The said Invention is an improvement in combs which are known as.
band or long, combs, and as combination side combs, and has for its
purpose by means of movable wings or pieces attached to such combs to
enable the comb to be better kept in position upon the head, and also to

page_text: furnish means by which to confine the hair at the back of the head
and keep it in neater and better condition than heretofore.
The said Invention consists in attaching to each end of the comb a
projecting piece or wing, which is pivoted to and movable upon the
comb so that it can be placed at different inclinations to the comb, and
which also furnishes a means for attaching thereto a bow or ribbon by
which the back hair can be confined, and which can also be made
ornamental as a head dress. These pieces may be placed at the ends of
the comb or at some little distance therefrom, and may be fastened
either upon the inside or outside of the comb, and may be plain or
formed with embossed or ornamental surfaces, as desired. In the outer
ends of such pieces openings may be made to receive the ribbon or other
fastening to confine the hair, or to be made ornamental as a head dress.
The ribbon may be passed under the hair and through the said openings,
and then tied over the back hair, or may be put entirely over such back
hair, as preferred, the wings acting to keep the hair in place.
The said movable pieces or wings instead of being simply pivoted to
the comb, as above described, may be formed with slots, so that such
wings or parts can be made adjustable as to their length as well as have
motion about the pivot or fastening.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Adolph Poppenhusen, in the Great Seal Patont
Office on the 28th December 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ADOLPH
POPPENHUSEN, Rubber Manufacturer, of College Point, Queen's County,
State of New York, in the United States of America, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Adolph Poppenhusen, Her
special licence that I, the said Adolph Poppenhusen, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Adolph
Poppenhusen, my executors administrators, and assigns, should at any

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time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN COMBS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Adolph Poppenhusen, my executors or ad-
ministrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Adolph Poppenhusen, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
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This Invention is an improvement on those kinds of combs which are
known as band or long combs, and as combination side combs, and has
for its purpose by means of movable wings or pieces attached to such
combs to enable the comb to be better kept in position upon the head,
and also to furnish a means by which to confine the hair at the back of
the head and keep it in neater and better condition.
Fig. 1 is a side perspective view of a long comb having such wings
or pieces attached thereto; Fig. 2 shows the manner of applying or
wearing such improved comb.
The Invention consists in attaching to each end of the comb a pro-
jecting piece or wing which is pivoted to and movable upon the comb,
so that it can be placed at different inclinations to the comb, and which
also furnishes a means of attaching thereto a bow or ribbon by which
the back hair can be confined, and which can also be made ornamental
as a head dress.
A represents an ordinary long comb made of rubber or other material,
having teeth formed upon it for its whole length; or such comb may be a
combination side comb, so called, formed with teeth only upon its ends, the
5 centre being without teeth. To each end of such comb is pivoted a wing
or projecting piece B which has motion on the pivots 1, 1, so that such
pieces can be placed at different inclinations to the comb and thus bo

page_text: worn higher or lower upon the head, as desired, one position being
shown in Figure 2. These pieces B may be placed at the ends of the
comb A or at some little distance therefrom, and may be fastened either
upon the inside or outside of the comb, and may be plain or formed with
embossed or ornamental surfaces, as desired. In the outer ends of such
pieces B are or may be made openings 2, 2, to receive a ribbon O or
other fastening which may be used to confine the hair, or may be made
ornamental as a head dress. The ribbon may be passed under the hair
and through the openings 2, 2, and then tied over the back hair, or may
be put entirely over such back hair, as preferred, the wings B acting
to keep the hair in place.
The movable pieces or wings B, instead of being simply pivoted to
the comb as described, may be formed with slots, as indicated by the
dotted lines 3, 3, so that such wings or parts can be made adjustable as
to their length as well as have motion about the pivot or fastening 1.
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,―
First. The combination and arrangement with a long or combination
comb, or comb of similar construction, of the movable pieces or wings
B, B, pivoted to the ends of the comb and provided with the slots 2, 2,
or other device, by means of which their outer ends may be connected :
together, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Second. The combination and arrangement with a long or combi-
nation comb, or comb of similar construction, of the movable pieces or
wings B, B, provided with the slots 3, 3, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Adolph Poppenhusen, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of December.