Improvement in Combs.
Year: 1899

page_text: We, INDIMMON D. SWINDELL and WILLIAM JESSE WINSTEAD, both of Camp
Ground, White County, State of Tennessee, U.S.A., Inventors, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention relates to combs of that class usually inserted in the hair to
keep it in place.
The object of the invention is to provide a comb which will be cheap, strong,
durable, and ornamental.
A comb constructed in accordance with my invention consists of a single piece
of wire which is doubled and twisted upon itself for a part of its length suffi-
cient to form one of the teeth. One end is then coiled into a spring, and is then
again doubled and twisted to form another tooth, and so on until the desired
number of feeth are formed. The wire is then twisted and coiled in such
manner as to form a suitable handle, and its extremity united with the extremity
of the projecting wire left when commencing to twist the first tooth.
The coiled parts of the wire between each tooth is preferably soldered together,
and, to strengthen the comb, that portion of the wire forming the handle may
be interlaced through said coils.
Other methods of coiling and twisting the wire may be resorted to and come
within the scope of my invention provided the result be substantially the same.
Dated this 7th day of September 1899.
P. R. J. WILLIS
Agent for Applicants.
Improvement in Combs.
We, INDIMMON D. SWINDELL and WILLIAM JESSE WINSTEAD, both of Camp
Ground. White County, State of Tennessee, U.S.A., Inventors, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement: -
This invention relates to an improvement in combs of that class constructed
of wire which is bent and twisted into various shapes.
An essential part of combs of the kind hitherto made has been a stiffening
piece or strip combined therewith in such manner as to strengthen the handle
portion. It is one of the objects of this our improvement to dispense with said
strip, and further, to construct a comb which will nevertheless be very strong
Price 81

page_text: and neat, and which, being made of one strand of wire only, will be simple and
cheap to manufacture.
Reference being had to the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 represents one, and Fig. 2 an alternative form of our invention.
Although we illustrate and describe only two designs of combs constructed in
accordance with our invention, yet it will be readily understood that other
methods of twisting the handle portion may be resorted to provided they be
sufficiently interlaced to attain strength without departing from the nature of
the invention.
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In that form of comb illustrated in Fig. 1 a single length of wire is taken
and loops are formed adjoining the centre of the wire and twisted together to
form teeth A. Between the teeth loops B are formed and similar loops B¹ beyond
the outside teeth, and the two loops adjacent to the central loop are provided
in the process of twisting with supplemental loops B. From the loops B¹ the
ends of the wire are wound to form complete circles C which pass through the
loops B and are double at their outside portion from the loop B₁ to the point C¹.
From the points C¹ larger complete circles are wound which interlace with the
circles C and pass through the loops B2 and the outside loops B being double
from a point adjacent to the point C to the points E¹ on their upper circum-
ference. From the left-hand point El the wire is wound round to form a circle E,
which interlaces with the circle D and passes through both loops B and the
central loop B, and at the point F is wound to form a series of circles G. From
the right-hand point E the wire is carried to the point F and from that point
formed into a series of circles G. It will be seen that there is a double strand
of wire on each side of the centre from E to F. Where the wires meet at H
after forming the circles G they are twisted together and form a lock for the
circles G. It will be seen that the frame of the comb is stiffened by the strands
being double on the outside portions from Bt to C¹, C¹ to E¹ and E to F.
In Fig. 2 a comb of different appearance is produced, but having the same
general characteristics as that shewn in Fig. 1 in that the teeth are formed of
the double twisted wire with the circles at their upper ends forming a space
for the teeth. The cross portion is formed with a plurality of circles I the ends
of the wire being twisted or otherwise secured together at the point J. The
cross portion serves as a handle and as a brace for the teeth. In this instance
however we preferably unite the cross portion or handle to the upper ends of the
teeth at one or more points by a very fine wire, as shewn at K, which still further
serves to brace a comb of this type.
The essential feature of our invention is the forming of a comb from a single
piece of wire doubled back and forth intermediate its ends, the doubled portion
twisted to form teeth and the circles or rings between the upper ends of the
teeth and the back or handle portion which unites the end of the row of teeth
thus serving to strengthen and also to ornament the comb.
A comb constructed as herein shewn and described is simple and cheap and
yet capable of being formed into many pleasing, fanciful and ornamental
shapes.
The circles which are formed in the handle or backing are preferably soldered
or united by dipping the finished comb into a galvanizing or plating bath, which
will cause an accumulation of the galvanizing metal or plating metal at the
intersecting points of the rings, and thus serve to materially strengthen the
back, as will be readily understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
The hereindescribed, improvement in combs, consisting of the formation of
a comb of a single piece of wire having spaced doubled portions twisted to form
teeth, stiffening and spacing coils extending in the same plane as the teeth, and

page_text: interlacing to form a rigid and strong handle portion and all parts of said handle
portion united at their crossing points, all substantially as and for the purposes
herein before set forth, and illustrated in the drawings hereunto attached.
Dated this 7th day of Luna 1000
P. R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicants.