Combination Comb and Brush for the Application of Dye or other Fluid to the Human Hair, or Furs and other Hair Bearing Skins.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 4th June, 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Combination Comb and Brush for the Application of Dye or other
Fluid to the Human Hair, or Furs and other Hair Bearing Skins.
We, JOHN STEPHEN, Engineer, Broughton Point House, JAMES DUNCAN, Per-
fumer, 43 South Clerk Street, and JAMES ARTHUR GIBSOx, 19 South Clerk Street,
Chemist all of the City of Edinburgh N.B. do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a combined Comb and Brush for the
application of Dye or other fluid to the human hair, or furs and other hair bearing
skins, the Comb and Brush to be hinged or pivoted together in such a manner
that the Comb and Brush can swing freely apart from each other; that a thumb-
screw or other check be placed in such a manner so as to regulate the space
between the Comb and Brush; that the Comb be made with such fineness of
teeth as to exclude the passage of any excess of fluid from the Brush to the skin,
or otherwise that two combs be placed flat together so that the space between
them utilizes the law of capillary attraction to carry off in the Comb any excess
of fluid which might otherwise touch the skin.
This Combined Comb and Brush may be made in any of the materials used in
Brush and Comb manufacture.
Daded this Diftranth Have at Danamh 1906
Combination Comb and Brush for the Application of Dye or other
Fluid to the Human Hair, or Furs and other Hair Bearing Skins.
We, JOHN STEPHEN, Engineer, Broughton Point House, JAMES DUNCAN, Per-
fumer, 43 South Clerk Street and JAMES ARTHUR GIBSON, 19 South Clerk Street,
Chemist, all of the City of Edinburgh, N.B., 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:-
This invention relates to a combination comb and brush for the application of
dye or other fluid to the human hair or furs and other hair bearing skins and
consists in hinging the comb and brush together in such a manner that they
can swing freely apart from each other thus permitting the brush to be dipped
in the fluid to be applied to the hair without the comb coming in contact there-

page_text: with; the said comb, which comes between the brush and skin during the
operation, thus preventing the moisture on the brush from coming in contact
with the skin and carrying off all excess of fluid.
But in order that our said invention may be more readily understood and
easily carried into effect we will proceed to describe the same with reference to
the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating one method of carrying out our invention
and
Figs. 2 and 3 are modifications of the same.
As shewn in Fig. 1 of the said drawings we employ a brush A having a handle B
mounted at right angles thereto. To the said handle B at any convenient position
thereon we pivot a comb C which is provided with teeth of such a fineness as
to exclude the passage of any excess of fluid from the brush to the skin. The
stem c of the comb is provided with a circular portion C which engages with
a slct C formed in the handle B of the brush and is retained in position by
a pin D.
Fig. 2 illustrates an alternative method of hinging the comb to the brush
handle the stem being provided with a forked portion which embraces the
handle and is retained in position by a pin as in the first instance.
Or as shewn in Fig. 3 we may construct the brush A and handle B in line
with each other; the comb C being constructed in a similar manner to suit the
brush; and the parts may be pivotted or hinged together in the same way as
described with regard to Figs. 1 and 2.
If desired we may employ any suitable thumb screw or other check to regulate
the space between the comb and brush.
It is to be understood also that the hinging together of the comb and brush
may be performed in various ways apart from that already described.
The materials of which the foregoing is constructed may be any of those in
use in ordinary brush and comb manufacture.
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:-
1. A combined comb and brush for applying dye or other fluid to the human
hair, or furs and other hair bearing skins, substantially as herein before described
and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a combined comb and brush, as claimed in Claim 1 pivotting or hinging
the comb to the handle of the brush substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of June
June 1891.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicants' Agents.