IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HANDLES OF CURRY COMBS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
We JOHN WAKELAM and SAMUEL WAKELAM of the Firm of Wakelam Bro" of
Willenhall, in the County of Stafford, Curry-Comb and Latch Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HANDLES
OF CURRY COMBS " to be as follows:-
Our invention has reference to the formation of that part of Curry Combs, that
constitute loops or open strap like connections, to which a loose band or a rigid
handle is connected, for holding the curry comb when in use.
Curry Combs of the ordinary construction have these loops or open straps
formed separately from the curry comb itself. The said straps are attached to the
back of the curry comb, by rivetting, which are liable to become loose and detached
by use.
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Our invention consists in forming or constructing, the loops or open straps as
before described, from out of the back of the metal of the curry comb itself; that
is to say, we raise from the back of the metal of the curry comb, open straps or
loops laterally across the said back, and near the ends or edges thereof. These
loops are raised of a sufficient height for the webbing constituting the handle to
pass thereunder and around.
The longitudinal parts of the loops are thereby detached from the back of the
metal of the curry-comb, while their ends are unsevered from the metal' or remain
intact with, the back of the curry comb.
The loops of curry-combs so constructed, are not liable to become loose, as
according to the ordinary process of manufacture.
Where a rigid handle is required to be connected to the back of the curry comb,
the loops are formed essentially the same as before described according to the
character of handle to be attached.
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page_text: We, JOHN WAKELAM and SÁMUEL WAKELAM, of the firm of Wakelam Brothers,
of Willenhall, in the County of Stafford, Curry Comb and Latch Manufacturers-
do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
HANDLES OF CURRY COMBS and.in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention has reference to the formation of that part of curry combs that
constitute loops or open strap like connections, to which a loose band or a rigid
handle is connected for holding the curry comb when in use.
Curry-combs of the. ordinary construction have these loops or open straps formed
separately from the curry comb itself—The said straps are attached to the back of
the curry comb by rivetting, which are liable to become loose and detached
by use.
Our invention consists in forming or constructing the loops or open straps as
before described, from out of the back of the metal of the curry comb itself; that
is to say, we raise from the back of the metal of the curry comb, open straps or
loops laterally across the said back, and near the ends or edges thereof.-These
loops are raised of a sufficient height for the webbing, constituting the handle to
pass thereunder and around.
The longitudinal parts of the loops are thereby detached from the back of the
metal of the curry comb, while their ends are unsevered from the metal, or remain
intact with, the back of the curry comb.
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The loops of curry-combs so constructed, are not liable to become loose, as
according to the ordinary process of manufacture.
Where a rigid handle is required to be connected to the back of the curry-comb,
the loops are formed essentially the same as before described, according to the
character of handle to be attached.
Having described the nature of our invention, I will proceed to describe with
reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner in which the same is to be
performed.
Figure represents a cuiry comb constructed according to our invention,
exhibiting the open straps or loops by which the curry comb is held by a webbing
"band or by a rigid handle-Figure 2 represents the webbing forming the handle.
attached to the said loops under which the hand of the user passes-Figure 3 is an
end elevation of the curry comb figure 1, while figure 4 is a longitudinal section on
the lines A. B-Figure 5 is also a transverse section showing the webbing handle-
Figure 6 is a section on the lines C. D of the said curry-comb figure 1..
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the
Drawing.
a is the back of the curry comb, and 6 6 are the loops or open straps raised out
of the metal of the back of the said curry-comb itself; that is, by raising and
piercing tools or dies the loops bb are raised or formed out of the metal constituting
the curry comb back-These straps or loops b-b lie laterally across the said back
and near the ends or edges thereof, as represented in the several figures of the
Drawing; and it will be seen that they are raised of a sufficient height from the
back, to allow the webbing forming the handle to pass thereunder and around as
best seen in figure 5-The longitudinal parts of the loops are detached from the
back of the metal of the curry combs, while their ends 62 62 are unsevered or remain
intact with the metal back-a, o is the webbing forming the handle, and d d are
the combs or teeth-plates.

page_text: Although we have represented our invention in connection with a webbing
holding band, under which the hand of the user of the curry-comb takes, but we
wish it to be understood that rigid handles if required may be affixed or secured
by the loops or straps as described.
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
First. The improvements in the handles or handle connections of curry-combs
herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing; that is to
say, making the loop or loops or the open straps marked b, out of the metal of the
back of a curry comb; as described and illustrated in the several figures of the
Drawing.
Dated this fourth day of November 198