An Improved Comb.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1891
An Improved Comb.
I, EWALD SCHREIBER, of Cologne on the Rhine, Germany, Doctor of Medicine,
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 has reference to an improved construction of comb suitable for
freeing the skin of the head or other hairy parts such as the chin of bearded
persons, from scurf and other dirt or unclean bodies without liability of pulling out
the hairs or injuring the scalp or hairy skin, and especially suitable for use in the
case of strong and thickly growing hair.
The scurf comb, which can be made of any suitable material such as metal or
horn, has, according to this invention, grooved or channel-shaped teeth rounded off
at their free ends and spaced comparatively wide apart, so that they have an active
end of a form somewhat similar to the human finger nail, and are of an
approximately semi-circular shape in cross section.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 illustrates the type of tooth referred to having a rounded active end a;
Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line bc Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the tooth shewn in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 illustrates a scurf comb with straight teeth, as seen from the concave sides
thereof.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a very clastic form of tooth made of spring steel; a
number of such teeth may be combined together to form a scurf comb according
to this invention. This form has the advantage that the teeth which are arranged
side by side, can follow or adapt themselves to the shape of the head more
efficiently when applied thereto, and consequently a greater number of teeth can
act simultaneously upon the surface to be treated.
The teeth of the scurf comb have a width preferably not exceeding 7 m/m and are
spaced apart about the width of one tooth. A number of rows of such teeth may
be arranged one behind another, and the connection between the body of the comb
and the teeth may be rigid or clastic; or the teeth may be fastened to elastic
plates, as are for instance the wires on file-cleaning brushes. The clasticity of the
bent teeth shewn in Fig. 5, may be varied to a considerable extent, by means of a
bar or plate arranged at the point d, and capable of being shifted in the direction
of e or f
But the essential feature of the improved scurf comb in all cases is the grooved
or channel-shaped teeth each of approximately semi-circular form in cross section
with a sharp acting end rounded off at the edge. Such a scurf comb when moved
to and fro over the scalp in a similar manner to the finger nails when scratching,
will be found very effective in cleaning the surface treated. It loosens readily and
thoroughly all scurf or unclean bodies from the scalp or hairy skin without pulling
out any hair and the combings are collected in the concave sides of the grooved or
channel-shaped teeth.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
A scurf comb for cleansing the scalp or hairy skin, having teeth rounded off at
their free ends, and of groove or channel-shape in cross section, substantially as

page_text: hereinbefore described and shewn in the drawings annexed, for the purposes
specified.
Dated this 10th day of August 1801
E. SCHREIBER,
By L. W., per F. B.