Improvements in Combs for Dogs and other Animals.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 25th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 27th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combs for Dogs and other Animals.
I, FREDRICK ALFRED EGLETON, of West Croydon, in the County of Surrey,
Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to combs for combing the hair of dogs and the manes of
horses, and for similar purposes and it consists chiefly in providing such combs with
means whereby they can be more firmly held than combs as ordinarily used.
In carrying out my invention I provide the comb with a handle, which handle is
firmly secured to the back of the comb and is of such size that it may be firmly
grasped by the hand. In practice I find it advantageous to insert the back of the
comb into a slot or recess formed in the said handle, and to secure the comb therein
by means of screws or rivets.
Dated the 25th day of November 1889
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combs for Dogs and other Animals.
I, FREDRICK ALFRED EGLETON, of West Croydon, in the County of Surrey,
Ironmonger, 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 :-
My invention relates to combs for combing the hair of dogs and the manes of
horses, and for similar purposes: and it consists chiefly in providing such combs with
means whereby they can be more firmly held than combs as ordinarily used.
In carrying out my invention I provide the comb with a handle, which handle is
firmly secured to, or forms part of, the back of the comb and is of such size that it
may be firmly grasped by the hand.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which-
Figures 1 and 3 are elevations of combs provided with my improvements; and,
Figures 2 and 4 are transverse sections of Figures 1 and 3 respectively.
In carrying out my invention as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 I attach to a comb a
of any ordinary or suitable construction a handle b. This handle is preferably shaped
as shewn in Figures 1 and 2 so that it may be firmly grasped, a recess or hollow c
being formed at each side for the reception of the thumb. It is to be understood,
however, that any other desirable form of handle may be used. The back of the
comb proper is introduced into a recess d formed in the handle, as shewn most clearly
in Figure 2, and is secured therein by screws e, e or by other suitable means.
I sometimes, as shewn in Figures 3 and 4, find it advantageous to make the back a¹
of the comb a in one piece with the handle b, the teeth of the comb when made of
wire, for example, being conveniently inserted in the back a¹ through holes made
therein for that purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A comb, the back of which is introduced into a recess in a handle by means of
which the comb may be firmly held and which is secured in the recess by means of

page_text: pins or screws, substantially as described and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawing.
2. The modification in which the back of the comb is formed in one piece with the
handle, substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of
the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 25th day of Angust 1900
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.