Improvements in Combs.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
Improvements in Combs.
I, WILHELM REINHARD, Friedenstrasse 11, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Merchant, 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:-
The combs hitherto used have the disadvantage of being difficult to clean and also
of being soon rendered useless by the breaking of the teeth, a thing which is often
unavoidable, even with the greatest care. These drawbacks are very noticeable in use,
and of importance from a hygienic point of view.
The improvement which forms the object of the present invention is intended to
obviate the foregoing disadvantages, by making of any desirable material, a comb with
the teeth independent of each other, but connected together in a suitable manner,
and forming interchangeable parts which can be easily cleaned.
The connecting of the teeth of the comb may be effected by means of a screw,
passing through them, by which they are held together, being retained in their exact
position by a spring sleeve casing, which is pushed over the backs and is adapted to
the form of the teeth. The positions of the several teeth may be still further secured
(and which in the case of fine combs is strongly to be recommended)"by means of a
second screw running parallel to the first, so that the two screws may serve equally
for keeping the teeth together and securing their positions. The sleeve casing in such
case has no other purpose than that of ornamenting the comb.
If the comb is to be double, it is obvious that two parallel-running screw pins will
be indispensably necessary.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. is a side view of a simple form of comb constructed according to this
invention,
Fig. 2 a front view thereof,
Figs. 3 and 4 are side and front view respectively of a modified form of construction
of comb, and
Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views showing a double comb.
The comb consists of separate independent teeth a, which may be suitably shaped
as in Figs. 1 and 2. The endmost teeth b are obviously somewhat stronger formed
than the others, and so that the head and screw-nut of the screw-pin c which runs
through the broad back part of the teeth.a, may lie against the teeth b. As the
screw c can only hold the teeth a together, but cannot prevent them from turning on
the screw-pin, it is desirable to put over the backs of the teeth the spring sleeve
casing which can be adapted to their form.
It may however be so arranged that, instead of a single screw-pin c an additional
screw c' may be provided, so that the two screw-pins thus suffice equally well for
holding the teeth together as for securing each tooth in its exact position.
If the comb is to be used as a double one, the teeth a¹ must take the form shown
in Figs. 5 and 6, and in such case, it is obvious that the screw-pins c or c¹ serve
equally for holding the teeth together as for keeping them in position.
The stronger

page_text: end teeth b¹ are provided with counter sinkings, in the same manner
for the reception of the screw nuts or heads of the screws c or c¹.
as the teeth b,
Combs made in this form have the advantage that they enable the teeth to be
easily and conveniently cleaned, and render possible the changing of a tooth that may
at any time become damaged, and this too in the easiest possible manner.
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 made. of any suitable material, and in which the several teeth are
independent of one another, but connected together in a suitable manner, and
forming interchangeable parts capable of being easily cleaned, substantially as
described.
2. A comb of the kind mentioned under Claim 1, and in which the distinguishing
feature is that the several teeth a are held together by a screw c, which passes through
them, and are retained in their positions by means of a spring sleeve casing d which
is put over the backs of the teeth and adjusted to the form thereof substantially as
described.
3. A modification of the comb mentioned under Claim 1, the distinguishing feature
of which is that for the purpose of keeping the teeth firmly in position, two parallel
running screw-pins-c and c¹ are provided, the comb being thus capable, if required, of
being used as a double one, substantially as described.
Dated this 15th day of April 1898.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.