US785429A - Comb. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED MAR. 21, 1905.

W. J. METCALE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT: 29, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,429, dated March 21, 1905.

Application filed September 29, 1904- Serial No, 226,572.

To aZZ 7.072107% it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTON J. METCALF, of Leominster, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of thesame.

This invention relates to toilet articles, and particularly to a class thereunder known as combs. 7

An object of this invent-ion is to provide a comb having novel means for engaging the hair to prevent .displacement of the comb, the said retaining means being highly ornamental and having a surface for the attachment of metal ornaments.

Furthermore, an ohjectof the invention is to produce a comb provided with novel means for permitting the attachment of hair-ribbons or like fabrics, the said comb carrying the ribbon in order that the said ribbon will be applied with the placing of the comb in the-hair.

A further objectof the invention is to provide a comb and attachment of the character noted so joined together that one may have a certain yielding action with regard to the other, the securing means between the comb and attachment being studs projecting from the faces of the section and so positioned as to be hidden from view when the device is applied to the hair.

Finally, an object of this invention is to produce a comb and an attachment which will prove eflicient and satisfactory in use, simple Figure 1 is a view in elevation, illustrating the rear edge of a comb with the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a slightlymodified form of attachment. Fig. 4 is a similar view of a further modification. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the stud for connecting the comb and the attachment.

In the drawings, A indicates the comb, which is preferably curved longitudinally to fit the contour of the head of the wearer, though the shape of the body of the comb or the teeth is immaterial and may be made to suit the fancy of the manufacturer or user.

The attachment B consists of a plate of highly-finished ornamental material, with a heading or edge 5 of irregular contour, it being observed that the field or space inclosed by the beading may contain any suitable metallic or other ornaments, or, if desired, the beading itself may be suitably ornamented. Studs or posts O are utilized as means for securing the attachment B to the comb, and it is desirable that the attachment shall have the same contour as the comb in order that it will lie parallel thereto. By reason of the use of the studs or posts there is a space (Z between the comb and the attachment. Ribbon or other ornamental fabric may he laced through this space, so that the said ornamental fabric may be applied and removed with the comb.

In the modifications shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the attachments B B respectively, are the same in construction as the attachment B, with the exception of the configuration of the edges of the attachments, the headings b and 5 respectively, being slightly modified.

In all of the forms illustrated it is desirable that the attachments shall be slightly larger than the head of the comb in order that the said attachment may extend over the heads of the teeth and cover the hair where it comes in contact with the heads of the teeth in order to give a more finished appearance.

The construction, operation, and ad vantages will, it is thought, he understood from the foregoing description, it being noted that various changes may be resorted to in the proportions and details of construction for successfully carrying the invention into practice without departing from the scope thereof,

Having fully described my invention, what comb and plate near each end thereof and se 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters cured permanently to the head and plate for I Patent, is holding the plate in its position.

In a device of the character described, a v r r w 5 comb, a plate arranged a suitable distance WALTON MEJXALF' above and parallel with the head of the comb, Witnesses: said plate being of greater area than the head, MAUDE B. RUGG,

and studs interposed between the head of the O. A. TAFT.

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