US1736782A - Comb cleaner - Google Patents

Description

N. FULTON Nov. 26, 1929.

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COM'B CLEANER Application led December 7, 1928.

My invention relates to supports orcomb cleaners of the kind consisting of webbing through which the teeth of the comb are drawn back and forth in the manner in which a razor is stroplped.

rlhe primary object of the invention is to provide a support tor the cleaner, the support being designed for the purpose oli' engaging both ends ot the cleaner and being so constructed that it may readily be held by one hand while the comb is being drawn through it with the other hand.

Another object which I have in view is the provision of a support with means for adl5 justably tensioning the cleaner.

Still another of my objects is the provision of a support which holds the cleaner obliquely so that it is most el'lective when drawing the teeth of the comb through the cleaner.

It is also my object to provide a support for securely holding the cleaner during use but so constructed that the comb cleaner may be readily removed from the support when it is desired to wash the cleaner.

5 Having in view these objects and others which will be pointed out in the following description, l will now refer to the drawings,

` in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing -SO one form of my comb cleaner.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a modiied Jr'orm oi handle member.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure l but showing a wire trame support. Figure 4 is a plan view of the cleaner shown in Figure 1.

The cleaner itselt is shown at 10. This consists of a web having a plurality of strands through which the teeth of the comb are drawn for cleaning purposes. The end portions 11 of the cleaner 10 are woven and are folded upon themselves and stitched to form loops. My invention consists of the elements ot the support for holding the cleaner l0.

rl`he support for the cleaner shown in Figure 1 includes a handle member 12 having a plurality ot notches 13 and 14 for engaging the clips 15 and 16 respectively. The clip J0 15 has a horizontal member at its upper exserial No. 324,541.

The clip15 is then bent at a rearward, downward and .inward inclination to engage the side of the handle member 12. From thence it passes across the under edge ot the handle member and then rearwardly and upwardly p and across tl'ieupper edge of the handle member, its .tree end portion engaging the sideot1 the handle member. The clip 16 is similar to the c-lip 15 except that the inclinations are all the reverse oi those of the clip 15.

ln applying the cleaner 10 to the support, the clips are tirst caused to engage the support through the loops in the ends 11. The clips are both then caused to straddle the handle member 12 anda portion et the clip 15 is seated in the notch 13 ot the handle member' 12'. At this stage there will be considerable slaclrin the cleaner 10 but this slack may be taken up by moving the clip 16 to engage one of the notches la. On anew cleaner the first notch will usually be found toL give the cleaner sullieient tension but after the cleaner becomes stretched, it becomes necessary Vto seat the clip 16 in one ot the other notches 14.

The handle member shown lin VFigure 2 dillers from thatV shown in Figure 1 only in the handgrip. In Figure 1 the handle member 12 is made sufficiently long to enable the user to grasp the handle memberat 1?, this vbeing.shaped for convenience in holding the f handle member. In the Figure 2 construction the handle member 12 has a hand grip 'somewhat from those shown in Figures 1 and 2 in that the support is formed entirely from heavy wire.

The cleaner itself is shown at lili) 10 and this is identical in all respects with the cleaner shown in Figure 1. The support consists of the two wire parts having the same function as the supports shown in Figures 1 and 2. One of the two wire parts consists of a looped handle member 18 which is stepped downwardly at 19. One of the ends oit this member is united with the other portion of the wire at 2O and the other portion of the wire continues-rearwardly and is then bent upwardly, outwardly and rear wardly at 21 and terminates in a horizontal portion for engaging the loop in the end of the cleaner 10. The other wire member has a horizontal portion for engaging the rear loop of the cleaner 10 and it then passes downwardly to the stepped portion 19, across the under side oi the handle 18 and finally forwardly and over the parallel portions of the first mentioned wire member. The manner ot attachingr the cleaner 10 to the support in Figure 3 is similar to that in Figures 1 and 2. When it is desired to remove the cleaner from the supportit is necessary to depress the clip 22 to cause it to disengage from the stepped portion 19.

In the Figure 1 construction the clips 15 and 16 are oppositely'inclined so that in both cases the tension of the cleaner 10 is exerted in a manner such that the clips are seated'in the notches 13 and 111 respectively-` The action in the Figure 3 construction is also such that the tension of the cleaner 10 causes the clip 22 to bear down on the support and to thus give a yieldable tension. It should also be noted that the horizontal portions of the two clips have their free ends on opposite sides of the support. The tendency for the cleaner when under tension is to draw back on the free end of the horizontal portion. By positioning these horizontal portions in the manner shown, they will always remain parallel and oblique to the longitudinal axis of the handle. `When the comb is then drawn through the cleaner, the sides of the teeth are thoroughly scoured thus resulting in a more effective cleaning of the teeth.

Having thus described my inventionv in such full, Clear, and exact terms that its construction and operation will be readily understood by others skilled in the art to which it pertains, what I claim as new and desireJ to secure byLetters Patent of the United States is: Y

1. A support for comb cleaners, said support including a handle member and means for engaging the comb cleaner at opposite extremities thereofrand in spaced relation teeth of a comb and having loop portions eX- tending across the opposite ends of the strands for retaining the same in parallel relation when stretched, and supporting means for detachable engagement with the loops at the opposite ends of the strands and each having a supporting arm Jfor threaded engagement through the loops, said arms extending through the loops in opposite directions.

3. A comb cleaner comprising a web porn tion having a plurality ot' strands and loops extending across the opposite ends of the strands, and spaced supports for the web, each support having a transversely extending arm and the arms of the supports extending in opposite directions for engagement through the loops at the opposite ends of the web.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

NELL. FULTON.

with said handle member, said means being I adjustably connected with saidhandle member for adjustably tensioning the comb cleaner.

2. A comb cleaner comprising a plurality of strands adapted to engage between the

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