Comb

Dec. 13, 1938.

2,139,709

C. F. YAW

COMB

Filed June 9, 1937

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Inoentor

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Attorneys

Patented Dec. 13, 1938

2,139,709

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,139,709

COMB

Carl F. Yaw, Greene, Iowa, assignor of onehalf to Leroy W. Meehan, Greene, Iowa

Application June 9, 1937, Serial No. 147,373

Claims. (Cl. 132—11)

This invention, relates to a barber’s comb, the general object of the invention being to so form the comb that with its use, a barber can readily even the hair after it has been cut by a clipper, as it is well known that the use of a clipper for cutting the hair at the. edges, leaves marks or uneven places in the hair. This comb is mainly designed to permit a barber to readily remove such marks with his shears.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved comb.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

As shown in the drawing, the comb A has one section formed with fine teeth and the other section with coarse teeth. As shown, the coarse teeth are arranged in pairs, as indicated by the numeral i, and a short partition 2 connects the inner portions of the teeth of each pair. The free ends of all of the teeth are pointed in the usual manner, and the partitions 2 are all of the same height, though the teeth gradually decrease in length from the end of the comb to the last pair of coarse teeth.

By making the partitions of the same height, the comb will enable the barber to cut the hair on a straight line.

The fine teeth 3 are also arranged in pairs, excepting the first tooth 3', which is associated with the end tooth 3” of the comb. Between the pairs of fine teeth are the short teeth 4, which are preferably half the length of the long fine teeth. All of the fine teeth are pointed, as shown, and as will be seen, every third tooth of the fine set is a short one, starting at the outer end of the comb and counting the tooth 3” as a tooth.

This comb is for the purpose of cutting all kinds of hair, but it is especially adapted for cutting out the short clipper marks of a head of hair which has been clipped around the edges with the short clippers.

It is well known by barbers that to get this fine mark out is a very difficult job. A great deal of time is consumed and difficulty encountered in the use of the ordinary barber’s comb. This is due to the fact that the teeth of the ordinary comb are so close together that they do not let enough hair feed through to allow the hair to be cut as closely as the clippers have cut it. To remove this mark with the ordinary comb, the point of the shears was used just above the edge of the comb. The majority of the barbers have never learned to do this, and have thus turned out unfinished and bad looking hair cuts.

The object of my invention, therefore, is to pro- 5 duce a comb for barbers that every barber can turn out a hair cut of this style with the short clipper mark eliminated, and in nearly half the time required with the ordinary comb. The particular construction of the teeth also permits the 10 hair to feed through much faster and in a more even manner, so that all styles of hair cutting can be done much more quickly and better. The rear purpose of having every third tooth shorter is to speed up the time and efficiency in removing 15 the short edge left where the barber stops with the clipper. The wide spaces between the teeth permit enough hair to pass through so that it can be cut as short as the clippers cut it. While the long teeth prevent too much hair from get- 20 ting into the wide spaces so as to leave a nick. The short teeth come into use when the barber is cutting the longer hair above the clipper marks, or in trimming a head of hair with the shears.

In using the coarse teeth, the partitions 2 act to hold thin strands of hair, so that they can be ⁴⁵cut, while large strands fit in the space between the pairs of teeth and are.thus not cut. This side of the comb can be used for thinning the hair and just trimming the hair.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and ₃₅arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.