US162455A - Improvement in curry-combs - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT `QEEIOE.

JOHN H.BAEE1NGER,OE LINCOLN, NEBEAsKA, AssIeNoR To M. J. cAssELL,

' OE sAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURRY-COMBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,455, dated April 27, 1875; application filed June 20, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. BARRINGER, of Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster' and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Curry-Combs 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a sectional View, and Fig. 2 is a plan view, of my curry-comb. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, and Fig. 4 a plan view, of the same. Figs. 5, 6, 7 are detailed views, and Fig. 8 is a sectional view, of the same. Fig. 9 is a plan view, and Figs. l0 and ll are detail views, of the same.

'A'nis invention has relation to curry-combs having toothed plates on both sides, so that nue or coarse teeth can be used at pleasure; and it consists in constructing upon the rear end of a round shank a shoulder, which is adapted to serve, in connection with a nut or spring on the front end of said shank, as a means of preventing the comb from casually rotating when properly adjusted for use.

In the annexed drawings, A A designate flat metal plates, of suitable length and width, which are stamped out ot sheet metal, so as to form iine teeth a on one of their edges, and coarser teeth a on their other edges. rlhese comb-plates may have holes b b b', as shown in Fig. 5, through them, two of which, b b, are designed for long rivet-rods c c, and the intermediate ones are designed to receive a round' shank, B, on which the several plates composing the comb can b e rotated. Then the comb-plates A are secured in position they are separated and held at proper distances apart either by means of spacing-tubes d d., applied on the rivet-rods c c, as shown in Figs. l and 2, or by means of sheet-metal strips d d', as in Fig. 4, which latter completely close the spaces between the comb-plates, and prevent the passage of dust between said plates while using the comb. When the plates A are secured as described they constitute a curry-comb, and are applied on the round shank B, one end of which has a crank-handle, C, secured to it, and is constructed with a tenon or shoulder, c. When the curry-comb is applied on its shank B, and set up against the crank C by means of a thumb-nut, g, the tenon c will enter a hole in one of the combplates, and prevent the comb from turning. By simply loosening the nut g the comb can be turned around the shank B, and the fine or coarse teeth brought into position for use. D I), Fig. 4, designate two metal pieces, which may be riveted to the comb, designed for use as knockers, to prevent battering' the comb while beating the dust out of it. Figs. 6 and 7 show comb-plates of U shape, secured together back to back, and riveted to rigid strips h h. The hole to receive the shank B may be formed by crimping or grooving the combplates, as shown at a, Fig. 4. S designates a spring, ot metal or rubber, which may be placed between the outer end of the comb and the nut g, for the purpose of allowing the comb to be detached from its shoulder or tenen c, and turned on its shank B without unserening the nut g.

In practice, the nut may be omitted when the spring S is used, and the end ot' the shank riveted.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a curry-eomb, the combination of the shouldered shank B, the series of comb-plates, the inner one being recessed for the reception of the shoulder c of shank B, and nut g, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HENRY BAItItINGER.

Witnesses:

J. N. GAssELL, J AMEs F. LANsINe..

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