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Reciprocating comb with anti-static means

  • US 5,967,150 A
  • Filed: 09/04/1998
  • Issued: 10/19/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hair-treatment apparatus, comprising:

  • an elongate rocker arm having a leading end and a trailing end;

    a pivot means connected to said rocker arm substantially mid-length thereof;

    a motor means for oscillating said trailing end of said rocker arm through a predetermined, arcuate path of travel at a predetermined rate of oscillations per unit of time so that said leading end of said rocker arm oscillates in a predetermined, arcuate path of travel at said predetermined rate of oscillation;

    a first translation means for translating a rotary output of said motor means into said arcuate path of travel of said trailing end;

    an elongate, longitudinally-extending slot formed in said trailing end of said rocker arm;

    a transversely disposed pin that extends through said slot;

    a radius-defining arm carried by an output shaft of said motor means so that it extends radially relative to an axis of rotation of said output shaft;

    said transversely disposed pin being mounted on said radius-defining arm near a free end thereof;

    a second translating means for translating the arcuate path of travel of said leading end into a straight back-and-forth motion;

    said second translating means including a mounting means adapted to hold a comb so that said comb is displaced in a straight back-and-forth motion so that said comb has utility as a hair-teasing comb;

    whereby rotation of said output shaft causes travel of said pin in a circle having a radius determined by a distance between said axis of rotation of said output shaft and said pin, said pin oscillating within said longitudinally-extending slot and oscillating said trailing end of said rocker arm in said arcuate path of travel.

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