Comb with fluid applicator

• US 5,339,839 A
• Filed: 04/28/1993
• Issued: 08/23/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jack L. Forcelledo
• Original Assignee: Jack L. Forcelledo
• Inventors: Kimmell, Steven D., Forcelledo, Jack L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Swiatek, Robert P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHERICHETTI, CINDY
• Application Number:
  US08/054,443
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• Field of Search: 132/112, 132/113, 132/114, 132/115, 132/116
• US Class Current: 132/114
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 24/26 with flexible walls of the liquid, paste, or powder storing device

Abstract

A device for applying a liquid to the hair of an individual, the device comprising a comb member and a container, wherein: the comb member has an elongate tubular main body with opposed axial ends and a longitudinal axis extending between the ends, the main body encloses a longitudinal passage which extends along the longitudinal axis, is open at one of the axial ends and is closed at the other one of the axial ends, and the longitudinal passage includes means at the one axial end for receiving the container, and a plurality of elongate teeth carried by the tubular main body and extending parallel to one another from the main body in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, each of the teeth having a base connected to the main body, a tip remote from the base, and a linear passage extending in a straight line from the base to the tip, the linear passage being open at the base to communicate with the longitudinal passage in the main body and being open at the tip, each of the teeth having a frustoconic form which tapers from the base to the tip and the linear passage in each of the teeth having a frustoconic form which is at least approximately congruent with that of the associated one of the teeth, and the container: has an open end insertable into the means for receiving the container; is filled with a mass of liquid to be applied to the hair; and is made entirely of a flexible material which allows any portion of the container to be squeezed in order to force the liquid through the longitudinal passage and the linear passages and out of the linear passages at the tips of the teeth.

Claims

1. A device for applying a liquid to the hair of an individual, said device comprising a comb member and a handle, wherein:

said comb member has

an elongate tubular main body with opposed axial ends and a longitudinal axis extending between said ends, and said main body encloses a longitudinal passage which extends along said longitudinal axis, is open at one of said axial ends and is closed at the other one of said axial ends, and

a plurality of elongate teeth carried by said tubular main body and extending parallel to one another from said main body in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis, each of said teeth having a base connected to said main body, a tip remote from said base, and a linear passage extending in a straight line from said base to said tip, said linear passage being open at said base to communicate with said longitudinal passage in said main body and being open at said tip, and each of said teeth having a frustoconic form which tapers from said base to said tip, and

said handle comprises;

a handle piece integral with said main body and extending from said open axial end of said main body, said handle piece having a longitudinal axis and an open tubular passage extending along said longitudinal axis;

a plate member having a perforation device for perforating a capsule containing a liquid to be applied upon insertion of the capsule into said tubular passage, said plate member being disposed in said tubular passage adjacent said comb member and having an orifice which places said longitudinal passage in communication with said tubular passage; and

a bolt assembly insertable into said tubular passage for pressing the capsule against said perforation device and then compressing the capsule to force liquid from the capsule into said orifice.