US 12,233,563 B2
Hair clipper attachment comb with enhanced hair flow geometry
George William Gassman, Dunlap, IL (US); Steven Wayne Arndt, Geneseo, IL (US); and Marcus Willi Karl Gerhard Bosch, Belding, MI (US)
Assigned to WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATION, Sterling, IL (US)
Filed by WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATION, Sterling, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,080.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058974 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B26B 19/20 (2006.01); B26B 19/06 (2006.01); B26B 19/38 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 19/20 (2013.01) [B26B 19/06 (2013.01); B26B 19/3813 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hair clipper attachment comb for use with a powered hair clipper having a clipper bladeset including a stationary blade and a moving blade reciprocating laterally relative to the stationary blade, said attachment comb comprising:
a comb base having a rear edge in operational relationship with the stationary blade and an opposite front edge, said base defining a centerline extending between said rear edge and said front edge;
a plurality of comb teeth each having a tooth base associated with said front edge and a tip opposite said tooth base;
said teeth being arranged on said comb to have a nonuniform spacing between adjacent teeth relative to said centerline, such that said spacings between said teeth are bilaterally symmetrical about said centerline;
said spacing between said comb teeth includes a first spacing distance for a first pair of said teeth straddling said centerline, a second spacing distance for second pairs of said teeth next adjacent said first pair of teeth; and a third spacing distance for third pairs of said teeth next adjacent said second pairs of said teeth, said first, second and third spacing distances decrease progressively from said centerline;
said front edge of said attachment comb base adjacent comb teeth rear ends defines between adjacent teeth “U”-shape, and a radius of a base of the “U” is reduced correspondingly from said centerline with the decreased tooth spacing progressively from said centerline;
each said comb has an inclined surface extending gradually upwardly from said tooth base adjacent said comb base and towards said comb tooth rear end; and
said rear edges of each said comb define a line in spaced relationship to a cutting line defined by the clipper bladeset, a distance between said line and said cutting line being in the range of 0.0625 to 0.25 inch for enhancing a flow of hair through said attachment comb.