Abstract: The present invention provides a hair cleaning brush enabled to clean human hair and/or animal fur. The hair cleaning brush comprises a brush body and a handle. The brush body having a top side and a bottom wall extending from a periphery of the top side. A plurality of bristles extending from a periphery of the bottom wall of the brush body. A hole is present in the middle of the brush body. A threaded adjusting rod passes through the hole of the brush body to engage with a pusher plate to hold the pusher plate and one or more replaceable sponge pads inside the brush body. The threaded adjusting rod is configured to displace the pusher plate and one or more replaceable sponge pads from a first position to a second position inside the brush body, in response to rotation of a rotary knob by a user.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a livestock grooming article and method of forming same are disclosed. The livestock grooming article includes a handle extending along a handle axis, and a head extending along a head axis and connected to the handle. The head includes a body including a first major surface and a second major surface, and a back slidably connected to the first major surface of the body. The back includes a first major surface and a second major surface, where the first major surface of the back faces the first major surface of the body when the back is connected to the head. The head also includes a bristle extending through the body and beyond the second major surface of the body.

Abstract: A grooming device includes hair collectors and a scraper. The scraper uncovers the hair collectors when the device is pressed down for use, and scrapes the hair collectors to eject hair collected when the device is released. Ejection of collected hair can also be controlled manually. A collection chamber may be provided, and multiple combs may be mounted on a rotatable dowel that recede within the rotatable barrel, or with sliding plates around and offset from the dowel as the dowel is rotated. A door or window on a surface of the collection chamber can be opened to empty the chamber of collected hair.

Abstract: A hair brush that permits quick and easy removal of hair has a handle attached to a head. The head is made up of at least two frames that are mounted to the handle through cantilevers that permit movement of the frames relative to one another. The bristles are mounted to the frames, preferably in single rows. A force applied to one frame moves that frame relative to the other frame and the handle, thereby permitting the user to reach between the frames to remove any hair that is caught in the bristles. The brush allows a gap between the bristles to be enlarged, thereby making removal using human fingers much easier. Repeated movement and return of the frames to their resting position can cause the hair fibers to work away from the bristle bases and make removal much easier.

Abstract: A brush includes: a brush body having a base plate, at least one through hole, and a guide rail; a bristle unit including a plurality of bristles connected to the base plate; a hair-removing plate disposed movably below the base plate and formed with a plurality of bristle holes; a push member disposed above the base plate and connected slidably to the guide rail; and at least one flexible strip that extends through the through hole and that is connected to the push member and the hair-removing plate. The push member is slidable along the guide rail and toward or away from the through hole so as to move the hair-removing plate away from or toward the base plate. The hair-removing plate moves away from the lower surface of the base plate when the push member slides toward the through hole.

Abstract: A hair brush includes a brush head and a bristle/handle assembly. The head includes a cylindrical barrel with a plurality of apertures in it, and the bristle/handle assembly includes a handle and a bristle tree assembly. The bristle tree assembly includes a central bristle rod, a plurality of bristles radially extending from the rod, and a connecting rod extending between the bristle rod and the handle. The bristle rod is positioned within the barrel, and the bristles extend through the barrel apertures in an extended position. The brush head and the bristle/handle assembly are not attached to each other, and instead they slide longitudinally relative to each other. When the handle and the barrel are slid apart from each other, the bristle rod travels with the handle to retract the bristles to a retracted positioned further within the barrel.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a comb (2) comprising teeth (4) extending from the body (8) of said comb, said comb comprising: a teeth cleaner (14) comprising a perforated bar (6) in which the holes (20) thereof surround said teeth (4), wherein said perforated-bar (6) and said teeth (4) are movable one along and in relation to the other, thereby allowing removing stuck objects from said teeth (4).

Abstract: A hair brush with a cleaning element for removing entwined hair from the brush before or after use. The cleaning element of the brush includes a plate(s) with opening through which the bristles protrude. When the plate is expanded, the plate pushes any hairs entwined in the bristles to the tips of the bristles where they are removed. The brush also has a post mechanism, which allows for the adjustment of the cleaning element to various intermediary positions, effectively adjusting the length of the bristles for use of the brush. A mirror is provided on the back of the brush, on the reverse side from the bristles.

Abstract: The self-cleaning animal brush apparatus provides a one-piece flexible frame with flex hinge whereby straightening a user's hand causes the bristles to extend outwardly from the frame bottom. Cupping a user's hand causes the bristles to retract, automatically removing hair and debris from the bristles. A plurality of straps removably holds the apparatus to a user's hand.

Abstract: A hair straightening device and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a hair-straightening band includes: an elongated band; a bristle-tipped insert having a plurality of bristles, the bristle-tipped insert disposed within the elongated band; and a plate having a plurality of apertures through which to receive the plurality of bristles, the plate adapted to secure the insert to the elongated band with the plurality of bristles exposed. The hair band is adapted for application to a head of hair with the plurality of bristles facing inwardly toward the hair, rotation upon the hair, and wear upon the hair to straighten the hair. The hair band is heatless and non-electric.

Abstract: A hair removing screen arrangement is displaceably attached to a hairbrush body. Bristles protrude from a surface of the hairbrush body through openings of a screen material of the screen arrangement. The screen material may include parallel wires or strands with rows of bristles received between neighboring strands, or a film layer with bristles protruding through holes in the film layer. The screen arrangement is attached on the clean hairbrush, and during the course of using the hairbrush, hair strands become matted among the bristles on top of the screen arrangement. By removing or moving the screen arrangement away from the brush body, the matted hair is removed from the bristles as an easily disposable hair clump on top of the screen arrangement. The displaceable attachment of the screen arrangement onto the brush body can involve e.g. a hinge, hook-and-loop fasteners, a snap-fit mechanism, or a latch arrangement.

Abstract: An implement mounted on a shaft has a device that either collects or has on it during or after use unwanted matter. The implement has a portion that is easily removable from the shaft and has a section creating at least a partial interference fit with the device to remove the unwanted matter therefrom.

Abstract: A hairbrush for allowing trapped hair to be easily removed therefrom. The hairbrush comprises a handle for grasping the hairbrush and a head joined to the handle. The head comprises an array of bristles that protrude through a layer having an array of corresponding apertures. In an initial position the bristles fully protrude through the apertures. In a final position the layer is shifted to the free ends of the bristles. By shifting said hairbrush from an initial position to a final position tangled hair is gathered along the layer and easily removed from the hairbrush.

Abstract: A hair brush with a cleaning element for removing entwined hair from the brush before or after use. The cleaning element of the brush includes a plate(s) with opening through which the bristles protrude. When the plate is expanded, the plate pushes any hairs entwined in the bristles to the tips of the bristles where they are removed. The brush also has a post mechanism, which allows for the adjustment of the cleaning element to various intermediary positions, effectively adjusting the length of the bristles for use of the brush.

Abstract: A brush is provided that includes a handle portion further including a first end and an opposite second end, a plurality of tines extending outward from said handle first end, where the plurality of tines are spaced apart such that a gap is defined between each pair of adjacent tines, and a plurality of bristles extending generally radially outward from each of the plurality of tines.

Abstract: A hair brush includes a body, a cushion pad, and a plurality of bristles. The body includes at least a partial cavity at a first end, and the cavity includes a front portion, a rear portion, and a plurality of apertures. A cushion pad having a first surface is disposed near the front portion of the cavity when the hair brush is in a user position, and is disposed near a second surface located near the rear portion of the cavity when the hair brush is in a cleaning position. The plurality of bristles are disposed on the cushion pad, and have a first end that bristles extend substantially perpendicular from the first surface of the cushion pad through the apertures in the front portion of the body.

Abstract: A hair brush with a cleaning element for removing entwined hair from the brush after use. The cleaning element of the brush includes a plate(s) with opening through which the bristles protrude. When the plate is expanded, the plate pushes any hairs entwined in the bristles to the tips of the bristles where they are removed. The brush also has a post mechanism, which allows for the adjustment of the cleaning element to various intermediary positions, effectively adjusting the length of the bristles for use of the brush.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a cleansable hairbrush, comprising a basal surface from where a plurality of bristles are exceeding upwardly; and a rotatable cleansingsieve wherein said sieve is rotatably mounted in a housing located adjacent to said basal surface; said sieve comprising a plurality of apertures, each of which is accommodating at least one bristle; said sieve is adapted to rotate in a course providing a ‘close configuration’, i.e., whereat the sieve is fastened parallel to the basal surface, and an ‘open configuration’ i.e., whereat the sieve is being tilted from said basal surface and providing for efficient removal of hair or litter from the said basal surface.

Abstract: A hairbrush for allowing trapped hair to be easily removed therefrom. The hairbrush comprises a handle for grasping the hairbrush and a head joined to the handle. The head comprises an array of bristles that protrude through a layer having an array of corresponding apertures. In an initial position the bristles fully protrude through the apertures. In a final position the layer is shifted to the free ends of the bristles. By shifting said hairbrush from an initial position to a final position tangled hair is gathered along the layer and easily removed from the hairbrush.

Abstract: A hairbrush assembly includes an elongated first cylinder having a first end and a second end. An elongated second cylinder is positioned on and is rotatable with respect to the first cylinder. The second cylinder has a distal end and a proximal end with respect to the second end of the first cylinder. The second end extends outwardly from the distal end of the second cylinder. The second cylinder has a plurality of rows of aligned apertures extending from the proximal end and toward the distal end. A plurality of bristle assemblies is provided and each is positioned between the first and second cylinders adjacent to the first end of the first cylinder. Each of the bristle assemblies is selectively positioned in an extended position extending outwardly of the apertures or in a retracted position positioned within an interior space defined between the first and second cylinders.

Abstract: A hair brush having a handle and a body portion with a recess having a convex bottom surface. A similarly curved bristle retaining plate has bristle retaining holes with one bristle slidably installed in each hole. Each bristle has an enlarged bulbous upper end and a wedge-shaped lower end so that it can slide through the bristle retaining plate between its ends. The holes have chamfers at the bottom surface of the plate, and the wedge-shaped ends of the bristles are dimensioned so as to fit in the chamfers. A similarly curved hair removal plate with bristle receiving holes is placed atop the bristle retaining plate, and detachably retained in position. To clean the brush, the hair removal plate is removed from the bristle retaining plate, and the bristle retaining plate is removed from the recess and turned to cause the bristles to slide in the holes so that their bulbous ends contact the bristle retaining plate. Thereafter the plates are returned to their original positions.

Abstract: The present invention is a comb, whose staples can be easily kept clean by ripping a tissue on a base of staples.

Abstract: A brush assembly includes a handle and a brush head attached to the handle. The brush head includes a base with a plurality of integral bristles and a matrix. The matrix is made of sponge, foam or other compressible material. As the brush is used on a person or an animal skin or scalp, the hair or fur causes the matrix to compress and expose the bristles. When the brush is removed, the matrix springs back and removes any hair, fur, or other material entangled in the hair. Optionally a vibrating device is incorporated into the brush to provide massaging of the skin and/or scalp.

Abstract: A self cleaning hair brush includes a handle (12), a bristle-holding head (14) having a plurality of spaced-apart bristles (16) projecting laterally therefrom, and a combing plate (18) having a plurality of bristle-receiving apertures (46). When the combing plate (18) is in a first position, the combing plate (18) closely overlies the side of the bristle-holding head (14) from which the bristles (16) project allowing the bristles (16) to project through the apertures (46). The bristle-holding head (14) further includes a rectangular tube (22) disposed on a central portion of the bristle-holding head (14). A reciprocally movable plunger (20) is mounted in the rectangular tube (22). The plunger (20) is used to displace the combing plate (18) to a second position where the combing plate (18) is disposed at a free end of the bristles (16).

Abstract: A retractable bristle brush of the type for retracting the bristles into the brush is provided. The retractable bristle brush includes a handle adapted for grasping by a user and an elongated, cylindrical inner mandrel extending from the handle; a plurality of bristles extending outwardly from the inner mandrel; a cylindrical external mandrel is slidably mounted on the inner mandrel, the external mandrel forming a bristle orifice through a top surface thereof in connection with a bristle cavity formed by the external mandrel wherein each associated orifice and bristle cavity disposes at least one bristle; and a mechanism for controlling bristle extension in connection between the external mandrel and the internal mandrel limiting longitudinal movement of the external mandrel between an open position wherein the bristles extend through the orifice and a closed position wherein the bristles are retracted to a position within the bristle cavity proximate the top surface of the external mandrel.

Abstract: A brush includes a brush body that defines a bristle-receiving chamber therein, and that has a combing wall formed with a plurality of bristle-extension apertures in spatial communication with the bristle-receiving chamber. A bristle-holding element is disposed movably in the bristle-receiving chamber. A plurality of bristles are mounted on the bristle-holding element, and extend through the bristle-extension apertures in the combing wall, respectively. An urging member is disposed in the bristle-receiving chamber for urging the bristle-holding element toward the combing wall of the brush body. An operating member is connected to the bristle-holding element to move the bristle-holding element against urging action of the urging member away from the combing wall of the brush body.

Abstract: A brush includes a brush body that defines a bristle-receiving chamber therein, and that has a combing wall formed with a plurality of bristle-extension apertures in spatial communication with the bristle-receiving chamber. A bristle-holding element is disposed movably in the bristle-receiving chamber. A plurality of bristles are mounted on the bristle-holding element, and extend through the bristle-extension apertures in the combing wall, respectively. An urging member is disposed in the bristle-receiving chamber for urging the bristle-holding element toward the combing wall of the brush body. An operating member is connected to the bristle-holding element to move the bristle-holding element against urging action of the urging member away from the combing wall of the brush body.

Abstract: A hairbrush and cleaning adjunct therefor may be used for human hair or animal hair grooming. The cleaning adjunct comprises a screen which functions to prevent grooming debris (loose hair, dirt, flaking skin) from being deposited on the undersurface of the hairbrush. The screen is fabricated from a soft, pliable, washable mesh material (preferably nylon or the like). The screen may consist of a single sheet or several sheets disposed on the undersurface of the brush. The use of nylon or like mesh material allows an electrostatic charge to build on the screen's surface whereby debris is attracted to and held on the surface. When debris accumulates, the screen is simply removed for disposal or for washing and recycling as desired. Botanical or medicinal agents are applied to the screen to enhance the grooming process.

Abstract: A self-cleaning brush having a sliding cleaning element. The sliding cleaning element is received on the body of the brush such that when the brush becomes fouled with foreign material the cleaning element may slide along the length of the brush body and free any foreign material from the bristles of the brush.

Abstract: A brush is combined with a flexible netting that is placed over the brush bristles and pulled downward so that the netting is at the base of the bristles. The netting is flexible so that no guide is needed to place the netting at the base of the bristles. The netting has an outer periphery of elastic material so that the edge of the netting will be drawn around the back surface of the brush, holding the netting in place. The netting may have an opening through which the brush handle is extended, or securing straps may be used to loop around the back of the handle to help secure the netting in place. The straps may be secured together with, for example, snaps, a buckle, or a hook and loop fastener. The netting is removed to clean the brush and then is placed back on the brush to accumulate debris until the brush needs cleaning again. Replacement netting is inexpensive and may be used if a net becomes torn or unusable.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for grooming animals, particularly for the removal of loose hair and hair that is soon to become loose. In a first embodiment, a base has one or more slots that slideably receive a corresponding number of comb extensions. The comb extensions are transversely disposed relative to a longitudinal axis of the base, are longitudinally spaced apart from one another, and are oriented at a common angle relative to the base. In a second embodiment, plural rows of transversely disposed tines are integrally formed with the base. In a third embodiment, the base and comb extensions are integrally formed with one another and the base is snap-fittingly engaged to a clip member having a handle that is integrally formed with it. Further embodiments include plural base sections that interlock with one another or which are interlocked together by a separate locking member to collectively form a base, wherein each base section carries a row of tines.

Abstract: Improved self-cleaning brushes (10, 44, 64) are provided which include a brush body (12, 46, 66) having a bristle-supporting portion (16, 50, 70) supporting outwardly extending bristles (18, 54, 72). One or more apertured cleaning sheet(s) (36, 56, 76) are mounted on the brushes so as to receive the bristles (18, 54, 72) therethrough. When it is desired to clean the brush (10, 44, 64), the uppermost cleaning sheet (36, 56, 76) is grasped and pulled outwardly and off of the bristles (18, 54, 72), thereby removing hair and other debris from the bristles (18, 54, 72). Preferably, a multiple sheet pad (20, 52, 74) of cleaning sheets (36, 56, 76) are provided, each with perforation lines (38, 57, 80) and grasping tabs (42, 58, 78), to facilitate lift-off removal of the individual cleaning sheets (36, 56, 76).

Abstract: A hair brush hair removal system which in a preferred embodiment includes a hair brush attachment composed of numerous strands of a flexible and elastic material which is placed around a brush core. Various fastening means enable the attachment to be tightly wrapped and fastened around a core. When removed from the core, the strands bring with them the hair which has accumulated on the bristles. Hair is then easily removed from the strands, and then the attachment is again wrapped around the core.

Abstract: This invention relates to hairbrushes, combs, or other like hairdressing implements, that have a cleaning plate to remove debris, such as hair, dandruff, or other material, that collects between the bristles during use. The preferred embodiment of this invention provides for a hairbrush having a base and a plurality of bristles extending away from the base. A cleaning plate is provided having a cleaning element that can be slideably disposed near the base between adjacent pairs of bristles so that it can be displaced away from the base to remove hair, dandruff or other debris that collects between the bristles during use of the hairbrush. A releasable lock is also provided to releasably secure the cleaning plate to the base of the hairbrush. The releasable lock includes a first locking part on at least one of the plurality of bristles, and a complimentary second locking part to the first locking part on the cleaning plate.

Abstract: A self-cleanable hairbrush comprising three components including a central body portion which has a front major face and a rear major face and with a plurality of apertures extending between the major faces and a handle located at one end thereof. A back member lies adjacent to the rear major face with a plurality of bristles extending from the back member through the apertures in the central body portion while a front member lies in juxtaposition to the front major face of the central body portion and has a plurality of apertures in registry with the apertures in the central body portion. The arrangement provides for a brush which may be readily cleaned and accessorized.

Abstract: An attachment for quickly, easily, inexpensively and efficiently cleaning brushes, combs, or other cleaning and grooming implements is disclosed which removes built-up dirt, lint, hair, and other unwanted foreign material which has been deposited by use of the implement near the base of toothed and bristled cleaning and grooming implements.

Abstract: An improved tool for grooming pets, especially for the removal of loose hair and hair that is soon to become loose, comprised of a base (10) with comb extensions (12,14) mounted on either side at an angle of less than 90 degrees to the base. The comb extensions (12,14) are comprised of tines extending from a solid backbone or shoulder (16) that protrudes from the base (10). The comb extensions (12) on one side of the base have tines that are larger and spaced further apart than the tines of the comb extensions (14) on the other side of the base. A cleaning tool (18) comprised of a base (20) with tines (22) protruding therefrom is held in a compartment (24) on the side of the invention when not in use. As the invention is stroked through the hair of the animal, the angle of the comb extensions (12,14) causes a deep and prolonged penetration of the coat.

Abstract: A self-cleaning brush having a brush body with a pair of sides, a back and a top, a backing member mounted within the brush body, the backing member having an arcuate upper surface, a flexible membrane extending between the sides of the brush body, a plurality of bristles attached to the flexible membrane, a component to urge arcuate upper surface of the backing member into contact with the flexible membrane such that the bristles will assume a convex configuration extending from one of the sides to the other of the sides, and a cleaning plate adapted to lie in juxtaposition to the flexible membrane, the cleaning plate having apertures therein through which the bristles extend. The arrangement provides for a self-cleaning brush wherein the cleaning plate is retained in position by the bristles and permits one to have a convex brushing surface.

Abstract: A grooming brush for cleansing and stimulating the human scalp or the skin of fur bearing animals wherein contaminants are scraped from the scalp or skin during grooming with the brush. The brush is provided with a plurality of hollow bristles that collect contaminants such as sebum, dead cell tissue, shampoo, conditioner, oils and dirt from the scalps and hair follicles of humans and animals. A compressible spacer is positioned within the brush body to support a rigid plate provided with a plurality of cleaning tines employed to remove the contaminants collected by the hollow bristles. A retainer cap having an opening therein maintains the rigid metal plate, spacer, and brush body into a unitary structure. After a grooming operation, manual pressure is applied through the retaining cap opening to the rigid plate to compress the spacer and force the connected tines thereon through the individual hollow bristles to expel any collected contaminants therefrom.

Abstract: A hair brush having a cleaning feature which can be releasably attached to the brush comprising a base section having a multiplicity of parallel bristles extending from a bristle-holding surface thereof, a cleaning plate disposed on the bristle-holding surface and having holes through which the parallel bristles extend, the cleaning plate containing a hand-operated mechanism for releasably engaging the cleaning plate from the hair brush to remove the cleaning plate for cleaning purposes.

Abstract: Hairbrushes are disclosed having an array of bristles for grooming either humans or animals. Loose strands of hair that become trapped among the bristles during the brushing strokes are collected and relocated for quick and easy removal from the brush. The foregoing is achieved by either sliding a hair collecting plate axially along the bristles or by moving a bristle carrying plate to which the bristles are connected through a hollow brush head so that the bristles slide axially through holes formed in the top of the brush head.

Abstract: A hair curling and styling tool including a shaft having first and second ends, a handle member extending inward from the first end, a hair curling member extending inward from the second end toward the handle portion, a hair brush carried in the shaft of the hair curling member, for aiding the curling of hair thereabout as the tool is rotated by the handle, apparatus for moving the hair brush from an operative position exterior the shaft to an inoperative position interior the shaft to withdraw the bristles from the curl formed about the hair curling member, and apparatus for temporarily mounting a hair fastener at the shaft second end, the hair fastener including first and second shanks of terminal length, the first shank including a straight portion and a second shank, having formed therein at least one sinusoidal curve, the shanks held together by a U-shaped connecting section, and an offset portion formed in the second shank, the holding device including apparatus for positioning the offset portion of th

Abstract: In a hair curling rod having retractable bristles passing through apertures in a cylindrical body for winding up the hair and a device for directing a stream of heated air through the outlet apertures, the bristles or prongs are retractable independency on the temperature of the heated air stream. Preferably, the bristles are secured at one thereof to a movable support controlled by a temperature dependent element of a shape-memory alloy situated in the stream of heated air to expand or contract in response to predetermined temperatures.

Abstract: A comb or brush includes a combing body having a combing portion implanting thereon a plurality of combing units and densely covered by a layer of bristles which collects thereon combings or brushings and forms a smooth contact surface for preventing one's hair from being broken as it is combed a result of being caught between the body and the roots of the combing units.

Abstract: A one handed currycomb apparatus and method comprised of a base plate with blades with teeth and a handle connected by means of a shank. The currycomb contains a cleaning mechanism comprised of a cleaning plate, actuating lever, and biasing spring. The cleaning plate is connected at a pivoting end to a pivoting pin and is normally biased in a retracted position to the bottom side of the base plate. The cleaning plate contains slots through which the teeth are exposed. By means of the actuating lever, the user can, with either his right or left hand, utilize his index finger to rotate the cleaning plate away from the retracted position to an extended position. When this is done, the slots of the cleaning plate force collected hair, dirt, debris, and the like, from the teeth. Release of the actuating lever results in the return of the cleaning plate to the retracted position and the readying of the device for further use.

Abstract: A retractable brush in which the bristles can be retracted inside the brush body or extended therefrom by means of a bristle mounting member which is reciprocable inside the brush body and is movable between a retracted or extended position by means of a positional support member. The bristle mounting member is held in a preferred position by a locking means which automatically engages the positional support member when the bristles are extended. The positional support member is disposed such that the brush can be held and is readily actuable by one hand.

Abstract: A hair brush having a foraminous guide plate with holes through which the bristles extend. The bristles have enlarged bulbous free ends, and the holes in the guide plate are larger than the stems of the bristles but smaller than the enlarged ends thereof, so that the guide plate can slide along the bristles but cannot be removed. A laminated cleaning plate has a rubber layer with bristle-receiving holes smaller than the stems of the bristles, so that the holes in the rubber layer tightly engage the bristles. The cleaning plate also has a relatively rigid support sheet with bristle-receiving holes larger than the enlarged ends of the bristles. The rubber layer is bonded to the support sheet, so that the cleaning plate can be entirely removed from the bristles for cleaning purposes, while the guide plate can be brought adjacent the free ends of the bristles to facilitate re-installation of the cleaning plate.

Abstract: A dandruff remover device including two inclined combs connected to a holder for a blade having a non-cutting edge, which blade is arranged to be extended to against spring pressure into a cleaning position between the teeth of the combs.

Abstract: The disclosed retractable brush comprises a casing made of a resilient plastic material and having generally cup shaped front and rear members which are relatively rotatable, said front member having a front wall and an annular generally cylindrical side wall projecting rearwardly therefrom, said front wall having a plurality of bristle receiving openings therein, said rear member having a rear wall with an annular generally cylindrical side wall projecting forwardly therefrom, a bristle carrying member movable in said casing and having bristles movable outwardly and retractable rearwardly through said openings, and operating means in said casing for advancing and retracting said bristle carrying member in response to relative rotation of said front and rear members in opposite directions, said annular side wall of said front member having an internal inwardly projecting annular lip thereon and an internal annular groove therein immediately in front of said annular lip, said annular side wall of said rear mem

Abstract: The disclosed self-cleaning retractable comb comprises an elongated member made of flexible resilient resinous plastic material and comprising a comb portion and body portion at opposite ends thereof, with a handle portion extending between said comb portion and said body portion. The comb portion is formed with a plurality of comb teeth which are slidably received in openings formed in a lower wall on said body portion. The comb portion and the teeth are movable between an extended position, in which the teeth are extended through the openings, and a retracted position in which the tips of the teeth are retracted into the openings. The handle portion is flexed into a generally U-shaped loop and is effective to bias the comb portion toward its retracted position. The body portion has sidewall means for enclosing the teeth, when retracted, and stop means for limiting the retraction of the comb portion.