CA1287017C - Dispenser for hair cosmetics - Google Patents
Dispenser for hair cosmeticsInfo
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- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D24/00—Hair combs for care of the hair; Accessories therefor
- A45D24/22—Combs with dispensing devices for liquids, pastes or powders
Abstract
DISPENSER FOR HAIR COSMETICS
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
There is disclosed a dispenser for hair treating solution and the like in the form of a comb or brush having a hollow spine and teeth of absorbent material inserted therein in capillary-active com-munication with treatment solution in a reservoir in the spine, the flow of solution from the spine through the teeth to the hair being dependent solely on the quantity of solution applied to the hair through capillarly action. Spacers may also be provided to hold the teeth in spaced relation to the scalp.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
There is disclosed a dispenser for hair treating solution and the like in the form of a comb or brush having a hollow spine and teeth of absorbent material inserted therein in capillary-active com-munication with treatment solution in a reservoir in the spine, the flow of solution from the spine through the teeth to the hair being dependent solely on the quantity of solution applied to the hair through capillarly action. Spacers may also be provided to hold the teeth in spaced relation to the scalp.
Description
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Patent Cas~ D ?619 DISPENSER FOR HAIR COSMETICS
B~CKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a dispenser for hair cosmetics, and more particularly to a hair dye applicator in the form of a comb or 5 brush having a hollow spine which can be provided with a supply of hair treatment solution and with teeth protruding from the spine to transfer the treatment solution onto the users hair.
Patent Cas~ D ?619 DISPENSER FOR HAIR COSMETICS
B~CKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a dispenser for hair cosmetics, and more particularly to a hair dye applicator in the form of a comb or 5 brush having a hollow spine which can be provided with a supply of hair treatment solution and with teeth protruding from the spine to transfer the treatment solution onto the users hair.
2. Description of Related Art A dispenser in the form of a hair dye applicator is disclosed in ~;erman patent publication OS 27 ~9 274. As shown, the applicator has a hollow comb element which consists of a tube having hollow ` teeth extending substantially radially therefrom and connected to a reservoir that contains the hair dying solution. The hair dying solu-tion is fed to the tube under pressure via a pressure-reducing valve.
15 Because the quantity of solution fed to the teeth is determined pri-marily by the action of the pump, too much or too little of the sol~-tion can easily be applied. The teeth in the applicator are also sur-rounded by tufts of bristles, the tips of which project beyond the free end~ of the associated teeth. The function of the bristles is to 20 distribute the treatment solution uniformly over the hair. In the ' disclosed device, contact of the treatment solution with the scalp is virtually unavoidable if the hair is to be dyed close to the roots.
t erman patent publication GM 79 32 8S6 describes another hair dye applicator having ~omb teeth in which outlet openings are S provided in the reservoir for the treatment solution in the hollow spine of the cornb. Each opening is formed at the base of the teeth between two adjacent teeth so that individual strands of hair can be drawn past the opening and the solution can thus be applied uni-formly from the base to the tip of the strands. Although staining the scalp may largely be avoided with this device, it is very time-consuming to treat relatively large areas of the hair strand-by-strand .
The invention is hereinafter described in detail with refer-ence to the accompanying drawings wherein, Figure 1 is an elevational view, partly in section, of a dis-penser in accordance with this invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional view transversely of the dispenser of Figure 1 substantially on the line lI-II.
Figure 2a is a sectional view similar to Figure 2 illustrating an alternate arrangement of teeth.
Figure 3 is an elevational view, partly in section, similar to Figure 1 showing an alternate embodiment of the invention in which - there are two spines.
Figure 4 is a sectional view transversely of the dispenser of Figure 3 substantially on the line IV-IV.
Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in section and on an enlarged scale showing one of the teeth from the brush of Figure 3 .
~287C~7 DESC~IPTION OF THE INVENTION
One object of the present invention is to provide a dispenser for hair cosmetics in which the flow of liquid treatment so]ution is a function of the quantity of the treatment solution taken up by the hair.
Another object of the invention is to provide a dispenser that facilitates the application of particular solutions to the hair without a:Efecting the scalp.
In accordance with this invention, these objec~s are achieved by providing a dispenser having a hollow spine with teeth employing an absorbent material which serves to deliver the treatment solution by capillary action from a reservoir within the spine to the outer surface of the teeth. The absorbent material can be a material having relatively large inner and outer surface areas such as a mass of compressed and consolidated fibrous material or a porous polymeric material. As used herein the expression "capillary-active communication" means that capillary action in the material from which the teeth are formed causes the treatment solution to flow from the reservoir in the spine through the teeth to the free ends thereof at a rate corresponding to the rate at which the treatment solution is deposited on ths surface of the hair being treated. This mechanism is analagous to the operation of fiber-tip pens.
The total amount of treatment solution applied to a treated area is the sum of amounts taken up by the individual treated strands. A mass of fibrous material or other porous material may also be used as filler in the spine of the comb or brush.
Thus, the present invention provides a dispenser for a hair treatment solution comprising a spine providing a reservoir for receiving a treatment solution, said spine having a plurality of openings in the side wall thereof, capillary teeth inserted into said openings into direct communication with the treatment solution in said reservoir, said teeth consisting of an absorbent materlal which directly absorbs, retains flnd ~ .
~2~i7 - 3a -delivers the solution by capillary attraction from said reservoir directly to an outer applicator surface of said teeth comprising the entire exposed surface thereof, and a plurality of non-absorbent spacers supported by said spine and extending to a height greater than the height of the applicator surface of said capillary teeth in order to contact the scalp and prevent the applicator surface of said teeth from contacting the scalp during the step of dispensing said hair treatment solution Erom said applicator surface directly to the hair whereby the flo~ of hair treatment solution from the reservoir is a function of the quantity of the treatment solution taken up by the hair.
The liquid cosmetic hair treatment solution may be any of those commonly employed by consumers or beauticians, including, for example, conditioners, lacquers, styling aids, bleaches, hair tints . ~ .
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or hair dyes. While a uniform appllcation of such solution to the hair cannot be obtained with a single fiber-tip pen, it is surprisingly pos-sible to treat the hair uniformly by a relatively large number of fiber-tip pen type applicators in parallel in the form of a comb or brush.
Since the hair treatment solution, e.g. dye, is distributed from the surface of the teeth by contact through capillary forces, appli-cation of the treatment solution to the scalp will occur if care is not ~aken to avoid contact of the teeth or fiber tips with the scalp.
According to another aspect of the invention, the avoidance of applying treatment solution to the scalp may be further facilitated by providing spacers on the dispenser which prevent the free ends of the teeth from coming into contact with the base of the hair or the scalp. The spacers are preferably in the form of pins which are arranged between and at a distance from the teeth, although they may also be integral with individual teeth, with several teeth or with all of the teeth. The spacers project beyond the free ends of the teeth so that when the dispenser is drawn through the hair with the spacers in contact with the scalp, the ends of the teeth are spaced from the scalp. At the same time, the difference in the length between the spacers and the teeth should ~e as small as possible to provide minimum clearance between the teeth and the scalp so that the individual strands of hair may be treated with the cosmetic solu-tion as near as possible to the scalp.
2 s The spine of the comb or brush dispenser of the present invention may comprise a replaceable cartridge containing a r~ser-voir of the cosmetic hair treatment solution adapted to be connected to a permanent handle portion or, alternatively, the dispenser may ~7~
be made with the handle and spine in one piece as herein shown whi~h can be discarded af ter use.
Also in accordance with ~his invention, the comb or brush may ~ provided with two spines fixed to a single handle in which s the two spines may contain different treatment solutions.
With reference to Figures 1 and 2, there is shown a dLspenser for hair cosmetic solutions comprising a brush 1 which includes a handle ~ and a spine 3 in the form of a hollow tube. Teeth ~ are inserted into openings 5 through the side wall of spine 3 into the 10 hollow interior and project radially therefrom. As shown in the illustrated embodiment, there are four parallel, axial rows of teeth 4 extending lengthwise of spine 3 with each of the rows having four teeth.
Teeth 4 are formed of an absorben~ material such as a com-15 pacted and consolidated mass of a fibrous material and are incapillary-active communication with a similar absorbent matPrial 6 in hollow spine 3 of brush 1 that serves as the reservoir for the treatmen~ solution. Optionally, handle 2 may also be hollow and filled with material 6, thus increasing the size of the reservoir of the 20 treatment solution in the brush 1. The entire outer exposed surface, including the free end of each tooth 4, functions as an applicator surface.
To prevent the free ends of teeth 4 from coming into contact with the scalp and thus deposit treatment solution directly onto the 25 scalp, there can be provided spacers 7 in the form of pins that may be formed integral with and extend radially from spine 3 a distance beyond the distal ends of teeth 4. Spacers 7, as shown, are disposed between and spaced from teeth 4. Spacers 7 are arranged in a plu-rality of sets of four spacers circumferentially arranged along a single radial plane at 90 interva~s. The sets of spacers 7 are also arranged along the axis of spine 3 to form four axial rows of spacers 7. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, teeth 4 are arranged in sets of two circumferentially spaced teeth, with each set of teeth 4 arranged 5 along a single radial plane at 180 intervaJs. The sets of teeth 4 are spaced along the axis of spine 3 such that sets are located alter-nately both along the radial plane of spacers 7 and intermediate the radial planes of axially adjacent sets of spacers ~. Figure 2A illus-trates an alternate arrangement of teeth 4 wherein the teeth are 10 arranged in sets of four teeth circumferentially spaced at 90 inte~
vals. The sets of four teeth are located at axial intervals in radial planes spaced from and between the radial planes of spacers ?.
Spacers 7 are only slightly longer than teeth 4 and serve to space the free ends thereof from the scalp when spacers 7 engage 15 the scalp and thus prevent direct contact between the free ends of teeth 4 and the scalp.
Being relatively inexpensive, brush l may comprise a throw-away cartridge in which the solution is sold. To cover teeth 4 during storage or shipment, a transparent film for example can be 20 provided over the same, spacers 7 serving to hold the film from the teeth and the solution being retained in the reservoir in spine 3 and teeth ~ by capillary action. The solution can also be supplied in a cartridge comprising the spine that is fitted into handle 2 for exam-ple, or from a separate container into spine 3 through op~nings in 2 5 the end thereof .
In Figure 3 there is shown an alternative embodiment of the dispenser of the present invention comprising brush la having a handle 2a and two spines 3a and 3b adapted to be fille'd with the absorbent material 6a. Spines 3a and 3b have teeth or bristles 4a which in principle are the same as teeth 4 but, in lieu of spacers 7 anchored between and at a distance from bristles 4a, there are pro-vided spacers 8 fixed to the free ends of bristles 4a. Spacers 8 are formed of a material which does not exhibit capillary-active com-munication. The entire exposed outer surface of each tooth 4a up to spacer 8 functions as an applicator surface. This arrangement has the advantage that the spacing between the free ends of bristles 4a and the scalp can be reduced to a minimum .since, even when the free en~s of bristles 4a are stresse~ and thus bent, spacers 8 still serve to hold the ends thereof off the scalp.
Another advantage of the dispenser shown in Figure 3 is that the two parallel spines 3a and 3b can be adapted to supply different treatment solutions.
Bristles 4a are arranged on spines 3a and 3b in sets of three bristles circumferentically spaced at 120 intervals. Each set of three bristles 4a is located along a single radial plane and the sets are spaced along the axes of spines 3a and 3b. As best seen in Figure 4, axially adjacent sets of bristles 4a are rota~ed 60 out of align-ment, so that two sets oI axial ajacent bristles 4a locate the bristles at 60 intervals. The sets of bristles 4a are also arranged so that pairs of sets are aligned on a plurality of common radial planes extending through both spines 3a and 3b. Again as best seen in Fig-ure ~, each pair of the sets of teeth 4a, which is aligned on a com-mon plane, has teeth 4a arranged so the tooth ~a ~extending directly toward an oposite spine ~s located intermediate two teeth 4a"
extending from the opposite spine.
Although certain embodiments of the invention have been described in detail, it will be appreciated that other einbodiments are contemplated along with modifications of the disclosed features, ~7~7 as being withln the scope of the ~nventlon, whlch is defined in the appended cla~ms.
The following U.S. patents disclose hair treating liquids/
creams of the type wh1ch may be used ln the inventive appllcators;
4,55~,565; 4,575,377; 4,629,466; 41487,607; 4,371,370; 4,322,212;
4,325,704; 4,314,809; ~,226,595; 4,217,758; 4,129,413; 49129,414;
and Re. 30,199. Of the foregoing, compositions disclosed in 4,314,809; 4,217,758; and Re. 30,199 are most useful, particularly those disclosed in Example 5 of 4,314,809.
15 Because the quantity of solution fed to the teeth is determined pri-marily by the action of the pump, too much or too little of the sol~-tion can easily be applied. The teeth in the applicator are also sur-rounded by tufts of bristles, the tips of which project beyond the free end~ of the associated teeth. The function of the bristles is to 20 distribute the treatment solution uniformly over the hair. In the ' disclosed device, contact of the treatment solution with the scalp is virtually unavoidable if the hair is to be dyed close to the roots.
t erman patent publication GM 79 32 8S6 describes another hair dye applicator having ~omb teeth in which outlet openings are S provided in the reservoir for the treatment solution in the hollow spine of the cornb. Each opening is formed at the base of the teeth between two adjacent teeth so that individual strands of hair can be drawn past the opening and the solution can thus be applied uni-formly from the base to the tip of the strands. Although staining the scalp may largely be avoided with this device, it is very time-consuming to treat relatively large areas of the hair strand-by-strand .
The invention is hereinafter described in detail with refer-ence to the accompanying drawings wherein, Figure 1 is an elevational view, partly in section, of a dis-penser in accordance with this invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional view transversely of the dispenser of Figure 1 substantially on the line lI-II.
Figure 2a is a sectional view similar to Figure 2 illustrating an alternate arrangement of teeth.
Figure 3 is an elevational view, partly in section, similar to Figure 1 showing an alternate embodiment of the invention in which - there are two spines.
Figure 4 is a sectional view transversely of the dispenser of Figure 3 substantially on the line IV-IV.
Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in section and on an enlarged scale showing one of the teeth from the brush of Figure 3 .
~287C~7 DESC~IPTION OF THE INVENTION
One object of the present invention is to provide a dispenser for hair cosmetics in which the flow of liquid treatment so]ution is a function of the quantity of the treatment solution taken up by the hair.
Another object of the invention is to provide a dispenser that facilitates the application of particular solutions to the hair without a:Efecting the scalp.
In accordance with this invention, these objec~s are achieved by providing a dispenser having a hollow spine with teeth employing an absorbent material which serves to deliver the treatment solution by capillary action from a reservoir within the spine to the outer surface of the teeth. The absorbent material can be a material having relatively large inner and outer surface areas such as a mass of compressed and consolidated fibrous material or a porous polymeric material. As used herein the expression "capillary-active communication" means that capillary action in the material from which the teeth are formed causes the treatment solution to flow from the reservoir in the spine through the teeth to the free ends thereof at a rate corresponding to the rate at which the treatment solution is deposited on ths surface of the hair being treated. This mechanism is analagous to the operation of fiber-tip pens.
The total amount of treatment solution applied to a treated area is the sum of amounts taken up by the individual treated strands. A mass of fibrous material or other porous material may also be used as filler in the spine of the comb or brush.
Thus, the present invention provides a dispenser for a hair treatment solution comprising a spine providing a reservoir for receiving a treatment solution, said spine having a plurality of openings in the side wall thereof, capillary teeth inserted into said openings into direct communication with the treatment solution in said reservoir, said teeth consisting of an absorbent materlal which directly absorbs, retains flnd ~ .
~2~i7 - 3a -delivers the solution by capillary attraction from said reservoir directly to an outer applicator surface of said teeth comprising the entire exposed surface thereof, and a plurality of non-absorbent spacers supported by said spine and extending to a height greater than the height of the applicator surface of said capillary teeth in order to contact the scalp and prevent the applicator surface of said teeth from contacting the scalp during the step of dispensing said hair treatment solution Erom said applicator surface directly to the hair whereby the flo~ of hair treatment solution from the reservoir is a function of the quantity of the treatment solution taken up by the hair.
The liquid cosmetic hair treatment solution may be any of those commonly employed by consumers or beauticians, including, for example, conditioners, lacquers, styling aids, bleaches, hair tints . ~ .
~2~37~
or hair dyes. While a uniform appllcation of such solution to the hair cannot be obtained with a single fiber-tip pen, it is surprisingly pos-sible to treat the hair uniformly by a relatively large number of fiber-tip pen type applicators in parallel in the form of a comb or brush.
Since the hair treatment solution, e.g. dye, is distributed from the surface of the teeth by contact through capillary forces, appli-cation of the treatment solution to the scalp will occur if care is not ~aken to avoid contact of the teeth or fiber tips with the scalp.
According to another aspect of the invention, the avoidance of applying treatment solution to the scalp may be further facilitated by providing spacers on the dispenser which prevent the free ends of the teeth from coming into contact with the base of the hair or the scalp. The spacers are preferably in the form of pins which are arranged between and at a distance from the teeth, although they may also be integral with individual teeth, with several teeth or with all of the teeth. The spacers project beyond the free ends of the teeth so that when the dispenser is drawn through the hair with the spacers in contact with the scalp, the ends of the teeth are spaced from the scalp. At the same time, the difference in the length between the spacers and the teeth should ~e as small as possible to provide minimum clearance between the teeth and the scalp so that the individual strands of hair may be treated with the cosmetic solu-tion as near as possible to the scalp.
2 s The spine of the comb or brush dispenser of the present invention may comprise a replaceable cartridge containing a r~ser-voir of the cosmetic hair treatment solution adapted to be connected to a permanent handle portion or, alternatively, the dispenser may ~7~
be made with the handle and spine in one piece as herein shown whi~h can be discarded af ter use.
Also in accordance with ~his invention, the comb or brush may ~ provided with two spines fixed to a single handle in which s the two spines may contain different treatment solutions.
With reference to Figures 1 and 2, there is shown a dLspenser for hair cosmetic solutions comprising a brush 1 which includes a handle ~ and a spine 3 in the form of a hollow tube. Teeth ~ are inserted into openings 5 through the side wall of spine 3 into the 10 hollow interior and project radially therefrom. As shown in the illustrated embodiment, there are four parallel, axial rows of teeth 4 extending lengthwise of spine 3 with each of the rows having four teeth.
Teeth 4 are formed of an absorben~ material such as a com-15 pacted and consolidated mass of a fibrous material and are incapillary-active communication with a similar absorbent matPrial 6 in hollow spine 3 of brush 1 that serves as the reservoir for the treatmen~ solution. Optionally, handle 2 may also be hollow and filled with material 6, thus increasing the size of the reservoir of the 20 treatment solution in the brush 1. The entire outer exposed surface, including the free end of each tooth 4, functions as an applicator surface.
To prevent the free ends of teeth 4 from coming into contact with the scalp and thus deposit treatment solution directly onto the 25 scalp, there can be provided spacers 7 in the form of pins that may be formed integral with and extend radially from spine 3 a distance beyond the distal ends of teeth 4. Spacers 7, as shown, are disposed between and spaced from teeth 4. Spacers 7 are arranged in a plu-rality of sets of four spacers circumferentially arranged along a single radial plane at 90 interva~s. The sets of spacers 7 are also arranged along the axis of spine 3 to form four axial rows of spacers 7. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, teeth 4 are arranged in sets of two circumferentially spaced teeth, with each set of teeth 4 arranged 5 along a single radial plane at 180 intervaJs. The sets of teeth 4 are spaced along the axis of spine 3 such that sets are located alter-nately both along the radial plane of spacers 7 and intermediate the radial planes of axially adjacent sets of spacers ~. Figure 2A illus-trates an alternate arrangement of teeth 4 wherein the teeth are 10 arranged in sets of four teeth circumferentially spaced at 90 inte~
vals. The sets of four teeth are located at axial intervals in radial planes spaced from and between the radial planes of spacers ?.
Spacers 7 are only slightly longer than teeth 4 and serve to space the free ends thereof from the scalp when spacers 7 engage 15 the scalp and thus prevent direct contact between the free ends of teeth 4 and the scalp.
Being relatively inexpensive, brush l may comprise a throw-away cartridge in which the solution is sold. To cover teeth 4 during storage or shipment, a transparent film for example can be 20 provided over the same, spacers 7 serving to hold the film from the teeth and the solution being retained in the reservoir in spine 3 and teeth ~ by capillary action. The solution can also be supplied in a cartridge comprising the spine that is fitted into handle 2 for exam-ple, or from a separate container into spine 3 through op~nings in 2 5 the end thereof .
In Figure 3 there is shown an alternative embodiment of the dispenser of the present invention comprising brush la having a handle 2a and two spines 3a and 3b adapted to be fille'd with the absorbent material 6a. Spines 3a and 3b have teeth or bristles 4a which in principle are the same as teeth 4 but, in lieu of spacers 7 anchored between and at a distance from bristles 4a, there are pro-vided spacers 8 fixed to the free ends of bristles 4a. Spacers 8 are formed of a material which does not exhibit capillary-active com-munication. The entire exposed outer surface of each tooth 4a up to spacer 8 functions as an applicator surface. This arrangement has the advantage that the spacing between the free ends of bristles 4a and the scalp can be reduced to a minimum .since, even when the free en~s of bristles 4a are stresse~ and thus bent, spacers 8 still serve to hold the ends thereof off the scalp.
Another advantage of the dispenser shown in Figure 3 is that the two parallel spines 3a and 3b can be adapted to supply different treatment solutions.
Bristles 4a are arranged on spines 3a and 3b in sets of three bristles circumferentically spaced at 120 intervals. Each set of three bristles 4a is located along a single radial plane and the sets are spaced along the axes of spines 3a and 3b. As best seen in Figure 4, axially adjacent sets of bristles 4a are rota~ed 60 out of align-ment, so that two sets oI axial ajacent bristles 4a locate the bristles at 60 intervals. The sets of bristles 4a are also arranged so that pairs of sets are aligned on a plurality of common radial planes extending through both spines 3a and 3b. Again as best seen in Fig-ure ~, each pair of the sets of teeth 4a, which is aligned on a com-mon plane, has teeth 4a arranged so the tooth ~a ~extending directly toward an oposite spine ~s located intermediate two teeth 4a"
extending from the opposite spine.
Although certain embodiments of the invention have been described in detail, it will be appreciated that other einbodiments are contemplated along with modifications of the disclosed features, ~7~7 as being withln the scope of the ~nventlon, whlch is defined in the appended cla~ms.
The following U.S. patents disclose hair treating liquids/
creams of the type wh1ch may be used ln the inventive appllcators;
4,55~,565; 4,575,377; 4,629,466; 41487,607; 4,371,370; 4,322,212;
4,325,704; 4,314,809; ~,226,595; 4,217,758; 4,129,413; 49129,414;
and Re. 30,199. Of the foregoing, compositions disclosed in 4,314,809; 4,217,758; and Re. 30,199 are most useful, particularly those disclosed in Example 5 of 4,314,809.
Claims (11)
1. A dispenser for a hair treatment solution comprising a spine providing a reservoir for receiving a treatment solution, said spine having a plurality of openings in the side wall thereof, capillary teeth inserted into said openings into direct communication with the treatment solution in said reservoir, said teeth consisting of an absorbent material which directly absorbs, retains and delivers the solution by capillary attraction from said reservoir directly to an outer applicator surface of said teeth comprising the entire exposed surface thereof, and a plurality of non-absorbent spacers supported by said spine and extending to a height greater than the height of the applicator surface of said capillary teeth in order to contact the scalp and prevent the applicator surface of said teeth from contacting the scalp during the step of dispensing said hair treatment solution from said applicator surface directly to the hair whereby the flow of hair treatment solution from the reservoir is a function of the quantity of the treatment solution taken up by the hair.
2. A dispenser as claimed in claim 1 in which said spine is provided with an absorbent material for receiving said treatment solution.
3. A dispenser as claimed in claim 2 which said teeth are arranged in parallel rows lengthwise of said spine and spaced angularly about said spine.
4. A dispenser as claimed in claim 3 in which the spacers are in the form of pins mounted on the spine and projecting beyond the free ends of the teeth.
5. A dispenser as claimed in claim 4 in which said spacers are arranged generally between and at a distance from said teeth.
6. A dispenser as claimed in claim 1 in which said spacers are fixed to the free ends of said teeth.
7. A dispenser as claimed in claim 5 in which said spacers are fixed tot he free ends of said teeth.
8. A dispenser as claimed in claim 1 in which two spines adapted to contain different treatment solutions are fixed in parallel relation to one another.
9. A dispenser as claimed in claim 1 in which said teeth are formed of a compacted and consolidated fibrous material.
10. A dispenser as claimed in claim 1 having a handle and in which said spine comprises a replaceable cartridge of the treatment solution adapted to be fitted to said handle.
11. A dispenser as claimed in claim 1 having a handle and in which said spine and said handle are made in one piece.
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