Hand-held unbraider apparatus

Abstract

An apparatus for facilitating the unbraiding process comprising a handle, a lubricating container, a comb, and a brush integral with said handle, said parts forming a sequence on the axis of the apparatus in the order as listed above. To unbraid several parallel braids, the apparatus is placed over said parallel braids with its axis parallel to the braids and said comb and brush touching braided hair. Then lubricant is applied and said handle is pressed to cause sufficient penetration of teeth of said comb into hair. Then the apparatus is pulled along said braids causing their unbraiding under the pressure of said teeth with subsequent brushing of unbraided portion of hair, and repeating said process either periodically with interruptions for adjusting the initial vertical or horizontal position of the handle until the unbraided hair condition becomes acceptable.

1 . A combination lubricator, comb, and brush apparatus comprising: 
 a sequence of a handle and combination of lubricator, comb, and brush, all parts extending along a longitudinal axis in stated order and integral with a general holder,    a lubricator having means to be filled with, contain, and release on the braids at operator's will the lubricant facilitating separation of hair,    a comb with plurality of teeth forming a row projecting downward from said general holder and transversal thereto, and perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, said teeth spacing being approximately equal to spacing between braids, and    a brush with a plurality of bristles parallel to said teeth of said comb;    
   
   
       2 . An apparatus for unbraiding the horizontal braids wherein said handle is attached to the general holder at the angle of 45° to 135° with other parts of the  claim 1  remaining the same;  
   
   
       3 . An apparatus of  claim 1  wherein two parallel rows of said teeth of said comb are arranged instead of one row.