Wet comb

A wet comb comprising a flat elongated comb back means, said back means having a plurality of comb teeth means extending laterally from said back means, said back means containing liquid reservoir means which comprise an elongated flat reservoir extending in the same direction as said back means and mounted within said back means, said reservoir laterally tapering from both ends to valve means to form a gravity flow path for feeding liquid to said valve at the apex of said taper, said reservoir means having capped filler means extending upwardly through said back means for filling said reservoir means with liquid and capping said reservoir means after filling, sight glass means mounted on the side of said reservoir means and extending through said back for visually determining the amount of liquid in said reservoir means, metering chamber means mounted below said reservoir means, said chamber means also being mounted in said back and comprising an elongated flat chamber extending in the same direction as said back means and mounted under said reservoir means, said valve means operably connecting said reservoir means to said chamber means for feeding liquid to said chamber means by gravity when said teeth are pointed downwards, said valve means comprising a resilient tapered valve face for sealingly engaging a corresponding tapered valve seat mounted in said back means, valve control means extending from said valve means through said back means and terminating in finger gripable knob means, said knob means having means extending therefrom for releasably securing said knob to said back, said valve control means comprising a stem extending along the length of said back means from said valve face to one end of said back means through valve stem guide means in said back means, said stem operably engaging said face means, said means for securing said knob to said back comprising a plunger secured to said knob at one end opposite the diameter of said plunger, a notch releasably receiving said plunger and comprising an opening in said back oppositely facing said plunger and of a configuration to partially envelop and releasably secure said plunger, effluent means in said chamber means for passing liquid from said chamber means laterally in the direction of said teeth when said teeth are pointed downward.