Combination applicator comb and dispensing cartridge with positional flow control means

Claim 1

AN APPLICATOR COMB ASSEMBLY WHICH COMPRISES A COMB FORMED OF A FLEXIBLE RESILIENT MATERIAL, AND INCLUDING A FRAME HAVING DEFLECTABLE SIDES AND A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY EXTENDING TEETH INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME, AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID TEETH EACH HAVING A PASSAGE EXTENDING AXIALLY THEREIN, AND AT LEAST ONE DISCHARGE OPENING COMMUNICATING WITH SAID PASSAGE, SAID DISCHARGE OPENING BEING LOCATED ADJACENT THE OUTER END OF EACH OF SAID TEETH CONTAINING SAID PASSAGE, SAID DISCHARGE OPENINGS BEING NORMALLY IN SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED POSITION, AND BEING EXPANDIBLE TO AN OPEN POSITION BY PRESSURE GENERATED IN SAID PASSAGES, AND RETRACTABLE TO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED POSITION ON REMOVAL OF SAID PRESSURE, SAID FRAME HAVING A CYLINDRICAL LONGITUDINAL BORE THEREIN HAVING AN OPEN OUTER END AND COMMUNICATING LATERALLY WITH THE INNER ENDS OF SAID PASSAGES IN SAID TEETH, A DEFORMABLE CYLINDRICAL CARTRIDGE CONTAINING A MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED FROM SAID COMB, SAID CARTRIDGE BEING RECEIVED WITH A SNUG BUT ROTATABLE FIT WITHIN SAID CYLINDRICAL BORE, A CYLINDRICAL CAP FIXED TO THE OUTER END OF SAID CARTRIDGE AND DISPOSED WITHIN THE OUTER