Continuously variable angle helical roller comb

Claim 1

A ROLLER COMB COMPRISING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BODY, AND ONLY A SINGLE ROW OF LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED, LAMINAR, HEMI-CRESCENT SHAPED TEETH EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE BODY TRANSVERSE TO THE AXIS OF THE BODY AND CURVING ABOUT THE BODY IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME ROTATIVE DIRECTION, THE OUTER PERIPHERIES OF SAID TEETH LYING ON CIRCLES OF LARGER DIAMETER THAN SAID BODY, SAID OUTER PERIPHERIES OF THE TEETH HAVING ARCUATE EXTENTS OF THE ORDER OF 180 DEGREES, SAID BODY LYING ENTIRELY WITHIN SAID CIRCLES AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENT THERETO, THE DIAMETER OF SAID BODY BEING SUBSTANTIALLY HALF THAT OF SAID CIRCLES, THE INNER PERIPHERIES OF SAID TEETH LYING ON CIRCLES OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIAMETER AS SAID BODY THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENT TO SAID CIRCLES DEFINING THE OUTER PERIPHERIES OF SAID TEETH AND SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENT TO SAID BODY AT POINTS SUBSTANTIALLY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED ON SAID BODY FROM THE POINTS OF TANGENCY WITH THE BODY OF SAID CIRCLES DEFINING THE OUTER PERIPHERIES OF SAID TEETH.