Improvements in Shaving Brushes, Paste Brushes, or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shaving Brushes, Paste Brushes, or the like.
I, SAMUEL MCDOWELL HOLMES, of 212 Brunswick Road, South Bromley, E.
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in shaving brushes, paste brushes, or the
like and has for its object to so construct such brushes, that there will be afforded
a constant supply of lather, or the like, in a cleanly and free manner, the use of
extraneous means such as shaving pots, paste pots, soap sticks, tin foil tubes and
the like, being rendered at the same time superfluous. In order that the said
invention may be the more readily understood, reference is made to the accom-
panying sheet of illustrative drawings forming a part of this Specification, in which
drawings;
Fig. is a longitudinal sectional view of a shaving-brush constructed in
accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 being an elevation of same, in which a cap is shewn fitted upon the bristle
end of the brush.
b
Referring to the drawings, a is the handle of the brush, which is of hollow or
tubular construction as shewn, and upon one end of which fits a cap 6 preferably
having an inwardly-turned or flanged edge b', the said end of the tubular handle a
being provided with a corresponding shoulder or beaded rim a' against which the
inwardly turned or flanged edge aforesaid, abuts, and by means of which the
said cap bis enabled to be turned in either direction upon the end of the tubular
handle a without becoming detached therefrom.
The outer periphery 62 of the cap is milled for convenience in turning same
with the fingers.
Fixed to the cap b by a rivet and plate or washer or their equivalent, is a
screw threaded rod c of suitable length, which passes through a cup or washer d
formed of leather or other suitable flexible material held between two metal or other
rigid discs d d by the rivets d³ or their equivalent. The screw threaded rod c
passes through central tapped openings in the said discs d' d", and by turning such
rod, the discs and the flexible cup or washer d are raised or lowered within the
tubular handle a at will.
The outer peripheries of the said flexible cup or washer d and the discs ¹ form
a tight joint with the inner sides of the handle a so as to render impossible the
escape of any liquid or liquid substance between such peripheries and the said inner
sides of the tubular handle. The other end a² of the tubular handle a is screw
threaded upon its outer periphery and is provided with a head e adapted to, screw
upon the said screw threaded end a². This said head e consists of a hollow
portione into which the ends of the bristles f are fixed in any suitable well known
manner, such portion e¹ being provided with an outlet passage or passages e² for
conveying the soap or other substance contained in the tube a, to the aforesaid
bristle portion f. If desirable the said head e may be of solid construction and be
provided with an outlet opening or openings.
A cap g is provided to fit upon the bristle end of the brush when same is not in
actual use. Although my invention is specially designed for and is hereinbefore
described as a shaving brush, it is obvious that the invention may be applied to
various other forms of brushes such as those used for applying paste varnish,
blacking, paste black-lead, and the like, so that this being the case I do not wish to

page_text: confine myself strictly to the shape of the brush shewn and described, but may
vary same as found desirable or convenient.
In operation the cap 6 (and with it the rod c) is turned round until the
discs d' d and the cup or washer d are drawn up the hollow handle a a sufficient
distance.
The heade is then unscrewed from the end a² of the handle a and the said hollow
handle filled with (in this instance) soap-paste, after which the said head e is screwed
upon the end a² again.
The substance contained in the hollow handle a is fed to the bristle portion f
through the passage or outlet e2 by turning the cap b round and so causing the
discs d' d² and the cup or washer d to descend and force a sufficient quantity of the
substance contained in the handle a into the bristle portion f.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In shaving brushes, paste brushes, or the like, a hollow handle provided with
means for forcing the substance contained in said handle through an outlet to the
bristles, substantially as described and illustrated.
In shaving brushes, paste brushes, or the like, a hollow, tubular or other.
handle having a cap on one end capable of being revolved to which cap is fixed a
screw threaded rod located within the hollow handle and which causes a flexible
cup or washer held between rigid discs to move up and down; a head adapted to
screw upon the screw-threaded end of the hollow handle, and having an outlet or
passage communicating with the bristles secured in such head, and a cap to cover
the said bristles substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated.
Dated this
dex of
1001
HUGHES & YOUNG,
12, Basinghall Street, London, E.C., Agents.