An Improved Box for Containing Powder for Toilet and other purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Box for Containing Powder for Toilet and other
purposes.
I, WILLIAM MARIE HALBACH, of the Bingham Hotel, 63, Chancery Lane,
London, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturers' Agent, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a box for containing powder for
toilet or other purposes, such as for applying powder to the person by means of
either a puff or pad in the ordinary manner, or to a tooth brush for cleansing
the teeth, or for any other analogous purpose, so that the powder will be practi-
cally equally and evenly distributed upon the puff, pad or brush, and the powder
contained in the box will not be liable to cake or lump, while at the same time
when the box is closed it will be impossible for the powder to shake out.
The box with its tray and cover may be made of any suitable materials, and
the form of same may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.
The box for containing the powder is near its upper part provided with a
shoulder. A tray is inserted in the upper part of the box and has openings formed
through same, which will permit the powder to pass from the under to the upper
part of such tray, when the box is turned upside down and shaken.
The lid is formed with an annular groove which, when the lid is in position,
fits over the top of the box and also over the periphery of the tray, so that when
the box is closed it will be practically hermetically sealed and thus prevent
powder from passing under the cover to the outside of the box, while at the same
time a certain space will be left between the upper surface of the tray and the
under surface of the cover. When the box is closed, it is reversed and slightly
shaken, whereby a portion of the powder contained in the lower part or body of
the box will pass through the apertures of the tray, and remain on the upper
surface of such tray, being jammed there so that it will not fall back into the
box. The box will then be returned to its normal position and the cover removed,
when by applying the puff, pad or brush to the upper surface of the tray, the
powder which is upon same will become evenly distributed upon such puff, pad
or brush without in any way becoming caked, or (in the case where the puff, pad
or brush is wet or damp), without permitting any of the moisture to pass through
to the body of the powder contained in the lower part of the box.
It will also be seen that by my improved construction the puff, pad or brush
will have a firm or rigid surface to act upon in removing the powder, and that
the whole of such powder contained in the box can be removed by the puff, pad
or brush as required until such box is completely exhausted, as there are no
acute corners in the shallow tray which the puff, pad or brush would have to
enter in order to remove the powder therefrom.
The lower edge of the outer periphery of the tray may extend slightly below
the under surface of the tray, and rest directly upon the shoulder formed near
the upper end of the box; or the outer periphery of such tray may be itself formed
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page_text: the lower part or body of the box A will pass through the aper-
tures of the tray B and remain on the upper surface of the tray,
being rammed there so that it will not fall back into the box. The box will then
be returned to its normal position and the cover C removed, when by applying
the puff, pad or brush to the upper surface of the tray B, the powder which is upon
same will become evenly distributed upon such puff, pad or brush without in
any way becoming caked, or (in the case where the puff, pad or brush is wet or
damp), without permitting any of the moisture to pass through to the body of
the powder contained in the lower part of the box.
It will also be seen that by my improved construction the puff, pad or brush will
have a firm or rigid surface to act upon in removing the powder and that the
whole of such powder contained in the box can be removed by the puff, pad or
brush as required until such box is completely exhausted, as there are no acute
corners in the shallow tray B, which the puff, pad or brush would have to enter
in order to remove the powder therefrom.
As shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, the lower edge of the outer periphery of
the tray B may extend slightly below the under surface of the tray, and rest
directly upon the shoulder a formed near the upper end of the box A, or the
outer periphery of such tray may (as shown in Fig. 6) be itself formed with a
shoulder to rest upon the shoulder a in the box, the periphery of the tray
extending below such shoulder; or again (as shown in Fig. 7) the under surface
of the tray B may rest directly upon the shoulder a in the box, without having
any extension of its periphery below the under surface of such tray.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
A powder box having a tray with holes or perforations fitted into the upper end
thereof, and over which fits a cover with a projection in the centre leaving a
recess at the sides and which allows a shallow space to remain between the upper
surface of the tray and the under surface of such cover, so that when the box is
reversed and shaken a portion of the powder contained in the box will pass
through the holes or perforations and become jammed in the tray, filling the
space between the upper surface of the latter and the lid or cover, whereby when
the box is returned again to its normal position and the lid taken off, such portion
of powder will remain on the tray which will form a firm or rigid surface from
which it may be removed by means of a puff, pad or brush, all substantially as
and for the purpose specified.
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