IMPROVEMENTS IN FITTINGS SUITABLE FOR DRESSING CASES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES OF ELEGANCE AND UTILITY
Year: 1854

page_text: Sealed the 22nd June 1855, and dated the 30th December 1854.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Samuel Smith Shipley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Decla-
ration, on the 30th December 1854, pursuant to the 9th Section of the
Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
SMITH SHIPLEY, of Stoke Newington, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FITTINGS SUITABLE FOR DRESSING CASES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES OF ELEGANCE
AND UTILITY," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and
have made solemn Declaration that I verily believe myself to be the true and
first Inventor thereof:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Smith Shipley, do hereby declare
that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and seal, fully
describes and ascertains the nature of my said Invention, and the manner

page_text: in which the same is to be performed, accompanied by the Drawing hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in the application of glass, porcelain, or other tubes
or cases, in conjunction with novel and peculiar caps or covers of metal, glass,
or other material and fittings, suitable to the particular purpose for which such
glass tubes or cases may be required; such, per example, as for containing a
shaving brush, tooth or nail brush (together or separately), shaving soap,
tooth paste, pomade, bandoline, cosmetique, or any other article for the toilet,
or for other purposes.
I proceed to fit to one end of each tube a cap or cover, which may be of
metal, stamped or pressed into a suitable form, or of glass; I prefer that
these caps should be lined internally with cork, india-rubber, or some such
material, to surround the end of the glass tube or case, and fit tight thereupon;
or without the internal encircling lining of cork or other material, but with a
pad or disc of vulcanized india-rubber or cork, secured to the inside of the cap
or cover, so as when fitted to press upon the end of tube or case, in the ordinary
manner of screw or spring-cap inkstands, scent bottles, &c., so as to insure an
air-tight covering. But I make no claim for the lining or fitting of such caps as
described, that having been done already, and is the subject of another Patent.
I next proceed to fit to the other end of such tubes or cases, according to
my Invention, in a manner suitable to the purpose for which they are intended,
whether it be for containing a shaving brush, tooth brush, or nail brush, together
or separately, shaving soap, tooth paste, pomade, bandoline, cosmetique, or any
other article for the toilet; or for chocolate paste, confections, or such like
materials,, or for other similar purposes.
For containing a shaving brush, I fit each end of the tube with a cap or
cover, similar to that described above, and the end of a shaving brush may be
fitted in the manner now described. To the solid end of the shaving brush I
fit a ring or rings, of cork or vulcanized india-rubber, to secure it firmly in
the tube, and insure sufficient frictional contact when thrust out to hold it
firmly whilst in use; and in a similar way also for containing a nail or
tooth brush, for containing tooth paste, shaving soap, and for such like purpose,
I fit one end as above described, and to the other end I apply a flanged ring
or ferrule, fitting the end of tube securely, or it may be cemented thereto.
The flange, projecting inwards, forms a rest or bearing for the material or
article which the tube or case is intended to contain. I then place within
the tube or case a plate or disc of metal, glass, porcelain, or any other
suitable material, to fit the interior pretty accurately, and which, when
resting upon the flanged ring or ferrule, forms a secure bearing, and suffi-

page_text: Figure 7 is a sectional view of a tube fitted for containing chocolate paste.
Figure 8, an external view of the same, with the top cap removed, and the
chocolate paste projecting therefrom.
Figure 9, a view of an octagonal case or tube, fitted with octagonal caps.
Figure 10, a view of a similar tube, with shouldered ends, fitted with orna-
mental caps lined and padded.
Figure 11, a section of a tube containing a tooth and a nail brush, and fitted
with a cap at each end.
Figures 12 and 13, a section and a plan of a cap or ring ferrule, cap, or
cover.
Figures 14 and 15, views of a disc for covering the opening in the cap, cover,
or ring ferrule, herein-before described.
Figures 16 and 17 shew a further improvement in the form of the top caps
or covers, the edge being notched or scolloped, to give a spring or elasticity
to it.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Smith Shipley, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of December, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-four.
SAMUEL SMITH SHIPLEY. (L.S.)
SAMUEL SMITH SHIPLEY. (L.S.)