IMPROVEMENTS IN HEATING RAZORS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Bailey, of 35, Golden Square, in the County
of Middlesex, Warehouseman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
HEATING RAZORS."
Sealed the 14th May 1859, and dated the 19th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Bailey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th
November 1858.
I, HENRY BAILEY, of 35, Golden Square, in the County of Middlesex,
Warehouseman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN HEATING RAZORS," to be as follows:-
My Invention of improvements in heating razors for shaving purposes
consists in heating them by inserting them in a tube in which the heat of a
small night-light or other suitable light or flame passes; the tube being
so arranged and furnished that the razor can be slid in and out without fear
of damaging the cutting edge, and so that it will occupy a central position in
the tube, that the heat may have free and equal access thereto. This tube is
used in a vertical position, the heat ascending therein; a small shelf on which
the end of the razor rests protects it from direct contact with the flame. A
razor so heated is equally advantageous for shaving as if heated by hot water,
and acquires the proper heat in a few seconds.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Bailey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th
May 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
BAILEY, of 35, Golden Square, in the County of Middlesex, Warehouseman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty. Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto inc, the said Henry Bailey, Her special licence that I, the said Henry
Bailey, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Henry Bailey, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter,
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
HEATING RAZORS." upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Henry Bailey, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Bailey, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say): -
My Invention of improvements in heating razors for shaving consists in
inserting them in a tube in which the heat of a small night-light or other
suitable light or flame passes; the tube being so arranged and furnished that
the razor can be slid in and out without fear of damaging the cutting edge,
and so that it will occupy a central position in the tube, in order that the heat
may have free and equal access thereto. This tube is used in a vertical
position, the heat ascending therein; a small shelf on which the end of the
razor rests protects it from direct contact with the flame, which imparts to the
razor the heat required in a few seconds. If it is desired to heat razors

page_text: by hot water, I adapt an inner tube to the outer one, so that a narrow space
and film of air remains between the two tubes, which affords passage for the
products of combustion, and keeps the heat in close contact with the inner
tube; a suitable escape is provided at the top to permit of the requisite"
current and change of air. The inner tube is made somewhat in the form of
the cross section of a razor and not much longer, so that a small quantity of
water fills it when the razor is inserted. A small night-light may be used to
heat the razor with this apparatus, or simply an ordinary wax match may be
lighted and used for the purpose, one match affording sufficient heat to warm
the razor before the match is entirely consumed.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING.
Fig. 1 of the Sheet of Drawings annexed represents a side elevation of
the apparatus I use to heat razors according to my Invention; Fig. 2, a
lateral vertical section, and Fig. 3 a transverse vertical section, while Fig. 4
represents a horizontal section of the same on the line 1, 2.
In this arrange-
ment the double tube is used in order to heat the razor through the inter-
vention of water. a, a, is a base or stand for the warmer on which two light
brackets b, b, are fixed, and supporting at a suitable height the tube or casing
c, which is of an oval form, as will be scen in the horizontal section Fig. 4, as
also in the Figs. 5 and 6, which represent a side view and plan of (cap f.)
detached. The inner tube d is also of a somewhat oval form, and so as to
leave a uniform air space e between the outer and inner tubes c and d. This
tube d is fixed to the cover or cap piece f, which is fitted to slide on the top
of the tube c, thereby sustaining tube d in position, and enclosing the space e
above. In order to permit the necessary draught or passage of air, a number
of small holes g are punched in the outer casing c.
It will be observed in the horizontal section Fig. 4, that the inner tube d
has an enlarged rounded cavity at one extreme, which recieves the back of
the razor when it is slid therein. The back of the razor being much enlarged
and thickened in proportion to the rest of the blade, and fitting somewhat
closely in the enlarged part of the tube d, it is guided in and out of the tube
in such manner as to prevent the cutting edge coming in contact with any part
of the tube d when slid into or removed therefrom. The bottom or shoe h of
the tube d on which the razor rests while inserted is inclined as seen, to follow
somewhat the shape of the razor, and so as to require less water, but that may
be arranged at will. A small hole or socket i is formed in the base a, in
which the wax match is fixed when lighted to heat the razor, the match being
thus supported in the centre under the tube c. The heated air and flame

page_text: enter the tube at the bottom, and ascending up all round in the space, thus
envelopes the tubes and escapes at the small holes g, g. The tube d is thus
rapidly heated, imparting a sufficient heat to the razor almost immediately.
The tube d may be used either with or without water as the razor may be
placed and heated therein dry.
Fig. 7 represents a vertical section, and Fig. 8 a horizontal section, of an
arrangement for heating razors dry by the direct application of the heated air
from the night-light, match, or other flame. This is the same as the apparatus
before described, except that the tube d is omitted, that part recieving the
back of the razor only being used together with the shoe or rest h, on which
the razor slides. In some respects the apparatus is better with the tube d, as
it prevents the hand hold of the razor getting hot, but it takes rather longer
time to warm the razor with than without the tube.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be protected by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, heating razors for shaving
purposes by means of a match or other article producing a small flame in
combination with the apparatus berein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Bailey, have hercunto set my
hand and scal, this Eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
HENRY BAILEY. (L.S.)