Improvements in Boxes for Containing Tooth Powder, Toilet Powder, and other Powders ordinarily Used by Means of a Brush or Puff, or Pad, or other like Instrument.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1895
I NOVISIONAL SP MOLE ICATION.
Improvements in Boxes for Containing Tooth Powder, Toilet Powder,
and other Powders ordinarily Used by Means of a Brush or Puff,
or Pad, or other like Instrument.
I THOMAS BELLIS of No. 141 Queen's Road Bayswater in the County of
Middlesex Ironmonger do hereby declare the nature of this to be as follows:-
My invention relates to boxes for containing tooth powder toilet powder and
such other powders as are ordinarily required for use in small quantities at a time
and are withdrawn from the boxes containing them by inserting therein a brush or
puff or pad or other like instrument to which the powder adheres and by means of
which its application as required is effected. And my said invention consists of the
improvements hereinafter described in such boxes the object of which improvements
is to prevent adherence of an excess of powder to the brush or puff or pad or other
instrument when inserted in the box for the purpose of removing a portion of the
powder for use.
According to my said invention I combine with or form or arrange in the box
and preferably at the upper part thereof a receptacle into which the brush or other
instrument may be placed and into which a portion of the powder contained in the
box may be caused to pass by shaking the said box without opening it the said
receptacle being so formed that a quantity of the powder sufficient for one
application will be retained in it after the box has been shaken. For the purpose
of directing the powder into the said receptacle when the box is shaken I incline
or curve the bottom or other part of the box towards the said receptacle.
A convenient method of applying my invention to a tooth powder box consists in
forming an oblong aperture at or near the middle of the top thereof and securing a
perforated trough to the innerside of the said top below the said aperture and so
shaping the bottom of the box that the inner side thereof is inclined upwards
towards the said trough. By shaking the said box when charged with powder a
portion thereof is caused pass into the trough through the perforations therein
which portion of powder may be removed for use by inserting the brush through
the aperture in the top of the box into the said trough. The provision for closing
the said aperture when necessary may consist of a plate pivoted to the lid and
capable of being turned on its pivot over or away from the said aperture. Any
other suitable provision may however be made for closing the said aperture.
A convenient method of applying my invention to a toilet powder box consists
in forming within it a receptacle for the puff by securing or arranging a perforated
diaphragm within the upper part of the box and in forming the bottom of the said
box so that it is nearer to the said diaphragm at or about the middle than at other
parts the space between which diaphragm and the bottom of the box constitutes
the main receptacle for the powder or the receptacle into which powder is placed
when charging the box. On shaking the said box a quantity of powder sufficient
for one application passes from the main powder receptacle through the perforations
in the diaphragm into the puff receptacle and may be removed by means of the puff
when the box is opened. The lid of the box may consist of a plate pivotted
thereto or it may be of the ordinary or other convenient form.
I wish it to be understood that the foregoing are merely illustrations of the

page_text: application of my invention to tooth powder boxes and to toilet powder boxes and
that my said invention may be otherwise applied to such boxes without departing
from the nature of my said invention as herein before described.
In some cases dispense with the provision for directing the powder towards the
receptacle hereinbefore described when the box is shaken.
Dated this 15th day of December 1801
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes for Containing Tooth Powder, Tollet Powder;
and other Powders ordinarily Used by Means of a Brush or Puff,
or Pad, or other like Instrument.
.
I, THOMAS BELLIS of No: 141 Queen's Road Bayswater in the County of
Middlesex Ironmonger 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 boxes for containing tooth powder toilet powder and
such other powders as are ordinarily required for use in small quantities at a time
and are withdrawn from the box containing them by inserting therein a brush or
puff or pad or other like instrument to which the powder adheres and by means of
which its application as required is effected. And my said invention consists of the
improvements hereinafter described in such boxes the object of which improvements
is to prevent adherence of an excess of powder to the brush or puff or pad or other
instrument when inserted in the box for the purpose of removing a portion of the
powder for use.
According to my said invention I combine with or form or arrange in the box
and preferably at the upper part thereof a receptacle into which the brush or other
instrument may be placed and into which a portion of the powder contained in the
box may be caused to pass by shaking the said box without opening it the said
receptacle being so formed that a quantity of the powder sufficient for one
application will be retained in it after the box has been shaken. For the purpose
of directing the powder into the said receptacle when the box is shaken I incline
or curve the bottom or other part of the box towards the said receptacle.
A convenient method of applying my invention to a tooth powder box consists in
forming an oblong aperture at or near the middle of the top thereof and securing
a perforated trough to the innerside of the said top below the said aperture and so
shaping the bottom of the box that the inner side thereof is inclined upwards
towards the said trough. By shaking the said box when charged with powder a
portion thereof is caused to pass into the trough through the perforations therein
which portion of powder may be removed for use by inserting the brush through
the aperture in the top of the box into the said trough. Any suitable provision
may be made for closing the said aperture when necessary.
A convenient form of applying my invention to a toilet powder box consists in
forming within it a receptacle for the puff' by securing or arranging a perforated
diaphragm within the upper part of the box and in forming the bottom of the said
box so that it is nearer to the said diaphragm at or about the middle than at other
parts the space between which diaphragin and the bottom of the box constitutes
the main receptacle for the powder or the receptacle into which powder is placed
when charging the box. On shaking the said box a quantity of powder sufficient
for one application passes from the main powder receptacle through the perforations
in the diaphragm into the puff receptacle and may be removed by means of the
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page_text: puff when the box is opened. The lid of the box may be of the ordinary or other
convenient form.
In some cases I dispense with the provision for directing the powder towards the
receptacle hereinbefore described when the box is shaken.
A tooth powder box formed of metal and having my invention applied thereto is'
illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings Figure 1 being a
plan of the said box Figure 2 a section thereof taken on the line X X Figure 1
and Figure 3 a plan of the box without the cover of the perforated receptacle.
In the following description of the said figures the parts thereof are referred to
by the letters marked thereon. The same letters of reference indicate the same
parts in all the said figures.
1
a is the body of the box which is formed from sheet metal by ordinary methods
the bottom b of the said box being inclined upward from the part adjoining the
sidos to the middle. c is the lid or top of the box which is also formed from sheet
metal and has an oblong aperture formed in it the edges of the said aperture being
turned toward the inner side of the lid so as to form a downwardly projecting lip
or flange around the said aperture as shown at d in Figure 2. e is the perforated
receptacle consisting of a trough formed of sheet metal the mouth of which
trough is slightly larger than the said oblong aperture in the lid or top c of the
box and is secured or connected to the lip or flange d of the said lid or top so that
the said trough constitutes virtually an inwardly depressed part thereof. The
perforations in the receptacle e which are of the form of slots are shown at ff in
Figures 2 and 3. The part of the interior of the box below the perforated
receptacle e constitutes the main receptacle for the powder. 9 is the cover of the
receptacle e. The said cover consists of a plate of metal having raised sides and a
laterally projecting rim h and fits in the aperture in the lid or top of the box a
the said rim h when the said cover is in place being in contact with the upper face.
of the said lid or top c. For the purpose of facilitating removal of the cover g in
order to admit of access to the receptacle e the said cover is furnished with a
handle consisting of a piece of wire bent to the form shown in Figure 1 and
engaged near its ends with holes in the raised sides of the said cover so as to permit
of the said handle being placed either parallel with the lid or top c of the box as
shown in Figures, 1 and 2 or of being raised to the position indicated by broken
lines in the said Figure 2. One of the ends of the said wire handle i is of sufficient
length to project considerably beyond the rim of the cover 'g and is bent, or
cranked as shown at j in Figure 1 the effect being that when the looped part of
the said handle is raised the cranked part bears against the lid or top c of the
box and by a lever action disengages the cover y from the aperture in the said
lid or top c.
When it is required to use the powder contained in the box the said
box is shaken a small portion of the powder being thereby caused to pass through
the slots into the receptacle e. The cover g is then removed and the portio
of powder in the said receptacle e is removed by means of the tooth brush.
would observe that although the form of the cover g and the provision
described for facilitating removal of it are convenient yet I do not confine mysel
thereto as any other simple form of removable cover would be suitable for closing
the aperture in the lid or top of the box and a cover of the form illustrated would
be suitable for use without the arrangement illustrated for facilitating removal
thereof. I would also observe that although I prefer to incline the bottom of the
box upward toward the receptacle e as illustrated in Figure 2 yet I do not
restrict myself to any particular form of the bottom as my said invention may
be advantageously applied to a box having a flat or otherwise shaped bottom.
Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings illustrates in vertical section a wooden
toilet powder box to which my said invention is applied. Referring to the said
Figure 4 is the body of the box and is the lid or top thereof which are made as
usual except that a ledge or projection m is formed on the inner side of the said
box. n is a concave diaphragm or tray of perforated metal which is supported in
the upper part of the box by means of the said ledge or projection m the concavity

page_text: in the said diaphragm or tray being of a form corresponding approximately to that
of the face of the puff which when not in use is placed on and supported by the
said diaphragm or tray. The part of the interior of the box below the said
diaphragm or tray constitutes. the main receptacle for the powder. When it is
required to use the powder the box is shaken before removing the lid a portion of
the powder sufficient for one application being thus caused to pass through the
perforations in the diaphragm or receptacle.n onto the puff.
Although I have illustrated my invention as applied to a toilet powder box
having a flat bottom I would observe that the bottom of the box may
advantageously be inclined upward toward the perforated diaphragm for assisting
in causing powder to pass to the space above it as hereinbefore described with
reference to tooth, powder. boxes.
I wish it to be understood that the arrangements hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings are merely examples of convenient
methods of applying my invention to tooth powder boxes and to toilet powder
boxes and that my said invention may be otherwise applied to such boxes without
departing from the nature of my said invention as herein before described. I also
wish it to be understood that my said invention. is capable of application not only
to powder boxes of metal and wood but also to boxes formed of other materials.
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I
claim :-
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First. The combination with or construction or arrangement in a box for
containing powder or the lid or top thereof of a receptacle into which a portion
of the powder contained in the box may be caused to pass by shaking the box
without uncovering it substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
Secondly. The combination with or construction in the lid of a box for
containing tooth powder of a perforated receptacle substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the
accompanying drawings.
Thirdly. The combination with or arrangement in a box for containing toilet
powder of a perforated receptacle substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated in Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of September 1895.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.