Year: 1898

page_text: WC, HEINRICH CHRISTOPHERY, SENIOR, CARL CHRISTOPHERY, and HEINRICH
CHRISTOPHERY, JUNIOR, Manufacturers, all of Iserlohn, Germany, 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:-
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This invention relates to shaving basins and its object is to provide an article of
this kind which shall also serve, at the same time, as a shaving box. The improved
shaving basin is constructed to hold the shaving soap so as to allow the operator to
produce the necessary lather in a very short time, without the necessity of handling
the soap in any way, by simply introducing some water into the basin and then
actuating the shaving brush in the usual manner.
And in order that our said invention may be properly understood and carried
into effect or practice we have illustrated one arrangement of the same on the
accompanying sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the shaving basin as made in accordance with our
invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line x-x Fig. 2.
The improved article consists of a basin a which may be made of any desired
shape and material but is preferably constructed as shown in the accompanying
drawings. The basin has an externally threaded tubular extension or foot b and
its bottom is constituted by a suitably shaped piece of wire gauze c, or its
equivalent, secured to the walls of the basin in any suitable and well known
manner at d, d.
The tubular extension or foot b serves to hold a disc-like piece of soap e which
rests upon an inverted cap f loosely fitted in the tubular extension.
An internally threaded cap g, adapted to engage the external screw threads of
the tubular extension b, serves to press the soap e against the bottom of the
basin a. By screwing up the cap g on the extension 6 the inverted cap f can be
forced upwards so as to retain the soap in immediate contact with the wire
gauze c.
In order to produce the necessary lather for shaving all that is necessary is to
put sufficient water into the basin a to dissolve the surface of the soap e, through the
wire gauze c, and then to actuate the shaving brush, in the basin, in the usual
manner. As the soap wears away the cap g must be screwed up so as to always
keep the soap up against the bottom of the basin.
The various parts of the device may be constructed and arranged in different
ways without departing from the principle of the invention, and we wish it to be
understood that we do not confine ourselves to the precise construction and
arrangement of such parts, as shown on the annexed drawings, so long as the
peculiar features of the invention are retained.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. As a new article of manufacture, a shaving basin having an externally
threaded tubular extension and an internally threaded cap, or its equivalent,
capable of being screwed on said extension, in combination with a suitable part
for holding the shaving soap, and means for dissolving said soap and producing
the necessary lather without the necessity of taking the parts to pieces, substantially
as set forth.
2. As a new article of manufacture, a shaving basin having a perforated bottom
and a tubular extension, or its equivalent, underneath said bottom in combination
with a suitable soap-holder in said tubular extension and means for adjusting the
soap in proper position against the perforated bottom of the basin, substantially as
set forth.
3. An improved shaving basin having a tubular extension or foot-part screw
threaded externally and a bottom made of wire gauze, or its equivalent, in
combination with a suitable inverted cap for holding the shaving soap, said cap
being loosely fitted in the tubular extension or foot-part, and a cap screw-threaded
internally so as to engage the screw threads of the tubular extension and thereby
enable the inverted cap with the soap thereon to be adjusted in accordance with
the wearing away of the soap, substantially as set forth and for the purpose
specified.
Dated this 7th day of November 1898.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.