IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAVING BRUSHES
Year: 1884

page_text: I WENTWORTH HARRISON of 10 Sussex Place, Onslow Square, South Kensington
in the County of Middlesex, Hair Dresser do hereby declare the nature of said
Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAVING BRUSHES to be as follows:-
The Invention has for its object the production of a shaving brush the holder
of which is constructed as a reservoir to contain a soft semi-fluid shaving com-
position or soap and which holder is provided with means for forcing from time
to time as may be required a supply of such soap or composition to the bristles.
For this purpose the handle of the shaving brush is made tubular and the end
containing the bristles is provided with a small opening formed preferably in a
small projecting piece extending a short distance into the centre of the bristles.
The interior of the tubular handle is fitted with a piston which may be advanced
and retracted by a screw operated by a disc or exterior piece at the upper end of
the handle, or the exterior piece may be made telescopic with the handle and the
piston connected directly thereto in which case by merely pushing the exterior part
of the handle the piston is advanced.
WENTWORTH HARRISON.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.

page_text: with an enlargement d' which bears against the inner surface of the cap b' and
with a plain cylindrical part & passing through the aperture in the cap above
which cylindrical part d is a screwed portion d by which the disc or exterior
piece d is connected to such screw D. The cylindrical part d' is slightly longer
than the thickness of the cap b' in order to prevent the disc or exterior piece d
when screwed on to the part d³ from binding against the cap b. I also preferably
form the screw D a left handed screw whilst all the other screws are right handed
Bcrews by which means when the screw D is turned in order to force the soap or
composition forward, there is no tendency to unscrew any of the parts.
The plunger or piston C is also preferably provided with suitable packing which
whilst securing the fit of the plunger or piston within the reservoir or hollow
handle B also applies sufficient friction to prevent the possibility of the said
plunger or piston C revolving with the screw D when the latter is rotated for the
purpose of forcing the soap or composition forward to the bristles A.
In the arrangement or modification represented at Figure 3 I dispense with the
screw D screwed cap b' and disc or exterior piece d and in lieu thereof I connect
the plunger or piston C rigidly to a telescopic cap 65 by a plain rod or stem D¹
screwed into the crown of the cap 6 and into the plunger or piston C or otherwise
rigidly fixed to such parts.
The handle and the various fittings may be made of ivory, bone, metal or other
suitable material,
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
1. A shaving brush provided with a reservoir handle B and a travelling piston
or plunger C by means of which the soap or other shaving composition contained
in the said handle B is forced as required through the hollow projection 6ª into the
interior of the bristles A substantially as herein shown and described.
2. A shaving brush formed with a reservoir handle B and a travelling piston
or plunger C operated by a screw D and disc or exterior piece d by means of which
the soap or other shaving composition contained in the reservoir handle B is forced
as required through a hollow projection 63 into the interior of the bristles A sub-
stantially as herein shown and described.
3. A shaving brush formed with a reservoir handle B and a travelling piston
or plunger C connected by a rod or stem D¹ to a telescopic cap be by means of
which the soap or other shaving composition contained in the reservoir handle B
is forced as required through a hollow projection 6 into the interior of the bristles A.
substantially as herein shown and described.