An Improved Shaving Brush.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Shaving Brush.
We, GILBERT LUKE BELCHER, of 2216 Telegraph Avenue, and HENRY
BENEDICT TAYLOR, of 704 Eighth Street, both in the City of Oakland, County
of Alameda, State of California, in the United States of America, Merchants, 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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Our invention relates to shaving brushes, and its object is to provide a continuous
supply of soap to the brush from a receptacle in the handle so as to make the
utensil always ready for use.
It consists of a brush having a hollow handle forming a reservoir for the soap,
an opening through which the soap is forced from the reservoir into the base of
the brush, and a means for forcing the soap from the reservoir into the brush.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood reference is had to the
accompanying drawing representing a sectional view of our improved shaving
brush, upon which:
A is a hollow handle of sufficient length to serve as a reservoir for a quantity of
shaving soap or paste which is preferably made of cylindrical form, and is
introduced into the reservoir so as to practically fill it.
One end of the reservoir is closed, and has a small hole or holes B made in it, or
a short tube may be attached thereto. Upon this end of the reservoir is fixed the
brush C so as to project outwardly from the end, while its base surrounds the tube
or opening B formed in the reservoir.
The opposite and open end of the reservoir is screw threaded, and is adapted to
receive a correspondingly screw threaded plug D which forms an extension of the
handle, and is provided with a milled head E or other convenient means by which
it can be turned.
When this plug D is screwed into the reservoir, its closed end presses upon the
piece of soap contained in the reservoir, and commences to force the soap or paste
out through the small tube or opening B, and into the fibres of the brush.
It is then only necessary to wet the brush in water and pass it over the face of
the user, when a sufficient lather will be produced for shaving purposes.
By this arrangement the quantity of soap forced into the brush may be regulated
to suit requirements and the implement is always ready for use.
It is especially
useful for travellers and those who have limited accommodation for the usual
articles necessary in a shaving outfit.
If desired the upper portion or plug D.inay be made long and hollow, having a
cap and a receptacle in its rear end through which a reserve supply of soap may
be introduced into it, or the supply may be contained in the outer part and forced
through holes in the part adjacent to the handle by a screw or by a piston
movement.
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
claim is :-
1. A shaving brush consisting in the tubular interiorly threaded handle, open at
its inner end, closed near its outer end and having a short tube extending from its
closed end into the bristle receiving socket or brush-head at said outer end, and a
hollow externally threaded plunger D of the same diameter throughout its length,
and of the same size exteriorly as the interior of the said haudle; the inner end of

page_text: the said plunger being closed to form a piston and its open outer end being provided
with a removable plug or cap-the space within the handle being adapted to
receive a supply of soap, and the space within the hollow plunger being adapted
to receive an extra supply with which to recharge the said handle.
Dated this Fifth day of December 1893.