A New or Improved Shaving Box.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 17th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Shaving Box.
I, ALFRED TROTT, of 40 York Street, Westminster, in the County of
Middlesex, Military Hosier, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to
be as follows:-
This invention consists of a box of zinc, pewter, or other suitable metal or
material, the interior of which is divided into say three compartments for con-
taining the lather brush, shaving soap, and sponge, respectively. The box is fitted
with a lid which may be hinged or otherwise attached thereto and be provided
with a snap or other fastening. The bottom of the box is furnished with grooves
or guides into which slides a mirror, preferably mounted in a zinc or other frame
and which is furnished with a ring or other device for withdrawing the mirror from
the grooves or guides and for hanging or supporting the same when in use. The
face of the mirror, when in place in the grooves or guides, is preferably uppermost,
so that the glass is protected from being broken. In some cases I mount the
mirror in a false bottom or tray, the sides of which are made to grasp the bottom
of the sides of the box when the mirror is not required for use.
A shaving box thus constructed forms a compact appurtenance suitable for
military and other use where it is required that such an article should occupy as
little space as possible without injury to the other contents of any package in which
it may be placed.
Dated this 17th day of March 1891.
Per W. H. Beck,
A. TROTT.
115, Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Shaving Box.
I, ALFRED TROTT, of 40 York Street, Westminster, in the County of
Middlesex, Military Hosier, 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, reference being had to the accom-
panying sheet of drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say :-
This invention consists of a box of zinc, pewter, or other suitable metal or
material, the interior of which is divided into say three compartments for con-
taining the lather brush, shaving soap and sponge respectively, and in the bottom
of which is arranged a moveable mirror.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a plan view and Figure 2 a
transverse section of a box made and fitted in accordance with this invention.
A is the body of the box fitted with partitions A³ which divide the interior into
three compartments, as shewn, for containing, respectively, the lather brush B,
shaving soap C and sponge D. The box A is fitted with a lid A' which may be
hinged as shewn or be otherwise suitably or conveniently attached thereto and
provided with a snap or other fastening. The bottom A' of the box is furnished
with grooves or guides E into which slides the mirror F, which is preferably
mounted in a zinc or other frame F' furnished with a ring F2 or other device for
withdrawing the mirror F from the grooves or guides E, and for hanging or
supporting the same when in use. The face of the mirror F, when in place in the
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page_text: grooves or guides E, is preferably uppermost as shewn, so that the glass is protected
from being broken. In some cases I mount the mirror F in a false bottom or
tray F (see Figure 3) the sides F of which are made to grasp the lower part of
the sides of the box A, as shewn, when the mirror is not required for use.
The shaving box thus constructed forms a compact appurtenance suitable for
military and other use where it is required that such an article should occupy as
little space as possible without injury to the other contents of any package in which
it may be placed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The new or improved shaving box divided into separate compartments adapted
to contain the necessary shaving materials, the said box having also combined
therewith the removable mirror, all constructed and arranged substantially as
bereinbefore described, and illustrated in the drawings.
Dated this 17th day of December 1891.
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Per W. H. Beck,
A. TROTT.
115, Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.