A NEW, OR IMPROVED SHAVING POT
Year: 1885

page_text: I LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH, K.G.V. Civil Engineer and Proprietor of the Patent
Industrial and Financial Agency 30 Finsbury Pavement London E.C. do hereby
declare the nature of said invention for "A NEW, OR IMPROVED SHAVING POT"
a communication to me from abroad by Johann Fuchs and Johannes Schweickert,
Hairdressers, in the City of Stuttgart Kingdom of Wurtemburg German Empire
to be as follows:-
:-
The object of this invention is to gain great cleanliness and to 'save soap in
shaving.
It consists of a metal tube the lower end of which is fastened to a suitable stand
or foot, and its upper end provided with a cup.
Between the bottom of the cup and the top of the tube is placed a turning knife
plate with a knife. Inside the tube is a spindle with a left turned thread which
by means of a rectangular female screw is fastened to the knife plate, its lower end
passing through the bottom plate of the tube and provided with a handle By
turning the spindle to the right by this handle, a plate fastened on the spindle
raises a cylinder of soap against the knife on the knife plate which on being
turned cuts a thin slice of soap at the same time forcing it through a narrow slit
into the cup where it is broken and stirred by the lather brush.
To prevent the knife plate turning when the spindle is turned it is held by a
rod fixed in it which passes through the bottom of the tube.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1885.

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I LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH K.G.V. Civil Engineer and Proprietor of the Patent
Industrial and Financial Agency 30 Finsbury Pavement London E.C. do hereby
declare the nature of said invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED SHAVING POT
a communication to me from abroad by Johann Fuchs and Johannes Schweickert,
Hairdressers in the City of Stuttgart German Empire, and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of this invention is to gain great cleanliness and to save soap in
shaving.
It consists of a metal tube a the lower ends of which is fastened to a suitable
stand or foot, and its upper end provided with a cup b screwed thereon.
Between the bottom of the cup and the top of the tube is placed a turning knife
plate c with a knife c¹ Inside the tube is a spindle d with a left turned thread (on
which by means of a rectangular female screw a plate e rises or falls) is fastened
to the knife plate, its lower end passing through the bottom plate a¹ of the tube,
and provided with a handle d¹. By turning the spindle to the right by this handle,
the plate e fastened on the spindle raises a cylinder of soap, against the knife, on
the knife plate, which on being turned cuts a thin slice of soap at the same time
forcing it through a narrow slit into the cup where it is broken and stirred by the
lather brush.
To prevent the soap plate turning when the spindle is turned, it is held by a rod
fixed in it (a) which passes through the soap and the bottom of the tube.
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 .
The shaving pot as before described and illustrated in the drawings in which a
cylinder of soap is forced against a revolving knife plate in the bottom of the cup,
which slices off the soap in thin shavings as required.
Dated the 10th day of Anril 1885