Improvements in Apparatus for Manipulating Pots or Vessels for Shaving or other Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1886.
Complete Left, 30th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 21st June, 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Manipulating Pots or Vessels for
Shaving or other Purposes.
I ALBERT POHLMAN of Parkinson Lane, Halifax in the county of York, Electric
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct a simple, cheap, and efficient apparatus
for manipulating shaving pots, whereby each person to be shaved may have fresh
water.
On an ordinary table or slab is a recess in which I place the shaving pot, at the
bottom of the pot is a valve into which fits a plug, this plug is attached to a vertical
rod sliding in brackets, upon this rod is a stud which comes in contact with a forked
lever or crank, on each prong of the forked lever is a slot in which the stud or pin is
placed this forked lever being at right angles to the vertical rod and pivotted on the
inside of the front part of the table or bearing at the end of this lever is a handle or
knob; the plug being forced against the seat of the valve by means of a spring. On
wishing to empty the pot of the dirty water, I press the handle or knob downwards, and
the forked lever bears against the studs on the vertical rod, and forces the plug off its
seat, and allows the water to run out, on leaving loose of the handle the valve in the
bottom of the pot is closed, and the pot is ready for being refilled with clean water.
This apparatus may be applied to wash basins, sinks, baths and the like.
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JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of my apparatus for manipulating pots or vessels for
shaving or other purposes, partly in section.
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation partly in section.
Figs. 4 and 5 are side elevations showing modification of valve, plug or tap for
emptying the pots.
A is the table or slab (on a suitable stand) to which are cast or attached the pots or
cups B, B, for holding the water for shaving or other suitable purposes, above the pots
are taps C, C, fixed to the boiler D, at the bottom of each pot is an opening E of any
size, into or near which fits a valve, plug or tap F, either on a spindlǝ G (see
Figs. 1. 2 and 3) or as shown at Figs. 4 and 5, the spindle G slides in a suitable
bracket such as H, and is operated by a forked lever J, the forked lever is pivotted in
a bracket K attached to the box or stand L, the lever J passes through to the outside
of the stand or box and terminates in a knob, button, or handle M, and on pressing

page_text: the knob or button the lever bears against the pins, studs, or collars N on the
spindle G of the valve, and opens it, allowing the water to run out of the opening in
the bottom of the box or stand, the bottom of the box inclining from the sides
to the opening prevents the water lodging thereon; on leaving loose of the
button or knob the valve plug or tap is closed by the weight of the plug or
levers, or by a spring, and the pot is ready for being refilled. Connected to the
tap is a metal ring P, with a small opening or perforations around its underside to
enable the water to be evenly distributed around the sides of the pots, and insure the
proper cleansing thereof; the valve may either be a plug and spindle, inside the pot as
shown at Figs. 1. 2 and 3, or a valve or tap operated by a lever see Fig. 5, or the plug
may be outside the pot see Fig. 4.
The table or slab, and the pots may be either formed in one piece of cast iron,
brass, pot, earthenware, or other suitable substance or the cups may be made
separate, and fixed to the stand or table in any suitable manner.
Also the means
of operating the valve, plug, or tap may be varied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. Constructing stationary shaving pots with a valve, plug or tap at their
bottom operated by any suitable mechanism so as to open and close the valve,
substantially as and for the purposes shown and described.
2. In shaving pots the combination of the opening and closing valves such as F,
and distributing ring P, substantially as and for the purposes shown and described.
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JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.