Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1887
Complete Left, 2nd Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 13th Apr., 1888
I, JAMES MEEK, of 29, Gallowgate, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Clerk, do hereby declare
the nature of my Invention to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object the preventing of the lather, and especially the water or
fluid part of the soap-suds running down the outside of the handle of the shaving-brush
(in whichever position it may be used) to the fingers of the person using it, which
when this takes place is both very annoying and inconvenient in using the brush ;
while the brushes to which the improvements are applied are much more convenient
and agreeable in their use, than shaving brushes have been as heretofore constructed.
The nature and novelty of the Invention or improvements consist all as follows:-
In constructing round the outer circumference of the thin socket or ferrule of the brush
within which the hair is compressed or cemented, and at some distance down there-
from, a narrow deep V channel or recess, with an outer thin edge or lip. This channel
receives all the loose soap-suds or water which runs down the outer circumference of
the ferrule from the brush, when inverted, and a number of small holes or longitudinal
slits are pierced through the bottom of the channel at an angle inwards, so that all
the water and more fluid part of the soap runs through these into the interior. Below
these holes a disc or cup flauge is fitted fluid tight within the hollow socket part of
the brush with central tube. The handle part is made hollow, and screwed or other-
wise secured on the outer lower end of the socket part, and under the edge of the
flange of the said tube, so as to make all fluid-tight at the joints, and forms a hollow
vessel inside around the said tube for containing the liquid, essentially of the con-
struction of the ordinary unspillable ink-bottles. A few small air-escape holes are also
pierced through the socket under the rosin or other cement securing the hairs of the
brush within it, which in this case might be covered with gutta-percha or other gum
or cement which would prevent the soapy-water from acting on the rosin or other
cements securing the hairs of the brush.
The action of the arrangement would be as follows:-When the brush was in any
inverted position in the hands of the person using it, the soapy water would run down
into the groove and through the drain-holes into the upper air space, and down the

page_text: inside of the tube, filling the hollow vessel within the handle, which would retain it in
the same manner as the ordinary ink-bottle of equivalent construction, so that what-
ever water is collected cannot escape again although the brush be held in any position
until the bottom part is unscrewed. The air escapes out through the small holes
above, while the soapy-liquid was running in by the lower ones, and the outer lip of
the groove would prevent either the liquid or soap-suds running down the outside
surface of the handle. Instead of the internal tube described, a sponge or other
equivalent absorbent material might be fitted within the hollow-handle which would
absorb all the soapy liquid running down the conducting groove and holes; and in
either case the handle would be screwed off from time to time from the socket and
groove part, to empty out the liquid or compress the liquid out of the sponge, or insert
a dry sponge.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shaving-brushes...
1, JAMES MEEK, of 29 Gallowgate Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Clerk, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing reference being had to the accompanying, Sheet of Drawings. and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My said Invention has for its object the preventing of the lather, and especially the
water or fluid part of the soap suds running down the outside of the handle of the
shaving-brush, in whichever position it may be used, to the fingers of the person
using it, which when this takes place is both very annoying and inconvenient in using
the brush; while the brushes to which the improvements are applied are much more
convenient and agreeable in their use, than shaving brushes have been as heretofore
constructed.
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And in order that my said invention, and the manner of performing or carrying the
same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto appended an
explanatory Sheet of Drawings, in which the same reference letters are used to
indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown. Figure 1 is a front view,
and Figure 2 a corresponding sectional view of my new or improved construction of
shaving brush. While Figure 3 is a face view or inverted plan looking on the end
with the brush or hair part reinoved, and showing the holes or interstices a in the
channel a', for the inlet passage of the soapy liquid.
Referring to these Drawings; the nature and novelty of my invention or improve-
ments consist all as follows:-In constructing round the outer circumference of the
thin socket or ferrule A of the brush within which the hair A¹ is compressed or
cemented and at some distance down therefrom, a narrow deep V channel or recess a³,
with an outer thin edge or lip. This channel a¹ receives all the loose soap suds or
water which runs down the outer circumference of the ferrule A from the brush A¹,
when inverted, and a number of small holes or longitudinal slits a are pierced through
the bottom of the channel a¹ at an angle inwards, so that all the water and more fluid
part of the soap run through these into the interior. Below these holes a, a disc or
cup flange B, is screwed or fitted fluid tight within the hollow socket part A², of the
brush with central conoidal or tapering tube B. The handle part CC, is mado
hollow, and screwed or otherwise secured at C2 on the outer lower end of the socket
part A, and under the edge of the flange a a¹, of the said tube A, so as to make all
fluid-tight at the joints, and form a hollow vessel C, inside around the said tube for
containing the liquid, essentially. of the construction of the ordinary unspillable ink-
bottles. One or more small air-escape holes a³, may also be pierced through the
socket A, near the rosin or other cement a² securing the hairs A', of the brush within it,
which in this case might be covered with gutta-percha or other gum or cement which
would prevent the soapy-water from acting on the rosin or other cements securing
the hairs of the brush.

page_text: The action of the arrangement is as follows:-When the brush is in any inverted
position in the hands of the person using it, the soapy water runs down into the
groove al and through the drain-holes or interstices a into the upper air space, and
down the inside of the tube B B', within the hollow vessel C¹, in the handle C, which
retains it in the same manner as the ordinary ink-bottle of equivalent construction ;
so that whatever water is collected cannot escape again although the brush be held in
any position until the bottom part C, C1, C2, is unscrewed. The air escapes out
through the small holes above, when formed with these, while the soapy-liquid was
running in by the lower ones a, and the outer lip a¹ of the groove would prevent
either the liquid or soap-suds running down the outside surface of the handle.
Instead of the internal tube B B', described, a sponge or other equivalent absorbent
material might be fitted within the hollow handle (" which would absorb all the
soapy-liquid running down the conducting groove a¹ and holes a; and in either case
the handle C would be screwed off from time to time from the socket A2, and groove
part a a', to empty out the liquid, or compress the liquid out of the sponge and insert
a dry sponge.
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
First. The construction, or arrangement and combination of the parts of a shaving
brush, substantially as and for the advantages herein described, in reference to and
shown in the accompanying Drawings.
Second. The constructing of shaving brushes with a narrow deep V channel or
recess a¹ having a series of small holes, interstices or slits a at the bottom for the
soapy liquid to pass into the interior of the brush case or handle, substantially as and
for the advantages herein described in reference to and shown in the accompanying
Drawings.
Third. In shaving brushes, the constructing of a channelled recess a¹ with
interstices a, in combination with an inner central tube B B¹, or a sponge or equivalent
liquid absorbent material within the handle C, C, substantially as and for the advan-
tages herein described, in reference to and shown in the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1888