An Improved Shaving Soap Holder.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Feb., 1892-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Shaving Soap Holder.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD KAY, of Gowanbank, Clarkston, Busby, near Glasgow,
Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvements relate to holders for tablets or sticks of soap for shaving
purposes, and have for object greater convenience and economy.
The tablets or sticks of shaving soap, as at present ordinarily used, are often
somewhat inconvenient, and result in considerable waste, by reason of the soap
itself being held, when in use, at one end by the hand.
To prevent this and to effect my improvements, I provide a suitably shaped
handle or holder, composed of wood or other material. To this handle or holder
I attach the tablet or stick of shaving soap, either by means of a screw, or a socket
joint.
In both cases whether the joint be effected by means of a screwed socket, or by
means of a friction socket, such socket may be formed in either the soap or the
handle, and may or may not be provided with a screwed or friction cap or cover
to protect the soap when not in use.
As a modification the stick of soap when circular in cross section may be
threaded for its whole length or thereabouts with a quick threaded screw, and
so allow of its being screwed in and out of the holder or handle as required.
Variations in detail, such as the form and material of the holder and also of
the soap stick or tablet, together with the mode of attachment of the one
to the other, may be made without departing from the peculiar character of the
invention.
Dated this 4th day of May 1891.
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Shaving Soap Holder.
1, WILLIAM EDWARD KAY, of Gowanbank, Clarkston, Busby, near Glasgow,
Chemist, 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 h
the following statement :-
The improvements relate to holders for tablets or sticks of soap for shaving
purposes, and have for object greater convenience and economy.
The tablets or sticks of shaving soap, as at present ordinarily used, are often
somewhat inconvenient and result in considerable waste, by reason of the soap
itself being held when in use at one end, by the hand.
To prevent this, and to effect my improvements, I provide a suitably shaped
handle or holder composed of wood or other material. To this handle or holder
I attach the tablet or stick of shaving soap, either by means of a screw, or a socket
joint.
In both cases, whether the joint be effected by means of a screwed socket, or by
means of a friction socket, such socket may be formed in either the soap or the
handle, and may or may not be provided with a screwed or friction cap or: cover to
protect the soap when not in use.
As a modification, the stick of soap, when circular in cross section may be

page_text: threaded for its whole length, or thereabouts, with a quick threaded screw,
allow of its being screwed in and out of the holder or handle as required.
and so
But that the improvements may be better understood, I will, with the aid of the
accompanying drawings, proceed more fully to describe means employed by me.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
The figures shew sectional views of four varieties of shaving soap holder, fitted
with sticks of soap, and formed in accordance with my improvements.
The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.
a, a, is the shaving soap, and b, b, are the handles or holders for the reception
thereof.
In Fig. 1, a projection 6, is formed on the holder, provided with a screw thread
which engages with an internal thread, tapped, or otherwise formed within the
shaving soap.
In Fig. 2, this system is reversed, the screwed projection a¹ being upon the soap,
and the internal thread formed within the holder; and
In Fig. 3, a similar arrangement is shewn, whereby a plain stick of soap may, if
desired, have the necessary screw thread cut in its surface by the act of forcing
such stick into the threaded socket; whilst
In Fig. 4, the screw threads are dispensed with, the socket in this case presenting
a plain recess for the reception of the soap, which is retained by friction against
such surface.
The handles or holders may be provided, when desired with an internal projecting
ring or flange as shewn in Figs. 3 and 4,-to prevent the soap from being forced
too far within such handles or holders, and they may also be formed, upon their
outer surface, with a similar ring or ledge 3, in cases where an outer cap or cover
for the soap is used, to provide a stop for the same. The cap or cover, which
prefer, in most cases, to employ, for purposes of cleanliness and convenience, and
one form of which c is shewn in section in Fig. 1 of the drawings, may be of metal,
wood, or other suitable substance, and may be either screwed to the holder when
in position, or be retained by friction joint, or by other means, as will be readily
understood.
Variations in detail may be made, such as in the form and material of the holder,
and also of the soap stick or tablet, together with the mode of attachment of the
-one to the other; and a recess or tube may be provided in the holder or cover
for a shaving brush if desired, without departing from the peculiar character of the
invention.
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 :-
1. A holder or handle for sticks or tablets of shaving soap, provided with means
for the attachment of such sticks or tablets, and capable, or not, of having connected
therewith a detachable cap or cover, for the purpose and in manner substantially
as herein shewn and described.
2. The combination of shaving soap sticks or tablets with a holder or handle, for
the purpose and in manner substantially as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 29th day of January 1892.
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent.