or other Dentifrice to the Brush.
Year: 1884

page_text: or other Dentifrice to the Brush.
I, WILLIAM KENNEDY FERGUSON of 53 Great George Street, Leeds, in the
County of York, pharmaceutical chemist, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for "AN IMPROVED APPLIANCE OR SPOON FOR SUPPLYING TOOTH POWDER
OR OTHER DENTIFRICE TO THE BRUSH to be as follows:-
"
The ordinary method of using Tooth Powder or Dentifrice, by dipping a wet
tooth brush into the receptacle containing the said powder has many objections,
among which may be enumerated; the wetting or damping, and consequent
clogging or caking of the powder in the receptacle; the waste of powder involved
in the difficulty of removing on the brush, the exact quantity required; the
injurious effect upon medicated or disinfecting dentifrice by the aforesaid wetting
or damping and unavoidable exposure to the air; and the objection which is felt to
more than one person using the same box of powder under this system.
The device which is the subject of my present invention is designed to obviate
these difficulties.
In carrying out my invention in practice, I place the tooth powder or dentifrice
in any convenient receptacle, preferably constructed of glass, earthenware or other
nonporous material and of a bottle form provided with a neck or mouth.
The spoon consists of a stem, terminating at one end in a scoop or spoon shaped
extremity, of sufficient size to hold the necessary quantity of powder or dentifrice
to be placed on the brush, and having a stopper or cork fixed on the other
extremity-The said stopper is placed in the neck or mouth of the said receptacle
containing the powder or dentifrice and fits airtight therein, and the length of
the stem is such that the spoon shaped extremity just reaches the bottom of the
said receptacle.
The stem and its spoon shaped extremity may be constructed of silver, gold,
vulcanite, glass, earthenware, ivory, bone, horn or other suitable material, and the
stopper affixed to the said stem may be made of any of the said materials or of
cork-In the event of the stopper, stem, and spoon being all constructed of the
same material they may if desired be made as in one piece.
To use my said invention, the receptacle containing the tooth powder or dentifrice
and the tooth brush, may be held in the left hand, and the spoon containing the
necessary amount of powder be taken out with the right hand and the powder
placed on the brush, the spoon and stopper may then be replaced, and the brush
used to clean the teeth in the usual way.
Dabad thin toata minth dow of October 1901

page_text: or other Dentifrice to the Brush.
I, WILLIAM KENNEDY FERGUSON of 53 Great George Street, Leeds, in the
county of York, pharmaceutical chemist do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for "AN IMPROVED APPLIANCE OR SPOON FOR SUPPLYING TOOTH-POWDER
OR OTHER DENTIFRICE TO THE BRUSH" and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
+
"
The ordinary method of using tooth powder or dentifrice, by dipping a wet
tooth brush into the receptacle containing the said powder, has many objections,
among which may be enumerated; the wetting or damping, and consequent
clogging or caking of the powder in the receptacle; the waste of powder involved
in the difficulty of removing, on the brush, the exact quantity required; the
injurious effect upon medicated or disinfecting dentifrice by the aforesaid wetting
or damping, and unavoidable exposure to the air; and the objection which is felt
to more than one person using the same box of powder under this system―The
device, which is the subject of my present invention is designed to obviate these
difficulties.
In carrying out my invention in practice, I. place the tooth-powder or dentifrico
in any convenient receptacle, preferably constructed of glass, earthenware or other
nonporous material and of a bottle form, provided with a neck or mouth.
The spoon consists of a stem, terminating at one end in a scoop or spoon-shaped
extremity of sufficient sizo to hold the necessary quantity of powder or dentifrice
to be placed on the brush and having a stopper or cork fixed, on the other
⚫ extremity.
The said stopper is placed in the neck or mouth of the said receptacle containing
the powder or dentifrice, and fits air tight therein, and the length of the stem
is such, that the spoon shaped extremity just reaches the bottom of the said
receptacle.
The stem and its spoon shaped extremity may be constructed of silver, gold,
vulcanite, glass, earthenware, ivory bone, horn, or other suitable material, and the
stopper affixed to the said stem, may be made of any of the said materials, or of
cork. In the event of the stopper, stem and spoon being all constructed of the
same material, they may if desired be made as in one piece.
To use my said invention, the receptacle containing the tooth-powder, or dentifrice,
and the tooth-brush, may be held in the. left hand, and the spoon, containing the
necessary amount of powder, be taken out with the right hand and the powder
placed on the brush, the spoon and stopper may then be replaced and the brush
used to clean the teeth in the usual way.
In order 'that my invention may be clearly understood, I will now proceed to
further and more particularly describe the same, by reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figs. 1, and 2, represent elevations of the implement in two positions at right
angles to each other, the upper part of Fig. 2, being in section. Fig. 3 represents
a bottle, with the spoon fitted thereto, the bottle being shewn in section.
The same letters refer to the same parts in each figure.
A is the stem of the implement having its lower extremity formed in the shape
of a spoon or scoop B. At the upper extremity a collar or flange C is provided
and above the said collar the end of the stem is provided with a screw thread D
formed or cut thereon. A cork or stopper E, having a hole bored through it, is
slipped over the stem, and abuts upon the collar C and the said cork is secured in
place by means of a cap F, having a nut H, affixed to its underside, to engage with
The said cork or stopper,
the aforesaid screw E forming the end of the stem A.
can thus be easily replaced when worn or injured.
The implement fits into a bottle J, as shewn in Fig. 3; the cork E fitting the
neck of the said bottle and making an airtight joint therein, while the spoon-
shaped end B, just reaches to the bottom of the said bottle. The tooth-powder or
dentifrice is thus thoroughly protected from injury through atmospheric or other
causes, and the case, convenience and economy with which the powder can be
applied to the tooth-brush, have already been fully described.
As shewn in the accompanying drawings the whole of the appliance, with the
exception of the cork and bottle, is of metal, preferably silver or gold, but if of
base metal, it may be plated with gold, silver or nickel-In place of metal, I may
use ivory, bone, horn vulcanite, glass, earthenware or other suitable material,
which will not affect the tooth powder or dentifrice, and instead of using cork to
form the stopper of the bottle, I may make the said stopper of any other suitable
material, or of the same material as the rest of the device and in one piece with
the same, if desired, thus dispensing with the collar C, screw D, and cap F, with
nut H-The bottle J, may be formed of glass, porcelain or other suitable material,
and may be either plain or ornamental in shape, and may be made in various
colours or combination of colours.
I wish it to be understood, that I do not confine myself to the precise forms and
dimensions of the various parts of my apparatus as herein shewn and described, as
such may be varied within certain limits, and may be plain or ornamented as
desired, provided the essential features of the apparatus (that is to say, a spoon to
go inside a tooth-powder or dentifrice bottle, and to act as a cork) be retained.
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 spoon or scoop provided with a cork or stopper to fit into a bottle or
receptacle, containing tooth-powder or dentifrice, constructed in the manner and
for the purposes substantially as herein described and shewn.
2. In a spoon or scoop for applying tooth-powder or dentifrice to a tooth-brush
from a bottle or other receptacle, the combination of a collar C, screw D, cap F,
and nut H, with the said spoon or scoop, for the purpose of affixing a cork, or
stopper thereto, to close the mouth of the said bottle or receptacle, substantially as
herein described and shewn,
AMBROSE MYALL,
Agent for the Applicant.