Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 20th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 20th Aor., 1889
We, CHARLES DAVIES of 11 Virgil Street Cornbrook Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Engineer and HENRY JAMES HAMPSON of the Woodlands Stretford
Manchester aforesaid Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be
as follows:
This invention consists in an improved razor strop made up as follows:-The strap
of leather or other suitable material which forms the stropping surface for the razor
is connected at one end to a swivel metal loop on the stem of which is secured a
metal or other washer and a disc of india-rubber and at the other end of the strap is
attached a metal ring or loop.
In use the india rubber disc is pressed firmly against any convenient smooth
surface so as to drive out the air between the two bodies and the fingers of the
operator passed through the ring or loop at the other end of the strap which may
then be pulled tight the strap being supported at the other end by the vacuum
created between the india rubber disc and the smooth surface.
Datad this 21st day of June 1888
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent.

page_text: We CHARLES DAVIES of 11 Virgil Street Cornbrook Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Engineer and HENRY JAMES HAMPSON of the Woodlands, Stretford
Manchester aforesaid Contractor 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 by the following statement:-
This invention consists in an improved razor strop made up as follows: The strap
of leather or other suitable material which forms the stropping surface for the razor
is connected at one end to a swivel metal loop on the stem of which is secured a
metal or other washer and a disc of india rubber and at the other end of the strap is
attached a metal ring or loop.
And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect we will describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings reference being had to
the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are three views showing our improved razor strop in different
positions and Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation illustrating the action of the india rubber
disc when in use.
In these views a designates the leather or other strop which has a metal ring or
loop at one end and another metal ring or loop c at the other end by which it is
connected by a swivel connection to the india rubber disc d. The swivel connection
in this instance consists of a rivet or stud e the larger portion of which passes freely
through the loop c and the smaller portion through the india rubber disc d as well as
through a metal discf placed between them and abutting against the collar formed by
the enlarged portion of the stud. On the stud e is a washer g of leather or other
suitable material and the stud is secured by a nut or metal washer which may be
screwed on to the stud and then riveted in position.
In use the india rubber disc d is pressed firmly against a pane of glass or any
other convenient smooth surface i shown in Fig. 4 so as to drive out the air between
the two bodies and the fingers of the operator are passed through the metal ring or
loop at the other end of the strap a which may then by a straight pull be drawn
and held tight the strop being supported at the other end see Fig. 4 by the vacuum
created between the india rubber disc d and the smooth surface i while the swivel

page_text: connection allows the operator to turn tho strop a from the horizontal to the vertical
or any intermediate position without releasing the strain on the disc d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The improved razor strop consisting of a strap connected by a swivel. connection
to an india rubber disc substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 19th day of March 1889.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for Applicants.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for Applicants.