Improvements in Shaving Brushes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Shaving Brushes.
I, ARTHUR WATKINS, of the Firm of Hamilton & Co., of 96, Clerkenwell Road,
in the County of London, Brush Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in shaving brushes of the kind in which
the brush when not in use is contained within a tubular case closed by a suitable
cap, the improvements having mainly for object to provide simple means whereby
the brush when required for use can be easily ejected from the case and fixed in
position.
In carrying out my invention the outer tube or case is provided near its upper
end with a circumferential groove which may be advantageously formed by
spinning. The socket in which the bristles of the brush are fixed, is, near its
lower end, formed with a corresponding groove and is provided with a number
of slits so as to form a spring.
By this arrangement when the brush is required for use all that is required
is to remove the cap and give the case a sharp jerk forward when the brush will
be projected therefrom, the groove in the socket engaging with the interior pro-
jection formed by the groove on the case in which position it will be held by the
spring end of the socket. Or if the brush is not projected sufficiently by the
jerking of the tube the brush may be pulled until the groove in the socket engages
with the projection on the tube.
It will be obvious that my improvements are also adapted for use with shaving
brushes having a soap attachment of the kind described in Patent No. 23303
of 1896.
1, ARTHUR WATKINS, of the Firm of Hamilton & Co., of 96, Clerkenwell Road,
in the County of London, Brush Manufacturers, 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 relates to improvements in shaving brushes of the kind in which
the brush when not in use is contained within a tubular case closed by a suitable
cap, the improvements having mainly for object to provide simple means whereby
the brush when required for use can be easily ejected from the case and fixed in
Dosition.

page_text: In carrying out my invention the outer tube or case is provided near its upper
end with a circumferential groove which may be advantageously formed by
spinning. The socket in which the bristles of the brush are fixed, is, near its
lower end, formed with a corresponding groove and is provided with a number
of slits so as to form a spring.
By this arrangement when the brush is required for use all that is required
is to remove the cap and give the case a sharp jerk forward when the brush will
be projected therefrom, the groove in the socket engaging with the interior pro-
jection formed by the groove on the case in which position it will be held by the
spring end of the socket. Or if the brush is not projected sufficiently by the
jerking of the tube the brush may be pulled until the groove in the socket engages
with the projection on the tube.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is an elevation of a shaving brush having my improvements applied
thereto and shewing the case closed:
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the tubular case shewing the brush in position
therein:
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 but shewing the brush ejected from the
case: and
Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but shewing the case in section.
a is the outer tube or case, b is the circumferential groove formed, preferably
by spinning, near its upper end, and c is the cap which fits upon the upper end of
the said tubular case a. are the bristles forming the brush and e is the socket
into which the said bristles are fixed. f is the circumferential groove near the
lower end of the socket e, the said groove f being formed to correspond with the
groove near the upper end of the tubular case a. 9, 9 are the slits (preferably
three in number) made in the lower part of the socket e so as to form a spring.
With this arrangement, as above stated, when the brush is required for use the
cap c is removed and the case is sharply jerked forward whereby the brush d is
ejected therefrom and the groove f in the socket e is sprung over the internal
ridge formed by the groove 6 in the case a so as to hold the brush in its extended
position. Or if the brush is not ejected sufficiently by the jerk given to the
tube a it may be pulled outwards until the ridge formed by the groove bin the
case a is sprung into the groove f in the socket e.
It will be obvious that my improvements are also adapted for use with shaving
brushes having a soap attachment of the kind described in Patent No. 23303
of 1896.
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. In a shaving brush of the kind wherein the brush is contained within a
tubular case closed by a cap, forming the said case with a circumferential
groove near its upper end and the brush socket with a similar groove near its
lower end, and with slits to form a spring, substantially as and for the purpose,
herein before described.
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2. The manufacture and use of the improved shaving brush hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 16th day of September 1897.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.