Improvements in Shaving Pots and in Apparatus for Heating and Supplying Water and Specially Prepared Liquid Soap for Shaving and the like Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application. 6th June. 1887
Complete Left, 5th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th Apr., 1888
Improvements in Shaving Pots and in Apparatus for Heating and
Supplying Water and Specially Prepared Liquid Soap for
Shaving and the like Purposes.
We THOMAS LUMB, Plumber, FRED CLAUGHTON, Spinner, and WILLIAM CLAUGHTON,
Barber, all of Yeadon near Leeds in the county of York do hereby declare the nature
of this Invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of a double shaving basin or pot or the shaving pot may be
in the form of a circular disc with two, four, or other number of recesses for holding
the heated shaving water, the shaving vessel is carried on a shaft or other suitable
bearing and is turned over or partially over by hand, when the top basin has been
used and the other brought into use whilst the first is drying or siping, and by
suitable projection on the shaft a jet of water may be turned on to wash out each
vessel automatically as it is turned or partially turned over, a spring may keep the
vessel in the required position, or single pots or vessels may be used with opening in
the bottom and under the opening a second shell with similar openings, the pot or
shell is formed so as to be turned radialy and so bring the openings in the shell
opposite the openings in the vessel or pot and let out the water whilst a jet of water
is fixed so as to rinse it out. Our improved heating apparatus consists of a specially
constructed circulating boiler, the bottom part of the boiler has a number of flues so
as to present a large heating surface, connected to the boiler is a second chamber or
cylinder containing the hot water supply, the boiler and the cylinder are connected
by circulating tubes or other connections, to facilitate circulation the taps are fixed
preferably near the bottom into tubes which draw the hot water from the upper part
of the supply cylinder, the cold water supply may be either attached to the heating
apparatus or separate. An air pipe is carried from the cylinder to the cold water
cistern, the specially prepared liquid soap is placed in a tube preferably in the hot
water supply cylinder, or in any other suitable position so as to be heated and the soap
kept in a liquid state, the apparatus may be heated by gas, fire, or other suitable
means. Our soap which may be either scented or unscented consists of ordinary soap,
borax, and oil, (preferably olive).

page_text: The slabs (preferably marble) immediately above the shaving pots may have
channels, grooves, or holes formed in a suitable manner underneath them, and the
edges or ends of such slabs may be rounded off in a suitable manner.
Further with reference to our improved shaving pots, they may be worked or
operated on the principle of a hinge, or on the principle of a swivel joint.
JOHN E. WALSH,
30, East Parade, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in Shaving Pots and in Apparatus for Heating and
Supplying Water and Specially Prepared Liquid Soap for
Shaving and the like Purposes.
We THOMAS, LUMB, Plumber, FRED CLAUGHTON, Spinner, and WILLIAM CLAUGHTON,
Barber, all of Yeadon near Leeds, in the County of York 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:
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Our invention consists of a double shaving basin or pot, or the shaving pot may be
in the form of a circular disc with two, four, or other number of recesses for holding
the heated shaving water, the shaving vessel is carried on a shaft or other suitable
bearing and is turned over, or partially over by hand when the top basin has been
used and the other brought into use whilst the first is drying or siping, and by a
suitable projection or tappet, on the shaft a jet of water may be turned on by means
of a valve spindle and the tappet so as to wash out each vessel automatically as it is
turned or partially turned over, a spring or stop pin keeps the vessel in the required 2
position.
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page_text: Fig. 1. is a front elevation in section or part of our apparatus.
Fig. 2. is a sectional plan of Fig. 1. on the line Y. Z.
Fig. 3. is an enlarged detail view of spindle tappet and pipes for operating and
washing out the pots or vessels.
Fig. 4. is a side elevation of tappet for operating the spindle of the valve for
rinsing or washing out the pots.
Fig. 5. is a side elevation of swell for stopping the pots in their proper position.
A is the stand upon which is placed the heating apparatus which consists of a
stand B, hot water boiler C. and cold water cistern D, there being preferably an air
space D between the cistern D and boiler C. E is a tube for the soap, this tube
passes down to the bottom of the boiler C, at its botton it is connected to the tap E¹
from which the liquid soap is drawn, a supply pipe F connects the cold water
cistern D with the boiler and an air pipe G passes from the boiler C to the
cistern D, taps H supply the hot water to the shaving pots J, these shaving pots are
mounted upon suitable spindles K carried by a bracket L attached to the side of the
stand A preferably a double pot J, J, is mounted on each spindle just to clear the
top M of the stand, in the top of the stand are formed round openings N, N, similar
to the size and shape of the tops of the pots, J, the spindle K passes outside the
stand and terminates in a handle P, on the spindle is a tappet R with two or more
wings according to the number of the pots employed on each spindle, also there is a
circular swell S upon each shaft having indentations or notches S¹ into which the end
of the spring stop pin T engages and holds the pots in their exact position as they
come round, water under pressure is supplied by a pipe U within which is a valve
and spindle V operated upon by the wings of the tappets R which depress the valve
spindle and open the valve so supplying a jot of water through the pipe V₁ to the
inside of the overturned pots as they come round and effectually raises or washes
them out, by raising and lowering the screwed pipe V upon which are nuts X, X, the
valve spindle is depressed more or less by the tappet and so regulates the quantity of
water used for washing out the pots.
The specially prepared liquid soap is made preferably of the following ingredients
and proportions.
To 1 lb. of ordinary soap we add a half pint of the best olive oil and one oz. of
borax to about three pints of water, these are put together and boiled until dissolved,
when they are ready for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is : :-
1. In connection with boilers for heating water for shaving purposes, the use and

page_text: employment of a tube or other vessel for warming and supplying liquid or semi liquid
soap for the purposes shewn and described.
2. The general construction and arrangement of the boiler C and cistern D having
an air space D¹ between them as and for the purposes shewn and described.
3. The use and employment of the double revolving shaving pots or vessels
mounted upon the spindles for the purposes shewn and described.
4. Rinsing or washing out the pots by means of tappets or the like acting upon
valves as and for the purposes shewn and described.
5. Regulating the amount of water used for rinsing or washing out the pots as
shewn and described.
6. The special liquid soap as and for the purposes substantially as described.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicants.