An Improved Appliance for use in or relating to Shaving and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for use in or relating to Shaving and the like.
I, FRANCIS MIOTTO, of No. 4A, The Poultry, Nottingham, Hair Dresser and
Perfumer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to form a self-soaping or self-lathering cloth
for use when preparing the face for shaving, whereby the use of a brush and
ordinary shaving soap are dispensed with.
For this purpose 1 thoroughly impregnate muslin, calico, or any other suit-
able cloth or material, by dipping, boiling, or otherwise with a mixture of
spirits of wine, glycerine, pure Castille soap, and soap liniment in convenient
proportions; or with any other ingredient or mixture of ingredients which, when
the muslin, cloth, or other material is moistened with water and rubbed on the
face, will produce a lather and soften the beard ready for shaving.
In some cases I may mix scent or an antiseptic fluid with the mixture.
I prefer to cut the prepared muslin, cloth, or the like into pieces of suitable
size for use in a book form, or into strips for rolling up; or in any other con-
venient form.
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H. WALKER HILL.
2, Church Gate, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.
An Improved Appliance for use in or relating to Shaving and the like.
I, FRANCIS MIOTTO, of No. 4A, The Poultry, Nottingham, Hair Dresser and
Perfumer, 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:.
The object of my invention is to form a self-soaping or self-lathering cloth
for use when preparing the face for shaving, whereby the use of a brush and
ordinary shaving soap are dispensed with.
other suit-
For this purpose I thoroughly impregnate muslin, calico, or
able cloth or material, by dipping, boiling, or otherwise with a mixture of

page_text: spirits of wine, glycerine, pure Castille soap, and soap liniment, combined in the
proportions stated below, or approximately thereto, viz. :-
Spirits of wine
Glycerine
Pure Castille soap
Soap liniment
ounces
5 ounces
2 pounds
4 ounces.
These ingredients to be thoroughly mingled by agitation or boiling.
In some cases I mix scent, or an anti-septic fluid with the above ingredients.
In using the muslin, calico, or cloth impregnated with the aforesaid com-
position, it is moistened with water and rubbed on the face; when a lather will
be produced so as to soften the beard ready for shaving. Or the cloth may be
used instead of soap for washing the hands, face and other parts, or for other
purposes.
I prefer to cut the muslin, cloth, or the like into pieces of suitable size for
putting in boxes, envelopes and the like; or for use in a book form; or into
strips for rolling up; or in any other convenient form.
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: :-
1st. The herein described composition of matter consisting of spirits of wine,
glycerine, pure Castille soap, and soap liniment in the proportions specified-
or thereabouts-in combination with muslin, cloth, and the like, with which
it is impregnated for use when shaving or washing, and for the purposes specified.
2nd. The combination of muslin, cloth, and the like with a composition of
matters which, when thoroughly impregnated therewith, will form a lather when
moistened, substantially as described, and for the purposes named above.
H. WALKER HILL,
2, Church Gate, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.
H. WALKER HILL,
2, Church Gate, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Acetylene Generator for Cycle, Motor-car, Carriage, Table, and
every Class of Lamp.
ALLAN BORGESS ROXBURGH, Engineer, 30, Goldsmith Road, King's Heath,
Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The apparatus may be of tubular, globular or other form, and contains three
sections or chambers, one above another. In the bottom is placed the calcium
carbide. The middle one is to serve as a reservoir for the gas as generated, when
the gas is generating quicker than necessary for consumption, and the third or top
chamber is for water only.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-The calcium carbide is placed in the
bottom chamber and the outlet at top is closed. Water is then poured into the top
chainber till filled. The apparatus is then ready for generating, but will not do so
till the outlet is opened. On doing this the water is admitted to the inside chamber
by a small tube leading from bottom of top chamber to the bottom of middle
chamber, with an opening at the bottom, thus forming a communicating passage
between these two chambers. The outlet for gas is a small tube leading from top
of middle chamber to top of apparatus and this when opened allows the air
confined in the middle chamber to escape and thus permit the water to till it from
the top chamber.
In the middle chamber are placed two more small tubes the one leading from
bottom chamber to top of middle one & the other one nearly to the
top. In the shorter of these the top is closed & a small hole provided in
same.
It will thus be apparent that as the water in the second or middle chamber rises,
it comes up to the level of the hole in the shorter of the two tubes, & a little
entering runs down the tube & drips onto the calcium carbide. This instantly
generates the acetylene gras, which in its turn rises up the longer of the two tubes
& forces the water down the middle chamber, up the communicating tube to the
top chamber again. The water being thus lowered or partially or wholly forced out
of middle chamber, it is impossible for more water to obtain access to the calcium
carbide & thus generation is stopped until the gas so generated & stored in the
middle chamber is allowed to escape. As this is done the water again descends to
the middle chamber & the process of generation is again performed & stopped as
previously & so continues till the calcium carbide is exhausted. Should too much
water get to the carbide & more gas generate than is necessary, the surplus gas
simply escapes up the tube connecting middle & top chambers, & so into the
atmosphere, but this can only happen by accident & not in the general & proper
working. The apparatus is perfectly automatic & there being a through communi-
cating passage with the open, sealed only by water, no pressure other than the
head of water can exist & there can be no danger whatever.

page_text: At any period of its working, if the outlet is closed, the gas contained effectually
prevents the water in middle tube rising & none can reach the calcium carbide tiйl
the outlet is opened and the contained gas is exhausted.
Acetylene Generator for Cycle, Motor-car, Carriage, Table, and
every Class of Lamp.
I. ALLAN BURGESS ROXBURGH, of 30, Goldsmith Road, King's Heath, Birmingham,
Engineer, 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 has reference to apparatus for the generation of acetylene gas for
consumption in lamps for cycles, motor cars, carriages and other vehicles, also for
table use and for various other classes of lamp, and has for its object, to provide an
improved construction of portable generator, which shall be efficient in its action,
not liable to get out of order in use, and in which the generation of gas is
automatically regulated and prevented from becoming excessive of the
requirements for consumption.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in topside plan, and Figure 2
in vertical section, a portable apparatus for the generation of acetylene gas, and
particularly applicable for use in conjunction with lamps for use upon cycles and
other road vehicles.
The other figures of the drawings represent different detail views of the several
component parts of the generator and are referred to specifically in the following
description, in which also like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
the several figures of the drawings.
The form of generator represented in the said Figures 1 and 2 comprises a tubular
body part, divided off horizontally into two separated chambers or compartments b,
and e, respectively constituting a water reservoir and a holder for gas generated in
excess of that actually required for consumption, and a base or lower compartment d,
which is the generating chamber, and within which is placed a quantity of caleimm
carbide which is acted upon by the water admitted thereto and decomposed for
producing the acetylene gas required. The top chamber or water reservoir, which
is filled with water introduced through a suitable inlet, is in communication with
the middle or gas holder chamber by means of a small pipe e, leading from the
bottom 6, of the one chamber to nearly the bottom el, of the other and which pipe,
when the generator is in operation, admits of the free How of water between the
respective chambers.
Directed upwardly from the bottom or partition c, is a tube or passage f, the
upper end, of which extends above the top of the chamber, and into a small
cylinder or other compartment, located within the reservoir, but with its lower
end opening into the said gas holder chamber e, whilst located axially within the
said passage, is a gas outlet pipe h, whose upper end preferably leads into a
filtering chamber such as i, arranged in the top of the cylinder compartment g, and
filled with cotton wool or other medium for removing suspended particles of lime
or carbide from the gas which passes away from the said filter chainber to the out-
side of the generator through the pipe, and thence to the lamp or burner.

page_text: The upper end of the pipe, is gapped vertically downwards or provided with
clearances, extending nearly to the level of the top of the chamber c.
The operation of the generator is as follows:-
Assuming that the base or generating chamber d, contains a quantity of calcium
carbide aud that the other chambers b, c, are empty and the gas outlet pipe j, closed
by an external tap, such as j', or equivalent means, water is first poured into the
reservoir, until it is full. The apparatus is thereby made ready for generating,
but no action occurs so long as the outlet pipe j, is closed, but as soon as this is
opened, water passes down the communication tube c, fills entirely the gas holder
chamber c, and rises also up the open end', of the cylinder g, and through the
gaps, into the outer and shorter tube f, leading into the generating chamber d,
and down which water drips onto the carbide in the said chamber and so starts the
generation of gas, a portion of which, sufficient for the supply of the burner, passes
directly away up the inner and longer pipe h, through the filtering medium in the
space i, and thence outwardly to the burner through the pipe i, but whatever gas
may be generated in excess of that actually required for combustion, rises up the
outer tube, and accumulates in the lower part of the cylinder, and the pressure
set up by it, forces the water in the chamber c, below the level of the clearances/",
and so temporarily cuts off any further water from the carbide. Should any con-
siderable excess of gas be generated then it passes into the gas holder chamber c,
and the water within the said chamber is forced back through the pipe e, into the
reservoir, but as the pressure of this excess gas is gradually diminished by con-
sumption, the water within the gas holder correspondingly rises and finally (when
such excess has been wholly consumed) comes again to the level of the inlets f" and
trickles down the pipe, to the carbide, a further quantity of which is thereby
decomposed and a fresh supply of gas is generated, whereupon the water is again
automatically cut off by the pressure of the excess gas as before, and this operation
is repeated as long as a light is required, or until the whole of the carbide in the
generator has become exhausted.
Should, by any means, too much water gain access to the carbide and thus
generate more gas than necessary for the proper working of the apparatus, the gas,
after forcing all the water out of the chamber c, escapes through the pipe e, into the
water reservoir b, and passes out into the atmosphere through a vent such as k, in
the top, but such a contingency can only arise by accident and not in the normal
and proper working of the generator.
An apparatus so arranged is perfectly automatic in its action, and as there is a
through communication between the carbide holder and the atmosphere, sealed only
by water, no pressure other than that of the head of water can exist, thereby greatly
minimising the risk of explosion through over-generation of gas.
If at any time during its working, the outlet of the generator is closed, the gas
thereby enclosed within the apparatus effectually prevents any further water rising
within the gas holder and no more water can reach the carbide until the outlet is
again opened and the contained gas exhausted.
Dealing now with the details of construction of the particular form of lamp
represented in the drawings, I propose to make the body of two cylindrical sections
of glass (marked a, a, and shown separately in Figures 14 and 15) which are
arranged as shown in conjunction with a bottom c', (represented in plan and partly
in edge view and partly in section in Figure 6) and a middle diaphragm or
division (represented in section and plan in Figure 5), suitable washers m (see
Figure 17) being interposed, and the whole is enclosed within a reticulated metallic
cage or guard, (shown in elevation and section respectively in Figures 12 and 13)
to protect the saine from injury. The upper end of the guard-cage is surrounded
by a ring o, (see Figure 8) to which the top cover or cap p, (shown separately in
Figure 7) is detachably connected by means of a series of screws p', (see also
Figure 10) said cover being provided with a screwed in plug p, (shown in Figure 11)
which is removed when the reservoir is to be filled with water and is centrally
pierced with the vent hole k, whilst the lower end of the said cage has secured to

page_text: it, by soldering or otherwise, a foot, (represented partly in section and partly in
elevation and also in top-side plan in Figure 3) to which the carbide container or
generating chamber d, represented in plan and section in Figure 4, is connected
by means of screws (see Figure 9) passing through the gaps d², in the hooks 3,
arranged around the bottom edge of the container, and taking into screwed
ears 1. provided at corresponding points around the periphery of the foot
whereby
the container is connected to the apparatus in such a manner that it may be
instantly detached for re-charging or otherwise by simply slackening the screws d',
and turning the said container round a short distance to take the hooks out of
engagement therewith.
The gas outlet pipes h, and, are shown separately in Figures 16 and 19
respectively, whilst Figure 18 represents separate sectional views of the cylinder
and its end cap g³, and Figure 20 a section separately of the tube f.
Further, in order to close the passage between the water reservoir, and the
gas holder c, during times when the generator is not in use, the upper end of
the communication pipe e, may be provided with a valve, details of which are
represented in Figure 21, consisting of a rubber plug, adapted to seat itself into
the upper end of the tube e, and carried upon a stalk, which extends upward
and through the cap of the apparatus and terminates in a small cam ended lever,
to which the upper termination of the stalk is excentrically pivoted, so that when
the passage is required to be closed, the lever is turned over to that position which
will allow the stalk to slightly fall and bring the plug to its seating in the mouth of
the tube, whilst to again open the valve, the lever is turned the other way over into
its original position, when its cam end, which bears upon the outside of the cap,
imparts the slight lift required to the stalk.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the particular method
of constructing or making up the generator represented by the letail views of the
drawings, as an apparatus embodying my improvements may be made up in any
other convenient way.
When applied as a table lamp, the base may constitute the generating chamber,
the middle or waist part the gas holder and the upper part the water reservoir, the
whole being surmounted by a suitable burner.
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
:
First An acetylene generator, comprising a water reservoir, a gas holder and
a carbide container or generating chamber, the two former being in communication
with one another through a pipe dipping to near the bottom of the gas holder, whilst
the generating chamber is provided with two passages or tubes respectively leading
to a gas exit and to the said gas holder: the said chambers and passages being so
arranged that gas generated in excess of the rate of consumption exerts a pressure
upon, and forces back, the water within the gas holder and temporarily prevents the
admission of further water to the generating chamber, substantially as and for the
purpose described and set forth.
:-
Secondly An acetylene generator comprising a calcium-carbide container or
generating chamber supporting a gas holder and a water reservoir, arranged one
above the other and with the bottom of the latter having a water communication
tube extending to near the bottom of the former and being provided with an
externally operated valve for closing the passage when required, whilst the
generating chamber has two passages leading from it, preferably arranged one
inside the other, with the inner one leading to a filtering chamber and a gas exit,
whilst the outer one has communication through suitable apertures with the gas-
holder, the whole being constructed, arranged and operating substantially as and
for the purpose described and set forth.
Thirdly An acetylene generator comprising a water reservoir and a gas holder,
in communication with one another through a water-pipe extending from the bottom

page_text: of the former to near the bottom of the latter and super-imposed upon and being in
communication with a carbide container generating chamber substantially as herein
described and set forth.
.
ALLAN BURGESS ROXBURGH.
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.