Shaving Requisite
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 6th July, 1899-Accepted, 12th Aug., 1899
Shaving Requisite,
HENRY WILLIAM HERBST, of 52A, Pellerin Road, Stoke Newington, in the
County of London, Scientific Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of a soap box,
spirit lamp and cauldron combined for shaving purposes which hereafter I will
call a shaving lamp. The same is stamped principally out of sheet metal, the
lid of the cauldron being attached to the shaving brush.
I proceed to describe, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the parts
of which the same is constructed; all parts are round.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the shaving lamp complete.
Fig. 1 is a section of the same taken from one of the wires (which support
the cauldron) and across the centre of the lamp.
Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of the base of the lamp, at the same time
serving as lid of the soap box, the part (a) being sunk, forming a rebate, or set
off, at its outer rim. The centre part (b) is raised forming a projection and its
surface (c) is dished. The outer rim (d) of the base is drawn up in the same
manner as an ordinary lid.
Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 2.
Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of a ring which is attached to the lower ends
of the wires, and by these to the cauldron, the outer rim (e) being of such dimen-
sions at to fit into the sunk part (a) of Fig. 2, the inner rim (f) being upward,
and the part (9) between the two rims is sunk so as to slope inward.
holes (h, h and h³) are pierced, into which the wires are fixed.
Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 3.
Three
Fig. 4 shews a perspective view of a cap, which is cut out at the top (), this
cup forming the burner of the lamp. The outer rim () is of such dimensions
as to fit over and on to the part (b, Fig. 2) of the base, also into the inner
rim (f) of the ring Fig. 3. The part (k) is filled with asbestos for the purpose
of absorbing the spirit and forming the wick.
Fig. 4 is a section of Fig. 4.
Fig. 5 is a section of a tubular ring, which forms the upper half of the cauldron,
and is produced by stamping up a cup and cutting out the bottom. The upper
edge is provided with a round rim, the inner side of which is curved outward,
for the purpose of facilitating the entry of brush.
Fig. 5 is a section of a cup forming the lower, or bottom half of the cauldron.
The rim () is partly turned in, and in three places (corresponding with the holes
in the ring Fig. 3) so shaped as to receive the upper ends of the wires. The
rim has, at its inner side, a rebate or set off (m) so as to form a shoulder, into
which the lower edge of the tubular ring is fitted, and fixed therein by solder.
The cauldron is made in two parts so as to produce the depth of the cauldron,
by stamping the same out of ordinary sheet metal such as tin plate.

page_text: Fig. 6 shows the shape of the wires.
The cauldron is connected to the ring Fig. 3 by the three wires, and fixed
thereto by solder, or such like means, the lower ends of the wires being passed
through the holes (h, h¹ and h²) provided therefor in the ring, and soldered inside
the outer rim, as shewn at (n) in section Fig. 1, the upper ends of the wires
being fixed to the cauldron, see (o) section Fig. 1.
The shaving lamp now consists of four pieces, the soap box (B, Fig. 1 &
section Fig. 1), lamp base, burner, and cauldron, with its supporting frame.
When required for use, the lamp is taken apart, and the burner being, reversed,
the wick (k) can now be saturated with spirit, from the bottom, thus preventing
any spilling or overflow. The burner now being slipped on to the raised part (b)
of the base, the dished portion (c) will retain the surplus spirit should there be
any. The recessed part (7) of the base, and the recessed part (g) of the ring,
will retain any surplus spirit, in the case of an overflow, and so keep the same
within the lamp.
Fig. 7 shows a perspective view of the lid and brush combined.
Fig. 7 is a section of the same, the lid (p) being of metal, and provided with
an inner flange (g) for the purpose of gripping into the handle, which, may be
of any suitable material.
Shaving Requisite,
HENRY WILLIAM HERBST, of 52A, Pellerin Road, Stoke Newington, in the
County of London, Scientific 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 relates to improvements in the manufacture of a soap box,
spirit lamp and cauldron combined for shaving purposes, which hereafter I will
call a shaving lamp. The same is stamped principally out of sheet metal, the
lid of the cauldron being attached to the shaving brush.
I proceed to describe, with reference to the drawings handed in with the
Provisional Specification, the parts of which the same is constructed; all parts
are round. The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all
the figures.
Fig. 1 shews a perspective view of the shaving lamp complete.
Fig. 1 is a section of the same taken from one of the wires (which support
the cauldron) and across the centre of the lamp.
Fig. 2 shews a perspective view of the base of the lamp, at the same time
serving as lid of the soap box, the part (a) being sunk, forming a rebate, or set
off, at its outer rim. The centre part (6) is raised, forming a projection and its
surface (c) is dished. The outer rim (d) of the base is drawn up in the same
manner as an ordinary lid.
Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 2.
Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of a ring which is attached to the lower ends
of the wires, and by these to the cauldron, the outer rim (e) being of such dimen-
sions at to fit into the sunk part (a) of Fig. 2, the inner rim (f) being upward,
and the part (9) between the two rims is sunk so as to slope inward.
holes (h, and h²) are pierced, into which the wires are fixed,
Three

page_text: Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 3.
Fig. 4 shews a perspective view of a cap, which is cut out at the top (i), this
cup forming the burner of the lamp. The outer rim (j) is of such dimensions
as to fit over and on to the part (6 Fig. 2) of the base, also into the inner
rim (f) of the ring Fig. 3. The part () is filled with asbestos for the purpose
of absorbing the spirit and forming the wick. The asbestos is held in its position
by a perforated plate which is fixed into the cup beneath the asbestos, in the
ordinary way, but which perforated plate is not shewn in the drawings.
Fig. 4 is a section of Fig. 4.
Fig. 5 is a section of a tubular ring which forms the upper half of the cauldron,
and is produced by stamping up a cup and cutting out the bottom. The upper
edge is provided with a round rim, the inner side of which is curved outward,
for the purpose of facilitating the entry of the brush.
Fig. 5 is a section of a cup forming the lower, or bottom half of the cauldron.
The rim () is partly turned in, and in three places (corresponding with the holes
in the ring Fig. 3) so shaped as to receive the upper ends of the wires. The
rim has, at its inner side, à rebate or set off (m) so as to form a shoulder, into
which the lower edge of the tubular ring, is fitted, and fixed therein by solder.
The cauldron is made in two parts so as to produce the depth of the cauldron,
by stamping the same out of ordinary sheet metal such as tinplate.
Fig. 6 shews the shape of the wires.
The cauldron is connected to the ring (Fig. 3) by the three wires, and fixed
thereto by solder, or such like means, the lower ends of the wires being passed
through the holes (h, h¹ and h²) provided therefor in the ring, and soldered inside
the outer rim, as shewn at (n) in section Fig. 1, the upper ends of the wires
being fixed to the cauldron, see (o) section Fig. 1.
The shaving lamp now consists of four pieces, the soap box (B, Fig. 1 and
section Fig. 1), lamp base, burner, and cauldron, with its supporting frame.
When required for use, the lamp is taken apart, and the burner being reversed,
the wick (k) can now be saturated with spirit, from the bottom, thus preventing
any spilling or overflow. The burner now being slipped on to the raised part (b)
of the base, the dished portion (c) will retain the surplus spirit should there be
any. The recessed part (a) of the base, and the recessed part (9) of the ring,
will retain any surplus spirit, in the case of an overflow, and so keep the same
within the lamp.
Fig. 7 shews a perspective view of the lid and brush combined.
Fig. 7 is a section of the same, the lid (p) being of metal, and provided with
an inner flange (9) for the purpose of gripping into the handle, which may be
of any suitable material.
Should a brush not be required, a bottle, for the supply of spirit, may be fitted
into the cauldron, in the place of the brush.
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.) The mode of constructing the cauldron in the manner herein before de-
scribed and shewn at Fig. 5 and Fig. 54, in the drawings accompanying the
Provisional Specification.
(2.) The construction of the burner and the method of filling same with spirit,
or the like, from the bottom, in the manner herein before described and shewn
at Fig. 4 and 4* in the drawings accompanying the Provisional Specification.
(3.) The ring for the purpose as described and shewn at Fig. 3 and Fig. 3*
in the drawings accompanying the Provisional Specification.
(4.) The construction of the lid of the soap box which at the same time forms
the base of the lamp, in the manner herein before described and shewn at Fig. 2
and Fig. 2 in the drawings accompanying the Provisional Specification,

page_text: (5.) The combination of the soap box, spirit lamp and cauldron combined, in
the manner herein before described and shewn at Fig. 1 and Fig. 1' in the draw-
ings accompanying the Provisional Specification.
HENRY WILLIAM HERBST.