IMPROVEMENTS IN FITTINGS SUITABLE POR DRESSING CASES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES OF ELEGANCE AND UTILITY
Year: 1854

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Samuel Smith Shipley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Declara-
tion, on the 27th June 1854, pursuant to the 9th section of the Patent
Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
SMITH SHIPLEY, of Stoke Newington, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FITTINGS SUITABLE POR DRESSING CASES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES OF ELEGANCE
AND UTILITY," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and
have made solemn declaration that I verily believe myself to be the true and
first Inventor thereof:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Smith Shipley, do hereby declare
that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and seal, fully
describes and ascertains the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, accompanied by the Drawing hereunto
annexed (that is to say) :-
My Invention consists in the application of opaque or other glass tubes or
cases, in conjunction with novel and peculiar caps or covers of metal, glass, or
other material and fittings, suitable to the particular purpose for which such
glass tubes or cases may be required, such, per example, as for containing a

page_text: shaving brush, tooth or nail brush, (together or separately,) shaving soap,
tooth paste, pomade, bandoline, cosmetique, or any other article for the toilet,
or for other purposes.
I proceed to fit to one end of each tube a cap or cover, which may be of
metal, stamped or pressed into a suitable form, or of glass. I prefer that these
caps should be lined internally with cork, india-rubber, or some such material,
to surround the end of the glass tube or case, and fit tight thereupon; or
without the internal encircling lining of cork or other, material, but with a
pad or disc of vulcanized india-rubber or cork secured to the inside of the cap
or cover, so as when filled to press upon the end of tube or case in the
ordinary manner of screw or spring cap inkstands, scent bottles, &c., so as to
insure an air-tight covering.
But I make no claim for the lining or fitting of such caps as described,
that having been done already. and is the subject of another Patent.
I next proceed to fit to the other end of such tubes or covers, according to
my Invention, in a manner suitable to the purpose for which they are
intended, whether it be for containing a shaving brush, tooth or nail brusi,
together or separately, shaving soap, tooth paste, pomade, bandoline, cos-
metique, or any other article for the toilet, or for chocolate paste, confections,
or such like materials, or for other similar purposes.
For containing a shaving brush, I fit each end of the tube with a cap or
cover, similar, to that described above, and the end of a shaving brush may be
fitted in the manner now described.
To the solid end of the shaving brush I fit a ring or rings of cork or vul-
canized india-rubber, to secure it firmly in the tube, and ensure sufficient
frictional contact when thrust out to hold it firmly whilst in use; and in a
similar way also for containing a nail or tooth brush, for containing tooth
paste, shaving soap, and for such like purpose, I fit one end as above
described, and to the other end I apply a flanged ring or ferrule, fitting the
end of tube securely, or it may be cemented thereto; the flange projecting
inwards forms a rest or bearing for the material or article which the tube or
case is intended to contain.. I then place within the tube or case a plate or
disc of metal, glass, or any other suitable material to fit the interior pretty
accurately, and which, when resting upon the flanged ring or ferrule, forms
prevent the escape of the material
a secure bearing, and sufliciently tight to
or article inserted in the tube.
Instead of a plain and simple disc of metal or other material, a thicker
piece or button, with a groove around the edge thereof, may be used, the

page_text: Fig. is a section of an opaque or other glass tube or cylinder, suitable
for containing any article for the toilet, or for any other purpose of elegance
or utility; each end of the tube has a shoulder, upon each end of which is
shewn fitted an ornamental cap or cover.
Fig. 2 is a view of a similar tube, fitted at each end with an enriched cap
or cover, somewhat similar to Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a section of a tube for containing shaving soap and such like
materials, fitted with a cap or cover at one end, and at the other a. ring,
ferrule, and disc, as shown.
Fig. 4 is a view of a tube, No. 3, with the cap or cover removed, and the
contents, "shaving soap, &c.," shewn as projected.
Fig. 5 is a section of a tube containing a shaving brush; the upper end
is shewn as fitted with a ring cap, as before described; the lower end is fitted
with a metallic cap or cover, with a lining of cork or other such material.
The solid end of brush is shewn as fitted with two rings of vulcanized india-
rubber, for the purpose herein-before explained.
Fig. 6 is a view of the Fig. 5, with the brush projected, and having a ring
ferrule, or cap with a milled edge.
Fig. 7 is a sectional view of a tube fitted for containing chocolate paste.
Fig. 8, an external view of the same, with the top cap removed, and the
chocolate paste projecting therefrom.
Fig. 9, a view of an octagonal case or tube fitted with octagonal caps.

page_text: Fig. 10, a view of a similar tube, with shouldered ends, fitted with orna-
mental caps, lined and padded.
Fig. 11, a section of a tube, containing a tooth and a nail brush, and fitted
with a cap at each end.
Figs. 12 and 13, a section and a plan of a cap or ring ferrule, cap, or
cover.
Figs. 14 and 15, views of a disc for covering the opening in the cap,
cover, or ring ferrule, herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Smith Shipley, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
WILLIAM SMITH,
10, Salisbury St., Adelphi.
SAMUEL SMITH SHIPLEY. (L.S.)