Improved Shaving Appliance.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 8th Oct. 1892
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improved Shaving Appliance.
I JOHN JEFFREYS SMITH of No. 23 Clarence Road Thorpe Hamlet Norwich
Auditors Assistant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A cylindrically shaped combination, shaving brush with moveable brush guard
powder and puff box and shaving "stick" soap holder with sliding soap ejector;
with protection caps at either end.
1000
JOHN JEFFREYS SMITH.
.COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improved Shaving Appliance.
I, JOHN JEFFREYS SMITH, of No. 23 Clarence Road, Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich,
in the County of Norfolk, Auditor's Assistant, 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:-
My invention relates to a handy appliance or combination of appliances for the
use of persons when shaving.
The said combination comprises a shaving brush provided with a movable brush
guard, a powder puff, a powder and puff box, a holder for a stick of soap provided
with a device for ejecting the end of the stick of soap when two short for use, and
caps for enclosing the brush and the stick of soap, the whole when not required for
use forming a neat and compact article which will occupy but little room..
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation,
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section, and
Figure 3 is an end view of my combination of shaving appliances, the parts being
in the position they occupy when not in use. .
Figure 4 is a longitudinal elevation illustrating the use of the shaving brush and.
stick of soap.
Figures 5 and 6 are elevations of the caps which enclose the shaving brush and
stick of soap respectively when not in use.
Figure 7 is a section illustrating the use of the soap-ejecting device.
Figure 8 is an elevation showing the powder puff withdrawn from the powder
and puff box and
Figure 9 is a similar view of the powder and puff box, soap holder and cap.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts.
a is the shaving brush and b is the brush guard, consisting of a conical ring
sliding upon the part c which holds the bristles of the brush, the object of the
guard being to press the bristles together to allow the cap e to be passed over the
brush when out of use as clearly illustrated in Figure 2.
In order to prevent the short bristles of the brush a from being caught and
drawn down by the guard b when freeing the same I make the inner face of the
free end of the guard rounded as shown in Figure 2.
The part c is secured in a ring or ferrule f.f' the part f of which receives the
said cap e
g is the powder puff which is held in a socket h in the ring or
ferrule is the powder box which also receives the puff when not in use as

page_text: shown in Figure 2, the open end of the said box being passed over the part of
the ring or ferrule. is the holder for the stick of soap k, such holder forming the
bottom end of the powder and puff box i.
i
The device for ejecting the end of the stick of soap when too short for use
consists, as shewn in Figures 2 and 7, of a disc or plate carried by two screws m. m.
sliding in slots n. n. iu.the soap holder j; so that when the soap is introduced into
the holder the disc takes the innermost position shown in Figure 2. When
however the soap becomes too short for use it can by moving the screws m. m.
along the slots n. n be caused to assume the position shown in Figure 7 and thereby
eject the soap from the holder.
o is the cap for enclosing the stick of soap & when not in use, the said cap
being for this purpose passed over the soap holder j as shown in Figure 2:
To make use of my shaving appliances, assuming the parts to be in the position
shown in Figures 1 and 2, the cap e must be first removed and the brush guard b
slid from the position shown in full lines to that indicated by the dotted lines in
Figure 2. The brush a should then be dipped in water and the person's face
wetted therewith. The cap o should then be removed from the stick of soap k as
shown in Figure 4, and the soap be rubbed upon the face and the cap o replaced,
the brush being again used to produce a lather on the face.
After shaving, the brush a should be rinsed, the guard slid into the position
shown in full lines in Figure 2 and the cap e replaced.
If it be desired to use powder to dry the face or to stop a cut from bleeding, the
powder puff g should be drawn out of the box i, as illustrated by Figures 8 and 9,
and applied to the face in the usual manner and then replaced when the parts will
again be in the compact position shown in Figures 1 and 2.
It will be obvious that if desired the appliance can be made without the powder
puff and box, the part of the brush holder in this case being directly connected to
the soap holder j.
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
The improved appliance or combination of appliances for the use of persons when
shaving substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
the 8th day of September 1892.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.