US1901822A - Fountain brush - Google Patents

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Patented Mar. 14, 1933 ATEN? @FFEQE GEORGE REISIN'G-ER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW! YORK FOUNTAIN BRUSH Application filed September 28, 1931. Serial No. 585,515.

"This invention relates to fountain shaving brushes'and. has for its object to provide an extremely simplified and practical construction for such a brush.

* Another object of this invention is to provide a fountain shaving brush in which the liquid soap may be loaded into the fountain brush handle in-a cartridge.

I These "and other objects of this invention willbecomemore readily apparent from the detailed description of the invention, reference-being had to the accompanying draw- Figure-'lisfaside elevation of my improved fountain 'sha'ving'brush;

FiguIe'Q, a longitudinal sectional view of Figure 3 isja detail view of one of the cartridgesi containing the'l liquid soap for the fountainbrush.

' Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of ja l modified form of the fountain brush.

Tigure'tiis a detail sectional view of a portion of another modified form of the brush.

In the several figures of the drawing like referenc'e numerals indicate like parts. Thefountain shaving brush forming the subject matter of my present invention comprises the hollow handle 1, oneend of which is reduced and threaded to have the socket 2 screw in place thereon. The brush 3 is suitably set into the socket with a sleeve 4.- located centrally thereof to permit the liquid soap to flow out into the brush as will hereinafter be described. The" sleeve 4; has the flange 5 formed at the top thereof which serves as a cover forthe end ofthe brush and keeps the liquid soap from entering between the bristles thereof except thru the sleeve 4.

The free end of the hollow brush handle 1 is provided with a cap 6 which is removably attached to the handle to permit the insertion andwithdrawal of a cartridge 7 into this end of thehandlej The'cartridge is made up of any" suitable material and is filled with liquid soap to be used in the fountain brush. The upper end of the cartridge is flexible such as, for example, the end of an oil can and to this flexible end is fastened the valve stem 8 which extends thru the cartridge and carries at the lower end of it the valve member 9 which normally closes the outlet opening in the bottom of the cartridge.

The cartridge is placed into the hollow han- V dle of the fountain brush as illustrated in Figure 2 and the cap 6 is placed over the end of the hollow handle to hold the cartridge in place in the handle. The cap 6 is also made flexible so that it can be depressed and exert pressure on the end of the cartridge located in the handle. The pressure thus exerted on the cap is therefore transmitted to the end of the cartridge. and flexes the end of the cartridge which depresses the valve stem 8 to open the valve 9and allowa quantity of the liquid to be forced'out of the cartridge into the sleeve 1 and'the' brush surrounding the end thereof. If not enough liquid soap is extruded fromthe cartridge on one depression of the'fiexible cap 6; the operation is repeated until enough soap-is placed intothe brush to secure the desired lather for shaving.

Instead of making the cap 6 flexible as above described, the center of the cap may be provided with an opening 10 as illus- 5 trated in Figure 5 so that the end of the cart tridge may be depressed from the outside, of the end'of the hollow handle to extrude the liquid soap from the cartridge into the brush.

In Figure 4;, I have illustrated a construction of the fountain brush'in which the cartridge is eliminated-and the liquid soap is filled directly into the hollow handle 11. In this form of the fountain brush the cap 12 thereof is flexible and hasfastened thereto the valve stem 13. Thisstem passes thru the hollow handle and'the valve opening 14 in the opposite end of it. The valve stem carries the valve member 15 and this valve member is so adjusted on the valve stem that the flexible cover or cap 12 normally draws this valve member into this valve opening to prevent the liquid soap from flowing out therefrom. Adjacent to the valve opening 14 are one or more filler openings 16 thru which the liquid soap is filled into the handle 11. For filling purposes the hollow handle 11 is therefore, unscrewed from the brush socket 17 to permit the liquid soap to be filled into the handle thru the openings 16. After the banrelease of the flexible cap 12 and liquids'oa'p is forced out of the hollowihandle'into the brush in the same manner as described in connection with the fountain brush illus of "said cartridge out of said opening under trated in Figures 1, 2 and 8. I claim:

a hollowhandle, abrush removably attached to the inner endof said handle, said hollow handle having a valve opening inv the inner end thereoftleading into said brush and 1a ,filler opening to one ;side of said valve opening adaptedto be held closed by said brush, avalve in ,said valve opening, a flexible closure atthe outer endof said hollow handle and aIvalVe stem rigidly attached to said flexible closure with one end thereof. andiattached @to said valve-withthe otherendthereof to "normally hold-said .valve in. ,a closed position to simultaneously open said valve and ex- .trude a portion ofthe contents of the handle ,underpressurethru said valve opening-ion the depression of said flexible closure.

- 2.1 In a fountain brushthe combination of a hollow: handle, a brush socket removably mountedto one end of said hollow handle, a sleeve mounted insaid brush socket, bristles set in said socket around said sleeve, said hollow handle having a valve opening in the inner end thereof in line with said sleeve in said socket and a filler opening out of line ,With said sleeve and adapted to be closed by said socket, a valve'foropening and closing said valve opening, a flexible closure-at the outer end of said handle and a valve stem rigidly attached to said flexible closure with one end thereof and attached-to. said valve with the. otheriendthereof to normally hold said -valve in a closed position to simulta- :neously exert pressure on the contents in said hollow handle and open said valve to extrude vsome of the contents in said hollow handle a hollow handle. a cartridge removabl v mounted in said hollow handle.- a flexible closure at the outer end of said cartridge, said cartridge having a valve opening at the inner end thereof, a valve in said valve opening, a valve stem connecting said flexible closure with said valve to simultaneously open said valve opening and extrude the contents of said cartridge out of said opening under pressure, a socket having a duct leading therethru surrounded by bristles at the inner end of said hollow handle, said ductbeing in line with said valve and valve opening to receive the contents extruded from said cartridge.

a. In a fountain brush the combination of a hollow handle, a cartridge removably mounted in said hollow handle, a flexible closure at the outer endofsaid cartridge, said te ai f deeh fi il i 1 n fine; tner end thereof, a valve in said valve opening, a" valve stem connecting said flexible closure withsai'd'valveto simultaneously open said valve opening and extrude the contents pressure, asocket having a duct leading therethrii' siirroundedbybristles at the inner end i- .1. In a fountainbrush the combination of cartridge having a valve opening at;thein-a iner end thereof, and; ia flexible closure iat the outer end'thereof, a vnvein said valve'opening, a valve, stem connecting said; valve with said flexible closure, said, valve and 'T-valve opening being brought in line with said sleeve in saidsocket on the insertionzof said cartridge into said hollow handleto permitgthe' extrusion ofthe contents of said cartridge into-said sleeve underpressure on thefiexing of said flexible closure.- I 5 6. In av fountain brush the conibination of a hollow handle, a cartridge removably mounted in saidghollowthandle, .a flexible closureat the outer end of said cartridge, said cartridge having a valve opening-at the inner end thereof, avalve in saidvalve opening, a valve stein connecting said flexible. closure with said valve to simultaneously open said valve opening and extrude the contents of said cartridge out of said opening under presi GEORGE REISINGER.

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