Nov. 28, 1933. L, v ARONSQN 1,937,006
SOAP DISPENSING SHAVING BRUSH OR THE LIKE Filed June 11, 1952 INVENTOR lazuli Vflronsan (Ala/n11 ATTOR EYS Patented Nov. 28, 1933 I SOAP DISPENSING SHAVING BRUSH R 1 THE LIKE Louis 'V. Aronson, Newark, N. assignor to'Art Metal' Works; Jersey I Inc., 'a"corporation of New Application June 1932. Serial No. 616,631 8 Claims. (01. 15 -138) This invention relates to improvements in dispensing devices for shaving'brushes or the like. Among the objects of this invention are the provision of improved means for dispensing material from a reservoir, provided in a handle, into a brush or the like; the provision of a follower.
operated by air pressure; the provision of a pump for creating air pressure for advancing a follower to dispense soap or the like; the provision of means for controlling the rate at which air is built up in the space behind the followeryand generally the provision of improved means for dispensing soap into a brush.
Other objects of the invention will appear fromthe drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a disassembled view of a shaving brush including a handle used asa container and provided with dispensing means constructed accord--. ing to a preferred embodiment of the invention;
Fig.2 is a vertical central sectionof the assembled shaving brush;v
3 shows the pump controlling valve. as viewed from theline 33 of Fig. 2, part of the.
valve being in section; and r Fig. 4 is a cross section through the handle 0 the line 44 of Fig. 2 showing the valve for closing or-controlling the effective size of the passage through which soap is delivered into the brush.
For the purposes of disclosing my invention I have illustrated'one preferred embodiment of the invention as a shaving brush which includes abarrel 5 made ofany suitable transparent material, and which is preferably exteriorly threaded at its lower end to receive abottom closure member 6, which together provide areservoir 7 for soap against which operates afollower 8 provided with a rubber sealing member 9 held,
I thebrush 14 is established by providing thebottom member 6 with a conduit 15 which preferably registers with atube 16 which may be of rubber or any suitable material and may be secured in the base of the brush by any suitable means.
the following description taken in connection with H The effective cross sectional area of the conduit:
15 may be controlled by means of a.screw 17 which may be advanced and retracted; Theforward end 18 of thescrew 17 is of the samefdiame- V ter as the conduit 15, and for the purpose-of em-. l
ploying-this screw for shutting off the flow ofsoap entirely the conduit 15 is provided with a lateral recess 19 into whichflthe endl8 ofthescrew 17 may be advanced, asclearlyiapparent from Figs. 2*and 4. q m
The other end of thebarrel 5 ispreferably also threaded exteriorly upon. which is threaded atop closure member 20 which is provided-with acylindrical flange 21 constituting a pump cy1in-1 der in which operates a piston. designated .gen- 3 4erallyat 22, The free end of the'cylinder 21 may be threaded exteriorly to receive the end 1closure member 23.. This member may be pro-J vided with aport 24 which communicates with. avalve chamber 25 provided with a port26 which may be controlled by a :screw 27 by means of which the rate of flow ofair from the pump chamber to the space behind the piston may be con.-' trolled, for the purposeo'f adjusting the opera--v tion of the pump to buildupany suitable desired'so pressure on the follower 8 a The piston 28 comprises ametallic disk 29, aflexible pump washer 30, and aclampingdisk 31 connected byascrew 32toaplunger 33 which extends through the opening in thetop closure member 20, and which is connected exteriorly of this member by means of ascrew 34 to a manipulative member 35which ispreferably provided with askirt portion 36 slidably engaging the ex; terior of thetop closurememb'er 20. 5 Thetop closure member 20 and themanipulaa tive member 35 are provided withports 37 and 38 by means of which air may be admitted. behind the piston22 as the piston is advanced and into the space between. these' m'emb'ers as the piston is retracted. ,Upon retraction of the pisa ton the air admitted into the space behind the piston will be forced past thewasher 30 into the,
pump chamber. Upon advancing the piston, airis forced from'the pump chamberinto "the space-' behind the'follower 8 and when suificient pres sure is established in this space thefollower 8 will be advanced forcing the soap into the brush.
When the brush isnot in use-the-conduit 15 may be closed to prevent any accidental feeding of the soap. ,Thepump device may be operated 1 by holding thebarrelin one hand and by grasping themanipulative member 35 with the. other hand and reciprocating the same. Forthe pur- 1 I pose of facilitating assembly and operation, the 11 91- forced far into the brush.
While the principles of the invention have been described with reference tothe single embodiment shown in the drawing and with referenceto a particular use, it is to be understood that the several features of the invention may be embodied in different forms for different uses,
that it is not the intention to limit the claims to the particular embodiment disclosed, and that any terms imported from the specification intov the claims are to be considered-as words of description ratherlthan of limitation.
7 What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patentlof the United States is:
, '1. Aihandle comprising means for supporting abrush' andprcvided with a reservoir for containing material to be dispensed to thebrush and with a conduit for carrying said material to said;
brush, a follower" within said handle operating against said material, a pump comprising a cylinder, said cyiinder including an end wall of largerrdiameter than said cylinder providing for a threaded connection between said end wall and said-handle for securing said cylinderwithin said handle,and a piston rod operablein an aperture in said end wall for building up presi sure against the rear side of said follower;
2. A handlecomprising means for supporting a brusha'nd provided with a reservoir for containing material to be dispensed to the brush and with a conduit for carrying said material to said brush, a followerwithin said handle oper' ating against said material,a pump secured tothe rear face'of said follower, a piston in aid said handle for building upp'ressure against the rear side of said follower; means for adjusting the efiective size of the conduit through 'which 'the material is deliveredto the brush, and means for controlling the rate of flow of air from the manipulative'member and the adjacent end of pump to the space behind the follower.
3. A handle comprising means for supporting a brush and. provided with a'res'ervoir for,con-- taining material to be'dispensed to the brush and with a" conduit for carrying said material to said brush, a follower within said handle operating against said material, a pump for building up pressure against'the rear side of said follower, said pump including a cylinder secured to and projecting into said handle and having a smaller a brush and provided with a reservoir forcon taining' material to be dispensed to the brush and with a conduit for carrying said'material tosaid brush, a follower within said handle operating against said material, a pump for building up ing a brush and wit-ha chamberfor receiving piston under pressure created by said-manipulapressure against the rear side of said follower,
-mat'erial to be dispensed to said brush, a fol= lower operating on said material, a pump in eluding a .pump cylinder located wholly within said handle, for building up air pressure against the rear face of, said follower, a piston in said pump cylinder, .7 a circumferential cylindrical flange onsaid pump cylinder threadedly engaging the exterior ofsaid handle with its outer surface projecting radially outwardly beyond the outer surfaceof saidhandle, and an open ended cylindrical manipulative member secured to said piston and slidingly engaging said flange;
6. A handle provided withmeansfor supportmaterial to be dispensed to said brush, a follower operating. on said materialga pump in'--'- cluding a pump cylinder located wholly within said handlafor building up air pressure against the rear face of said follower, a piston insaidpump cylinder, and a manipulative memberfor operating v said" piston located ext'eriorly of said: handle and provided with askirt portion sur rounding the adjacent end of saidhandlef 7. A handle provided with means for support'-- ing a brush and with a chamber for receivingmaterial tobe dispensed to said brush, a 01 lower operating on said materialpa' pumpincludingi apump. cylinder located :wh'olly jwithin said handle, for building'up' air pressure againstsaid pump cylinder being'provided withports; for admission of 'air into the space between saidmember and-the adjacent end of said handle during the return stroke of said pumpand-admitting air into said pump cylinder behind'said tive member as said piston is adv I 7 -JA handle providedwithmeans for supporting a' brush and with a-chamber for'receiving lbll' material-to be dis'pe'nsed to said brush, a'follower operating on said material,-a pump including a 5 pump cylinder located wholly within said handle for building up air pressure against the rear?v face of said follower, anda piston in said pumpcylinder, the end wall of said; pump cylinder being'provided with an aperture "permitting air, to flow from the pump cylinder intothe'space behind the follower, and vice versa." i ouis v. ARONSONtT