US1074169A - Antiseptic tooth-brush receptacle. - Google Patents

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E. FOWLER. ANTISEPTIG TOOTH BRUSH REGEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1912.

1,074,169. Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

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ERNEST FOWLER, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

ANTISEPTIC TOOTH-BRUSH RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

Application filed August 27, 1912. Serial No. 717,268.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST FOWLER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antiseptic Tooth-Brush Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its primary object to provide a device of the above type which is simple in construction and compact, the same insuring of the brush or other object arranged therein being thoroughly disinfected.

. A further object resides in the provision of an improved construction, wherein the closure normally carries the disinfecting material and is adapted to receive the weight of the brush, whereby the latter can lower or discharge from the receptacle .by gravity upon opening of the closure.

Other objects will be set forth as my'description progresses, and those features of construction, arrangements and combinations of parts on which I desire protection, succinctly defined in my annexed claims.

Referring tothe accompanying drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout: Figure 1 is a vertical cross section of a receptacle constructed in accordance with my invention, with a tooth brush mounted therein, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 22 of- Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference, 1- indicates a receptacle, which may be constructed of any suitable material. Receptacle-1 as now considered, is of sufficient length to. freely receive a tooth brush,

as 2,. and has its upper end portion closed by.

a wall 1.

Reference numeral .3 indicates a closure for the lower end of receptacle 1, the same' being hinged, as at 4, and provided witha spring catch 5 which is adapted to engage over a lip 6 ofcasing: 1.

, Reference numeral 7 indicates .a carrier or holder for the disinfectant, the same being formed of absorbent material, and secured by a screw 8 to closure 3 and having its inner or upper face formed with a depression 9, into which latter the disinfecting liquid to be taken up by the absorbent material, can be poured. This depression also serves the ad itional function of preventing accidental displacement of the handle of brush 2 from the closure, during opening movement of the latter.

Spring catch 5 constitutes the free end portion of one leaf of hinge 4, as clearly shown in Fig.. 1.

In practice, the tooth brush is arranged in receptacle 1, as shown in Fig. l, the bristle end being arranged in the closed upper end portion of the receptacle so as to be thoroughly subjected to the rising vapor or fumes from the disinfecting material. The free end of the tooth brush handle rests in depression 9 of the carrier or holder 7 and therefore, when closure 3 is swung'downwardly the tooth brush will lower from the receptacle by gravity.

Reference numerallO indicates an apertured lug, projecting from the upper end portion of receptacle 1, by which the device 1s adapted to be suspended on a nail or othersuitable medium, not shown.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America, 1s:

1. An antiseptic receptacle of the character described comprising a body open at its.

lower end, a hinged closure for the open lower end of said body, and a carrier for disinfecting material comprising an absorbent member secured to said closure and formed in its upper face with a depression, adapted to normally have one end portion of a tooth brush engaged therein.

4 2. An antiseptic receptacle of the character described comprising a body closed at its upper end, the lower end. of. said bod being open, a closure for the open end 0 sa d body, a hinge swingingly connectin sa1d closure with said body, .one leaf 0 said hinge extending across said closure and havmg its free end portion formed into a spring catch, a lip on said body adapted Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 14 to be engaged by the free end portion of said day of August, 1912. hinge leaf, and a carrier for disinfecting 1 ERNEST FOWLER. material secured to said closure and adapt- Witnesses:

5 ed to'normally support the object being dis- EDWIN C. EWI-NG, infected. ARLITA ADAMS.

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