US1297568A - Sanitary razor-strop cabinet. - Google Patents

Description

fJ. R. JOHNSON. l SANITARY RAZOR snmp CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I8, |918.

Patented Mar. 18,1919.

2 SHEETS- SHEET l.

IEE- E IIE- l II I :El :E1- E.

fus uaRRls Pzrlnsjm, rnoraunw.. wAsmNamu, D. 6L.-

J. n.1'oHNs0N. SANITARY RAZOR STROP CABINET.

APPLICATIQN FILED NOV.18, 1918- 1297.568. Patented Mar. 18,1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' cabinet.

JOHN RILEY JOHNSON, OF NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SANITARY RAZOR-STRG? CABINET.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application led November 18, 1918. Serial No. 263,037.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Brighton, inthe county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Razor-Strop Cabinets; and I do .de' clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive, yet a highly eiiicient and in every way desir-l able cabinet for containing razor strops for barber shops and the like, provision being made for wiping the strop with a damp sponge or the like both when it is withdrawn for userand returnedto the cabinet, and other provision being made to disseminate ammonia or other fumes in the cabinet for sterilizing purposes.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the unique construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the Fig. 2 is a front elevation with the frontV plate removed.

Fig. the front and back sides of the cabinet, showing certain parts in elevation. Y

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the plane of the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Figs. 5 and 6 are horizontal sections as indicated by the line5-5 and- 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the sponge pressers and its carrying means.,

Fig. 8 isa vertical section of the fume disseminator. y Y f Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a hammock which may be employed for support-r ing the strop wiping sponge.

In the drawings above brley described,

the numeral 1 designates a vertically elongated metal casing whose frontmay or may not be provided with a removablesection 2 slidable vertically upon suitable guides 3 as most clearly seen in Fig. 6.V The front sec-A tion 2, as shown, carries the bottom 4 ofthe casing while the top of the latter, indicated at 5, is removable. The lower side of the top 5 is provided with a cork plug 6 fitting snugly the upper end .Q the' casing t0 3 isa vertical section cut between prevent the escape of fumes from the disseminator and to preventthe strop wiping sponges from drying out. By tightening the screws 7, the plug 6 maybe compressed so that it will expand laterally for tight engagement with the casing. By any suitable means not shown, the casing 1 is rigidly secured to a wall or other suitable support.

The front of the casing is provided with a horizontal slot 8 whose lower edge is formed by the upper end of the removable front section 2, and in rear of this slot, a pair of flanged rollers 9 are mounted. The razor strops 10 pass through the slot 8, over the rollers 9, and depend in the casing 1, the lower ends of said strops being connected to cords 11 which are normally woundupon vdrums 12 in the lower end of the casing,

springs 13 being provided to rotate said drums in a direction Ito .wind said cords. It will thus be seen that the spring wound drums 12 normally serve to reta-inthe strops 10 in the Y cabinet. By pulling upon the handles 14 of said strops however, they may be `withdrawn for use, during which movement the drums 12 are rotated by unwinding of the cords 11, thus placing the springs 13 under tension which is utilized in returning the strops into the casing when their use is no longer desired.

Immediately above theV .rollers 9, strop wipers, lpreferably in the form of sponges 15, are mounted in anypreferred manner. Spurs 16 and rods 17 are shown for this purpose.k The rods 17 pass through the sponges and at one end are slidable on vertical rods 18, while their other ends are received in vertical guides 19. By this arrangement, the ksponges maybe quickly and easily removed when required.

Several of the spurs 16 are carried by vertical plates 20 having hooks 21 engaged with rods 21 secured to the back of the casing '1, vertically sliding latches 22 being by preference provided to prevent release of the hooks as shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 7. Sponge pressers 23 rest on the sponges 15 and at 24 are pivotally connected to the upper ends of the plates 20 .each of said pressers being preferably of Openv mesh material such as woven wire, suitable reinforcing frames 25 being provided therefor. Cylindrical necks 26 preferably rise from the pressers 23 and it is by pouring any preferred liquid through these necks that the ,sponges 15 may be saturated without removing them, it bethe strops from absorbing moisture from the Sponges when said strops are confined in the casing as seen in Fig. 4, they are preferably providedwith plates 27 of metal or other non -v absorbing material, upon which the Sponges normally rest. The plates 27 form sliding bottoms for the sponge boxes and may be connected to the strops and handles in any desired way. Also, these plates may be of metal, rubber, or any other appropriate material.

Vires or the like 28 depend from the front ends of the frames 25 and are connected to 4cross arms 29, and springs 30 are connected vto said cross arms, the lower ends of said springs being provided with sheaves 31 over which cords 32 are trained. One end of each cord 32 is anchored to a bar 32 in the casing .while the other ends of said cords are connected to thev drums 12 as seen clearlyV in Figs. 3 and 4. By the provision of the parts 28 to 32, an elastic connection is established between the drums 12 and the pressers 23 and it thus follows that when these drums are rotated by withdrawal of the razor strops, the cords 32 are wound,

thus placing the aforesaid elastic v connec-V tions under tension, so that the Sponges 15 are yieldablyv forcedagainst the strops, thus Ve-Eectively cleansing their active surfaces,

both when withdrawing the strops from vand returningthem to the casing.

To sterilize the strops, a fume disseminator is supported in the casing preferably by means of a wire basket 33. The disseminator shown (SeeFig. 8) consists of a bottle 34 to contain ammonia or the like 35, the bottom 3G ofthe bottle being provided with a small opening 37 closed by al cork 38 bearing against said bottom. A second cork 39 is yprovided to close the lil-ling neck 40 of the bottle 34, and a rod 41 extends through the cork 38, the opening 36, the bottle 34, and the cork 39, the upper end of said rodV being provided with a nut 42, tightening of which will permit more or less forcible contact of the cork38 with the bottle bottom. A wick 43 is located in the bottle 34 and connected to thev rod 41, being preferably wrapped. The lower end of wickV around the latter. 43 passes through theopening 37 and is clamped between the cork 38 and the bottom ofthe bottle, and vat 44 is wrapped around the cork 38;. Cork 38 is provided withY a groove to receive the wick 43. The liquid y35 follows the wickby capillarity to' disseminate suiiicient fumes inthe casing to ster'ilize 4the strops and Sponges. The lower @ne etree, 4.1Y Preferably, Genies ,a es@ 45 sterilized by the stropping operation before its use, this being highly important.Y jAlso, since the strop is clean, velvety and sanitary, the razor will not cause burning of the face. Since probably the-best results are obtained from the details shown and described they may well be followed, but within the scope of `the invention as-claimed, numerous changes in form, proportion and minor details may well be made. For instance, instead of the spurs 16 for supportv ing the pressers, hammocks such as indicated at 50 in Fig. 9 may be used, such hammocks being by preference formed of silk mesh upon wire frames. These hammocks may also be used in connection with the spurs in case the latter Should so disintegrate the' Sponges as to ineffectively support them. I have shown two strops anda corresponding number of Sponges, etc., butit is tobe understoodthat anyrdesired number could well be used. A

I claim: Y

1. A razor strop cabinet comprising a casing having a slot, a'razor strop normally confined in said casing and adaptedY to be withdrawn through said slot, a strop wiper in said casing, andmeans for'automatically forcing` said .wiper against .said strop as. the latter is iwitlidrawn from the casing.

2. A razor stropV cabinet comprising ay casing having a slot, arazor. strop passing through said slot, a drum in said casing rotated by withdrawal of said strop, a strop wiper in Saidcasing a presser. for forcing said wiper against the strop, and elastic means connecting said drum and presser for operating the latter when said drum is rotated, said connecting meansincluding a flexible element to be woundupon said drum.

3. A razor strop cabinet comprising a cas-, ing havingaY slot, av razor strop passing through-said slot, a drum in Said casing rol tated by withdrawal of saidfstrop, a strop Vwiper in Sald casing, a presser for forcing said wiperagainst the strop, a` sheave, Spring means, connecting. said sheave and said presser, and a cord trained. around said sheave, one end of Said 'cord being anchored inthe casing and the other end thereof being secured to saiddrum, whereby rotation ef, Said drum by Withdrawal@ Said strop will wind said cord and place said spring means under tension to operate said presser.

4. A razor strop cabinet comprising a casing having in its front a slot, a roller in said casing in rear of said slot, a razor strop passing through said slot and over said roller, a strop wiping sponge in said casing resting on the roller engaging portion oi" said strop, a sponge presser mounted pivotally in said casing and bearing on the upper side of said sponge, means for moving said strop into the casing including a drum in the lower end of the latter rotated by with` drawal of said strop, and elastic connecting means depending from said pivoted presser and including a cord secured to said drum for .winding thereon when the latter is r0- tated by withdrawal of the strop.

5. In a razor strop cabinet, a casing having a slot, a roller in said casing in rear of said slot, a razor strop passing over said roller and through said slot, means for drawing said strop into the casing, a strop wiper 4bearing against the roller engaging portion of said strop, and means for pressing said wiper more tightly against said strop as the latter is withdrawn from the casing.

6. A structure as specilied in claim 5, said strop having a non-absorbent portion disposed normally between said wiper and said roller.

7. A razor strop cabinet comprising a casing having in its front a slot, a roller in said casing in rear of said slot, a razor strop passing through said slot and over said roller, a horizontal rod in said casing near its rear side and above said roller, a vertical plate having on its lower end a hook detachably engaged with said rod, a sponge resting on said strop in Jfront of said plate, a sponge presser movably mounted on said plate and resting on said sponge, and means connected to said presser for depressing the latter when said strop is withdrawn.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN RILEY JOHNSON.

Copies of this patent maybe obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

i Washington, D. C.

Images