US1978819A

US1978819A - Shaving cabinet

Info

Publication number: US1978819A
Application number: US705328A
Authority: US
Inventors: Roller Gustave
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-01-05
Filing date: 1934-01-05
Publication date: 1934-10-30
Anticipated expiration: 1951-10-30

Description

Oct. 30, 1934. G, ROLLER 1,978,819

l SHAVING CABINET vFiled Jan. 5, 1934 ffy] l l l Patented Oct. 30, 1934 VUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE sHAviNG CABINET Gustave Roller, New York, N. Y. Appliesuon January 1934, serial No. 705,328

s claims. (o1. 24o-4) The invention relates to cabinets having a mirrored door and having its interior arranged to contain various toilet articles. It has for its A main object to provide a mirrored cabinet in which means are provided for illuminating the face of the user and in which means are provided for drying certain of the articles stored in the cabinet.

A further object is to provide means within kil. the cabinet for suspending tubes of shaving and other creams in such a manner that the tubes will be readily accessible and that their contents may be readily dispensed.

Additional objects are to provide a cabinet of Inf simple and convenient construction and of heat appearance, which can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

These and various other objects and advantages will be readily understood from the follow- 120i ing description and from the accompanying drawing of a preferred embodiment of the invention in which, however, modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the drawing,

` Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet shown with the door closed,

Fig. 2 is another front elevation of the cabinet shown with the door open, and

n Fig. 3 is a cross-section side View of the cabif30T net shown with the door removed.

Referring now to all the views, simultaneously, the cabinet is provided with a door 11, which `is hinged to it by means of hinges 12. The

outer face of the door is provided with a mirror 3.5 13 in the lower part of which a piece of the glass 14 is left transparent or semi-transparent. The mirror may be of either standard type or of the magnifying kind, while the part 14 may be either clear or frosted glass.

A shelf 15 is inserted in the cabinet and in the compartment 16, which is formed below this shelf, an electric light bulb 17 is contained. This bulb is held in a socket 18 and the wires 19 from this socket lead to any convenient source 4.5i of electric current. A plurality of air vents 20 are formed in the bottom 21 of the cabinet. These air holes are located immediately below the bulb 17. A slot 22 is formed in the shelf 15 immediately above the lamp 17, while a plu- 59T rality of air outlets 23 are located in the sidewall of the cabinet close to its upper end.

It is evident that when lamp 17 is lit, as when used for illuminating the face of the user, a current of air will be drawn through the: vents 20 and, after being heated from passing over the lamp, will float through the slot 22 and out through the outlet 23. These currents of heated air are used or the purpose which will now be explained.

The slot 22 is of such a size that the head of any ordinary type of safety razor, such as 24, may be placed in it. As the heated air passes through the slot it effectively dries the razor head and its blade.

Other implements, such as the shaving brush shown at 24A and the tooth brush shown at 25, may be placed in the cabinet in such manner as to be effectively dried by the heated air currents which pass up along one side of the cabinet. The shaving brush is shown secured in a holder 25 and the tooth brush in a holder 27.

Clamps 28 and 29 are secured to the rear wall of the cabinet, as shown, and from these clamps tubes of shaving cream, tooth paste or other similar toilet requisites may be suspended. A tube of shaving cream is shown at 30 and a tube of tooth paste at 31.

By suspending the tubes in the manner shown, they may be swung outwards, as plainly shown in Fig. 3, so that they need not be removed from the clamp when it is desired to dispense some of the cream or paste. The tubes are preferably provided with a cap 32 having a hinged cover 33, so that the cap need not be removed when the cream or paste is dispensed. This kind of cover also makes it possible to manipulate it with one hand, while the other hand holds the implement on which the paste or cream is to be deposited.

A small receptacle 34 is placed in the cabinet above the shelf and in this receptacle razor blades may be stored.

From the aforegoing it will be seen that this cabinet provides not only means for illuminating the face of the user while shaving in front of the mirror door, but it provides means for keeping the shaving and other implements in a sanitary condition by drying them irrimediately after use. It also provides a very handy method of dispensing the various creams and pastes used.

It will furthermore be noticed that while the heated currents passing through the cabinet will effectively dry such implements as are placed in these currents, the contents of the tubes are not aected and cause to dry out, as would be the case if the heated current passed through the whole of the upper compartment of the cabinet.

Having 4described my invention and its objects, what I claim as new and wish to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a cabinet having a mirrored door provided with means for illuminating the face of the user; a shelf dividing the cabinet into an upper and lower compartment; an electric lamp contained in the lower compartment; a series of Vents formed in the cabinet for creating currents of lair through the lower and upper compartments, and said currents heated by the electric lamp as they pass around it.

2. In combination with a cabinet having a mirrored door provided with means for illuminating the face of the user; a shelf dividing the cabinet into an upper and lower compartment; an electric lamp contained to one side in the lower compartment; a series of air vents formed in the cabinet for creating currents of air up.

along one side of the upper and lower com-V ments; said air currents heated by the electric lamp as they pass around it; means for supporting various implements in the path o'f said currents; and means for supporting Various toilet articles outside of the path of said currents.

GUSTAVE ROLLER.