US2323290A

US2323290A - Sanitary shaver outfit

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Publication number: US2323290A
Application number: US313837A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr John F Bagley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-01-15
Filing date: 1940-01-15
Publication date: 1943-07-06
Anticipated expiration: 1960-07-06

Description

July 6, 1943., J. F. BAG LEY, JR

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1 Claim.

This invention relates to a sanitary shaver outfit and more particularly to a cabinet having a compartment therein accessible through one wall of the cabinet into which compartment a shaver may be placed and removed as desired, an electric bulb in said compartment of the ultra-violet ray or similar type, which bulb is lighted when the outfit is ready for use and emits rays which keep the shaver free from germs, a mirror on a wall of said cabinet, electric bulbs at the sides of said mirror which bulbs when lighted facilitate the use of the mirror for shaving, control mechanism including a manually operable setting unit and a time switch set thereby, and electrical connections between said time switch, said shaver and the bulbs at the sides of said mirror whereby when the switch is set by said unit current is supplied to said shaver and said bulbs are lighted all as set forth and claimed herein.

The outfit hereinafter described is an embodiment of the invention intended to be used by the public and the control mechanism is of the type released by the insertion of a coin. The ultra-violet ray bulb is to be in operation whenever the outfit is ready for use and the shaver normally remains in the compartment exposed to the ultra-violet rays so that the head of the shaver will be kept free from germs; thus removing the danger of transmitting contagion.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate this embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation view of such an outfit;

Fig. 2' is a side elevation view thereof with parts broken away;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation view, with the rear wall removed, of the upper portion of the outfit upon a larger scale; and

Fig. 4 is a typical wiring diagram.

In the drawings the reference numeral l designates an enclosed cabinet having a front wall II, and side walls |2. The back of the cabinet is closed by any suitable means (not shown) comprising or including a door through which access may be had to the operating elements of the outfit.

In the front wall II is provided an opening l5 and within the cabinet is provided a compartment l6 formed by a partition secured to and extending inwardly from the rear faces of the front wall and of one side wall. Within the compartment Hi and carried by the rear face of the front wall is basket I! preferably made of metal rods. The opening |5 leads directly to the basket and in the latter the shaver l8 normally rests.

Carried by the side wall and within the compartment I6 and outside the basket I! but near thereto is a bulb IQ of the ultra-violet ray or sunlight typ Mounted upon the front wall of the cabinet is a mirror 20 and bulbs 2|, the latter being at the sides of the mirror. Carried by the rear face of the front wall of the cabinet is a control mechanism which comprises a manually operable setting unit 22 and a time switch 23. The unit 22, which is fixed in a suitably formed opening in the front wall I l, includes a face plate 24 at the front of the cabinet and an operating handle 25. The time switch 23 is supported upon an angle strap 26 fixed at its ends to front wall and extending across behind the unit 22.

The unit 22 and switch 23 may be of any suitable type. The unit 22 here shown is of the coin control type, a notch 21 being provided in the face plate 24 to receive a coin. A pin 28 projects from the rear face of the unit (see Fig. 2) and is so mounted that it is moved through an are by turning the handle 25 clockwise (Fig. 1), the completion of such movement of the handle be- 4 ing permitted only after a coin has been inserted in the notch 21. The time switch 23 includes a pointer 29 which is in the path of the pin 28 and is actuated thereby.

Resting upon a shelf 30 within the cabinet I0 is a box 3| into which the coins inserted in the notch 21 drop after the time switch 23 has been set.

Current is supplied to the bulb I9 when the main lead cord 50 is plugged into an outlet box (not shown) of the usual type. When the time switch 23 has been set the bulbs 2| are lighted and current is supplied to the shaver |8 for a period predetermined by the time switch 23. Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate one way of wiring the outfit so that the circuits through the shaver l8 and bulbs 2| include the time switch 23 and are accordingly completed only when and so long as the time switch is set.

The cabinet H) is normally closed and the outfit presents the appearance shown in Fi 1 with the shaver I8 resting in the basket l1 and the cord 50 connected so that the ultra-violet ray bulb is lighted and the head of the shaver is subjected to the rays thereof. A person desiring to shave with the outfit places a coin of the proper denomination or a slug of the proper size in the notch 21 and turns the handle 25 clockwise. The pin 28 of the unit 22 engages the pointer 29 and sets the time switch 23. The bulbs 2| are thereupon lighted to facilitate use of the mirror and current is supplied to the shaver it. After a predetermined period the switch 23 resumes its normal inoperative position opening the circuits and 7 thereby extinguishing the bulbs 2| and cutting off the supply of current to the shaver l8. The period may of course be set for any desired length, preferably one which will be long enough for the completion of the shaving under any but the most extraordinary circumstances. When the operator finishes shaving he returns the shaver IE to the basket I! in the compartment I6 where it remains under the impact of the rays from the bulb l9 until the outfit is again operated.

While the embodiment of this invention described and shown is of the vending type it will be understood that the invention is not limited thereto and that other embodiments may be kept free from germs.

made, as well as changes in the illustrative embodiment, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in th following claim.

JOHN F. BAGLEY, JR.