The Simplex

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riverrun hopefully can come thru

Let's see if I can help. First of all, I searched for the patent number:

Pictures are from the bay and it is of British manufacture, pat no. 12224/12.

Turns out, that patent is for a "Drying chamber".
I looked closer at the pictures and the patent number is actually 11224/12.
Or as Britsh patents from that area are now numbered GB191211224

And here it is:

https://razors.click/patents/GB191211224/

Loeb and Twigg, the inventors, also invented the "Maws Ajusta" razor at about the same time (see Waits)

http://razors.click/patents/GB191203936/