US1117634A - Soap-holder. - Google Patents

Description

T. BOWES.

SOAP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17,1912.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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THOMAS BOWES, OF CARLISLE, ENGLAND.

SOAP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Application filed May 17, 1912. Serial No. 698,011.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS Bowns, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Denton Holme, Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland, in the Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object a device for use in la-vatories to prevent unnecessary waste in the use of soap.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my soap holder; Fig. 2, a cross section thereof; and Figs. 3, a and 5 are cross sectional views showing slight modifications in the soap holder.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, the invention embodies a box or receptacle A having a bead A around its edge and provided with wires B on one face, so as to form a cross. This box is adapted to receive a cake of soap 0, so that one face of the soap will be exposed through the cross, while at the back of the cake of soap, is a plate D with a spiral spring E behind, adapted to keep the soap pressed against the cross and against the bead or flange A. Behind the spring E is the lid F, which forms a base for the spring, and insures the spring exerting a pressure against the soap, which keeps it pressed against the wire cross and flange and extrudes it through the perforations, as the soap wastes away in use. This lid is fastened in any convenient manner to the box or receptacle so as to be easily opened, as by catches G on the box adapted to engage the flanges H on the lid, so that by pressing back the lid and pressing the catches outward, the lid can be taken off. The lid is supplied with an india-rubber scrubber I. In thus describing the invention, 1 wish to point out that in place of the wire grid B, a per forated plate J, (Figs. 3 and 5) may be used; and instead of scrubber I, a brush K, (Fig. 3) may be employed or even a slab of pumice stone L (Figs. l and 5).

The fastening for the lid in Figs. 4 and 5 is similar to that already shown in Fig. 2, but in Fig. 3 the lid is a fixture, and in order to replenish the receptacle with soap, the perforated plate J is made removable, being arranged at the edges J so as to snap on to the edges of the box A. Instead of the perforated plate, a reticulated plate M (Figfl) may be provided with wires runn ng in two directions. This is more especially useful for coarsely granulated soap N shown in Fig. l.

Instead of using a cake of soap, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, nearly used up pieces of ls)oap C (Fig. 3) may be placed within the 'ox.

0 (Fig. 1, dotted lines) is an eye piece for attaching the device by a chain to some permanent object to prevent it being taken away. Instead of the spiral spring E, a bent plate spring P may be used, (Fig. l), or even a pneumatic cushion Q (Fig. 5).

There is space between the meeting edges of the lid F and receptacle A, or perforations in the lid F through which any watter collected in the receptacle can run ou I do not confine myself to the receptacle being made rectangular in shape, as it can be any suitable shape to conform to the shape of a cake of soap, and the perforated or reticulated face of the box can be made convex to conform to the convex shape of an ordinary soap tablet.

The mode of action is as follows ;Soap having been placed in the receptacle A and the lid fastened down, the person using it uses the receptacle with the soap in it just as if it was a piece of soap itself. The soap projects from the perforations or openings, and is worn away in the hands like ordinary soap. The user can at the same time use the other side of the box for an abrasive or brush. lVhen the box stands on the brush or on the scrubber, any water collected in the spring chamber will run out between the meeting edges of the lid F and the box A. The bead or flange A and the cross wires B impress themselves into the soap, so that the soap projects through the openings.

I declare that what I claim is A soap holder, comprising a receptacle having one face thereof reticulated and the other face thereof removable to permit the insertion of the soap, a plate located within said receptacle and adapted to engage said soap and press the same against the reticulated face of the receptacle, a spring interposed between said plate and the removable face of the receptacle, spring catches attached to the receptacle and having hooked ends normally overlying the opening in the receptacle closed by said removable face, signed my name this 7 day of May 1912, in

and said removable face of the receptacle the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. having an outwardly pro ect1ng flange form- 4 ing a recess for a scrubbing material and THOMAS BOWVES' 5 forming locking devices adapted to engage WVitnesses:

the hooked ends of the catches. G. C. DrMoND,

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto T. S. SHILLINGTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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