US2533380A - Soap dispenser for plumbing fixtures - Google Patents

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Dec. 12, 1950 L..LEVY i 2,533,380

SOAP DISPENSER FOR PLUMBING FIXTURES Filed 001;. 5, 1946 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 J Q N i f lgl lm ugh: .1 H: :5 i w g 3*; 15 1 a; 6 as 1 3 \Q a x III-xx m' I I v H I\ H] LOU/SLEVY INVENTOR.

Dec. 2, 1950 LEVY SOAP DISPENSER FOR PLUMBING FIXTURES 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 5, 1946 Dec. 12, 1950 L. LEVY 2,533,380

SOAP DISPENSER FOR PLUMBING FIXTURES Filed Oct. 5, 1946 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 LOU/6 LEVY INVENTOR.

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Patented Dec. 12, 1950 UNETED STATES ATENT OFFICE SOAP DISPENSER FOR PLUMBING FIXTURES This invention relates generally to a combination soap dispenser and plumbing fixture but more specifically to a means for mechanically ejecting a cake of soap from a rockable receptacle secured to the fixture.

The main object of the invention resides in the provision of a combination plumbing fixture and rockable soap receptacle mounted thereon, the rocking oi the receptacle efiected by the hand of the userbeing adapted to cause an ejection of the cake of soap into the hand or the user.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a solid-soap receptacle and ejector mounted on a plumbing fixture and being operable by the-same hand which is adapted to receive the cake of soap during operation.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a solid-soap ejector mounted on a plumbing fixture which is efficient in operation, simple in construction, economical to manufacture and which presents a ridged support for the soap when not in use to prevent softening and sticking to the base.

These objects and other incidental end and advantages of the invention will hereinafter ap pear in the progress of the disclosure and as pointed out in the appended claims.

Accompanying this specification are drawings showing preferred forms of the invention wherein corresponding reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of a soap ejector mounted on a conventional plumbing fixture such as a hot and cold water fixture having a single spout.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the device shown in Figure 1 along the broken plane 2-2 thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged and fragmentary sectional view of the outlet portion of the fixture of Figure 1 taken along a vertical plane lying parallel with the longitudinal axis thereof.

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the device shown in Figure 1 across the plane 44 thereof.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view across one of the valves of the plumbing fixture shown in Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a front view in elevation of another soap ejector mounted on a plumbing fixture differing in design from Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a sectional view of Figure 6 across the broken plane 'i-J thereof.

Figure 8 is a top plan view of one of the valves shown in the plumbing fixture of Figur 6.

Figure 9 is a sectional view of Figure 6 across the plane 9-9 thereof.

In accordance with the invention and the preferred forms shown in the drawings numeral It] generally designates a plumbing fixture of the type having a pair of ot and cold water valve bodies each designated by numeral ii and each communicating with hot and cold water sources of supply by means of extensions l2 and flanges l3 internally threaded as at M. Each of the valve bodies H are joined by a tubular member l5 provided with an intermediate and depending outlet pipe section IE to which the vertical portion I! of a rotatable spout I8 is secured. Spout I8 is rotatably secured to the outlet 16 by means of an internally threaded nut l 9 having a bottom wall l9a centrally orificed to admit a tubular section 20. Section 20 penetrate the bottom wall tion 2| being brazed or otherwise secured to an expanded inner cylindrical wall section' 22 in the vertical portion I! of spout [8. As best shown in Figure 3 a flange Ila at the top of vertical portion I! of spout I8 is adapted to rotatably bear on the underside of bottom wall l9a of nut it, while the shoulder formed at the reduced portion 2| of tubular section 20 is adapted to rotate on the underside against the upper face of bottom wall [9a of nut 19, the side of said shoulder rotating against a packing ring 23 located between the edge of portion 16 of tube l5 and the upper face of bottom wall l9a of nut [9.

In Figure 5 is shown one of the conventional valve bodies including valve elements and forming one of the parts of the valve fixture shown in Figure 1. Thus the valve body H has a valve stem 24, operating handle 25 engaging the upper end of the valve stem at an enlarged portion 26, the said handle 25 being secured to valve stem 24 by means of a conventional screw 21 which engages an internally threaded bore 28 at the top of the valve stem 24. The valve stem 24 at the lower end terminates in an enlarged threaded portion 29 which engages an internally threaded section of a valve body vertical extension 31.

Depending from the enlarged threaded section 29 of valve stem 26 is a reduced valve head 30 having a washer 31 secured at the under face thereof by means of a screw 32 penetrating the valve head 30, the said washer 3| being adapted to engage the valve seat 33 formed at the top wall 34 of a supply chamber 36 which communicates with the extension 12 of the valve body it. The valve head 30 is adapted to admit water from chamber 36 into chamber 36a communicating with the spout l8 through tube l through the opening in wall 34. The upper end 38 of the vertical portion 31 of the valve body i I is externally threaded to engage an internally threaded securing nut 39, the said nut receiving the valve stem 24 therethrough and being provided with a washer 40.

The soap ejector is adapted to be suitably secured to the valve fixture above described as by means of an intermediate vertical extension 4|. To extension 4| is secured an upright member 42 as by means of a nut 43, the upright member 42 serving as the intermediate vertical support of a U-shaped frame having a base 44 and upright members 45. Each upright member 45 terminates at the upper end in a substantially cylindrical terminal 46 between which is secured a shaft 41.

The shaft 41 and the base 44 of the U frame are adapted to serve respectively as the rocking support and as a stop member for a soap receptacle having a normally and rearwardly inclined base 48, a rear wall 49 and a downwardl turned edge 50 for rear wall 49. As shown the junction between the base G8 and rear wall 49 is indicated by numeral 55. The base 48 is turned inwardly and downwardly as at numeral 52 to form the front end operating wall 53 which terminates in a downwardly curved edge 54 which is normally in engagement with the rear of the base 44 of the U frame. The receptacle is adapted to be rockably mounted on shaft 4? by means of a pair of depending sleeves 55 which may be formed adjacent the forward portion of the base 48 of the receptacle and as shown at the reduce edges 55a of the front operatin wall 58. The base 48 and the rear wall 49 of the receptacle are provided with side walls 56 having turned down upper edges 57. A series of spaced and parallel ridges each indicated by numeral 58 extend from edge 58 to edge 54 of the receptacle to provide a reduced area of support for a cake of soap 59. Thus the cake of soap 59 is adapted to lie on the ridges 58 on the bottom wall 48 and the rear wall 49 of the receptacle to prevent sticking and softening of the cake of soap 59 therein.

Thus by applying pressure by the hand against wall 53 in the direction shown by the arrow in Figure 2 the cake of soap is ejected from its receptacle when the latter s pushed into the position shown in dotted lines in Figure '7. After the soap is so thrown into the hand of the user and pressure is relieved on the front wall 53 the receptacle goes back to its original position by the force of gravity.

In Figures 6, 7, 8 and 9 a plumbing fixtiu'e is shown which admits the mounting of the soap receptacle thereon from below and for this purpose the fixture is provided with an elevated type of spout H secured to the fixture by an extension H1. The frame for the receptacle is supported by means of a pair of rods each designated by numeral 12 across which are amxed a pair of plates '53 to secure the side arms 14 of a U frame having a base 75. A shaft 76 is secured between cylindrical terminals 11 of the side arms 14 of the U frame. Each of the rods 72 is secured between plates 13 and valve bodies I I. Thus the upper end of each of the rods 12 is secured to a depending lug 78 b means of a nut '19 while the lower end of each of the rods 72 is secured to each of the plates i3 by means of nuts 80 and BI threadedly engaging each rod 12 on each side of the plate 13 penetrated by the rod.

The receptacle shown in Figures 6, '7 and 8 operates in the same manner as the receptacle shown in Figures 1-5 except that in one case the receptacle is above the plumbing fixture and in the other case the receptacle is below the plumbing fixture.

It is understood that the soap cake receptacle may be mounted on a plumbing fixture or on a pipe at an angle thereto or even from a wall adjacent the plumbing fixture.

It is distinctly understood that minor changes and variations in the material, integration, location, size and sub-combination of parts of the invention may all be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A soap cake ejector for a plumbing fixture consisting of a frame including a pair of vertically spaced cross-members, means for mounting said frame to the plumbing fixture, a recaptacle for the soap cake mounted for rotation on and normally extending rearwardly and in tilted position of the upper cross-member, a forward apron extending from the said receptacle and extending rearwardly and being engageable with the rear of the lower cross-member, the said apron being rearwardly yieldable to displace the receptacle to opposite tilting position for soap e ection.

2. A soap cake ejector for a plumbing fixture consisting of a frame including a pair of vertically spaced cross-members, means for mounting said frame to the fixture, a receptacle for the soap cake pivotally mounted on and extending rearwardly and in tilted and off balance position of the upper cross-member, a forward apron extending off the said receptacle and extending rearwardly and engageable with the rear of the lower cross-member to fix the rearwardly tilted position of the receptacle, the said apron being yieldable rearwardly by finger pressure to cause a forward tilting of the receptacle with respect to the upper cross-member for ejecting a cake of soap.

3. A soap cake ejector consisting of a pair of vertically spaced cross-members, a receptacle for the said soap cake pivotaliy mounted rearwardly and in off balance position with respect to the upper cross-member, a forward apron depending from the receptacle and extending rearwardly of the upper cross-member and engageable with the rear of the lower cross-member to serve as a stop for rearward movement of the receptacle, the said forward apron being rearwardly yieldable upon application of hand pressure to cause opposite tilting movement of the receptacle for pur-- poses of eject-ing the soap therefrom.

LOUIS LEVY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 553,467 Huebel Jan. 21, 1896 570,666 Huebel Nov. 3, 1896 1,696,666 Brown Dec. 25, 1928 1,784,155 Moineau Dec, 9, 1930 2,399,533 Albright Apr. 30, 1946

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