US1092436A - Refillable soap-stick. - Google Patents

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H. D, DYE. 'REFILLABLE SOAP STICK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28, 1911.

1,092,436, Patented Apr. 7, 1914,

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HARRY D. DYE, 0F SA'LX FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

REFILLABLE SOAY-STICK.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY D. DYE, a: citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Refillable SoapStick, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a container for a soap stick, the top or cover of the container being made in a convenientform to serve as a handle when the soap is being used.

Another object of the invention is to provide the soap with a convenient cap whereby the soap may be applied to or removed from the handle at will.

Another object of the .invention is to provide a device'wheri'iby a little better class of container may be supplied than is possible where the container is sold with each stick of soap. This container may then becomeof permanent usefulness. it only being necessary to purchase refills for the handle as the supply of soap is exhausted.

Soap is commonly sold with only a paper or tinfoil w apping, and this affords little protection to the soap stick and is soon softened, distorted or dirty, and is usually discarded before three fourths of it has been used.

This invention seeks to provide mechanical means for-holding the soap to the handle, said handle enabling the user to manipulate the soap without actually touching it. Another advantage of the device is that it enables the user to refill the box whenever necessary, capped refills-being inserted in the handle when a stick has been used up.

A further object of the invention is to provide the means whereby the soap may be securely attached to the cap which secures it in' place in the handle. l-Ieretofore many attempts have been made to secure a stick of soap in some sort of a cap, or receptacle by molding or otherwise, but owing to thelarge shrinkage of the soap after it is molded, it is not possible to secure it in the cap by such. a process. It therefore becomes necessary to allow the soap to shrink after it has been molded for a considerable length of time, after which it must be secured in the cap by expanding the same therein, an opening being formed in. the cap for that purpose. v,

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Application filed August 28, 1911.

Patented Apr. "7, 1914i.

Serial No. 646,495.

having the metal holding-cap on one end thereof.- The box provides a suitable receptacle for the soap when not in use, and since it is purchased but once, it may be a little better than is possible where anew box is sold with each stick of soap, to say nothing of the fact that the user after buying the first box is buying soap instead of a box each time.

In the drawings in which the same nu meral of reference is applied to the same portion throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a plan View ofone-half of one of the soap-holding caps, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the soa holding caps, Fig. 3 is a sectional view 0 one of the soap holding caps, Fig. lis a view of one of the soap sticks having the cap secured thereto, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the handle for the soap, Fig. 6 shows the soap stick and handle secured together ready for use, Fig. 7 shows the soap stick as it has been spread to secure the same in the holding cap, Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing the soap, handle, and box complete, and Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the device used for securing the cap to the soap stick.

The numeral 1 represents the cap, said cap having threads 2 formed therein and having a straight groove 3 formed ther'earound to secure the soap stickin place. In order to make possible the ready insertion of the soap stick in the cap without the possibility of cutting into the soap on one side or the other, the cap is flanged outwardly as indicated at 4, and since the soap stick is made of the same diameter as the inside diameter of the cap at the groove 3 the stick is very easily placed in the cap, whereupon after being so placed in the cap, the soap 5 is placed in the mold 6 and a blunt instrument 7 is forced through. the opening 8 of the cap to spr ad the soap out into the grooves of the cap at the base thereof. The instrument 7 is carried by means of a lever 8, which lever is pivoted to a bracket 9 on the side of the mold 6. It i. 1.; be notedthat prongs or other securing means are insuflicient to hold the small cap and the stick of soap together, it being necessary to spread the end of the soap stick outwardly into the cap in order to properly secure the two parts together. It is also to be noted that it is not practicable to mold the soap into such a cap for the reason that it is necessary to make the soap of a size larger than the cap, and then to permit the same to cure during which operation the shrinkage of the soap is such as to make impossible the securing of cap-and soap together at the time the mold ing takes place. As accomplished with this invention, the soap is molded of a size larger than will pass into the cap, whereupon it is permitted to cure for such a length'of time as may be deemed necessary to allow for considerable shrinkage, after which the soap is placed in the cap and secured thereto as noted herein. When the soap is secured to the cap, the stick may be screwed into the handle 10. screwed into the box 11 and the stick is then complete and ready to be set away out of use, or to be used as may be desired.

, 7 Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, modifica- This handle is then in turn.

A soap-stick holder, comprising a tubular V case or box having one end closed and the other end open, an internally threaded coveradapted to fit into said open end and having an extension forming a handle, a sheet-metal holding cap adapted to receive a soap-stick, and having a main annular portion provided with threads indented in the Wall of the metal, and having an inwardly-directed flange forming a partially closed top against which the soapstick may bear but leaving a central opening whereby the material of the soap-stick may be expanded and forced into the threads of the cap. a

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of June A. D. 1911, in the presence of the two subscribed Witnesses.

HARRY n. DYE. WVitnesses MARK LAN-E, WALTER L. BELDING.

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