US1095542A - Dry-soap-delivery apparatus. - Google Patents

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E. S: BACON.

DRY SOAP DELIVERY APPARATUS. APPLICATION 311,21) JULY 5, 191a.

Patented May 5, 1m.

ATTORNEY EBENEZER S. BACON,

1m) STATES PAT orno.

015' DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNQE F ONE-HALF '10 JOHN S.

HANLEY, BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 5, 1913. Serial No. 777,880.

Patentm May 5, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, 'Ennnnzan S. BACON, citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michi- 5 gan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dry-Soap-Delivery Apparatus, and declare the following-to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others shlled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to dry soap delivery apparatus, in which powdered dry soap is I delivered to the user by a manipulation of the apparatus, and its object is to furnishan apparatus which ordinarily delivers a measured quantity of soap when the palm of the hand is pressed against the valve.

It consists in the apparatus and combinations hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the apparatus with the valve closed. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the lower portion of the apparatus showing the valve open. Fig. 3 is a cross-sec tional view on the line 'XX of Fig. 1, showing a cross-section of the valve on that line. Fig. 1 is a partial, perspective View of the interior of Fig. 1, showing the detail of the attachment of the spring which controls the valve. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the valve shown sectionally as Figs. 1 and 2. 85 In the drawings similar letters refer to similar parts.

A is the shell or receptacle for the soap. B is a bracket to which it may be soldered or otherwise fastened, which said bracket may 40 be attached to any convenient support as C in any convenient manner. The receptacle 'A at this lower portionis preferably in the form of a frustum of a cone A and terminates in a cylinder or valve casing l) 46 which contains the valve E.

S is a spiral spring with the spirals so formed as to conform circumferentially to the interior of the receptacle A and its conivcal portion A. It is attached to the wall of 50 the receptacle A by means of a bracket A rigidly fastened to said wall and being pcrformed at a with a perforation of the proper size and curvature to receive the end s of the spring. The spring S being made of wire.

has its end simply slid through the aperture joined to the a after being inserted in the receptacle A, by merely turning the spring sufliciently to force the end a through such aperture. The lower end of the spring a rests upon the head or disk ortion of the valve E and co compels the va ve to remain normally in a closed position, as shown in Fig. 1.

The valve E is of peculiar construction. It consists of a disk or head F resting upon a raised, thin ledge G formed on the inside of the coned receptacle. Non-detachably JOlIlBdfO the disk or head F are two planes arranged at right angles in cross-section as' shown at f, f in Fig. 3. The planes 1', f form the valve stem. The lower end of the valve is a ball F which is non-detachably manner the plate F and the ball F are nonplanes f, f, and thus in this detachably joined together by means of the planes f, f. The planes f, flit closely within the cylinder A, which forms a continuation of the frust-um of the cone A, so that the vertical movement of the valve is guided by the planes f, j, that form the stem. The cylinder A is shorter than the valve, including the ball F, sothat the ball, when the valve is closed, projects below the cylinder as shown in Fig. 1. The ball F may be designated the push member as it operates similar to a push button. 1

In using the device the valve is opened by pressure of the'nsers hand against the ball, pushing the head or disk F oil from its seat G andagainst the tension of the spring S. This distributes the powdered soap and allows the amount of soap collected above the ball F, between it and the valve F, to descend to the usershand. The apparatus ordinarily delivers a measured quantity of soap for the push member or ball will or- 'dinarily be struck'by the palm of the hand. 'This will raise the valve and allow the soap to drop in around the valve; stem, but with the valve in raised positionfthe palm of the hand will act as a stop to prevent the soap from dropping out of the cylinder. However, when the pressure on the pushmember is released the valve will again close on its seat and IQYBI ll an more S03 from de scending. Thereupon the measured quantity of soap about the valve stem will descend into the users palm, it being free topass around the ball or push member when the hand is removed from the orifice in the cylinder or valve casing.

A cover H is provided, preferably with a hinge H, a hasp H and a staple H and thus may be secured by a padlock H.

The spring S has its lowest coil resting I are slightly -Yhifted upward and of course when the va ve is dropped the coils shift again downward. This gives a scraping action which prevents the caking of the powdered soap upon the walls of the receptacle. The coil spring thereby not only acts as an agitator for the mass or powdered soap, but also prevents its sticking to the sides of the receptacle.

ontrolling such opening and a spiral spring I for normally keepin the valve closed, the said spiral spring having its coils .lying against the interior side surfaces of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

EBENEZER s. BACON.

Witnesses:

VIRGINIA C. SPRATI, AGNES M. HHKINS.

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