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US1210035A
US1210035A US4874915A US4874915A US1210035A US 1210035 A US1210035 A US 1210035A US 4874915 A US4874915 A US 4874915A US 4874915 A US4874915 A US 4874915A US 1210035 A US1210035 A US 1210035A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
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    • A47B67/02—Cabinets for shaving tackle, medicines, or the like
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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  • the present invention relates to soap dishes.
  • soap dishes hereinbefore referred to are made of some material which is hard to clean and which excludes the light from the interior thereof thus permitting the germs which are removed from the hands of the user and admitted to the dish with the cake of soap to live and to transfer themselves back to the hands of the same or another ,user of thesoap.
  • Figure 1 is a plan of the soap dish; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation, and Fig. 3 is a detail end elevation.
  • the soap dish comprises a base 1 provided with a marginal abutment 2 for engagement with a plane supporting surface.
  • the base 1 carries a peripheral wall 3 forming a catch basin and a plurality of posts 4 for supporting the cake of soap rising from the bottom of the catch basin.
  • the posts are arranged suiiiciently close to support a small cake of soap but, owing to the strong capillary attraction between the film of water on the soap and the posts they are arranged sufliciently far apart to. overcome this capillary attraction for the purpose of breaking up the film of water and causing it to pass freely down the posts to the base of the dish.
  • the posts are rounded at their tops 5 in order to minimize the area of contact between the posts and the soap thus preventing the formation of a plurality of soft spots therein.
  • the wall 3 In order to prevent the accumulation of water in the dish and thus maintain the top of the posts above the water level the wall 3, at the opposite ends of the dish, is provided with spill-ways 6 which are arranged at a level intermediate the tops and bases of the posts.
  • spill-ways 6 With this construction the cake of soap is quickly freed from Water and maintained in a dry and solid state in good condition for use.
  • the dish As the dish is constructed of glass it is easy to keep clean and the interior thereof is always flooded with light which destroys the germs transmitted to the dish from the hands of the user through the cake of soap.
  • a one piece soap dish comprising a body portion having a peripheral wall forming a catch basin, a plurality of posts integral with and rising from the bottom of the catch basin for supporting the soap and draining the water from the soap into the catch basin, portions of said wall being cut away and forming

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C. C. BLAKE.
SOAP DISH.
APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. l9l5.
' Patented Dec. 26,1916.
CHARLES C. BLAKE, 0F BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.
SOAP-DISH.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Dec. 26, 11916.
Application filed September 2, 1915. Serial No. 48,749.
To all whom it may concern: 7
Be it known that I, CHARLES C. BLAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soap-Dishes, of which the following is a specification.
The present invention relates to soap dishes.
As heretofore constructed soap dishes in common use have no provision for properly draining the water admitted to the dish with the used cake of soap. Consequently the soap is always in contact with water while in the dish which results in the formation of a thick jelly-like coating on the surface of the soap. When the'cake of soap is again used this thick jelly-like coating disintegrates in the hands of the user and forms a lather greatly in excess of the I needed amount. Obviously the practice of keeping soap in these badly drained soap dishes is wasteful of the soap. Furthermore the soap dishes hereinbefore referred to are made of some material which is hard to clean and which excludes the light from the interior thereof thus permitting the germs which are removed from the hands of the user and admitted to the dish with the cake of soap to live and to transfer themselves back to the hands of the same or another ,user of thesoap.
tion of an economical and sanitary soap dish which will maintain the soap in a dry and solid condition, which will be easy-to clean and-which will permit the flooding of the interior of the dish with germ-destroying light.
To the accomplishment of this object the features of the present invention consist in certain devices, combinations and arrangements of parts fully set forth hereinafter, the advantages "of which will be readily understood by those skilled in the I art.
The various features of the present invention will be readily understood from an inspection of the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a plan of the soap dish; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation, and Fig. 3 is a detail end elevation.
In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the soap dish comprises a base 1 provided with a marginal abutment 2 for engagement with a plane supporting surface. The base 1 carries a peripheral wall 3 forming a catch basin and a plurality of posts 4 for supporting the cake of soap rising from the bottom of the catch basin.
The posts are arranged suiiiciently close to support a small cake of soap but, owing to the strong capillary attraction between the film of water on the soap and the posts they are arranged sufliciently far apart to. overcome this capillary attraction for the purpose of breaking up the film of water and causing it to pass freely down the posts to the base of the dish. The posts are rounded at their tops 5 in order to minimize the area of contact between the posts and the soap thus preventing the formation of a plurality of soft spots therein.
In order to prevent the accumulation of water in the dish and thus maintain the top of the posts above the water level the wall 3, at the opposite ends of the dish, is provided with spill-ways 6 which are arranged at a level intermediate the tops and bases of the posts. With this construction the cake of soap is quickly freed from Water and maintained in a dry and solid state in good condition for use. As the dish is constructed of glass it is easy to keep clean and the interior thereof is always flooded with light which destroys the germs transmitted to the dish from the hands of the user through the cake of soap.
The nature and scope of the invention having been indicated, and a soap dish embodying the several features of the invention in their preferred form having been specifically described, what is claimed as new, is
As an article of manufacture a one piece soap dish comprising a body portion having a peripheral wall forming a catch basin, a plurality of posts integral with and rising from the bottom of the catch basin for supporting the soap and draining the water from the soap into the catch basin, portions of said wall being cut away and forming
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