US1329097A - Soap-holder - Google Patents

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M. RUBIN AND W. LEVINE.

SOAP HOLDER.

ABPLICATION mu) OCT. 11.1919. I

13329-991 Patented Jan; 22, 1920.

INVENTOR I ffzorris M BY [8 1 ETORNEY MORRIS RUBIN AND WILLIAM LEVINE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOAP-HOLDER.

Application filed October 17, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MORRIS RUBIN and WILLIAM LEVINE, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Soap-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for holding a cake of soap, thus doing away with the necessity for holding the soap in the hand while applying the same to an article to be cleaned, and the object of this invention is to provide a device of this character which will be convenient to use, simple in construction, and readily manufactured.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of this kind which will hold soap properly at all times in such a manner that the soap can be used in many ways without removing the same from the holder.

with these objects, and other objects which may hereinafter appear, in view, we have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a plan view partly in section, of a soap holder made in accordance with our invention; 7

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the directions of the arrows, and

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the soap holder.

Throughout the various views of the drawing, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

Our improved soap holder may be made of any particular or desirable material, preferably of a thin metal. In the preferred embodiment of our invention, as shown in the accompanying drawing, 1 indicates the body portion or base plate of the device. At its opposite side edges the plate 1 is provided with tubular guides 2. These guides 2 are formed by rolling inwardly toward one another the edges of the plate 1. On another of its edges the plate 1 is provided with a fixed or stationary jaw 8, which is formed by bending downwardly the material at that edge of the plate 1, or if desired, this jaw 3 may be in the form of an Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

Serial No. 331,351.

additional piece of material, attached to the plate 1 in any desired manner.

This jaw 8 is provided with an inwardly extending lip 24, which is adapted to project or enter into the side of a cake of soap 5, and in cooperation with another jaw hold the soap between them.

The other jaw is shown at 6, and. is provided with a lip 7, which extends into or enters the side of the cake of soap 5, as shown in Fig. 2. This jaw 6 is movable or slidable to and from the fixed jaw 3, so that the jaws 3 and 6 may thus be separated to permit the cake of soap 5 to be inserted between them, and this arrangement furthermore permits varying sizes and shapes of soap to be firmly held between the jaws.

The jaw 6 is integrally formed on a plate 7, which rests on and is movable on top of the plate 1. This plate 7* has'its side edges curled or rolled up to provide guide members 8, which enter into and slide within the tubular guides on the plate 1. In order to permit the guide members 8 to slide within the tubular guides 2, these guides 2 are slotted as at 9 near their ends adjacent the plate 7 so that the plate 7 can move in these slots.

Contained within the guides 2 are springs 10, and one end of each of these sarings is attached to the guide members 8, while the other end of each spring is secured to its guide 2. Thus the tension of these springs draws the movable jaw 6 toward the fixed jaw 3, and the cake of soap 5 is thus held between these jaws, with the lips 4t and 7 on the jaws entering into the soap and firmly holding the same.

The plate 1 is provided with a tubular socket 11, for the reception of the handle 12. The socket 11 is provided at its end with a plate 13, which is attached to the plate 1 by rivets 14, or other desired fastening means.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that We have provided a convenient soap holding device, or soaping implement. The holder with the soap attached may be readily held in a Wash tub, so that soap can be applied to the wash, or for scrubbing floors or the like, the device is extremely useful where the soap is wet and slippery, and apt to slip from the hands while being applied.

From the foregoing it is obvious that our invention is not to be restricted to the exact embodiment shown, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having described our invention, what we claim is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a plate having two of its edges rolled up to form guides, a jaw having guide members movable within said guides, springs within said guides with each of said springs having one of its ends connected to the guides, and its opposite end connected to the guide member, and a fixed abutment on the plate toward which the jaw is adapted to be drawn.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a plate having a pair of jaws adapted to clamp a cake of soap between them, one of said jaws being fixed to said plate, the other jaw being. movable on said plate, a pair of guides on the plate, guide members on the movable aw, slidable within said guides, and springs within the guides connecting said guides and guide members.

3. A device or the class described, comprising a fiat plate having a pair of jaws adapted to clamp a cake of soap between them, one of said jaws being formed integral with said plate, the other jaw being movable on said plate, two opposite edges of said plate being rolled up to form a pair of tubular guides, two or" the edges of the movable jaws being rolled up to form guide members, said guide members being slidable within said guides, and springs within the guides connecting said guides and guide members.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 14th day of October, 1919.

MORRIS RUBIN. WVILLIAM LEVINE.

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