US1693480A

US1693480A - Distributing device for solid soap

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Publication number: US1693480A
Application number: US168702A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gonyk Ignatz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1926-06-17
Filing date: 1927-02-16
Publication date: 1928-11-27
Anticipated expiration: 1945-11-27

Description

Nov. 27, 1928.

l. GONYK DISTRIBUTING DEVICE FOR SOLID SOAP Filed Feb. 16, 1927 Patented Nov. 27, 1928.

hit' stares mean IGNI-XTZ GONYK, OF LJ'UBL-J'ANA, KINGDOM OF THE SERBS, CROATS, AND SLOVEI ES.

" DISTRIBUTING DEVICE FOR SQLID SOAP.

Applicationfiled February 16,. 1927, Serial No 168,702, and in Germany lune 1'7, 1926.

My invention consists in a distributing device for solid soap comprising a movable container for asoap stick from which small sheets or slices may be out, while the soap stick is advanced for a short way on account of its own weight each time when a slice: of soap is out offtherefrom. The device is provi dedwith means for cutting ofi slicesof soap from the bar when the container is moved sidewa s over said cutting element which preferably consists-in a knife having a slight ly curved blade. Further particulars of the device according to'my invention willappear from the following specification.-

The accompanying drawing shows by way of example an embodiment of the distributing device according to-inyinvention.

Fig. 1 is a front view of thedevicc;

Fig. 2 is a section along line A- B ofl ig. l

Figs. 3 to 6 illustrate details'of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

The soap distributor device comprises a back plate a to whichis fixed a sheet Z) which partly covers the plate a. From said sheet 6 extending at right angles thereto is an upper element 0 and a lower element (Z. On the upper element ca tube-shaped soap container is pivotally mounted by means of bolt and eye connection. For this purpose the top/i of the container f carries a forksshapedprojection which isprovided with eycsia-nd ;,1', whereas in the element there is an eye A: which is located betweenie es tau'd j,% the con nection between said eyes being made by means of a bolt Z. a f e The top it is provided with a laterally projecting slotted portion 071 into which a screw thread is cut so as to engage with a set-screw n the square head of said screw extending into a hole 29 of the element 0; the screw-collar 9 comes to rest on two ledges r bent inwardly from the element 0 The set-screw n is enclosed in the part between the projection m and the ledges r by a spring 8 abutting on said parts m and r. The screw n may be adjusted by means of a key 6.

The soap container carries a handle knob 14 and at its bottom end a guide element 12 guided with its lower flange-shaped part 10 (Fig. 8) in the element d forming a frame. The innermost end of said element (Z carries a knife as having a segmentshaped blade. Below the knife :0 the bottom of element cl is provided with a circular opening d and below this opening with a delivery tray or chute y the bottom of which is inclined downwardly toi knob u around the boltZ so that it willbe free of'the edge of part (Z thereby freeing the bottom end of the container, which is now ready to receive a bar of soap to be inserted into the container from below. Thereupon the container is pushed back to a position in which the flange 10 is in alignment with the outer edge of the element (Z and screw it is tightened and again takes the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the collar being once more res-ting upon the ledges r on account of the action of the spring 8.

The soap bar owing to its own weight rests on element (Z that is to say it projects beyond the bottom edge of the tubular container for the same length as the guide piece o. If the casing ispressed by means ofknob it toward plate a into the positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, a slice of soap will be cut off by means of knife is and will fall 'dciwnthrough the circular opening Z to the chute from whence it slides down until it is stopped by the tongues 2. The semicircular cutting at the'front end of the chute allows easy gripping of the slice of soap.

Theabove described device may easily be combined, if desired, with a coin operated actuating mechanism of a known kind by providing a lockingdevice which usually prevents the pivot-movement of tube f and will permit the actuation of the same only after a coin has been thrown into the mechanism;

W hat I claim is:

1. A soap dispensing device, comprising a soap container pivot-ally mounted at one end, a fixed member normally closing the free end of the container for supporting the soap carried by the latter, a knife mounted between the fixed member and the path of the free end of the container to sever the soap supported on said member during the move ment of the container in one direction, and means connected with the pivoted end of the container for limiting the normal movement of the container relative to the fixed memher.

2. A soap dispensing device comprising a tubular soap container, a support, means on one end of the container pivotally connecting the latter to the support, a fixed member normally closing the free end of the container,

' for supporting the soap in the latter, means at the pivoted end of the container for limiting the oscillatory movement of the latter relatively to the fixed member, and a knife interposed between the fixed member and the path of movement of the free end of the container.

3. A soap dispensing device comprising a support, a tubular soap container pivotally connected thereto at one end, a fixed plate below the free end of the container for supporting the soap therein, a knife above said plate, means yieldingly holding the free end of the container normally in front of the knife, and means for limiting the oscillatory movements of the container relatively to the fixed plate.

4. A soap dispensing device comprising a support, a tubular soap container pivotally connected at one end to the support, means at the pivoted end of the container for yieldingly holding the latter in an inclined position, a fixed soap supporting member below the free end of the container, a knife on the soap supporting member below the path of the free end of the container, and means connecting the support and container to normally limit the movement of the latter relative to the soap supporting member.

5. A soap dispensing device comprising a horizontal support, a tubular soap container pivotally connected at its upper end to the support, a knife carrying element closing the free end of the container and supporting the soap carried by the latter, a forked member on the upper end of the container, and a setscrew connecting the support and forked member for limiting the movement of the container to correspond with the length of the knife carrying element.

6. A soap dispensing device comprising a supporting plate, a tubular soap container pivotally connected at its upper end to the support, a knife carrying element closing the free end of the container, a lateral projection on the pivoted end of the container, a setsorew in said projection extending through an opening in the supporting plate and h ving a collar formed thereon, and ledges formed on the supporting plate to engage the collar to limit the outward swing of the container relative to the knife carrying element.

7. A soap dispensing device comprising an upper supporting element having an aperture therein, a tubular soap container pivotally connected at its upper end to said element, a knife carrying element closing the free end of the container, a lateral projection on the pivoted end of the container, a set-screw in said projection extending through the aperture, ledges on the supporting element projecting into said aperture, a collar on the set-screw adapted to engage the ledges to limit the outward movement of the container relative to the knife carrying element, and means whereby the set-screw may be rotated to free the collar from the ledges to permit the container to be swung clear of the knife-carrying element.

8. A soapdispensing device comprising an upper supporting element having an aperture therein, a tubular soap container pivotally connected at its upper end to said element, a knife carrying element closing the free end of the container, a lateral projection on the pivoted end of the container, a set-screw in said projection through the aperture, ledges on the supporting element projecting into said aperture, a collar on the set-screw adapted to engage the ledges to limit the outward movement of the container relative to the knife carrying element, and a spring surrounding the screw between the supporting element and the lateral projection to automatically swing the container.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name.

IGNATZ GONYK.

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