US1719386A - Medicine cabinet - Google Patents

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JulyZ, 1929. E L ENE 1,719.386

' MEDICINE CABINET Filed May 13, 1926 v r 2 Sheets-Sheet k gwua'nto'a Jul 2, 1929.

L. J. BENCE MEDI CINE CABINET Fi led May 13,, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lat/67356,

Patented July 2, 1929.

LOUIS J". BEN GE, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

MEDIGINE Application as m 13,

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in. medicine cabinets and particularly to the type that is built in or set into a wall opening of a bath-room or the like with a marginal flange or rim overlying the face of the wall with the cabinet permanently anchored in position. i

The primary object of the invention is to provide a medicine cabinet of the type above set forth wherein a compartment for liquid soap is located at the lower end thereof with a filling opening forthe soap compartment located within the cabinet with thedischarge spout for the soap compartment extending outwardly of the front wall of the cabinet and equipped with an ordinary tensioned plunger pump for the automatic discharge of the liquid soap.

With the above general objects in View and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully de scribed, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a medicine cabinet constructed in accordance with the present invention showing the soap discharge nozzle adjacent the lower end thereof. I 1

Figure 2 is a front elevational View with the hinged frontdoor of the cabinet in its open position and showing the filling opening for the soap compartment and the depth gage of the liquid soap.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the cabinet.

Figure 1 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on line IV-IV of Figure 1 showing the cabinet set into a wall with the soap compartment at the lower end thereof.

Figure is a top plan View of the cabinet, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail sectional View taken on line 6-6 of Figure 1, showing the liquid soap compartment, the depth gage float therein and the discharge nozzle for the soap.

The cabinet is of box formation and of the general design of an ordinary medicine cabinet and comprises a rear wall 1, top and bottom walls 2 and 3, end walls 4 and a front wall 5 CABINET.

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adjacent the lowerend, the door opening 6 the front side of the cabinet being closed by :a hinged door7, the cabinet set and built into the wall 1 ing an outwardly directed flange 8 at the front side of the cabinet for flat engagement with the face of, the wall. The side walls l of the cabinet are provided withopenings 9 as shown in Figure 3 for the passage of screws 10 or the like to assist in retaining the cabinet in position within the wall opening. 1

The cabinet is provided with a plurality of interior horizontal shelves 11 that are suitably spaced from each other and a horizontal partition wall 12 at the lower edge of the door 7 thatcoopcrates with the bottom wall 3 of the cabinet to form a compartment 13 for liquid soap indicated by the letter S and shown more clearly in Figures 4 and 6. The partition wall 12 separating the medicine section of the cabinet from the soap compartment 13 is provided with a filling opening 1 1 closed by a vented cap 15, the filling opening being within the cabinet. The soap compartment 13 being of a capacity for holding substantially one gallon of liquid soap has a float 16 located therein and carrying a float rod 17 projecting upwardly through a guide opening in the partition wall 12 for determining at all times the amount of liquid soap within the compartment.

The liquid soap S is carried from the compartment at the lower end thereof through the front wall 5 of the cabinet by the pump device shown more clearly in Figure 6 and comprises a nozzle 18 set into the lower end of the front wall 5 and so retained by the jam nuts 19 engaging opposite faces of the wall 5. A downwardly directed spout 20 is carried by the outer end of the nozzle 18 and to control the flow of liquid soap through the nozzle 18, the outer end thereof is provided with a spring pressed valve 21 having a finger piece 22 projecting axially through the gland nut 23 at the outer end of the nozzle, the coil spring 2 1 within the nozzle engaging the inner end of the valve 21 and also the annularflange 25 for normally holding the valve in closing relation with respect to the spout 20. The valve 21 being of cylindrical formation is provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending ports 26 that permit the flow of liquid soap therethrough when the finger piece 22 is pressed inwardly to dis Vi? illustratedin Figure l. and carrypose the valve 21 partially inwardly of the spout20. p

The cabinet discl'osedin this application is adapted for home use as Well as commercial purposes, such as for use in hotels or the like, and liquid soap placed in, the compartment 13 Will be available for an unusally long period of time and thereby eliminate the costly use of soap in cake form. The cabinet is neatly finished in White enamel and is preferably located directly above a wash basin or stand with the nozzle 18 disposed directly above ithe basin and in proximity of the Water faucet. With a, device of this charat r',the usual'medicine cabinet is provided whieh utilizes'allspace for such purposes while the. liquid soap compartment is an i added feature at the lower end thereof.

Whilethere is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invent-ion, it is" nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is An article of the'character described, consisting of a rectangular oblong cabinet adapted to be set into a wall recess, and having interior shelves, dividing the structure into superposed compartments, the lowermost LOUIS J. BENCE.

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