US2522483A - Plural soap-cake holder - Google Patents

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Sept. 12, 1950 F. T. PLACK PLURAL SOAP CAKE HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed May 10, 1946 F IZYPZac/i.

Septo 12 1950 F. T. PLAcK 2,522,433

' PLURAL SOAP CAKE HOLDER Filed May 10, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig! 5 F I'Plack.

Patented Sept. 12, 1950 PLURAL SOAP-CAKE HOLDER,

Ferdinand T. Plack, Harrisburg, Pa.; Harry G.

Plack, executor of said Ferdinand T. Plack, de-

ceased Application May 10, 1946, Serial N0. 668,879

1 Claim.

This invention relates to soap holders, and especially to a divisible combination of inner and outer receptacles that form a plural soap-cake holder and is a simplification and improvement of my soap holder shown and described in my Patent No. 2,184,085.

One object of this invention is to minimize the number of primarily separate parts, all formed of sheet-metal blanks and united without the need of any extrinsic mechanical means, thereby to minimize the manufacturing cost.

Another object is to provide the outer receptacle and inner receptacle with inter-latching elements that combine to secure the inner receptacle against accidental displacement from the outer receptacle, while permitting the inner receptacle to be removed easily and quickly by simple manipulation, and as quickly and easily replaced in the outer receptacle after both these receptacles having been cleansed internally.

Another object is to form these receptacles with a lower floor and an upper floor, respectively, normally spaced from one another so as to provide a drain-receiving chamber into which the upper floor sheds water from the soap-cakes into the said chamber; the upper floor being removable from the outer receptacle, so the drainreceiving chamber can be thoroughly cleansed; the inner receptacle having no rear wall or sidewalls; so easy acess to all its parts, by a brush 5 or rag, can be had for thoroughly cleaning all its parts.

Other objects and important features are pointed out or implied in the following details of description, in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the two receptacles combined in the normal relation, as if seated on a shelf or other level surface.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, the section being along the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the outer receptacle alone.

Fig. 4 is a front view of the inner receptacle alone, its front side having a portion broken out and in section,

Fig. 5 is a fragmental detail of a modified form of inter-latching elements at upper-rear.

Referring to these drawings in detail, in which, similar reference-numerals refer to similar parts in the several views, the invention is described in detail as follows:

The outer receptacle 1 is preferably formed of a single sheet of metal bent so as to form a lower floor 8, a rear wall 9, right and left walls ID, a

substantially horizontal upper-rear cover-element I I that includes a keeper or latch-engaging means lla,-and a very low front wall l2 that is only slightly higher, substantially inch higher, than the space between the lower floor 8 and the upper floor l3 which latter is the base-element of the inner receptacle and which is preferably formed with four slots at l3a. In Fig. 2, only one inner wall or partition I l is shown with tongues l ta extending thru the respective slots of one pair and therein secured by any appropriate means, for instance, by twisting their lower ends and by soldering or welding as indicated at l5 in Fig. 4. The front edge of the floor or base-plate I3 is united with a low wall l3b that preferably extends forward and downward, as.

more clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4, forming an arch over the low wall l2, and the latter has its upper-inner edge normally substantially against the wall I3b or the juncture thereof with the floor l3, so the latter cannot be initially moved forward, but may be first raised and then passed forward over the front wall l2.

The wall or partition I4 or MM has its upperrear part formed with a detent or latching element Me or Hid. In Fig. 2, the detent Me is in interlatching engagement with the keeper or latch-engaging means Ha in a proper relation to be moved upward, but restrained from being moved forwardly initially; and the same operation and effect are accomplished by a similar inter-latching of the elements lid and keeper Nb of Fig. 5. The element Me is normally in a slot in rear of the keeper Ha, thereby restrained against lateral movement; and the element Md is restrained against lateral movement by its engagement with two bosses on its opposite sides, one of which is seen at 91) in Fig. 5. Bosses IZa (Figs. 2 and 3) are normally substantially against the front edge of the upper floor, at the junction of the latter with the wall I3b, so as to restrain the upper floor against forward movement while in its lower position in which the lower floor supports it thru the medium of side-flanges l3c and/or the ears I 4a. When it is desired to remove the inner receptacle from the outer receptacle, it is necessary only to grasp the partition and lift it while tilting it rearward, thereby raising the front edge of the floor [3 above the wall l2 and immediately swinging the inner receptacle to the broken-line position of Fig. 2, and then lowering it until its element I40 o Md is disengaged from the keeper Ila or llb, whereupon, the inner receptacle is free to be moved away from the outer receptacle 1.

ments between the partitions H! and the side-@ walls Ill which latter have ridges l, fie for same purpose and to facilitate the draining of waterfrom said broad sides, also vto minimizeadhesion between the soap-cakes and the. con partment walls; and for similar purposes, ridges 9e are serve to rigidify the respective floor, walls-and partitions, so as to preclude the necessity of using thicklsheet -rnetal in their construction. Ther efo is e'iip'laine'd that the contemplated nit s thicknes is" great y exaggena'tedih the ;ma lly and rernovaibl y s'ated said outer receptacle and having an upper floor normally spaced above said lower floor in a proper relation to shed water from a soap-cake when on the upper floor onto the lower floor, said outer receptacle having a rear wall and a substantially horizontal, upperrear cover-element that are integrally united with one another, said outer receptacle having right and left walls and a front wall, said front wall beingonly slightly higher than the space between saidvlowerfldor and upper floor. and having its upper-inner edge norrnally seated substantially against said upper floor so as to prevent initial forward movement of said upper floor, said inner receptacle being provided with at least one partition united with said upper floor and having its upper,v edge norni ally inter-latched with said upper-rear cover-element in a proper relation to prevent initial forward movement of said upper dg e', said inner receptacle being free to be initially; moved bodily from its norm-ally seated position to a higher position from which its lower part is free to be, moved forwardcovers aid front wall to a position fronrwhich i an, bel vered su fficie tly to effect discrigagt'e'nient of its appeledge irorn said uppers-rear coverfelernent I 'ERD NAND' '1, BLACK.

REFERENCES CITED The, following references ,are ofrecord in the file ofgthis' patent:

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