US2679710A

US2679710A - Drying device for bar soap

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Publication number: US2679710A
Application number: US196633A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mattik Raimond Johannes
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1950-11-20
Filing date: 1950-11-20
Publication date: 1954-06-01
Anticipated expiration: 1971-06-01

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INVENTOR 3 Sheets-Sheet l R. J. MTTIK DRYING DEVICE FOR BAR SOAP .b 1 3 3 MV- u h 5 FImWL m I J a IU 1 j A. Imm LM VL A M J.. JWN# 1 l L o R UH V. V o, HHH B IIIII: UH n v u OII |I|||||IIL 1 o UHU /4 IIIIlI-Tl' n u U n O |||||||v I5 HH-H 1 V O d Jhl/ HIIIJ tmf nr .LJ ,.3 n F W L m v b ATTORNEY June l, 1954 Filed Nov. 20, 1950 Si! 1.41.1 i

June 1, 1954 R. J. MTTIK 2,679,710

DRYING DEVICE FOR BAR SOAP Filed Nov. 20, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 er@ Q 12 K 4 INVENTOR 5 F |g.2

ATTORNEYS .Tune l, 1954 R. J. MTTIK DRYING DEVICE: FOR BAR soAP 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed NOV. 20, 1950 ATTORNEY Patented June l, 1954 UfNI S PATENT OFF y2,679,710

BRYING DEVICE FOR lmilt-SGM Raimond 'Johannes fMttk, Linkoping, Sweden Application November 20, 19'50, 'Serial-No; :196,633'

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'3 Claims. lV

This invention lrelates to a drying device Jfor bar soap.

When using bar soap for washingV and thereafter 'placing said soap =on-1a 'soapfdish lather will befsmeared on said soap-dish. This disadvantage will be overcome by vusingA the drying-device according to the present invention, which device includes a casing having an inlet Yopeningfor the bar of' soap just-used, a 'vane wheel under th'e inlet opening with a number of varies -thereon arranged radially )in parallell planes, an outlet opening in thewcasing 'under `lthe vane wheel for the bar of soap, and a closure `or :door normally covering the outlet. This "door Aisinterconnected with 'the vane 'wheel 'in fsucha A1mah-nerthat, in

the-neutral position OfsaidV door; a stop on the door permits 'the vane wheelto turnito ar position in which foneof the vanes on the-vane wheel will be approximately horizontal, -so that saidvane Will constitute a support for the bar o'fsoap.

turning the 'vane wheelone quarterrevo'lu'tion, -v

be released'to @all down tothe outlet-in tliecasins.

According 'torafurther embodim'entaof the inventi'on, the device vhas an iniet openingfin the casing for thebar offisoap just used; vunder kthis inlet opening a vane wheel withfa number 'of vane's` thereon arranged: radially in parallel planes, and' under said vane wheel' an 'outlet opening for the soap and "a .door normally covering the inlet opening. 'Ihisedoor isinterconnected withthe vane wheelin such zasmahner that, inthe neutra'lfposition of 'saidfdoorpastop on the door-permits the vane wheel to. turnto a position in which one of the rods 6 thereon will be approximately horizontal, fso that said vane will constitute agsupport for the bar of soap. Then, upon the displacement. of the door. during theinsertion of a bar of soap into the drying device, the stop will also ybe displaced Iso thata bar of soap which may beV placed onA the. vane wheel will, by a partial turning of the vane wheel one step, be released to fall down to the outlet opening.

In drawings, which illustrate two embodiments of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a front view of an embodiments of a drying device according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on the line A-A in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a corresponding sectional view of an- .2 other embodiment-of thev fdev'ioefaocorde ing to Itheuinvention.

'The embodiment fof" the drying device 4shown in Figures 1 and 2 includes a casing comprised lay-two sid'epla'tes I, which are held 'together by cross bars -2. Argrid'S, attached to saidcross bars, is comprised by vertically positionedfinetal rods, saidlrods `-being fat thelribottoin bent in the forward direction, so that 'theyiorm a basket I4, which basket vformsftlie'bottom vof'an outlet-opening for thebar-oi'soap. ifi-'vane 'wheel is carried in bearingsa 'which rotatably mountva shaft 5, said shaft bei-ng' supported through the bearings by 'the 'side platesl This vane Wheel is comprised by a series ofi'fourrods 8 radially positioned around the-f'shait 5. Further, between -said plates, a 'closure or door 'I is mounted 'by bearings which support a shaft 8; `this door normallycovering the outlet opening As shown in detail*in-Fig;1', eachof 'the vanos on* 'the vane `wheel is comprised by a number oft-radially 'positionedroda A cover Ifencl'oses the vane Wheel', thiseoverhaving a downwardly bent top portion comprised by a number ofapproximately vertically arranged bars Ii', which are positioned radially in parallel planes along the 'shaft 5' ofthe vanewheel and whic'hare situate'd betweenthe rods 9 on thev vane wheel'. Thebottom portion of said coveris'bent towards 'the vane wheel 'into anv approximately horizontaljpositi'on. Also, saidport'ion is" comprised by rodsY 2`I arranged in the ysame radial planes as the barsrv I 1 l r A pin I`2`is so positioned on the door T'that the outer endsl I3. of the. rods .on the vane wheel, that. is, rthosesit'uated to the extremel right (Fig. l) are arranged at one en'd of. the vane wheel in such a manner that the ends oilthe rods will contact said pin 'and thus prevent turning' of the vane, wheel.

The drying device. described above andlshown in Figures. l andy 2; in operation. functions vin 'the following way; let. it be. assumed" 'that a bar of soaps plaeedlingthabasket 4 andanother bar oisoap. on the ,horizontal rodsof the. vane wheel ,positioned'towards thergrid. 3.. If. one. wants. to take a bar o'f soap out of the drying device one at first has to swing the closure or door 'I inwardly and upwardly so that one will be able to take the bar of soap from the basket 4. In doing so the door will be swung inwardly so far that the pin I2 moves to a position in front of the middle portion 25 of said rod 6, which is inwardly offset from the right outer end I3, as

' shown in Fig. 1. The bar of soap resting on said horizontal rods will now on account of its weight partially turn the vane wheel in a counter-clockwise direction, as shown in Fig. 2. However, after turning through a slight angle, the horizontal portion 25 of said rod 6 will contact a circular guide rib I4 on the door. 'Ihis will for a short while prevent continued turning of the vane wheel. One may take the bar of soap resting in the basket `4 and use same. Upon removing the hand from the basket 4 the door 'I, on account of its weight, will swing in the counterclockwise direction (Fig. 2). However, on account of its inertia, the door will swing somewhat outwardly past its vertical position, as shown on the drawing. Thus the outer end I3 of the rod 6 is released and the bar of soap resting on the vane wheel now will be able to turn the wheel a quarter of a revolution. The soap thereby falls downwardly into the basket AIl.

When the bar of soap, which was taken out of the drying device, has been used, one has to insert the bar of soap into the drying device through the inlet opening between the grid 3 andthe bars II.

The function of the bars 2 I, referred to above, is to remove a bar of soap which has been dried on the vane wheel.

Reference numeral 22 designates a stop for preventing reverse turning-of the vane wheel.

A further embodiment of the drying device is shown in Fig. 3. The outlet opening for bars of soapfrom this device is not covered by a door. Instead the device has a closure or door 24 normally covering the inlet opening, said door being swingably carried in bearings which mount a shaft 23 extending between the side plates I. A latch I5 is swingably carried by a pivot just above the vane wheel. The function of this latch is to contact axially extending pins I6 arranged on the rods 6 of the vane wheel. Between the door 24 and the latch lI5 there is a link II which transmits movement to the vane wheel. A spring I8 is arranged to bias thelatch to swing to the position shown in the drawing, in which posi.-

tion the latch is in the path of one of said pins I6.

The drying device shown in Fig. 3 functions as follows Normally a bar of soap rests inthe basket 4 and another bar of soap on-the horizontal rods 6 of the vane wheel situated near the grid I0. takes the bar of soap resting in the basket 4 and uses it. After use, the bar of soap is placed on the closure or door 24. Thereby the door will be pressed downward. The motion of said door 4 path of movement of the pins IB, when the latch is swung out of the engaging position. After the vane wheel has been turned through a quarter of a revolution, the next pin I6 will contact said cam surface. When the door 24 is released. the spring I8 will return the latch I5, whereby the pin `IIS resting on the cam surface I9 is able to be moved slightly in a clockwise direction against a stop lug on the latch. 4 Thus there is now a bar of lsoap resting 'on the vane wheel and another bar 'of soap in the basket 4.

One advantage of the drying device according to the invention is the fact that one is obliged to use two bars of soap simultaneously, of which one bar is alwaysin the drying device for dryrvring. Therefore, the drying time for each bar of When one desires to wash oneself one is now transmitted to the latch I5 through the A portion of the 5.

latch is formed with a rounded edge I9 as a' cam surface, so arranged that it will be in the soap ,will betwce as long as by the method hitherto used.

What I claim is:

1. In a dispenser for bar soap, a casing having an opening therein, a pivotally mounted closure normally closing said opening, a wheel rotatably mounted in said casingr and. adapted to support at least one bar of soap, and means forming a connection between said pivotally mounted closure and said Wheelwhereby swinging movement of said pivotally mounted closure will cause said Wheel to deposit a bar of soap on the bottom of the casing adjacent the opening in the latter.

2. In a dispenser for bar soap, a casing having an opening therein, awheel rotatably mounted in said casing and having radially disposed projections thereon adapted to support a bar of soap, and a closure for said opening pivotally mounted in the casing and having` a stop thereon adapted to abut one of the radially disposed projections on the wheel to prevent rotation of the latter when the closure is swung to open position.

3. In a dispenser for dispensing dry bars of soap, a casing having spaced apart inlet and outlet openings thereinthrough whichbars of soap may be inserted and removed respectively, a wheel rotatably mounted in the casing and having radially disposed projections thereon adapted alternatively to support a bar of soap, a closure pivotally mountedA adjacent said outlet opening, a stop on said closure mounted in the path of movement of the projections on the 'wheel and abutting projections on the wheel to prevent partial rotation of the latter when the closure is swung in open position,land adapted to be abutted by other arcuately spaced projections on the wheel to permit the wheel to partially rotate to deposit a bar of soap` on the bottom of the casing adjacent the outlet opening as the closure is swung toclosed position.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Nam'e Date 769,063 Dougherty et al. Aug. 30, 1904 2,272,669 Johnson Feb. l0, 1942 2,504,536 v Kisselburg Apr. 18,1950