US545905A - Soap-holding attachment for faucets - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

J. H. MOULDER & S. E. HIGKMAN.v SOAP HOLDING ATTACHMENT PoR FAUGETS. No. 545,905.

Patented Sept. 1.0, 41895.

Ninn rares JAMES ll. MOLDER AND SAMUEL E. HIOKMAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SOAP-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR FAUCETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,905, dated September 10, 1895.

Application filed May 3, 1894. Serial No. 509,964. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES I-I. MoULDnR and SAMUEL E. HICKMAN, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Boston, county of Suolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Soap-Holding Attachments for Faucets, of which the following description, in connection withn the accompanying drawing, is a specication, like letters on the drawing representing' like parts.

This invention relates to soap-holding attachments adapted to he appliedto waterfaucets for the purpose of rendering soapy the water which is drawn from the faucet for use in cleaning purposes, particularly in cleaning silver.

Our invention consists, first, in providing a soap-receiver with a conical bottom having a single outlet, above which, if desired, may

`be arranged a perforated disk to sustain the soap, and to the outlet of this conical bottom is connected a iiexible tube or pipe, which serves the double purpose of mufliing the noise usually Aattending the flow of a column of water from a' faucet, and also furnishing means by which the water may be directed to one side of the faucet into the proper receptacle, which may not conveniently be located directly beneath the faucet.

Our invention also consists in providingr an improved means or valve for diverting the course of the water from the clear-water faucet into or through the soap-receiver, the principal advantage of a valve or valves embodying our invention lying in the fact that the same may be opened or closed without stopping the flow of water and without danger of burning or scalding the hands.

Other features of our invention, principally details of construction, will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

The drawing represents in section one form of attachment embodying our invention, the mufiiing and conducting tubes being broken olii'.

Referring to the drawing and in the construction there shown selected to illustrate our invention, A is the soap-receiver, prefer# ably rectangular in cross-section, and of a size such as will receive unbroken an ordinary cake or bar of soap, said receiver, in accordance with one part of this invention, being provided with a conical bottom d, terminating in a tubular outlet ct,to which is secured in suitable manner one end of a flexible mufling and conducting tube h. A perforated ceiver and preferably at a level with the top of the conical bottom thereof, said plate constituting a support for 'the cake or bar of soap within the receiver. ceiver, as herein shown, is left open to constitute a vfilling-opening, which is normally closed by a hinged cover a3.

O is a clear-water tube or passage secured to one side of the receiver A and provided at its upper end with a neck c of suitable size to slip on over the discharged end of' a usual faucet F, to which the said neck is secured in any suitable or desired manner-as, for instance,bya clamping-screwf- 1f desired,one or more rubber or other packing-rings may be plate a2 is arranged at the bottoni of the re- The top of the rel employed to make thejointbetween the neck and faucet water-tight. The tube C at its lower end is provided also with a neck, as c, upon which is sprung one end of a mufliing and conducting tube b.

It will be noticed that the inlet end c of the tube or passage O is, in the construction shown, directly over the outlet c thereof, so that the natural flow of the water from the faucetF is directly down and through the tube O and out through the conducting-tube D. To divert the course of the water from the tube O into and through the soap-receiver, lwe have made an opening c2 in the side of the receiver, placing the latter in communication with the tube O. Between the ends of the latter and adjacent this opening we have arranged, as herein shown, in the tube C a downwardlyinclined valve-seat c3, with which co-operates a valve c4, hinged at c5 and adapted to swing against the under side of the valve-seat c3 to close the tube or passage O and divert the water therefrom into and through the receiver A.

The contacting face of the valve is shown IOO thrown against its seat by means of a crankarm d, provided at the outside of the tube C with an operating-handle d. When the crank is turned down into its dotted position, the valve c4 drops by gravity into its dotted position, opening the tube O, through which the water will How in preference to the opening c2 and soap-receiver. When it is desired to cutoff the flow of clear water and to draw soapy water-that is, water for soapsuds-the operator turns the handle d into its full-line position, thereby raising the valve c4 to close the clear-water passage and divert the course of the water therefrom through the opening c2 into the soap-containing receiver A, in passing through which and in contact with the soap contained therein the water becomes inipregnated with the soap, which` water is conducted by the tube l) to the proper receptacle in which the soapsuds is to be contained for washing and cleaning purposes.

We have herein shown the receiver as provided with a hood g, arranged over and close to the opening c2 to prevent water spat'tering against the cover and out around the edges thereof should it not be tightly closed.

The perforated plate a2 may-be removed at will when it is desired to clean the device, and in place of a single bar or cake of soap small pieces may be placed in the receiver, if desired. It will be noticed that the perforated supporting-plate a2 is above the sides of the conical bottom a, to thereby leave a collectingchamber (LX, in which the soap-charged water has opportunity to become thoroughly mixed before passing to the tube b.

Our invention is not limited to the particular shape or construction of the device herein shown, for it isv evident the same may be varied withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope ofl our invention.

Having described one form of ourinvention, and without limiting ourselves as to details, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a soap-holding attachment for faucets comprising a tube provided with means for attaching it to a faucet, an outlet therefor, a valve arranged within said tube between its inlet and outlet, means arranged outside said tube and connected with' said valve to open Vand close it, a soap receiver arranged next a soap-holding attachment for faucets comprising a tube provided with means for attaching it to a faucet, an outlet therefor, a valve-seat arranged obliquely in said tube, a valve hinged within the tube below the seat,

meansarranged outside said tube and connected with said valve to open and close it, a soap receiver arranged nextand parallel to the tube and communicating with it through 'an opening above the valve and controlled by it, and an outlet for said soap-receiver, substantially as described.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a soap-holding attachment for faucets comprising a tube provided with means for attaching it to a faucet, an outlet therefor, a valve-seat arranged obliquely in said tube, a valve hinged within the tube beiow the seat, means arranged outside said tube and connected with said valve to open and close it, a soap receiver arranged next and parallel to the tube and communicating with it through an opening above the valve and controlled by it, a perforated false bottom, and an outlet for said soap-receiver, substantially as described.

4. The herein described soap-holding attachment for faucets, the same consisting of a soap-receiver having a conical bottom, and a flexible conducting tube connected to the outlet in said bottom, a filling opening and a closure therefor, a perforated support at the bottom of said receiver and separated from the conical bottom thereof to leave a collecting chamber for the water before the latter issues from the said bottom, a clear water passage also communicating with said receiver, and means to direct the course of the water through the receiver or the clear water passage. at will, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J AMES I-I. MOULDER. p SAMUEL E. HICKMAN. Witnesses:

FREDERICK L. EMERY, LAURA T. MANIX.

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