US599361A - Soap cup or holder - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. SCHWEGHLER.

SOAP OUP 0R HOLDER.

No. 599,361. 9 Patented Feb. 22,1898.

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JOI-IN SOIIWEOIILER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF SEVEN-EIGHTI-IS TO ANDREWT BRUESTLE, VILLIAM R. MURPIIEY, GEORGE MENG, AND EDWARD II. READING, OF SAME PLACE, AND FRANK M. MARTIN, OF VENTNOR, NEW JERSEY.

SOAP CUP OR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,361, dated February 22, 1898.

Application led December 16, 1896. Serial No. 615,941. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SoHwncHLER, a citizen of the United States,residingin the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soap Oups or Holders, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of improvements in various details in the construction of a soap cup or holder having a rotary cutting device and in which the soap is supported eccentrically thereto.

It also consists of novel means for supporting, actuating, and locking the cutting device.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Figure l represents a side elevation of a soap cup or holder embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line :r Fig. l, showing an inverted plan view of the base of the cup which contains the rotatable cutting device. Fig. 3 represents a section on line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. e represents a vertical section through the barrel of the cup in which the soap is retained, showing the cutting device in operation. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the cutting device in detached position.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a barrel or receptacle in which the soap A' is contained, said barrel being supported upon the recessed base B, which latter is sustained upon the standard O, which is provided with a threaded stem D for attachment to the sink, basin, or other desired point.

E designates arms extending from the post O and attached to the base D, it being noted, as best seen in Fig. 2, that two of said arms are placed farther apart than the others, said arrangement being employed in order to permit the proper extent of movement of the cutting device, as will be explained.

F designates a rod or stem extending upwardly from the standard C and provided with a shoulder G, upon which the lower member II of the oscillatory iinger-piece J is supported, said iinger-piece having a member K extending over the upper portion of the base and being provided with the projecting portion L, to which the fin ger or thumb is applied when it is desired to operate the cutting device.

` M designates a dog or pawl which is pivotally mounted in the ears N and has a counterbalance P attached to an end thereof, said dog having a nose Q, which is adapted to engage the walls of a recess R in the cutting de* vice, plate, or disk S, the latter being mounted upon the shoulder T of the stem F within the recessed under face of the base B.

The disk S is provided with a series of cutting-blades U, which in the present instance are three in number, although it is evident that their number may be increased or diminished according to requirements, it being noted that a passage or throat V is provided adjacent to each of the blades U, the recesses R being located in proximity to the passages V, as will be evident from Figs. 2 and et..

W designates a shoulder located on the upper portion of the disk S, against which the free end of the spring X is adapted to contact, the other end of said spring being attached to the recessed under face of the base B, it being noticed that the disk, the spring X, and the shoulder or projection on the disk are inclosed within the recessed under side or face of the base, thus covering said parts and preventing contact of the lingers therewith, While also rendering the corresponding portion of the device more compact and reducing the number of the members thereof.

II designates a spring surrounding the rod F and having one end secured to a fixed point, while its other end is attached to the portion II of the iinger-piece J, whereby the positive return of said finger-piece to its proper initial position is always assured.

The operation is as follows: The barrel A being located eccentrically to the axis of the disk S, the latter will always support the soap A in substantially the manner indicated in Fig. 2, the lower end of the soap being thus always in readiness to be engaged by the edge of the cutting-blade U. When it is desired to cut a slice of soap, the iingerpiece J is moved in the direction of the arrow seen in Fig. 2 or Fig. 5, and the soap will be cut, as indicated in Fig. 4, the nose Q of the dog M engaging the recess R, and thus causing the disk S to rotate in unison with the oscillation of the finger-piece J. The proper blade U, carried by the disk S, having been rotated to the desired extent, the operator releasing the finger-piece J, the resiliency of the spring H will cause said finger-piece to again assume the position seen in Fig. 2, it being noted that by reason of the counterbalance P the nose Q of the dog M is always in position to engage the proper recess R, any backward or improper movement of the disk or cutting device S being prevented by the engagement of the spring X with the shoulder W, as seen in Figs. 3 and 6.

I desire to call especial attention to the fact that by locating the soap eccentrically with respect to the axis of the disk or cutting device S there is no liability of the soap turning during the act of cutting and that since the disk or cutting device S has a continuous rotary movement, as distinguished from an oscillatory movement, the soap will always be positively and effectively severed.

It will of course be evident that changes may be made by those skilled in the art which will come within the scope of my invention, and I therefore reserve to myself the right to make all such changes as will come within the spirit thereof.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a soap-cup, a recessed base, anA oscillating finger mounted on a stem projecting from said base, a restoring-spring for said finger, a rotatable disk mounted in proximity to said base, a soap-receptacle supported on said base eccentrically to said disk, a dog carried by said finger and engaging said disk,

blades on the latter, projections on the upper face of said disk adjacent to said blades and springs secured to the recessed under surface of said vbase and adapted to bear against said projections.

2. In a soap cup or holder, a cutting device consisting of a disk having the blades U, the shoulders W and recesses R located in proximity to said blades but on opposite sides of said disk, a finger-piece J having the member H supported on the stem F, and the member K engaging the top of the base B, a dog mounted on the portion H of said iinger-piece, and adapted to engage said recess R, a soapreceptacle located eccentrically to the axis of the disk S, a spring engaging the rod F, and having one end in contact with the portion H, and means for preventing reverse rotation of said disk.

3. A soap-cup having a standard with a recessed base supported thereon, an oscillating finger mounted on a stem on said standard, a disk mounted on said stem, a dog carried by said iinger and engaging said disk, blades on said disk, projections on the upper surface of said disk adjacent to said blades, and springs secured to the recessed under surface of said base and adapted to bear against said projections.

4. A soap-cup having a standard with an attaching-screw, a recessed base supported on said standard, an oscillating finger mounted on a stem on said standard, a rotatable disk mounted on said stem, a weighted dog carried by said iinger and engaging the walls of a recess in the under surface of said disk, a cutting-blade on said disk and a spring secured at one end to the recessed under surface of said base and having its free end engaging a projection on the upper face of said disk.

JOHN SCHWECHLER. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, WM. C. WIEDERSHEIM.

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