US671827A - Soap-canister. - Google Patents

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Application led July 24, 1900..

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Cl-IARLES D. KENDALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CHARLES R. MCBRIDE, OF SAME PLACE, AND FREDERICK G. MAR- QUARDT, OF ARLINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

SOAP-CANISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N0. 671,827, dated April 9, 1901.

Application led July Z4, 1900. Serial No. 24,662. (No model.)

To a/ZZ wir/07%. it .may concern' Beit known that I, CHARLES D. KENDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soap-Canisters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device otherwise termed a canister, adapted to hold soap in Io a powdered or granular form and to deliver predetermined quantities of the same in the operation of the device.

The said canister may be adapted for use in hotels and similar places instead of the or- |5 dnary cake of soap, the object of said device being to prevent waste and to assist cleanliness.

In carrying out my invention I provide a case having an open circular central portion prozo vided with aremovable cover, an upper receptacle to the case adapted to hold a quantity of soap in powdered or granular form, and a delivery-spout at the lower portion of the -case. In the open circular center of the case I place a z5 revoluble spring-controlled drum provided with peripheral pockets, each receiving from the receptacle above a quantity of the soap powder governed by the capacity of the pocket,the same being predetermined. Iprovide an arm, suitable stops to lim'it the movement thereof, suitable lugs on the drum, and a device connected to the arm for engaging the lugs of the drum to rotate the drum in each movement an extent equal to the size 3 5 of the peripheral pockets and no more, so that the contents of the pockets one at a time is discharged into the spout and delivered therefrom.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation representing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan at x of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is an elevation and partial section of the drum and adjacent case.

The metal case of the soap-canister comprises an open circular center a, an upper reoeptacle a', preferably with a cover, and a delivery-spout a2 at the lower part of the canister and at the side of the circular center opposite to that occupied by the receptacle, and

I provide a removable cover b, hinged to the case, a part of the cover at one side being cut away for the purpose hereinafter described. Within the open circular center of the case I place a revoluble drum c. This drum is composed of a hub surrounding the centerpin 2 of the case, with radial arms from the hub to the band periphery, which is provided with side flanges 3 and radial blades 4, dividing the edge of the dru m-into peripheral pock- 6o ets, preferably of equal size. The said drum fits snugly within the circular center of the case, with the edges of the ianges 3 and blades 4 coming closely against the inner surface of the circular center of the case.

I provide an agitator in the form of a springarm 5 Within the upper receptacle a', the said device being so placed that the lower end of the arm strikes against the blades 4 in the rotation of the drum, the movement imparted 7o acting to break up the contents of the receptacle, so as to prevent the same caking or consolidating.

I provide an arm d and handle connected to the hub of the drum, and by this arm and handle the drum is rotated. A spring 7 is fastened to and lies along thesurface of the arm, and a pin 8, passing through a hole in the arm, is connected to the free end of the spring, and I provide tapering or wedge- 8o shaped lugs 6 upon the surface of the drum, agreeing in number with the pockets and spaced apart, the said pin 8, with the movement of the arm, riding over the lugs and engaging the same to turn the drum. Within the drum a post secured to the case carries a spring c', whose free end bears against the drum to hold the same frictionally in position, and especially during the return movement of the arm and handle. 9o

The coverb is cut away at one side, as shown in Fig. l, to provide for the movement of the arm d, and stops 9 are provided, against which the arm d strikes in its backward and forward movements. These stops 9 may be sep- 95 arate pieces fastened to the face of the cover b, or the upward ly-curved annular rib,formed to provide a space for the lugs 6 of the drum, may be cut away, as shown, to form the stops 9.

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descend into the receptacles lloy gravity, and l the arm and handle being returnable to engage the drum and repeat the operation when;

ever desired.

I claim as my inventionl. In a soap-canister, the combination with a case having a circular central portion and a removable cover thereto, a receptacle above the circular part of the case and a deliveryspoutat the lower part, of a revoluble springcontrolled drum received Within the circular central portion ofthe case, spaced-apart lugs on the surface of the drum, an arm and handle pvotally connected to a central hub ofl the drum, aspring-pin on the arm adapted to engage the said lugs, and stops on the cover to limit the movement of the arm, substantially as set forth. 4

2. In a soap-canister, the combination with a case having a circular central portion and a removable cover thereto having a portion cut away at one side, a receptacle above the circular part of the case and a delivery-spout at the lower part, of a revoluble spring-controlled drum received within the circul-ar central portion of the case, spaced-apartlugs on the surface of the drum, an arm and handle pivotally connected to the central hub of the drum, a 'pin passing through the arm and adapted to enga-ge the said lugs and a spring for operating the pin, and stops on the cover to limit the movement of .the arm, substantially as set forth. i

3: In asoap-canister, the combination with a case comprising a circular central portion and a central stud, a post and spring connected thereto, an upper receptacle and an agitator therein and a delivery-spout, of a flanged coverhaving an annular raised portion and a cut-away portion forming stops, a revoluble drum within the circular center of the case and frictionally held by said spring and having pockets spaced apart around the periphery of the drum and lugs upon the surface by which the same is rotated, an arm and handle connected to the central hub ofthe drum, aspringpin connected to the arm and adapted to engage the lugs of the drum land rotate the same a distance equal to one pocket, the handle coming -against the stops of the cover to limit the movement, substantially as set forth. l

Signed by me this 19th day of July, A. D. 1900.

CHARLES D. KEN DALL. Witnesses:

HAROLD SERRELL, ARTHUR H. SERRELL.

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