US757638A - Soap-holder. - Google Patents

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No. 757,688. PATENTED APR; 19, 1904:

J. s. ROAKE.

I SOAP HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED mm: 4. 1901. nsnnwnn SBPTI 11. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 19, 1904.

JOHN S.'ROAK E, or nRookLYn NEW YORK.

SOAP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,638, dated April 19, 1904. i

Application filed June 4 ,1901 Renewed September 11, 1903. Serial No. 172,823. No modelQ To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN S. ROAKE. a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Soap- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to that class of holders especially designed for service in lavatories and public toilet-rooms, in which the this specification;

Figure l is a vertical section, partly in elevation, showing a portion of a basin and slabs with the improved holder in place. Fig. 2- is a section through the soap cake, showing the locking device in elevation. Fig. 2 is a sin1i-' dacv ew showlngfthe soap cake and its portion" of the'locking devlce alone.

partial section and elevation showing the looking device alone withits parts separated.- It

is on a larger scale than the other figures. Fig.

4 is a corresponding face View of the key used in'efiectingthe separati0n.- .Fig." 5 is an eleva tion of a portion ofthe rear face of the back slab, showing the manner of attaching thebracket. 4 3

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures'wliere they appear.

A is the'back slab, of slate or marble, as usual, or ofother material; supported on-the horizontal slab A, to-which isattached the basinA and which may be equipped with the usual suppiy and waste pipes,-faucets and plug. (Not shown.)

At a point in the back slab A above the basin and preferably on its central line where the curve of the basin approaches nearest the back slab is drilled a small hole a, extending through the slab. By means of a drift or similar tools. narrow longitudinal groove 0,

Fig. 3 is a The bracket at its rear end is drilled transversely andrcceives" a pin'B, ex-

tending outwardly on one side, adapted when the bracket is thrust through the hole a to pass freely along the groove 0', which should be deep enough to accommodate it, and when the bracket is partially rotated to engage and lie against the rear face of the slab and prevent withdrawah The pin is held in close contact by the pull exerted by the nut B against the opposite face of the slab.

To prevent withdrawal, by simply reversing the foregoing operation I insert a plug Z; of.

wood or other material, filling the groove and lying concealed behind the nut B Thus filled it is impossible to withdraw the bracket without first drilling away the plug or other- 'wi'se destroying or removing it. The wall behindpre'vents forcing the plug inward sufliciently'to free the groove. I

The locking device I) consists-0f two separate portions adapted when properly presented to each other to automatically engage. One of theportions is shackled to the chain C and the other has in the soap cake, so that when locked the cake cannot be removed from the chain untilso. far worn away as to allow access to the lock. v In the preferred form, (shown in'Figs. 1. to 3. inclusive,) D is ahead receiving the shackle C and having a flange D lying against the adjacent surface of the cake M and a tubular extension D reaching into a cavity in the latter and carrying in its interiortwo spring-tongues l) with inwardlyprojecting lips D.

.D is a button having a flange D anchored in the soap cake by embedding it during the process of manufacture at the bottom of the cylindrical cavity m, extending to the exterior of the cake and having a diameter corresponding-to that of the tubular extension D, which 35 I other metal folded upon itself and secured in a larly at Z and adapted to force apart the home.

spring-tongues D when they are thrust upon -itand be grasped by the lips D engaging the undercutwhen thehead portion is pressed The conical shape of the stud and the annular undercut allow the soap cake to be locked to the head without requiring any special attention as to the relative positions of the parts when presented to each other. Thus enga ed the parts cannot be separated and the soap cake will be securely held against removal, though conveniently supported for use. The gravity of the chain and locking device with the cake causes the former to hang vertically, and as the line of suspension passes within the margin of the basin any water on the surface of the cake flowing to the lowest point will drop into the basin and not upon the'slab, thusreducingthe liability of the latter to become defaced or soiled.

While'any considerable bulk of the-soap remains the cake cannot be removed, because the locking engagement is within it and hidden; but when the cake is worn away the parts may befseparated by inserting the key Ginto thekeyhole d", and by turning in either direction the wings G, striking the inner faces of the tongues D, will separate them sufiiciently to release the stud I) and allow the button to be removed and a fresh cake applied andheld in the same manner.

The springtongues D arepreferably formed of a single strip of spring-brass or score in the head D" by asingle pin I)", which .also secures the tubular extension ,1) to the head and makes a simple and inexpensive mode of fastening both. The buttons may be formed n large quantities by automatic machinery,

and 'thus inexpensively produced.

The flexible connection allows the soap cake ,to be readily held aside, if in the way, by simply winding the chain upon the bracket.

.to each other by its engagement within the lower end of the tubular extension D", and thus guards against efforts to effect separation by forcing the head in one direction or i the other sufficiently to disengage the tongue from the stud. The sprmg-tongues'Dare proteeted by the inclosing tubular extension D and. are therefore not likely to be accidentally broken or bent when the parts are in the separated condition.

I attach importance also tothe depression or hollow d" on the under face of the button. It fills with soap during'the-process of molding and further increases the hold of the button upon the inclosing soap cake and prevents change of position therein.

Although I have shown a spherical soap cake and prefer that shape, it will be understood that thecakemay be of any shape, provided the locking device conforms as to length and from the outer end of said bracket, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a soap cake formed with a cavity therein, a button located within and inclosed by the soap and having a depression in its under face, a flange, and a conical stud opposite said depression undercut below, a head having means whereby it may be supported by a chain, a flange on said head, a tubular extension from the latter, two spring-tongues having inwardly-projecting lips incloscd in said extension and adapted to be separated by said stud and engagein said undercut, said extension being inserted in the cake and locked thereto by the incloscd button, the said .head being provided with a keyhole to permit the insertion of a key between said spring-tongues to allow separation of said head and button when said cake worn away, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth .1 aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. ROAKE. \Yitnesscs:

(JilAnLns R. SnAnLn, JonN GARRY.

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