US997676A - Soap-container. - Google Patents

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G. M. IRWIN.

SOAP CONTAINER.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB.7, 1911.

99?,6276. Patented my 11, 1911.

I UNITED STATES OFFIC.

GEORGE M. IRWIN,

or YONKERS," NEW YORK,'ASSIG1\ TOR' T0 LIGHTFOOT SCHULTZ COMPANY, -A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. 1

. SOAP-CONTAINER.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I',-Gnonor. M. IRWIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Yonkers, county of \Vestchester, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements for Soap- Containers, set forth in the following speci fication.

'ThlS invention relates to improvements 1n extruding holders for stick shaving soap;

Heretofore these holders have been provided with a sheet metal mouth providing the extrusion opening. Such a sheet/metal month has the objection of abrading or cutting the face and in addition difficulty has been experienced in plating the cnt'edge of such a mouth and in consequence thisedge was liable to corrode.

An object of'thejpresent invention is to overcome the above objections. To this end a bushing of non-corrosive material is formed with a smooth somewhat extensive outer surface and it is fixed into the top corres ondin arts and in which- Figure 1 is avertical section through the extruding holder showing a stick of shaving soap in elevation and partly in vertical section; Fig. 2 is an elevation with parts broken away of the structure shown in Fig. l; 3 is a plan View of the pusher-member; Fig. 4 is a plan View of the top shell; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail vertical section showing the method of'fixing the bushing 'to the topshell; and Fig. 6 is a vertical sec- Specification of Letters Iatent.

tion, with parts brokenfaway, showing the top portion of the top shell with'the stick of soap removed.

The top shell Patented July 11, 1911. Application filed February 7, 1911. Serial No. 607,027. I

1 is of spun sheet open at both ends and having threads,2 at.

the top end to engage the threaded gcapj33.:

and threads 4 at the bottom end to engage the interio'rly telescoping bot-tom 'shell i5, 7: provided throughout its length with threads 6 which serve to secure the threaded (pa-p117" to form a complete inclosure within the bottom shell 5. This inclosure is serviceable for containing a reserve stick of soap so.

that the bottom shell 5 may be termed a. reservoir. The engaging ends of thebottom shell or pusher-member 5' and the soap stick 10 are formed with relatively embracing andembraced parts for the purpose of centering the'soap stick and to extrude'itwithout binding or buckling. The parts maybe, a projecting part of circular cross-section, on One; and a pocket also of circular-cross-section tofit, one the other. In the drawings they are shown asa projecting button 8 of circular cross-section for the pusher-member 5 and anembracing pocket 9 of circular cross-section in the bottom end of the soap stick 10. A ledge 11 encircles the button 8 for direct engagement with theend of the soap stick.

The soap stick 10 is preferably of twisted prismatic form, as shown having fiuted' sides and a uniform polygonal cross-section as defined in United States Patent 918,053 referred to above.

The top edge 12 for the shell 1 at the outer termination of the threads 2 is -inturned.

A bushing 13 is formed as indicated in the drawings and is preferably. cast from a non-corrosive alloy .such as an alloy of lead and antimony. It provides a choked swaging extrusion mouth 14 having twisted corrugations 15 such that the cross section of said mouth is similar in outline to that of the cross section of the soap stick. The extrusion mouth 14 preferably flares clownwardly as indicated in the drawings so that it grips the soap stick 10 most closely-in the neighborhood of its outer face 16 which is smooth and rounded or beveled off to present a smooth surface to prevent the cutting or abrasion of the face of the shaver. The

downward'flare of the mouth l l also makes.

it possible to have the smallest or top dimen sion of'the mouth 14 slightly smaller than,

the cross section of the soap stick so as to insure a water-tight fit.. The bushing 13 17 shell 1 so that the inwardly projecting ring part 18 of the bushing 13 completes airing ike pocket inside of the threads 2 which may be filled with a fusible material such as solder 19to fix the bushing 13 in place.

The combined effect of the centering means 8 upon the pusher member 5 and the bushing 13 operates positively to center the soap stick 10 within the shell 1 and to keep it out of contact, throughout almost its entire extent, with theshell, 1 so that no corrosionstains from the shell 1 can .be formed on the stick 10.

Whenthe pusher member 5 is screwed into the shell l the button 8 and ledge: 11 both push and tend to rotate the sticklO sothat the same is pushed and screwed out of the extrusion mouth 14." It is this combined push or. thrust and tendency to rotate which makes the twisted prismatic form of the soap stick particularly advantageous as it prevents any tendency to bind in the corrugations 15. The extrusion bushing and centering button of this invention are of great advantage inextruding holders of the class described but are not necessarily limited to those for twisted prismatic sticks of soap.

What is claimed and what is desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent 1. An extruding holder for a shaving soap-stick comprising, a top tubular shell of sheet metal open at top and bottom and of substantially greater diameter than said soap-stick; a pusher-member interiorly telescoping into said top shell from the bottom;

subscribing witnesses.

and a separate solid ringshaped bushing of non-corrosive metal fixed in the top end of I said "tubular shell, havinga smooth beveled face-engaging outer surface guarding the top terminal edge of said tubularshell and providing a choked swaging extrusion mouth with its cross-section similar in outline to.

that of the cross section of the said soap substantially greater diameter than said soap-stick; a pusher-member interiorly threading into said top shell from the bottom end; aseparate' solid ring-shaped bushing-of non-corrosive metal fixed in the top end of said tubular shell, having a smooth beveled face-engaging outer surtace guarding the top terminal edge of said tubular shell and providing a choked swaging extrusion mouth with its cross-section similar in outline'to that of the cross-section of the said soap-stick and gradually decreasing in size a substantial amount from the bottom of the mouth to the top of the said mouth; and

a circular centering means vformed on the end of said pusher-member to 'fit a coiiperating end formation of the soap-stick,- whereby the soap-stick will be positively kept out of contact with the walls of said tubular shell and will be thrust substantially cen- -trally through said mouth upon 'the screwing up of said threaded pusher-member. a In witnesswhereof, I have signed my name. to this specification, inthe presence of two H. C.-MANHEIM, "L. ALTMAN.

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