Patent ID: 6106270
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B30B,C11D

Abstract:
An apparatus for forming a single bar of soap from a plurality of small bars of soap, the apparatus comprising:a container having side walls and a bottom forming an interior chamber;a compression plate slidable into the interior chamber and the container;an extension member connected to the compression plate; andmeans, coupled to the extension member, for automatically forcibly driving the extension member into the interior chamber to compress the plurality of small bars of soap into one large bar of soap in the bottom of the container, the driving means including:a pressurized water operated cylinder having an internal piston movable between first and second positions depending upon a direction of pressurized water flow to the cylinder;a piston rod coupled to the piston and having an end extending from the cylinder and connected to the compression plate, the piston rod forming the extension member; andmeans for attaching the cylinder to a source of pressurized water.