Patent ID: 6390797
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B29C,B29K,C11D

Abstract:
Apparatus for introducing various ingredients in solid form into a soap mass to manufacture soap bars comprising:a. a soap plodder for producing extruded soap, said plodder having a rotatable helical screw for working said soap, with at least a portion of said screw being surrounded by the barrel of said plodder; b. a soap inlet positioned at one end of said soap plodder for introducing soap pellets having a color into the interior of said plodder and in contact with said helical screw; c. with the interior of said plodder having a chamber formed between adjacent flights of said helical screw, said chamber being positioned immediately before said helical screw enters the barrel of said plodder; and d. means separate from said soap inlet for introducing additives in solid form directly into said chamber without any mixing of said additives with said soap pellets having a color prior to their introduction to said chamber, said means terminating in the interior of said chamber.