Improvements in or connected with Soap-holders.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Soap-holders.
I, JOHN M. RAUHOFF, of 1250 Sixtieth Street, Chicago, in the County of Cook
and State of Illinois, United States of America, Machinist, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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In the drawings accompanying this specification,
Figure 1 shows my soap holder as constructed and applied to a stationary wash-
basin, a fragment of the basin-slab and basin being shown in section, and both
the soap-holder and soap-distributor shells shown partly in section. Figure 2
shows a transverse section of Figure 1 on the transverse cutting plane
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the cap locked to the case. Figure 3 shows another form of my said device,
identical in principle and operation to that shown in Figure 1 and from which it
differs only in details of construction.
The object of my invention is to make a soap-holder for hand wash-basins
which shall hold the soap instead of the hands and at the same time permit the
use of every particle of the soap, prevent the annoying slipping from the hands
of the soap, do away with the unsightly and inconvenient soap-dish and its con-
stant necessary cleaning, and prevent the removal from its place of soap once
placed therein.
To attain said desirable advantages I make a soap-holder & whose transverse
section is preferably, and substantially as shown in Figure 2 and attach it to an
arm having a threaded bolt m and nuts o to secure it to its place on the wash-
stand p. A cap or slip-cover f having a central and rotatable stud j, projecting
beyond the interior face of said cap, has a button h firmly attached thereto whose
ends reach into slots g near the top of the bolder-shell, whereby said cover is
locked to said shell. Through the center of said stud passes an indicator rod i, to
show the wearing away of the soap, provided with a follower-plater at its inner
end. A spring a rests on said plate and surrounds said rod and its upper end is
held in a cavity of the stud j. A cake of soap S, moulded to fit into and fill the
shell of the holder, is placed therein and kept in constant contact with an oval
distributing roller e by means of said spring-actuated follower. My said holder
is conveniently placed over and near the edge of the bowl n where drippings
coming from it shall fall into the basin. To soap one hand it is pressed upward
against the distributor e and reciprocated to rotate the roller, whereby a film of
soap will be put on the hand from the soap. More conveniently, however, both
hands may be applied and reciprocated on opposite sides of the distributor,
whereby both hands are soaped simultaneously. The hands should be wet to
obtain the best results.
In a modified form of my device, shown in Figure 3 the holder d is inverted
and stands upon a base and it is provided with a spherically concave soap-holding
shell a which holds a piece of soap S, formed like a meniscus lens. in the concavity

page_text: of which rests a ball b which is rotated by applying the hand on top of it whereby
a soap-film is brought to the hand as in my other form of soap-holder.
Dated this 24th day of October 1899.
JOHN M. RAUHOFF.
Per J. G. Lorrain, M.I.E.E., M. I. Mech. E.,
Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, London, W.C.,
Chartered Patent Agent.
I, JOHN M. RAUhoff, of 1250 Sixtieth Street, Chicago, in the County of Cook
and State of Illinois, United States of America, Machinist, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
In the drawings left with my Provisional Specification,
Figure 1 shows my soap-holder as constructed and applied to a stationary wash-
basin, a fragment of the basin-slab and basin being shown in section, and both
the soap-holder and soap-distributor shells being shown partly in section.
Figure 2 shows a transverse section of Figure 1 on the transverse cutting
plane with the cap locked to the case.
Figure 3 shows another form of my said device, identical in principle and opera-
tion to that shown in Figure 1 and from which it differs only in details of con-
struction.
The object of my invention is to make a soap-holder for hand wash-basins which
shall hold the soap, and at the same time permit the use of every particle of the
soap, prevent the annoying slipping from the hands of the soap, do away with the
unsightly and inconvenient soap-dish and its constant necessary cleaning, and
prevent the removal from its place of soap once placed therein.
To attain the said desirable advantages I make a soap-holder whose transverse
section is preferably, and substantially, as shown in Figure 2 and attach it to an
arm having a threaded bolt m and nuts o to secure it to its place on the wash-
stand p. A cap or slip-cover f having a central and rotatable stud j projecting
beyond the interior face of said cap, has a bottom h firmly attached thereto whose
ends reach into slots g near the top of the holder-shell d, whereby said cover is
locked to said shell. Through the centre of said stud passes an indicator rod i,
to show the wearing away of the soap, provided with a follower-plater at its end.
A spring rests on said plate and surrounds said rod and its upper end is held
in a cavity of the stud j. A cake of soap S moulded to fit into and fill the shell
of the holder, is placed therein and kept in constant contact with an oval dis-
tributing roller e by means of spring-actuated follower. My said holder is con-
veniently placed over and near the edge of the bowl n where drippings coming
from it shall fall into the basin. To soap one hand it is pressed upwards against
the distributor e and reciprocated to rotate the roller, whereby a film of soap will
be put on the hand from the soap. More conveniently, however, both hands may
be applied and reciprocated on opposite sides of the distributor, whereby both
hands are soaped simultaneously. The hands should be wet to obtain the best
results.
In a modified form of my device shown in Figure 3 the holder d is inverted and
stands upon a base and it is provided with a spherically concave soap-holding
shell a which holds a piece of soap S formed like a meniscus lens, in the con-

page_text: cavity of which rests a ball 6 which is rotated by applying the hand on top of it
whereby a soap-film is brought to the hand as in any other form of soap-holder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The combination with a soap-holding case, of a rotatable soap-distributor
partly within one end of said shell, substantially as specified.
2. The combination with a soap-holding case, of a rotatable soap-distributor
partly within one end of said shell, and a mechanism adapted to keep the soap
and its distributor in contact, substantially as specified.
Dated this 27th day of March 1900.
For the Applicant,
J. G. LORRAIN,
Norfolk House, Victoria Embankment, London, W.C.,
Chartered Patent Agent.