Improvements in Soap.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in Soap.
I MICHAEL HOFFMAN WILSON of No. 169 Canal Street in the City of
New York, in the State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer
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 :-
This invention consists in a cake of soap made up of separate superposed layers
exhibiting various designs, figures, or characters, the said layers, as washed away
in using the soap, presenting a series of dissolving views.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, illustrate one example of my invention, and
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4" represent another example.
Figs. 1 and 1 represent sections taken directly through cakes of soap exhibiting
the several layers of which they are composed.
Figs. 2 and 3 represent respectively top and bottom views of the cake shown
in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 represents a section parallel with the layers of which the said cake is
composed.
Figs. 2 and 3° are respectively top and bottom views of the cake shown
in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 represents a section taken parallel with the layers of the latter cake.
A very simple form of my invention is that shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, in which
the cake is composed of three layers, A, B, C, in which are produced three different
designs, figures, or characters. These may be produced in any of the known ways
of inlaying soaps, as, for instance, by forming within the layer a cavity representing
the design, figure, or character to be produced, and introducing soap of a different
color into these cavities, as is illustrated in the layers A and C; or the outline of a
design, figure, or character, may be produced by numerous small perforations
through the layer, as illustrated in the layer B in Fig. 4. The several layers may
be united in any suitable manner, as by placing them together when freshly
produced, and while in a comparatively soft or moist state, and pressing them
together.
The example of my invention shown in Figs. 1*, 2*, 3, and 4*, only differs from
that shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, in that the several layers A, B, C, in which the
different designs, figures, or characters are produced, are inserted and embodied
within a frame or band D of soap, which may be of the same color as the layers, or
of a different color therefrom.
The different layers of soap may themselves be made of different colors.
I have only illustrated my invention in a very simple form, but it will be obvious
that the layers of which the cake of soap is composed, may be only two, or a very
considerable number, according to their thickness, each layer presenting a different
design, figure, or character. The cake may thus be made to contain a numerous
series of advertisements, which will successively appear as the soap is washed or
worn away by use. When there are only two layers, the designs may be similar,
but reversed, so that they read the same way on opposite faces of the cake.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
claim is :-
1. A cake of soap composed of superposed layers in which are severally exhibited
a series of designs, figures, or characters, substantially as herein described.
2. A cake of soap consisting of an outer frame or band and superposed layers, in
which are severally exhibited a series of designs, figures, or characters, contained
within said frame or band, substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 11th day of June 1895.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: 6th. The vertical part of the support formed of separate sections adjustably
connected, substantially as described.
Dated this 11th day of June 1895.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.