An Improved Soap-dish or Receptacle.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1893-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Soap-dish or Receptacle.
I EMILY ELIZABETH NORRIS of Firdene, Sunningdale in the County of
Surrey, married, 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 :-
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The object of this invention is to obviate the waste of material by providing
means which may be readily adapted to a pail, bath, or other receptacle, to carry
the soap or other cleansing material used in the operations of washing and scrubbing,
and the invention consists in the means so provided, which consist of a special form
of dish or receptacle provided with spring clips by which the dish be secured
to the side of the pail, bath, or other receptacle for the water, and in which the
soap may be placed, when not being used, instead of its being allowed to remain in
the water, and thus waste away.
may
In the accompanying drawing, I have shown, at Fig. 1, a plan view, at Fig. 2 a
back view, and at Fig. 3 a side view, of the improved domestic appliance.
The appliance may be cast in one piece of malleable iron, and galvanised, or
made up from wrought metal of any suitable kind, and, if necessary, galvanised or
otherwise treated, to make it the better suited to resist the action of damp.
A represents the back, which may be curved or straight, according to the form
of the article to which the appliance is to be adapted, but in general the curved
back will be found most suitable (see Fig. 1). The shape of the back will be
somewhat elliptical, by preference (see Fig. 2), and it is produced with lugs or
pieces a at opposite ends, which, when turned back, will form the clips as shown.
B represents the bottom of the dish, which is made the whole width of the back,
and more or less rounded at its front edge, the completed appliance being more or
less scoop shaped, as will be understood from the side view Fig. 3, and of sufficient
size that, while perfectly holding the soap or other solid cleansing material and
even forming a temporary support for the scrubbing brush, it will not present any
obstruction to the use of the pail.
The back and bottom may be perforated or otherwise formed to provide for
drainage.
The scoop shape above referred to, and as shown, will provide a pocket or well
in which the piece of soap will remain, when placed therein, and it will be obvious
that, so long as the scoop shape, or an equivalent shape, is retained, the mode of
producing and shaping the appliance may vary, it being understood that the depth
from front to back must be kept within reasonable limits.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A receptacle for soap, of scoop or equivalent shape, providing for a pocket
having a width at least twice as great as its depth, and formed with spring clips,
whereby it may be temporarily secured to the side of a pail or other utensil,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 28th day of October 1893.
EMILI E. NORRIS.
Newton & Son,
Agents for the Applicant.