An Improved Soap Receptacle.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1895-Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1895
UMI LETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Soap Receptacle.
I, PERCY AYLWIN, of Brighton, in the Colony of Victoria, Property Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and the manner in which the same is
to be used to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My invention may be made in wood or other suitable material and of the
ordinary or of any fancy shape, and may be adapted to hang against a wall.
A common form of soap box made in accordance with my invention is shown in
the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 shows front elevation, Figure 2
side elevation, Figure 3 a front sectional elevation, and Figure 4 a side sectional
elevation.
My invention is in the construction and arrangement of the bottom and of the
front of the receptacle. As shown in the drawings (the scale of which is not
material) the front. E is joined to the sides H. The bottom A is corrugated
indented or grooved so as to have ridges and depressions on its upper surface B
and is set with a distinct inclination, fall or slope or downwards in the direction of
the corrugations (preferably from the back to the front as shown by arrow C in
Figure 4) so that the said bottom shall not be horizontal when in use. There is
also a groove made in some cases underneath A from side to side so as to leave a
lip or bead as F at the under lower edge the object thereof being to prevent water
creeping backward and facilitate its dripping away from the bottom. A space is
also left between the lower end or edge of A and the front E of the box as also
shown in Figure 4.
The bottom of the box being devoid of flat horizontal surfaces, pieces of soap
placed in the box will come into contact with it very slightly and the moisture
from the soap will not be so confined as to prevent proper drainage. The moisture
in fact will run off freely and drop from the outlet D of the box, so that both soap.
and box soon become dry.
The outlet cannot clog and soap cannot in drying adhere inconveniently to the
bottom at B whilst by reason of the ridges and depressions it can whether wet or
dry be taken out of the box with ease. Whichever way the bottom slopes the
vacant space D should be between the lower edge of said bottom and the side of
the receptacle which faces said edge. The construction shown is simple durable
and inexpensive and might be even simpler if made entirely in one piece of metal
or of plastic material. If E were connected with A at all, as by an upcurving of
the sheet metal of which A might be made a sufficiently wide slot to correspond to
D should be provided. The back of the box G is of course only one form which
is commonly used.
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 :-
--
1. In a receptacle for holding soap a bottom having its upper surface corrugated
or provided with ridges and depressions and inclined in the direction of the
corrugations or the like so as not to be horizontal when in use substantially as and
for the purposes herein before described.
2. In a box for holding soap a bottom having its upper surface corrugated or the
like and inclined in the direction of said corrugations or the like so as not to be
horizontal when in use and having a vacant space or slot between the lower end of

page_text: said inclined bottom and the side of the box which faces the said lower end
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. A. box for holding soap having an inclined bottom formed with corrugations
or the like, the lower edge of said bottom being separated by a space from the
side of the box faced by such edge, and the under part of said edge being lipped
or beaded substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of July 1895.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.