Soap dispenser
First Claim
1. A soap dispenser for feeding, cutting and dispensing a piece of dry ribbon soap from a supply spool, comprising:
- a base portion provided with holding means for holding the supply spool with the ribbon soap rolled up thereon, and cutting means coacting with a spring for cutting the ribbon soap;
a cover portion removably mounted on said base portion to enclose the supply spool therein, said cover portion being provided with feeding means for feeding a length of the ribbon soap past said cutting means prior to cutting the ribbon soap;
said feeding means including a movable member provided with cam means for retracting said cutting means against said spring to tension said spring, said cam means also releasing said cutting means when said spring is under tension so that said spring forces said cutting means into engagement with the ribbon soap for cutting off the length of ribbon soap; and
said movable member being a drive rack having a bight portion and a pair of legs to define a U-shaped body.
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Abstract
A soap dispenser for feeding, cutting and dispensing a piece of dry ribbon soap from a supply spool, the soap dispenser including a base portion provided with a holding member for holding the supply spool with the ribbon soap rolled up thereon, and a cutting member coacting with a spring for cutting the ribbon soap. A cover portion is removably mounted on the base portion to enclose the supply spool therein, the cover portion being provided with a feeding member for feeding a length of the ribbon soap past the cutting member prior to cutting the ribbon soap. The feeding member includes a movable part provided with a cam for retracting the cutting member against the spring to tension the spring, the cam also releasing the cutting member when the spring is under tension so that the spring forces the cutting member into engagement with the ribbon soap for cutting off the length of ribbon soap. Preferably, the feeding member also includes a clutch so that the same predetermined uniform length of ribbon soap is fed each time for the cutting thereof, with each cut off length of ribbon soap being of the same size.
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19 Claims
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1. A soap dispenser for feeding, cutting and dispensing a piece of dry ribbon soap from a supply spool, comprising:
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a base portion provided with holding means for holding the supply spool with the ribbon soap rolled up thereon, and cutting means coacting with a spring for cutting the ribbon soap; a cover portion removably mounted on said base portion to enclose the supply spool therein, said cover portion being provided with feeding means for feeding a length of the ribbon soap past said cutting means prior to cutting the ribbon soap; said feeding means including a movable member provided with cam means for retracting said cutting means against said spring to tension said spring, said cam means also releasing said cutting means when said spring is under tension so that said spring forces said cutting means into engagement with the ribbon soap for cutting off the length of ribbon soap; and said movable member being a drive rack having a bight portion and a pair of legs to define a U-shaped body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A soap dispenser for feeding, cutting and dispensing a piece of dry ribbon soap from a supply spool, comprising:
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a base portion provided with holding means for holding the supply spool with the ribbon soap rolled up thereon, and cutting means coacting with a spring for cutting the ribbon soap; a cover portion removably mounted on said base portion to enclose the supply spool therein, said cover portion being provided with feeding means for feeding a length of the ribbon soap past said cutting means prior to cutting the ribbon soap; said feeding means including a movable member provided with cam means for retracting said cutting means against said spring to tension said spring; said cam means also releasing said cutting means when said spring is under tension so that said spring forces said cutting means into engagement with the ribbon soap for cutting off the length of ribbon soap; said cutting means including a blade having a cutting edge mounted in a blade carrier, said blade carrier being mounted for engagement with said spring; said blade carrier including spring arms on opposite sides thereof, said spring arms having protrusion means for engaging in said cam means of said movable member; and said cam means including a first level, and a second level inclined relatively to said first level for receiving said protrusion means, said second level extending outwardly from a sidewall of said first level, and a ramp connecting said first and second levels together so that said protrusion means travels along said first level in a feed direction, then passes through said ramp to said second level for releasing said blade carrier from under tension of said spring in order for said blade to cut off the length of ribbon soap, and then travels back along said second level for retracting said blade carrier against said spring to again tension said spring.
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Specification