US2537716A - Soap dissolver and mixer - Google Patents

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Jan. 9, 1951 s. TERAUCH! SOAP DISSOLVER AND MIXER Filed July 21, 1948 3 Sheets-Sheet l Sela/1i Terauchi INVENTOR.

Jan. 9, 1951 s. TERAUCHI SOAP DISSOLVER AND MIXER 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 21, 1948 Se/ch/ Terauc/u' INVENTOR. 405:.

Jan. 9, 1951 s. TERAUCHI 2,537,716

SOAP DISSOLVER AND MIXER Filed July 21, 1948 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Seichl' Terauchi INVENTOR.

Wadi (Ml/WW w Patented Jan. 9, 1951 units!) STATES OFFICE SOAP DISSOLVEB, AND MIXER- Seichi 'llerauchi, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii Application July 21, 1948, Serial No. 39,880

Claims. 1

This invention relates to a soap dissolver and mixer for use by attachment to faucets in the kitchen or bathroom.

A great deal of washing of dishes, pots and pans, and other household articles is carried out utilizing a soap water mixture or solution. It is the primary object of this invention to provide acompact and efficient soap and water mixer to be attached to kitchen or bathroom faucets in such a manner that a ready supply of soap water mixture or solution will be available when desired, thereby obviating the necessity of making up a separate soap water solution in a separate container whenever it is needed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a soap water maker that can readily utilize small soap articles that are normally discarded by the housewife.

Still another object of this invention is the provision of a soap dissolver and mixer which will supply water as well as a soap water mixture to the articles to be cleaned and which has valve means whereby the soap Water mixture may be interrupted when desired without stopping the flow of the water.

Yet another object of the invention is the provision of a soap dissolver and mixer which will accomplish the objects stated hereinabove and which additionally is simple and functional in construction, allowing for ready disassembling of the device whereby the parts may be properiy cleaned or repaired and then reassembled for use.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds are attained by this device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the soap dissolver and mixer in complete assembly ready for use;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the device shown in Figure 1, some parts being shown in elevation;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the valve disk;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the stationary partition plate;

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the plane of the section line 55 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the details of construction and assembly of the first and second valve disks;

' Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken c 2 substantially on the plane of the section line 1-1 of Figure 2; Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially 0n the plane of section line B8 of Figure 2;

Figure 9 is an exploded perspective view of the bottom of the soap conveyor and the receiving plate for same; and

Figure 10 is a perspective view of the actual axial conduit directly connecting the upper section of the mixer and the lower section of the mixer showing the disposition of fins thereon. I Specific reference is now made to the drawings. In the several views in the accompanying drawings and in the following specification, similar reference'characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

Generally indicated at Ill is the soap dissolver and mixer which consists essentially of an upper section 52, an intermediate section l4 and a bottom section it, all substantially cylindrical in shape, the intermediate section l4 being of somewhat smaller diameter, and the bottom portion of the upper and lower sections being tapered as at l8 and 2B. Depending from the bottom of the lower section 29 and communicating with the interior thereof is a conventional discharge conduit or faucet 22. x

The sections are removably interconnected in the following fashion. The top edge of the bot-- tom section 26 is flanged as at 24 while the bottom edge of the intermediate portion Is is also flanged as at 26. A plurality of fastening apertures are provided in both flanges for removably receiving bolts or screws and appropriate nuts as shown at 28. Additionally, the flange 24 is provided with a circumferential slot 30, the significance of which will be explained later.

Disposed horizontally in the intermediatesection I4 and securably attached to the upper inner faces thereof are a pair of supporting plates 32 having central bores 34. A suitable bearing 36 is secured to the plates 32 in alignment with the bore 34. The topmost edge of the intermediate section I 4 is alsoprovided with an angulated lip or flange 38. The. apex of the tapered bottom l8 of the upper section I2 is open and fianged as at 49. It will be seen that the upper section I2 is frictionally supported on the intermediate section [4 by means of the angulated lip 33 and the bearing 35.

Disposed axially through the dispenser It and directly connecting the upper section l2 with the lower section I6 is a conduit 42 having an upper lip portion 44. The conduit 42 is frictionally supported at its top end by means of the lip portion 44 resting on the inner faces of the tapered bottom l8 of the upper section 12. Secured to the outer walls of the conduit 42 and arranged thereon substantially Within the area of the intermediate section M a plurality of arcuate blades or fins 46 are provided. In the walls of the intermediate section l4 and operatively opposing said fins 46 a pair of inlets are provided with a pair of flexible washers 43 therethrough for frictionally engaging a pair of jets U threaded at their ends and provided with nuts 52 for removably retaining hoses 54, which hoses are frictionally secured to the water faucets (not shown) of the kitchen or bathroom.

Substantially in the center of the bottom section It is found a screen container 56 substantially cruciform in crossseetion. The top surface of the screen container 58 is removably but non-rotatably secured to the outer bottom surface of the conduit 44 by means of angle irons 58 pro vided with suitable fastening means as at St. Secured to the bottom inner surface of the screen container 56 by means of bolts or screws 62 is a serrated bore 54.

Axially disposed through the soap mixer Hi and through the conduit Ml is a screw agitator 65 provided at its lower extremity with a toothed gear member 68 which frictionally engages the serrated bore 84. At its top extremity, the screw agitator 66 is rotatably received in a journal 18 which is suitably secured to the central inner surface of a cover plate i2 which covers the upper section of the mixer 52.

It will be noted that the bottom section IE is provided with an inner mixing chamber it which is separated from the outer surface of the section l6 by a thickness of wall i5. This wall 36 is not entirely solid, but instead is provided with a plurality of arcuate conduits 18.

Between the bottom section it and the intermediate section i i a disk valve is provided and retained between the sections between the flanges 24 and 26 by means of the bolt screws 28. The disk valve comprises a pair of substantially circular plates, one of which will be designated a partition plate 88 and the other will be designated a valve disk 82. The partition plate Bil is secured to the top surface of the walls 76 by suitable removable fastening means through apertures 85. The partition plate 88 is provided with a circular aperture near the center thereof 86, having a diameter approximating the diameter of the conduit 34. The partition plate is also provided with a plurality of circumferential sectorial apertures 88 and a plurality of circumferential arcuate slots 89 in radial alignment with the apertures 88. Abutting the partition plate 80 is a valve disk 82 having a central aperture 99 of diameter equal to that of the aperture 85. This valve disk is also provided with a plurality of circumferential sectorial apertures 92 which are in alignment with the apertures 88 and which are so positioned on both the disk and the partition plate as to communicate as an inlet means with the mixing chamber 74 directly above the screen container 56. The valve disk 82 is also provided with a plurality of circumferential arcuate slots 94 substantially intermediate the apertures 92. As a result of the arrangement of these slots, it will be found that when the valve disk 82 and the partition plate 80 abut each other in normal position, that the apertures are in alignment but that the arcuate slots are not in alignment. The arcuate slots 89 and 94 are so positioned on both the 4 valve disk 82 and the partition plate as to be disposed directly above the conduits 7B in the walls 16 of the bottom section it. In addition, the valve disk is provided with an arm 96 which extends through the slot 38 in the flange 24.

Substantially at the apex of the tapered portion 20 of the bottom section 55 a lug 98 is provided which removably retains a second valve disk I98 through an aperture 192, which valve disk is also provided with a plurality of circumferential sectorial apertures Hi l and an angula-ted upright arm I98 the free extremity of which arm extends through one of the arcuate slots 84 of the first valve disk 82 as shown at Hi8.

The practical operation of the device is as follows. After the hose portions 5!; are frictionally secured to the faucets in the kitchen or bathroom, soap particles or bars of soap are positioned in the upper section 12 and the cover i2 is placed thereon. When the faucets are turned on, the water passes through the jets 58 which are somewhat angulated at their extremities a shown in Figure '7 and the incoming water impinges the fins .8, thus causing the conduit Mi and the attached screen container 56 to rotate which in turn rotates the screw agitator 65, which in turn agitates the soap particles in the upper section l2, the soap particles falling by gravity from the upper section E2 to the screen container 56. In the meantime, the water passes from the intermediate section to the mixing chamber M in the bottom section through the aligned sectorial apertures 38 and 92. Thus, the water and the soap particles are being agitated to form a soap solution in the screen container 56. The soap solution passes out of the bottom of the screen container 55 through the sectorial apertures 502 of the second valve disk Hi9 and then passes through the discharge conduit 22 directly for use. When the soap solution is no longer desired, the first valve disk 82 is rotated by means of the arm or handle 98 throwing the apertures 92 out of alignment with the aperture Hi4 and putting the arcuate slots 94 in alignment with the arcu-ate slots 89. In this position, the fresh water coming in from the faucet passes t--rcugh th aligned slots 94 and 89 and into the fresh water conduits 18 which are communicative with the discharge conduit or nozzle 22. In this phase of the operation, only fresh water is being delivered.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device Will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art, and a further detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible of certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A soap dissolver and mixer comprising a sectional chamber including an upper section, intermediate sections, and a lower section, means for removably interconnecting said sections, means carried by said upper section for retaining soap, means for agitating the oap in said upper section, the soap falling by gravity into said lower section, inlet means carried by said intermediate sections for removably engaging a plurality of faucets, inlet means in said lower chamber for receiving a liquid from said faucets,

a discharge conduit carried by said lower section, valve means carried by said lower section for controlling the discharge of the soap-fluid mixture, and a tube directly connecting said upper section to said lower section, said agitating means including a screw axially extending through said tube and means actuated by the inflowing fluid for rotating said screw.

2. The combination of claim 1 and a screened container detachably and non-rotatably secured to said tube and to said screw in said bottom section, said means for rotating said screw including fins carried by said tube operatively disposed adjacent said faucets.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein said interconnecting means includes a disk valve rotatably positioned between said bottom section and an intermediate section, said disk valve including a valve disk having an arm depending therefrom, one of said sections having a peripheral slot through which said arm extends.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein said disk valve includes a partition plate having a plurality of apertures and peripheral arcuate slots therein, said valve disk also having a plurality of apertures and peripheral arcuate slots, said plate and said valve disk abutting each other in such manner that the apertures are normally in til alignment above the screened container while the peripheral arcuate slots are normally out of align- REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,077,590 Burroughs Nov. 4, 1913 1,264,772 Butler Apr. 30, 1918 1,582,225 Pulkinghorn Apr. 27, 1926 1,611,773 Parnell Dec. 21, 1926 1,668,802 Cantrell May 8, 1928 1,882,911 Richards Oct. 18, 1932 1,908,141 Graaff May 9, 1933 1,981,623 Karter Nov. 20, 1934

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