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IED STATES PATENT OFFICE0
LINCOLN TIJOU, OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
SANITARY SOAP-DISH.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Aug. 8, 1916.
Application filed January 24, 1914. Serial No. 814,069.
To all whom it may .oncern.:
. Be it known that I, LINCOLN TijoU, a citi-
zen of the United States, and resident of
Corpus Christi, Nueces county, Texas, have.
5 invented certain new and useful Improve-
ments in Sanitary Soap-Dishes, of which the
following is a specification containing a full,
clear, and exact description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, forming
10 a part hereof.
My invention relates to improvements in
sanitary -soap dishes, and the object of my
invention is to construct a novel means
wherein soap may be kept dry after using.
15 A further and more specific object of my.
invention is to provide an improved recep-.
tacle comprising a drain cup and a brush
wherein the brush is designed for use in
cleansing hands, or scrubbing or the like and
20 which brush when not in use is arranged to
support upon its bristles or flexible abrading
surfaces a piece of soap so that the soap is
kept in a dry condition and the brush itself
is drained in order to preserve the brush.
25 With the above purposes in view my in-
vention consists in certain novel features of
construction and arrangement of parts as
will be hereinafter more fully described,
pointed out in the claim and illustrated by
30 the accompanying drawings, in which-
Figure 1 shows in plan - a device con-
structed according to my invention, the piece
of soap therein; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the
device as shown in Fig. 1;. and Fig. 3 is a
35 longitudinal sectional elevation showing the
device as in use.
Referring by numerals to the accompany-
ing drawings: 5 designates a receptacle, con-
structed in such manner and of such material
40 as to retain water. The inner face of the
wall of the receptacle is provided with a
ledge 6 which constitutes a support for a
brush 7.
The brush back is provided with a series
45 of perforations 8 and the face of the back
of the brush from which the bristles project
declines toward the center of the brush, and
the bristles 9 are arranged in tufts of uni-form lengths which present a surface lowest
at its central portion and highest at its ends 50
so that, when a cake of soap such as shown
at 10 is placed upon the bristles of the brush
the soap is in contact with the brush only at
its ends, thereby offering circulation of a.ir
about the entire cake of soap so as to permit 55
it to dry rapidly after using.
It is to be particularly observed that the
brush is supported above the bottom of the
receptacle so that there is room beneath the
brush to contain the water drained from the 60
soap as well as the brush. It is to be ob-
served further that, when the brush is in
place in the receptacle, its upper face in-
clines toward the center, so that the brush
back is drained and -will automatically dry 65
itself. It is to be observed further that the
soap is supported only at its ends so that air
may circulate about practically the entire
cake of soap.
While I have shown and described the 70
brush as a bristle brush, I do not wish to be
understood as limiting myself to this con-
struction, as hemp, hair or rubber bristles or
teeth .may be employed without departing
from the spirit of my invention. 78
I claim:
An improved holder for a cake of soap,
comprising a back having (when inverted) a
draining-surface which inclines downwardly
from its ends toward its center, said back 80
having a number of drain-perforations
formed vertically therein for draining the
liquid from said inclined surface at various
points; and tufts of brush-material, all of
uniform length, projecting from said. in- 85
lined surface, to form a receptacle for a
cake of soap, above the said downwardly and
centrallyinclined surface.
In testimony whereof, I have signed my
name to this specification, in presence of two 90
subscribing witnesses.
LINCOLN TIJOU.
Witnesses:
. THOMAS B. SOUTHGATE,
FRANK RABB.1,194,096.
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Tijou, Lincoln. Sanitary Soap Dish, patent, August 8, 1916; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859396/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.