Container for toilet preparations

Application filed August 2, 1930, Serial No. .472,706, and in Germany August 8, 1929.

My invention relates to improvements in containers for toilet preparations, and more particularly in containers for ingredients used in baths. The object of the improve⁰ ments is to provide a container which is made from, hard soap so that it can be used for washing after the contents have been used. The toilet preparations kept within the said container may be different in character. For ^1,1 example, the container may be provided with a chamber containing a powder, in which case the lid of the said chamber is provided with apertures extending therethrough for spreading the powder. Further, the lid itself may be provided externally with a cavity adapted to be closed by a plate, for receiving another preparation, such for example as an ointment. The container may be provided with a plurality of separate chambers, and it may ¹ be constructed so that it may be readily broken into sections each containing one of the said chambers.

Further features of the invention will be apparent from the following description ^2ύ taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a container embodying the principles of the invention; and

Figure 2 is a sectional view of a slightly modified form of the invention.

In the construction shown in Figure 1 of the drawing, the container is in the form of a hollow cylinder a having a partition e di⁰ viding the same into two chambers >’ and t²each adapted to receive a toilet preparation, and each provided with a lid. The lid δ of the chamber has a body portion δ¹ adapted to project into the chamber, the outer portion of the lid being provided with a cavity v which may be closed by a plate p. The lid is adapted to be fixed in position by means of a wire or cord w passed through the body δ¹of the lid. The lid d of the space r- is formed with bores f adapted to be closed by a plate P¹· If desired the lid d may be similarly fixed in position by means of a wire or cord w. The said wire or cord may be provided so with a seal or other identifying mark pre venting non-authorized use of the contents of the container.

The chamber t² is filled with a suitable powder or salt, which may flow out through the bores / after the plate pP- has been re- ⁸⁸moved.

The chamber r¹ is suitable for receiving a viscous matter such for example as an extract, and the chamber v may be filled with an ointment. 60

Preferably the container a is so constructed that it may be broken into separate sections each containing one of the chambers r¹or t·², for which purpose it may be provided with a circumferential indentation or groove ⁶⁵/, whereby, the sections may be readily severed, for instance by turning one section .with respect to the other.

The container is used as follows:

The chamber r² may be filled with pine needle powder, and after removing the lid p¹ it is immersed in a bath so that the water passes into the chamber through the holes / and dissolves the salt contained thei’ein. The chamber r¹ may contain a viscous sub- ⁷⁵stance to be used as an ingredient of the bath or to be applied to the skin. The contents of the chamber v may be used in a similar way. If the container and its lids δ and d are made from soap they may be used for washing ⁸⁹after the contents have been removed. I wish it to be understood that the container may be made, from any kind of hard soap or from a medical soap. Further, substances, other than, those hereinbefore mentioned may ⁸⁵be placed in the several chambers.

Under some circumstances it is desirable to provide a means of communication between the chambers r¹ and r². This may be „„ conveniently effected in the manner shown in Figure 2 of the drawings in which the lid δ carries a pin h extending generally axially of the container, this pin being preferablyfixed to the lid. The partition e is provided eg with an aperture i through which the pin extends, and it will be seen that when the lid δ is placed in position on the container the passage between the chambers r¹ and r² is effectively closed by the pin h. When the 10»

1,867,494 lid is withdrawn, communication is established between the chambers r¹ and r² so that the substance placed in the chamber may pass into the chamber r² and be ejected ⁵ through the bores f.

As shown in Figure 1 of the drawings a circumferential indentation f may be provided externally of the container in a plane passing through the partition e whereby the ¹⁰ container may be readily separated into two sections, each chamber remaining intact.