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The disclosure and prior art relates to methods of molding soap and more particularly pertains to a new method of molding soaps into decorative shapes.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally providing a housing that has a top surface, a bottom surface and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends between the top surface and the bottom surface. A heating unit is mounted in the housing. The heating unit heats the top surface when the heating unit is turned on. A plurality of molds is provided and each of the molds has a different shape. One of the molds is selected to define a selected mold. The selected mold is positioned on the top surface such that the selected mold is in thermal communication with the heating unit. A bar soap is positioned in the selected mold. The heating unit is turned on such that the bar soap becomes fluid to define fluid soap. The heating unit is turned off to allow the fluid soap to solidify to define a molded soap. The molded soap is removed from the selected mold.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plurality of molds 26 is provided and each of the molds 26 has a different shape. The shapes may include but should not be limited to animal paw prints, animals, letters, flowers and other decorative shapes. One of the molds 26 is selected to define a selected mold. The selected mold is positioned on the top surface 14 such that the selected mold is in thermal communication with the heating unit 22. A bar soap is positioned in the selected mold. The bar soap may comprise a full bar of soap, shavings or cuttings from bars of soaps or remnants of a bars of soap and should be understood as any bar of soap that fits within the mold.
A cover 28 is positioned on the housing 12 and removably covers the selected mold. The cover 28 includes a top wall 30 and a peripheral wall 32 is attached to and extends downwardly from the top wall 30. A handle 34 is mounted on the top wall. The heating unit 22 is turned on such that the bar soap becomes fluid to define fluid soap. A coloring agent may be added and mixed into the fluid soap, and may comprise a food coloring or the like particularly if the end product will simply be for decorative usage and not to be used for bathing. The heating unit 22 is turned off to allow the fluid soap to solidify to define a molded soap 36. The molded soap 36 is removed from the selected mold.
In use, the method is used to mold bar soap into a decorative shape. One of the plurality of molds 26 is selected. The selected mold is placed on the top surface 14. The bar soap is placed in the mold 26 and the cover 28 is positioned over the mold 26. The power switch 24 is turned on and the bar soap melts into fluid soap. The user may remove the cover 28, add coloring agent to the liquid soap and mix the coloring agent therein. The cover 28 is replaced and the power switch 24 is turned off to allow the bar soap to cool to define the molded soap 36. Once cooled the molded soap 36 is removed and used conventionally as bar soap.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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