Apparatus for forming a bar of soap from leftover pieces

Apparatus for molding soap bars from leftover pieces of soap, comprising an outer casing with a hinged and slotted door in the upper surface thereof;

• an open topped hopper fixed within the casing under the slotted door, said hopper including insulating walls defining a chute at the bottom thereof;
• an apertured partition, extending laterally within the hopper so as to retain the pieces of soap within the hopper when they are introduced through the slotted door;
• a mold slideably positioned within the casing, below the chute and adapted for being withdrawn through an aperture in the casing;
• heating means, so situated within the hopper as to melt the pieces of soap resting on the partition;
• control means for activating and deactivating the heating means;
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• weight sensing means for sensing the weight of the pieces of soap and providing a triggering signal to the control means when the weight of the accumulated pieces of soap is equal to the weight of a complete bar, whereby the pieces of soap are then melted, the molten soap flowing through the apertured partition, down the chute and into the mold to form a new bar whereupon the heater is deactivated.