Heated soap mold device for recycling soap bar remnants

Apparatus for forming a bar of soap from the fragmented remnants of used soap bars, comprising:

• (a) a molding base defining an internal molding cavity of a configuration for molding a portion of a soap bar, said molding cavity being of a dimension for receiving a sufficient quantity of soap bar fragments for the molding of a soap bar;
• (b) a closure element being in movable assembly with said molding base and having a closed position closing said molding cavity and an open position permitting access to said molding cavity;
• (c) a free floating forming die being movably supported by said closure element and having a retracted position out of said molding cavity and an extended position within said molding cavity, said forming die having a concave die surface of a configuration for forming a portion of the soap bar;
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• (d) a forming die actuator being movably connected with said closure element and having spring means for substantially continuously applying spring force to said forming die for substantially continuously urging said forming die against soap bar fragments located within said internal molding cavity for adhering the soap bar fragments to one another and for forming a soap bar for subsequent conventional use, said forming die actuator having an actuator shaft movably extending through said closure element and being connected by said spring means with said forming die and having an actuator head exposed externally of said closure element for manual manipulation by a user;
• (e) a force transmitting shoulder being defined by said actuator shaft;
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• (f) said spring means being a compression spring encircling said actuator shaft and being interposed between said force transmitting shoulder and said forming die.

Apparatus for forming a bar of soap from the fragmented remnants of used soap bars, comprising:

• (a) a molding base defining an internal molding cavity of a configuration for molding a portion of a soap bar, said molding cavity being of a dimension for receiving a sufficient quantity of soap bar fragments for the molding of a soap bar;
• (b) a closure element being in movable assembly with said molding base and having a closed position closing said molding cavity and an open position permitting access to said molding cavity;
• (c) a free floating forming die being movably supported relative to said closure element and having a retracted position out of said molding cavity and an extended position within said molding cavity, said forming die having a concave die surface of a configuration for forming a portion of the soap bar;
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• (d) a forming die actuator being movably connected with said closure element and having spring means for substantially continuously applying spring force to said forming die for substantially continuously urging said forming die against soap bar fragments located within said internal molding cavity for adhering the soap bar fragments to one another and for forming a soap bar for subsequent conventional use;
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• (e) means heating said molding base for softening soap bar fragments being located within said molding cavity to permit heat induced adherence of the soap bar fragments to one another and to promote formation of a soap bar Within said molding cavity.