US Patent 11490769 Bar soap grinding dispenser

A congealed product grinding and dispensing machine is disclosed. The machine has a housing with an aperture through a wall for dispensing ground soap chips. A product chute located within the housing feeds bar soap toward a rotary cutting tool which is driven by an electric motor within the housing. An actuator in circuit with the motor and a control circuit energizes the motor for a preset time period when the actuator is actuated. Another embodiment disclosed includes an inclined product chute which simplifies soap bar loading. Additional elements of the invention involve including a proximity sensor as the actuator and incorporating a programmable display into the machine housing, the display being in circuit with the actuator.