Patent ID: 6889604
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: B65F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A lid for fitting to an open-topped refuse container, wherein the lid has a compacting mechanism mounted thereon and an opening having a pivoted closure flap to allow waste to be placed in the container without opening the lid, said compacting mechanism comprising a compacting plate mounted under the lid and an actuating rod coupled to the plate whereby the rod may be actuated to move the plate from a storage position wherein the plate is drawn up under the lid to an operative position wherein the plate is pushed downwardly into the container by downward movement of the rod through an aperture in the lid, wherein the compacting plate has two opposite edges and is pivotable as a whole on an end of the actuating rod between said opposite edges, and wherein the lid and container are adapted to cooperate to tilt the plate from a horizontal position as the plate is drawn up into the storage position by upward movement of the rod through the aperture so that the flap can be opened without obstruction by the plate, said tilting being effected by means on the container for restraining one of said two opposite edges of the compacting plate to thereby tilt the other of said two opposite edges of the plate upwardly away from the flap.