Patent GB-190306158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garbage Receptacles
Inventor: STEPHENSON CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1903-03-17
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 6158. Stephenson, C. H. March 17. Dust-bins.-The removable garbage receptacle g, Fig. 1, is contained in a cylindrical holder or container a, which is placed in a cavity in the earth. The body portion of the container is formed by bending a piece of galvanized sheet-metal, and fastening the overlapping portions by one or more removable bolts. The bottom piece c has an upwardly-projecting flange c\ which bears against the outer surface of the lower end of the body a. An annular top frame d rests on the upper end of the body a, and has a downwardly-projecting flange d<1>, which bears against the outer surface of the npper end of the body a. Vertical tie-rods e, preferably of tubular form, extend between the top and bottom pieces d, c, to which they are detachably secured by bolts f. The receptacle g rest on the radial ribs c', Fig. 2, of the bottom piece c, and openings c<3> between the ribs allow air to circulate under the receptacle. A perforated guard-plate may be placed over the bottom piece c to prevent the entrance of rats. The opening in the top piece d is large enough to allow of the insertion and removal of the receptacle g. Shoulders h<2> on a cover h hinged to ears on the top piece d, rest on the upwardly-projecting flange d<2> of the top piece, and allow air to pass into and out of the container when the cover is closed. The cover h has a funnel-shaped mouth h<3>, which is closed by a cover i having ears i<1> hinged to ears on the cover h. Projections i<3> on the ears i<1> come into contact with the cover h before the cover i reaches the vertical position, so that the cover closes by its own weight when it is released. The cover i may be opened by means of a treadle k Fig. 4, pivoted at k' to ears on the cover h, and consisting of a hub portion 2 having a shoulder 3 near the fulcrum k<1>, and an arm or lever, the face 4 of which is preferably corrugated and adapted to be engaged by the operator's foot. On raising the treadle, the shoulder 3 comes against a shoulder 5 and raises the cover. Alternatively, a pinion m<2>, Fig. 6, supported by the cover h, is actuated by a rack m movable vertically in guides fixed to the cover h by a pedal m<1>; an arm m<3> fixed to the pinion carries at its outer end a roller m<4>, which bears against the underside of the cover i, so that, on depressing the pedal, the cover is raised, the motion being assisted by a spring m<5> coiled on one of the trunnions of the pinion and having one of its ends bearing against a fixed stud m<6> and the other engaged by the arm m<3>. In another arrangement, Fig. 8, when a pedal n is depressed, a projection n' on it depresses an arm n' formed on the cover i, and raises the cover. The cover is locked, when closed, by a projection o' on the end of a lever o pivoted to the pedal-guiding projection on the cover h, engaging with a shoulder o<3> on the arm n<2>. A projection o<6> on the pedal presses on a finger o<5> of the lever o and disengages the projection o<2> from the shoulder o<3>, before the pedal comes against the arm n<2> and commences to raise the cover. A spring normally holds the pedal n in the raised position. In a modification, the cover h is hinged in the upper part of a vault which contains the garbage receptacle, and is recessed to receive the cover i.