Improvements in Apparatus for Removing Garbage.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct.. 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Removing Garbage.
1, WOLFGANG GOETZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at 732 St.
Nicholas Avenue, in the City of New York, County of New York and State of
New York, U.S.A. Physician and Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved apparatus for
removing garbage, other refuse, ashes, &c., in a very simple and comparatively
inexpensive manner, at the same time preventing disagreeable and unwholesome
odours and scattering of the matter in the house or on the street.
The invention consists principally of a wheeled wagon-body provided at its top
with a receiving-spout adapted to be closed by a slide and a gate at the rear end
of the body and adapted to be held in an open or partly-open position to permit
of filling in from the rear.
The invention further consists of a box adapted to be seated on the wagon-spout
and provided with drop-bottom doors, the said box being provided with a cover of
which a part is fixed and a part is hinged.
The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of
the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the
claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming
specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
a part of this
all the figures.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of the improvement with parts in section.
Fig. 2, is a rear end view of the same.
Fig. 3, is a plan view of the same.
Fig. 4, is a perspective view of the combined ash and garbage box.
Fig. 5, is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 5-5 of Fig. 6.
Fig. 6, is a transverse section of the same on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7, is an enlarged side elevation of part of the davit, and,
Fig. 8, is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the spout and its slide on the
top of the wagon-body.
The improved apparatus consists of two principal parts, namely, a wheeled
wagon-body A, and a combined ash and garbage box adapted to be filled, in the
house, with refuse, ashes, &c., and carried in a hermetically sealed condition to
the street to be lifted upon and connected with the top of the wheeled wagon to
finally discharge the contents of the box into the body of the wagon without in
the least exposing the contents of the box, so as to prevent unwholesome odours
from escaping either in the house or on the street.
The wheeled wagon-body A is preferably made of sheet metal and is secured
at its bottom and part of the sides to a U-shaped axle B, provided at its ends with
the wheels C and the shafts D, arranged for either a single horse or a team, as
the case may be.
On the rear end of the wagon-body A is arranged a gate E, hinged at its lower
end at E¹ to the bottom of the body A, and the said gato is provided at its sides
with flanges E, adapted to fit over the sides of the wagon-body when the gate is
closed or partly closed. The flanges E are pivotally connected near their upper
ends with bars Es, each adapted to be clamped by a screw E to the said body A.

page_text: the said screw E' screwing in a bracket E, forming a support for the bar E
By this arrangement the gate E can be swung fully open, as indicated in dotted
lines in Fig. 1, or in a partly open position, it being understood, that by the
screws E the bars E³ can be clamped in position, so as to hold the gate in the
desired open, partly-open, or closed position. The rear end of each bar Es is
preferably formed with a handle or hook E' and the said rear end of the bar is
supported in a bracket E', secured to the side of the body A. Directly above the
gate E and on an inclined part of the wagon-body is arranged a cover F, hinged
at its upper edge at F1 to the top of the body, A, the free end of the said cover
terminating at or near the upper edge of the gate E when the latter is in a closed
position.
Now it will be seen that as the wagon-body A, is filled, say, from the rear at
the time the gate E, is open the latter is gradually closed as the body fills up,
and when the wagon is nearly filled and the gate E is closed then the cover F can
be swung open to permit of filling the wagon-body to the top without danger of
spilling the contents already in the body of the wagon A. The cover F is adapted
to be fastened in position by hooks F, pivoted on the sides of the body A and
engaging suitable lugs F, projecting from the sides of the cover F.
On the top of the body A is arranged a receiving spout G, preferably made
square or rectangular and adapted to be closed by a slide G', fitted to slide trans-
versely in suitable bearings G2, attached to the top of the body A next to the
spout G. The slide G is provided with a suitable handle G³, adapted to be
taken hold of by the operator to open and close the spout, as required and
hereinafter more fully described.
Upon the upper end of the spout G is adapted to be set a flange H', formed
near the lower end of a combination ash and garbage box H, projecting with its
lower end into the spout, as indicated in Fig. 1. This box H, is preferably made
of sheet metal, with the inside glazed or enameled, so as to permit a ready dis-
charge of the contents without danger of the matter adhering to the walls of the
box. This garbage-box H is provided in its lower end with the hinged drop-
doors HH, overlapping one upon the other, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 6, the
free end of the lowermost door H2 being adapted to be rested on a piu H,
inserted in apertures in the sides of the box, as is plainly shown in Fig. 5. Now
it will be seen that by withdrawing this pin H' the support for the drop-bottom
doors is removed, and consequently the latter can swing open to discharge the
contents of the box H through the spout G into the interior of the wagon-body A.
This construction permits the garbage from box H to be deposited into the body A
without exposure of the garbage contained in said box or said body to the air,
whereby the offensive odours are prevented from escaping, since it will be seen
that the slide G' remains in its closed position until the box has been placed over
the spout G and the hinged bottom of the box H is supported by means of its
pins H until said slide G₁ has been drawn out to permit the garbage to fall into
the body of the wagon. The box H is provided with a cover, of which the part H
is fastened to the sides of the box and the other part forms a lid H, hinged to
the part H³; so as to permit of swinging this lid open to fill the box with ashes,
garbage, or other refuse. The lid He is provided with a projection H', adapted
to register with a projection H8 on the body of the box, the said two projections
being apertured to receive a suitable padlock or other locking device to prevent
opening of the lid while transporting the receptacle from the house to the
street.
On the sides of the box H are arranged handles H for conveniently carrying
the box around and also for attaching a pair of gripping-hooks I to the said
handles to lift the box H from the street to the spout G. For this purpose the
gripping-hooks are hung on a rope J, passing over a sheave or pulley J', held
on the upper end of a davit K, mounted to swing on the side of the body A near
the front thereof, as plainly shown in the drawings.

page_text: The lower end of the rope J is adapted to be fastened by a cleat J on the said
davit K, and the latter is preferably made in two parts, of which the upper part
is pivoted at K, between forks or bifurcations formed at the upper end of the-
lower part and is adapted to be fastened in place to the lower part by a key N.
The lower davit part is mounted to swing on the sides of the body A. Now it
will be seen that by this arrangement the gripping hooks I can be readily attached
to the handles H, and by the operator then pulling on the lower end of the rope J
he can raise the box H to the proper height, after which the operator swings the
davit K inward to move the box H over the spout G. By then lowering-
the rope and the box H the latter engages with its lower end the spout G, the
flange H then resting on the top edge of the said spout. (See Fig. 1.) The
operator now withdraws the pin H' to permit the drop-doors to swing downward
into an open position, (see dotted lines in Fig. 6,) so that the contents of the box H
are discharged through the spout G into the body A. After this has been done-
the operator pulls on the rope J to lift the box H off the spout G, and the latter
is then immediately closed by moving the slide G' inward into a closed position,
as shown in Fig. 8.
By the arrangement described the wagon-body A can be readily filled with
street-sweepings at the rear of the body A at the time the gate É is open or
partly open and likewise the house refuse, ashes, &c., can be unloaded into the
said body A in the manner above described at the same time bringing the combined
garbage and ash box up to the required sanitary conditions.
When the davit K is not in use-that is, when the wagon is taken to the place.
of discharge to be emptied-then the upper part is swung into the position shown
in dotted lines in Fig. 1, with the free end resting on a suitable support O.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. An apparatus for removing garbage, provided with a garbage box comprising.
a body having a hinged lid at its upper end and having its lower end open, doors
hinged at the opposite sides of said open lower end and adapted to fold centrally
to close the same, the ends of said doors being arranged to overlap when closed,
and a pin removably arranged in the box below the overlapping portions of the.
doors for holding the doors in their closed position, substantially as set forth.
2. An apparatus for removing garbage, comprising a wagon body formed in its
top with a receiving spout, a davit made in two parts of which the lower part is
mounted to turn on one side of the body, and the upper part is adapted to be-
folded upon the said body and a support on the side of the wagon body for the
free end of the upper part of the davit when folded, substantially as described.
3. An apparatus for removing garbage, comprising a wagon body formed in its.
upper part with a receiving spout, a davit made in two parts of which the lower
part is rotatively mounted in a vertical position on one side of the wagon body.
and provided with bifurcations at its upper part, and the upper part is pivoted
at its lower end between the lower portions of the bifurcations of the lower part
of the davit and adapted to be folded down sidewise against the side of the
wagon body, and means for bolding the upper part of the davit in an erect position
when in use, substantially as described.
4. An apparatus for removing garbage, comprising a body having a receiving
spout in its top, a slide extending across said spout below the top of the same,.
and adapted to be removed through an opening in the side of the spout, a box
having an open lower end and provided with a projecting exterior flange adapted
to rest on the upper edge of the receiving spout, doors hinged at opposite sides of
the open end of the box and adapted to fold centrally to close the same, the:
ends of said doors being arranged to overlap when closed, and a pin removably
arranged across said box below said overlapping portions of the doors and

page_text: adapted to support the doors in their closed position, substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 7th day of August 1896.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.