Improvements in and relating to Sanitary Garbage Receptacles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1894
SELL BELE
Improvements in and relating to Sanitary Garbage Receptacles.
We, OSCAR CHARLES NEWTON, a citizen of the United States of America,
residing at 252 Carolina Street, in the City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State
of New York, one of the United States of America, Gentleman, and GEORGE
NORMAN PIERCE, HENRY MAY, and GEORGE SEYFANG, citizens of the
United States of America, and doing business under the Firm name of
George N. Pierce & Co., at the corner of Hanover and Prime Streets, in the
City of Buffalo aforesaid, Manufacturers, 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 :-
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in garbage
receptacles and means for supporting the same; it has for its objects, among others,
to provide for the storing and disposal of the refuse or garbage in each household
in a more cleanly way than heretofore. It has for its further object to provide
such means as may be obtained by each and every family.
We propose to dispense with the heavy metallic garbage receptacles now
employed, and to provide a light and portable receptacle, which ordinarily, is
designed to be filled with the refuse and then thrown away and a new one sub-
stituted therefor. We provide a receptacle in the form, preferably, of a large bag
with open mouth, designed to be hung upon pins or like supports carried by a strip
of wood adapted to be secured either permanently or detachably to any object, as
a fence, or the wood shed, the receptacle being of some cheap and suitable material
as for instance water proof paper of sufficient stability and strength to sustain the
garbage and not to be rendered useless by the absorption of the liquid from the
garbage. In its preferable form the staples upon, which a hinged cover is sup-
ported have their ends extended through their support to form the pins or hooks
upon which the receptacle is to be suspended.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the
novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.
The invention in the present instance resides in the peculiar combinations, and
the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts whereby the above ends,
and such others as may result from the invention are attained, all as more fully
hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in
the claims.
The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which, with the
letters of reference marked thereon, forms a part of this Specification, and in
which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improvement set up for use with the cover
of lid thrown up, and
Figure 2 is a detail section.
In carrying out the invention we take a strip of wood A. of suitable dimensions
and provide it with two or more holes a for the reception of nails, screws, or other
means of fastening; or the holes may be omitted and the fastening means passed
through the said strip by driving or otherwise, but we prefer to place the device
upon the market with the opening for the reception of the securing means.
To this strip is hinged a lid or cover B, preferably of metal and of the desired
length and width. This cover or lid is hinged in the following manner; Care
pieces of wire or staples held in the strip A, the same consisting each of a piece
of wire having one end held in the said strip and turned to form a curved support
and the other end passed through the strip and extending substantially horizontally

page_text: from its front face on a lower plane than the staples or curved portions, as shown,
the said ends being turned up and forming hooks D upon which the receptacle is
designed to be detachably supported, as shown.
The cover or lid has the holes through which the staples or curved portions of
the wire loosely pass, and the cover is thus hinged to move easily; it is held in an
inclined position by reason of its engagement with the front upper corner or edge
of the strip A and the upper ends of the hooks, as will be readily understood.
This cover serves to close or cover the mouth of the receptacle and to shed the
rain and snow.
E is the receptacle, formed in the shape of a bag with open mouth, and at the
mouth provided preferably with eyelets to engage over the hooks as shown;
these eyelets need not of necessity be present, although they are preferred, as they
increase the life of the receptacle and prevent it being torn down by the weight of
the garbage.
This bag or receptacle we form preferably of some water-proof material as paper
suitably treated or made so that it will not absorb the moisture from the
garbage. Any cheap process and material or materials may be employed for the
purpose.
In practice it is proposed to nail or otherwise fasten the strip upon the fence,
shed, or any other desired place, and to suspend the receptacle from the hooks in
the manner shown, the cover being designed to be normally kept down so as to cover
the mouth of the receptacle and shed the rain or snow. When it is desired to place
garbage in the receptacle the cover is raised and the refuse placed in the bag, when
the latter is full it is proposed to take the same away with its contents and
place a new receptacle in its place; the receptacle may, however, be used over and
over, but it is proposed to make them so cheap that they may be thrown away as
soon as they are filled.
The advantages of such a device, from a sanitary view will be readily appreciated
and its use recommended.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The strip provided with a hinged cover and pins or hooks, and a flexible
water-proof bag-like receptacle detachably suspended from said hooks, as set
forth.
2. The strip provided with staples extended to form hooks or pins, a cover having
opening through which said staples loosely pass to form hinges upon which the
cover may turn, the said cover being arranged to stand when closed in an inclined
position, and a flexible bag-like waterproof receptacle having open mouth and
detachably suspended from said hooks beneath the said cover, substantially as
shown and described.
Dated this 10th day of December 1893.
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