An Improved Apparatus for Collecting Household Refuse.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th July, 1894-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Collecting Household Refuse.
I, SAMUEL LEOPOLD KINSBRUNER of 47 Treskowstrasse, Berlin in the Empire
of Germany, Painter, 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 an apparatus for collecting household refuse, which
apparatus may be stationary or transportable.
The invention is based on the principle of emptying the dust box by tipping it
up in such a way that the lid thereof and the sliding cover of the collecting vessel
or cart are simultaneously opened, and are immediately and simultaneously again
closed when the box is tipped back. The result of this is that no dust can escape
to the outside either from the collecting vessel or cart or from the dust box.
A dust wagon constructed on this principle and a dust box for use therewith are
shown in the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 being a plan view:
Figure 2, a side view:
Figure 3, a vertical section of the wagon:
Figure 4, a side view of the dust box employed :
Figure 5, a side view of the lid of the dust box :
Figure 6, a cross section of the dust box:
Figure 7, a side view of the wagon cover.
The construction of the wagon shown is as follows:-
Several sliding pieces a' as a³ are arranged side by side as a cover for the wagon,
which sliding pieces are held in the sides of the wagon. These sliding pieces do
not, however, entirely close the wagon, but leave free an opening of the width of
one slide piece. The opening is closed by means of a cover d, Figure 7, which
cover travels on rollers g, and may be moved to and fro on the body of the wagon.
The movement of the cover d is produced by means of a draw chain k carried over
rollers z, which chain is attached to hooks vv on the cover d. At the lower end
of the cover d, the chain k is carried over a large and a small pair of rollers l
and in such a way that the part of the chain k lying between the rollers Il
may be engaged by pins or forks xx¹ arranged at both ends of each slide
piece a¹ a² a³.
If, for instance, the crank i, by means of which the chain k is set in motion, be
revolved in the direction of the arrow shown in Figure 2, the chain k slides over the
pin z of the slide piece a³, but engages with one link on the pin a¹ of the slide piece a
and draws the latter to the right up to the slide piece a³, whilst simultaneously the
wagon cover is drawn over the opening formed by the withdrawal of the slide a².
In the same way, the cover d may be moved further to left or right; each time the
slide lying next to it in the direction of the movement is moved away in the
opposite direction to the width of a slide, so that the opening, through which the lust
box is to be emptied into the wagon, always stands beneath the cover d. The
emptying of the dust box may thus take place over any part of the wagon according
to the position of the wagon cover d.
The cover, which enables the dust box to be emptied into the wagon without
allowing dust to escape, is constructed as follows:-
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The bottom of the cover d is formed of two slides b b, adjustable one over the
other, which move in suitable guides in the lower frame of the cover. Hinged
flaps c c are arranged on the outer ends of the slides bb, and the upper end of these
Haps is provided on both sides with rollers ff which travel in guide bars e e. A
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page_text: round iron bar y is attached to both sides of the under frame of the cover d, om
which bar the dust boxes n, which are to be emptied, may be suspended by means
of hooks j.
The dust boxes n are provided with a sliding cover o, which is held in an over-
lapping frame w, and has two projectious p. The box may be fastened tight by
placing the loops attached to the frame w over the projection t.
The emptying of the dust boxes takes place in the following manner :-
The box n is suspended on the bar y by means of the hook j, and tipped over
upwards. The projections p p then engage in the holes g g of the flap c, and on the
box n being further turned, produce the opening of the sliding cover, and also the
pushing back of the slide b, so that the contents of the box n may fall into the interior
of the wagon.
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After the box n has been emptied, it is tipped back again by pulling a cord or
chain m attached to the flap c and carried over pulleys, the lid of the dust box and
also the slide 6 being thereby again automatically closed, and thus no escape
dust can take place. As soon as the box n has again come into the position shown
on the left hand side in Figure 3, it may be lifted off and replaced by another.
The emptying of the dust boxes may take place at either side of the wagon cover,
and over any suitable part of the wagon by shifting or adjusting the cover.
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 collecting dust, characterised by the arrangement whereby,
when a dust box n, which has been hung on the wagon, is tipped up, both the lid o of
the box and also a slide 6 which closes the wagon are automatically opened, and,
on the return of the box, again automatically closed, substantially as described
and shown.
2. An apparatus of the kind described in Claim 1, characterised by several slides
or slide pieces a¹ as a³, which cover or close the wagon, and a cover d adjustable on
the wagon, by which means the dust box n is emptied without causing a flying-off
of dust, consisting of projections p p or the like on the lid o of the dust box which
engage, when the box n is tipped up, in suitably arranged openings 9 9 or the like
in a flap c hinged to the sliding bottom 6 of the cover d, and thus operate the
immediate and automatic opening of the lid o of the box and of the slide b, whilst
the tipping back or return of the box n and the automatic closing of the lid o of
the box and the slide 6 takes place by pulling a cord m or the like connected
with the slide b: substantially as herein before described and shown.
3. An apparatus such as described in Claims 1 and 2, in which the adjustable
cover d of the wagon and the slides a' a² a³, which are provided with projections xx¹
or the like, may be simultaneously mutually adjusted or moved by means of a
chain k or the like, substantially as described and shown.
4. For use with the apparatus described in Claims 1 to 3, a dust box n
characterised by a sliding lid o fitted in an overlapping frame w, which lid may be
provided with projections p p, or the like, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
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LLEWELYN JONES,
Of 5, South Crescent Chambers, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicant.