Improvements in Dust Bins or Refuse Receptacles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1893-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dust Bins or Refuse Receptacles.
I, JOHN YOUNG trading as J. Young & Co., at Kennington Cross, London S.E.,
in the County of Surrey, Glass, Lead and Iron Merchants 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 :—
My invention relates to an improved bottomless dust bin, or receptacle for the
waste refuse of private dwellings and other establishments, and as for its object
the furtherance of sanitation, for the reason that, having an inlet aperture or lid
of small dimensions, renders it next to impossible to empty its contents there-
through, which necessitates the entire removal of the receptacle for this purpose,
and being bottomless, the act of such removal deposits the whole of its contents
upon the spot previously occupied thereby, and when the said refuse has been
carted away, the place to be again occupied by said receptacle, and the receptacle
itself, may be thoroughly washed and cleansed, and if necessary disinfected, before
replacing the bin.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have hereunto appended
a sheet of drawings in which
Figs. 1 and 2 are side and front elevation respectively of my improved dust bin
or refuse receptacle, as I prefer to construct them.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same, while Fig. 4 is a like plan illustrating a slight
modification I may adopt in the arrangement of the inlet aperture.
I carry my invention into effect by constructing my said improved bottomless
dust bin or refuse receptacle of any suitable non-oxidizable metal, preferably
galvanized iron, the body of which A may be and preferably would be circular in
borizontal cross section, the lower end of which is open for the whole of the width
of the receptacle, so that no ledge or protuberance exists upon its inner surface
where dirt or dust may lodge when being emptied, and for the purpose of adding
strength, and assisting to maintain the rotund shape of the receptacle, the bottom
edge may have rivetted or otherwise connected thereto, a plinth B. The upper
end is entirely enclosed by a sloping cover C, rivetted or otherwise firmly
connected to A, and strengthened by a band D.
A small aperture is formed in the cover C, of only sufficient dimensions to admit
of the refuse being deposited therethrough, and this I cover by a like metallic lid E,
hinged upon C at the highest end of the aperture, and provided with a suitable
handle F. I may effect the hinging of E upon C by the employment of ordinary
butts screwed or rivetted upon both, or by any other suitable means, but I prefer
to form upon the end of E, or connect thereto, a pair of pins or studs a and b
which I may cause to engage with bent or slotted plates c and d screwed rivetted
or otherwise fixed upon C as at Figs. 1 2 and 3. Or I may fix by any suitable
means upon C, a moulding e partly surrounding the inlet aperture, this serving to
prevent rain from entering therein, and to and within the said moulding I may
hinge the lid E as at Fig. 4.
I am aware that metallic dust bins have hitherto been made and used, but
these have invariably been provided with a metallic or other bottom, so that the
contents of the receptacle had to be removed through the top, or an aperture
formed in the front, and if the former, this necessitated that the opening at the
top must be sufficiently large for the purpose, which, being cumbersome to raise,
was more often left opened than closed, thus exposing the refuse to all weathers,
assisting decomposition, and the generation of noxious fumes, and if the latter
means of emptying was provided, the receptacle could never be thoroughly cleared,

page_text: not to mention cleansed, whereby the receptacle always contained more or less
refuse, stale, and often in an advanced stage of decomposition. I therefor do not
claim broadly the construction and use of metallic dust bins or refuse receptacles, but
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, what I claim as new is
The combination of a metallic bottomless dust bin or refuse receptacle A, B
enclosed by a cover C, with an abnormally small inlet aperture, provided with a
hinged lid E, with or without being partly surrounded by a moulding e, substan-
tially as and for the purposes herein described, and shewn by the accompanying
drawings.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4. Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.