Improvements in Garbage Receptacles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 3rd July, 1897
[Communicated from abroad by FREDERICK VINCENT WINTERS of 539 Union
Avenue in the City of New York, in the State of New York, United States
of America, Mechanical Engineer.]
Improvements in Garbage Receptacles.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 322, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, 6, Lord Street,
Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, and
Lower Temple Street Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Civil Engineer,
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 has relation to improvements in Garbage Receptacles, and the
object is to provide a vessel or receptacle for the uses intended, which is simple,
strong, and durable in construction, and which is convenient in use and secure
against unwarranted intrusion.
The invention is fully and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
wherein
Figure 1 is a front view in elevation, of the cabinet or casing of the receptacle,
the doors being removed to show the arrangement of the receptacles, and also
showing the swinging hinged leaf down which the receptacles ride when being
removed from the casing; and showing the lid of the casing lifted.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the casing showing the chute-boxes arranged therein,
and the tilting bottoms thereto.
Figure 3 is a detail perspective of one of the chute-boxes removed from the
casing.
Figure 4 is a vertical central section through one of the chute-boxes.
Figure 5 is a perspective of one of the receptacles.
Figure 6 is a vertical section through the casing and the receptacles.
Figure 7 is a detail view of the locking means.
It will be premised that while the casing has been illustrated as made to contain
duplicate receptacles, one of which can be used for garbage and the other for ashes
and refuse material interdicted from being deposited with the garbage, it will
readily be perceived that the invention may be applied to a casing made to contain
a single receptacle.
Referring to the drawings, 'A designates a casing made in the form of a rectan-
gular box, of sufficient dimensions and capacity to take in the receptacle or
receptacles, substantially as shown in the drawings. To the front of the casing
are hinged the doors 1, 2, which close the front of the casing and to the top of
the casing is hinged a lid or cover 3, which closes down over the top plate or
board 4, of the casing, and at the same time serves to cover the chute-boxes. In
the closing edge of the lid are secured two pins 5, 51, which pass through staples
or eyes 6, in the doors and project into holes 7, in the top of the casing, so that
when the doors are closed the lid may be also closed, and the pins lock the doors
.

page_text: in closed position, then by means of a suitable lock, as a hasp and staple and
padlock, the lid is locked against being raised and the receptacles secured from
removal. To the bottom of the casing at the front edge thereof, is hinged a
track-board 8, on which the receptacles ride when being removed, or when replaced.
This track-board when turned down and outwards stands at an incline, and is so
connected to the casing that it will turn up and back in the casing out of the way
of the doors when they are closed.
In the top plate or board of the casing, which is permanently fixed in and covers
the main box, are formed two openings 9, 91, preferably square, as shown, and
opening into the casing. In the openings 9, 91, are disposed the chute-boxes B,.B'
These chute-boxes consist of rectangular cases, open at top and bottom, and are
provided with outwardly extending edge flanges 10, which rest on the edges of
the top around the openings 9, 91, and are thus sustained and prevented from
passing down in the receptacles. Any suitable handles or bails may be secured to
the chute-boxes, as knobs 11, by which they may be lifted from their seats in
the casing when it is necessary to remove the receptacles. The chute-boxes are
provided with tilting bottoms 12, turning on bearings journaled across the boxes
substantially as shown, the bearings being preferably disposed at a point to one
side of the middle or centre of the tilting bottoms, so that when the material is
poured in or deposited it will tilt the bottoms and slide down into the receptacles.
To insure the operation of the tilting bottoms the upper surface is inclined as
shown, and the edge, as at 18; projects under the lodges against the edge of the
chute-box. To restore the bottoms of the chute-boxes to their closed positions,
a weight, as a plate 14, is secured to them. In the casing, projecting down from
the middle of the top 4, is secured a partition piece or plate 15, which keeps the
receptacles from colliding when one of them is being removed or replaced. The
casing is preferably mounted on wheels or casters 16, to facilitate moving it
whenever desired.
D, D', designates the receptacles, duplicates in construction. These consist of
rectangular bodies 17, made tapering from top to bottom, the bodies being braced
and strengthened by vertical angle-irons 18, at the corners, connected at the top
and bottom by similar pieces 19, 20, and intermediate cross-pieces 21, extending
on all sides of the bodies, substantially as shown in the drawings. At the bottoms
are formed circular flanges 22, extending around the receptacles, which serve as
supports on which the receptacles may be rolled after being removed from the
casing, and to be used should the supporting casters 23, become broken. Handles
or bails 24, one being shown, are secured on the opposite sides of the receptacles,
by which they are carried and handled. On the bottom of the receptacles is a
handle 241, to be used in tilting and emptying them.
To use the device, the casing is placed where required, the receptacles are then
put in the casing and then the chute-boxes are arranged in the openings provided
for them, and the device is ready to receive material. When the material has
been deposited the doors are closed and the lid shut down and the lock applied;
the device so remains until further deposit is to be made, when the cover is unlocked
and raised and the deposit made. When the garbage is to be removed the device
is unlocked and opened, the chute-boxes lifted out, and then the receptacles can
be drawn out, their withdrawal turning down the track-board and placing it in
position for the use intended, or the track-board may be first turned down after
the doors have been opened. The receptacles after being emptied are replaced,
the track-board turned up, the chute-boxes replaced, the doors shut and the lid
closed and locked.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is-
1. In a garbage receptacle, an outer casing comprising a rectangular box open
on one side, a door to close the open side, a top board on the casing constituting the

page_text: cover therefor, provided with an opening therein, a chute-box detachably arranged
in the said opening, a tilting bottom in the chute-box, and a lid to cover the top
board of the casing and the chute-box.
2. In a garbage receptacle, an outer casing comprising a rectangular box open
on one side, a door to close the open side, a top board covering the casing, provided
with an opening therein, a chute-box detachably arranged in the said opening, a
tilting bottom in the chute-box, a lid to cover the casing and, the chute-box, and
a track-board hinged to the bottom of the casing and adapted to turn back into the
casing and away from the doors when closed.
3. A garbage receptacle, comprising an outer casing consisting of a rectangular
box, open on one side, doors to close the open side, a top board covering the casing
and provided with openings therein, chute-boxes in the openings, tilting bottoms
in the chute-boxes, a lid to cover the top of the casing and chute-boxes, and a
track-board hinged to the bottom of the casing, and garbage receptacles in the
casing.
4. In a garbage receptacle, the casing A having a top provided with pin-holes
adjacent to its front edge, doors provided with staples or eyes to register with the
said pin-holes, and a lid having pins on its under front edge to pass through the
eyes in the doors and engage in the pin-holes in the casing.
5. The garbage receptacle herein described, comprising a rectangular body
tapering from top to bottom, angle-irons embracing the corners of the body, top
and bottom cross pieces connecting the angle-irons, intermediate cross-pieces, a
circular flauge at the bottom of the body, bails on opposite sides of the body, and a
handle on the bottom of the receptacle, substantially as described.
•
Dated this 27th day of Anal 1007
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.