Improvements in or relating to the Lids or Covers of Bins, Boxes, and other Receptacles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Lids or Covers of Bins, Boxes,
and other Receptacles.
A communication from the Firm of STINGL & NEUMANN, of 32, Laxenburger
Strasse, Vienna, Empire of Austria.
I, FREDERICK SIGISMUND SALBERG of 23 Garlick Hill, Cannon Street, in the
County of Middlesex, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to the lids or covers of boxes bins, night commodes and
the like.
According to the first part of this invention which would chiefly relate to lids or
covers of bins and similar receptacles, one side or part of the lid or cover is
provided with a projecting pivot at one end and a loop at the other; these may
conveniently be made out of one piece of rod upon one end of which the loop is
formed, the rod being attached to the lid in any convenient manner. The box or
receptacle is provided with attachment devices which may take the form of a
looped bracket at one end to receive the pivot pin of the lid and an open bracket
at the other to pass through the loop of the lid. By this means the lid can be
opened and shut easily, the parts operating as a hinge, but by lifting the loop off
the pin of its supporting bracket and withdrawing the pivot from the loop of its
box the lid can be entirely removed.
To prevent the lid from being accidentally or purposely left open I provide any
convenient form of stop to prevent the lid being lifted into or beyond a vertical
plane when it might remain open, or if a spring be used the lid may be opened
further back and the spring will close it. Conveniently the stop may be formed as
a bracket projecting from the box portion of the receptacle so arranged that the
lid when opened rests against it and cannot be moved further than the required
distance; a similar arrangement of spring may be used or a coiled or other spring
of any convenient form may be employed for the purpose.
As it is often desirable to use disinfecting powders or materials with these
receptacles or with the lids thereof I may form the lids with a depression
perforated to allow of the passage of the disinfecting powder to the interior of the
receptacle and cover the depression with a smaller lid which may be fastened by a
bayonet joint or other suitable means, the smaller lid being provided with a knob
or handle by which also the main lid may be lifted when required. With this
arrangement whenever the lid is moved the disinfecting powder would be
precipitated to the interior of the receptacle and these lids may be used for
articles for which they were not specially made, the lid being quite independent of
the box or receptacle and of any suitable shape and size.
Dated this 20th day of December 1894.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to the Lids or Covers of Bins, Boxes,
and other Receptacles.
A communication from the Firm of STINGL & NEUMANN, of 32, Laxenburger
Strasse, Vienna, Empire of Austria.
I, FREDERICK SIGISMUND SALBERG of 23 Garlick Hill, Cannon Street, in the
County of Middlesex, Merchant, 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 the lids or covers of boxes bins, night commodes, slop
pails, and the like and will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which
Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a perspective view and an end elevation of a
box bin or receptacle constructed according to one part of this invention, and
Figures 3 and 4 are respectively a vertical section and a plan of a lid or cover
embodying the improvements constructed according to the second part of the
invention.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
According to the first part of this invention which would chiefly relate to lids
or covers of bins and similar receptacles and, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, one
side or part of the lid or cover A is provided with a projecting pivot B' at one end
and a loop B³ at the other; these may conveniently be made out of one piece of
rod B upon one end of which the loop B is formed, the rod being attached to the
lid A in any convenient manner. The box or receptacle C is provided with
attachment devices which may take the form of a looped bracket E E' at one end
to receive the pivot pin B of the lid A and an open bracket F F at the other to
pass through the loop B³ of the lid as shown clearly in Figure 2. By this means
the lid A can be opened and shut easily, the parts operating as a hinge as shown
in full and dotted lines in Figure 2, but by lifting the loop B' off the pin F¹ of its
supporting bracket F F and withdrawing the pivot pin B' from the loop E¹ of its
bracket E E the lid can be entirely removed.
To prevent the lid from being accidentally or purposely left open I provide any
convenient form of stop to prevent the lid being lifted into or beyond a vertical
plane when it might remain open, or if a spring be used the lid may be opened
further back and the spring will close it. Conveniently the stop G as shown in
Figures 1 and 2, may be formed as a bracket projecting from the receptacle C and
so arranged that the lid A. when opened rests against it and cannot be moved
further than the required distance; a similar arrangement of spring may be used
or a coiled or other spring of any convenient form may be employed for the
purpose.
As it is often desirable to use disinfecting powders or materials with these
receptacles or with the lids thereof I may as shown in Figures 1 and 2 provide the
lid A with a disinfectant container H constructed with a perforated bottom H' in
the manner set forth in my prior Letters Patent No. 10360%, or as shown in
Figures 3 and 4 wherein this part of the invention is represented as applied to a
lid suitable for a w.c. night-commode or other device, I may form the lid A with
a depression I perforated as at 1' to allow of the passage of the disinfecting powder
to the interior of the receptacle over which the lid is placed. Above the
depression I there is provided a smaller or auxiliary lid J which may be fastened
to the principal lid A. by a bayonet joint comprising say the projections K on the
lid A and recesses .J' in the edge of the smaller lid J, or by other suitable means,

page_text: the smaller lid J being provided with a knob or handle J by which it, either
alone, or together with the main lid A may be lifted when required. To maintain
the auxiliary lid J in its central position on the main lid A. ribs or guides L may
be secured to the latter.
With either of the foregoing arrangements, whenever the lid A is moved the
disinfecting powder would be precipitated to the interior of the receptacle.
The lid shown in Figures 3 and 4 is represented as constructed of sheet metal
rolled, stamped or otherwise made to assume an annularly corrugated shape, but it.
may be made in other desired manner and of other suitable form; this lid may be
used for articles for which it was not specially made, the lid being quite
independent of the box or receptacle and of any suitable shape and size.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. The combination with a box bin or receptacle and a lid or cover therefor of
a hinge device such as B¹ B' E' F' for allowing the lid to be connected to or
disconnected from the receptacle substantially as described and illustrated in
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with a box bin or receptacle a lid or cover therefor and a
hinge device such as B' B' E' F¹ of a stop such as G substantially as described and
illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with a lid or cover of a perforated depression such as I I¹
and an auxiliary lid such as J substantially as and for the purpose described and
illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
4. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete lid or
cover substantially as described and illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of the
accompanying drawings.
DL: th of T190