Improvements in or relating to Dustbins, Dust Carts, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Dustbins, Dust Carts, and the like.
I, FREDERICK SIGISMUND SALBERG, of 92 Great Tower Street in the
City of London, 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 application of disinfectants to dustbins dust carts
and similar receptacles and may be carried out as follows:-
I construct a chamber which may be applied to the dust cart dustbin or other
receptacle, the chamber comprising the following parts, which will be best understood
by reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a vertical cross section showing the chamber in a state of rest and
Figure 2 is a similar view of the chamber during the application of dust or other
refuse.
Like letters represent like parts in both figures.
The receiving chamber A consists of ends or end plates A' which may be connected
by bars B or other framework any suitable material being employed in the
construction, say for example wood or wood and iron. C are lids hinged to the
centre bar B and resting upon the side bars B and adapted to be opened or closed
as indicated in dotted lines on the right hand side of Figure 1. D are doors
pivotted or hinged at D₁ to a plate E or fixed portion of the framing so as to be
capable of turning as indicated on the right hand side of Figure 2, the springs For
balance weights serving to keep these doors in their normal position as shown in
Figure 1 where their lower ends D2 are in contact with the fixed bars or ledges G
whose upper faces are inclined inwards and downwards to facilitate the introduction
of the refuse. When the refuse is tipped into the chamber it falls upon one of the
doors D and the ledge G opening the door by its weight as shown on the right hand
side in Figure 2 and falling through the opening which is provided in the interior
of the cart or other receptacle; after the refuse has fallen through, the door closes
again under the influence of the spring F. The receiving chamber A is open at
both sides so that dust can be tipped through either side.
Above the doors D are flaps H hinged or pivotted at H' to the central bar B and
retained in their normal position shown in Figure 1 by the spring I which operates
upon the flaps H in a similar manner to the spring F upon the doors D. These
flaps H which may be arranged to close by their own weight carry vessels J con-
taining the supply of disinfectant preferably in the form of powder, the vessels
being carried by the flaps in any suitable manner, two forms being shown in the
drawings; on the left hand side of the drawings the vessels J are shown directly
attached to the flaps and move with them while on the right hand side they are
shown as indirectly connected with the flaps H by the attachment rods K pivotted
to the flap at K', the other end K' being supported in a fixed eye-bolt or equi-
valent K. In either case or with such other attachment as may be adopted the
opening of the flaps H when the doors D turn on their pivots causes some of the
disinfectant material to fall through the perforated bottom J¹ of the vessel J on to
the outside of the door D, whence it slides down on to the refuse or the disin-
fectant may be discharged directly on to the refuse. Any desired number of the
vessels J may be employed or a single one may extend the whole length of the
receiving chamber; they may be carried upon the flaps H or the flaps H may be
dispensed with and the vessels J connected directly or indirectly with the
doors D. However it is preferred to employ the flaps H so as to prevent dust

page_text: or dirt entering by the top of the doors D and so escaping the application of the
disinfectant.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In apparatus for receiving or transmitting dust or refuse the combination
with a receiving chamber such as A of self-closing doors D and a disinfectant
supply device operated by or in conjunction with the said doors substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. In apparatus for receiving or transmitting dust or refuse the combination
with self-closing doors such as D of flaps such as H and disinfectant supply
vessels J substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In apparatus for receiving or transmitting dust or refuse the combination
with a receiving chamber such as A of self-closing doors such as D flaps such as H
operated by the said doors and disinfectant supply vessels such as J the whole
constructed and operating substantially as described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
4. In apparatus for receiving or transmitting dust or refuse the combination
and arrangement of parts constituting the complete receiving chamber substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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F. S. SALBERG.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.