Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1887
Complete Left, 6th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th Apr., 1888
This Invention relates to certain improvements in or applicable to dustbins and
analogous receptacles, the special object of the Invention being to apply thereto
suitable means of automatically deodorising or disinfecting the interior or contents
thereof.
To this end the Invention consists essentially in adapting or applying to the lid or
cover of the dust bin or analogous receptacle means of containing and distributing
disinfecting or deodorising powders or compounds, which are automatically distributed
within and on the contents of the dust-bin or receptacle by the act of opening
and closing the lid thereof such as when requiring to deposit further material
thereinto.
In carrying the Invention into effect, I prefer to construct the lid with a guiding
chamber opening to within the dustbin, and serving for containing the holder of the
deodorizing or disinfecting powder or compound, which former preferably consists of
a cylindrical or tubular container circumferentially perforated for the escape of its
contents, its one end being of a closed formation, and its other end of an open
formation and adapted with a removable cap for permitting of renewal of the contents,
and its ends or other suitable parts may be provided with projecting flanges for
facilitating its rolling action. The container may be made of metal or of any suitable
material and of any required diameter and length, and the said guiding chamber may
also be made of the whole width and length of the lid or cover of the dustbin or of
any less size.
The operation of the improved device is that as the lid is raised above a horizontal
position and lowered to its usual inclined position in a usual manner, the container of
the disinfecting or deodorizing powder or compound is automatically rolled over the
interior of the dustbin, and at each such movement distributes a portion of its contents
thereover which is effective in obtaining the object of the Invention.
Dated this 6th are of Jun 1997
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Applicable to Dust-bins and Analogous
Receptacles.
I, WALTER JAMES MCMULLEN, of East Dulwich, in the County of Surrey, Clerk,
do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 certain improvements in or applicable to dust-bins and
other receptacles for refuse, impurities or offensive matter, having hinged or
equivalently connected lids, tops or covers which require to be raised to deposit such
materials thereinto and to get at the interior thereof, the special object of the
Invention being to apply to the lids, tops or covers of such receptacles suitable
means of automatically deodorizing or disinfecting the interior or contents of the
latter.
To this end, the Invention consists, essentially, in adapting or applying to the
movable lid, top or cover of the dust-bin or other receptacle as aforesaid, means of
containing and distributing disinfecting or deodorizing powders or compounds, which
are automatically distributed within and on the contents of the.dust-bin or receptacle
by the act of opening and closing the lid, top or cover thereof, such for instance as
when depositing further rubbish or material thereinto or otherwise as hereinafter
referred to.
The Invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawings as applied to a dust-bin,
Fig. 1 representing a section thereof from front to back, and Fig. 2. representing
section thereof from side to side, through the line, a, b.
In carrying the Invention into effect, it is preferred to construct the lid, top or
cover, 3, of the dust-bin or other receptacle, 4, with a chamber, 5, which is open
towards the interior of the dustbin, and is turned inwards and upwards at the bottom
or at a lower part of its sides, as at, 6, or is otherwise equivalently formed or provided
to receive and guide the holder, 7, of the deodorizing or disinfecting powder.or
compound. The said holder is preferably made of a cylindrical formation, and is
circumferentially perforated as at, 8, to permit of the escape of portions of its contents
as it rolls over as hereinafter referred to; its one end, 9, is of a closed formation, and
its other end is of an open formation and is fitted with a removable cap, 10, for
permitting of renewal of the contents as required, and which cap may be secured, for
the time being, to the container, 7, so as to be prevented from working loose there-
from, by being screwed thereto or secured thereto by a bayonet-joint or by pins, 11,
projecting from the holder and entering L-formed slots, 12, formed in the rim of the
cap, as represented, and both of which ends of the holder or container or other
required parts of its length may be formed or provided with projecting flanges, 13,
for facilitating its rolling action, and which are entered into the said guiding parts, 6,
and are guided thereby, as required, in all their rolling movements.

page_text: The said chamber, 5, may be made of the whole width and length of the movable
lid, top or cover, 3, of the dust-bin or other said receptacle, or it may be made of any
required less width or extent, and the said container, 7, may be made of sheet-iron or
of any other suitable metal or material and of any required diameter and length.
The operation of the improved device is that as the lid of the said receptacle is
raised from its normal position, as for instance that shown in full lines in Fig. 1.
above a horizontal position, vide the position of the lid represented in dotted lines in
Fig. 1. and again lowered to its said normal position, in a usual manner, in opening
and closing the lid, the said container, 7, of the deodorizing or disinfecting powder or
compound, at each of such movements automatically rolls along the said guideways, 6,
and over the interior of the dust-bin, and at each such movement distributes a portion
of its contents therein, which is effective in obtaining the object of the Invention.
The said holder, 7, may conveniently be applied to and removed from the guiding
chamber through an opening, 14, made in the chambered lid, and which opening is
normally closed by a flanged lid or flap, 15, hinged to the lid proper at, 16, and
secured when closed down by a button or like means, 17.
It is obvious that projecting catches or other means of any suitable nature may be
provided for causing the said container or holder, 7, to be detained at either or both
ends of its traverse so long as required, so that in such case it would not be operated
at each opening and closing movement of the lid, but only when required to be
operated and when released from such detaining devices.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The application to hinged or equivalently connected lids, tops or covers of dust-
bins and other receptacles for refuse, impurities or offensive matter, of means for
containing and automatically distributing deodorizing or disinfecting powders or
compounds within and on the contents of such receptacles, substantially as herein-
before described.
2. The means hereinbefore described for attaining such object, the same consisting
essentially of a chambered lid hinged or equivalently connected to the said receptacle,
so formed or adapted as to support and guide the holder of the deodorizing or
disinfecting powders or compounds, (and if required to detain it as long as required"
at each or either end of its traverse,) and with a covered opening permitting of its
removal and replacement, in combination with a rolling container of such powders or
compounds adapted to be supported by and to roll along such guideways and
circumferentially perforated to permit of the escape of its contents at its said rolling
movements, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1888
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.