Improvements in Dust Bins.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left 19th June 1891-Accented 8th Aug. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dust Bins.
I, WILLIAM HENRY LINDSAY, of 11 Temple Street, Bristol, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention I provide the dust bin with a hopper whose mouth
is divided into two by a partition to the top of which is pivotted a flap. By turning
this flap to one side or the other the material introduced into the hopper can be
directed to either half of its mouth and is delivered into different receptacles.
Thus when refuse is put into the bin the flap is moved say to the right and the
refuse falls directly into a box. Again when ashes are put in, the flap is moved
to the left and the ashes fall into a wire screen which is revolved by a handle out-
side the bin and the dust falls into the above mentioned box for the refuse but the
cinders travel along the screen and drop into another box. At the upper end of the
screen there is a screw which feeds the ashes into it.
Both the boxes are provided with handles so that they can be drawn out and
emptied. At the top of the bin there is a door which can be opened to clean the
screen.
In some cases a box or can of disinfecting powder or fluid can be added so that
when the flap is moved from side to side a small quantity of disinfectant is dropped
into the refuse box.
The bin is preferably made of galvanized sheet iron.
Dated the 17 1
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W. H. LINDSAY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dust Bins.
I, WILLIAM HENRY LINDSAY, of 11 Temple Street, Bristol, 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:-
According to this invention I provide the dust bin with a hopper whose mouth
is divided into two by a partition to the top of which is pivotted a flap. By turning
this flap to one side or the other the material introduced into the hopper can be
directed to either half of its mouth and is delivered into different receptacles.
Thus when refuse is put into the bin the flap is moved say to the right and the
refuse falls directly into a box. Again when ashes are put in, the flap is moved to
the left and the ashes fall into a wire screen which is revolved by a handle outside
the bin and the dust falls into the above mentioned box for the refuse but the
cinders travel along the screen and drop into another box. At the upper end of the
screen there is a screw which feeds the ashes into it.
Both the boxes are provided with handles so that they can be drawn out and
emptied. At the top of the bin there is a door which can be opened to clean the
screen.
In some cases a box or can of disinfecting powder or fluid can be added so that
when the flap is moved from side to side a small quantity of disinfectant is dropped
into the refuse box.
The bin is preferably made of galvanized sheet iron,

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, Figure 2 is an end elevation, and Figure 3 is a
section, through the line a-y Figure 2, of the bin.
The flap A divides the hopper B into two parts, when refuse is put into the
hopper B the flap A is turned to the right and the refuse falls into the box C.
When ashes are put into the hopper B the flap A is turned to the left and the
ashes fall down the shoot D and are fed into the screen E by the screw F. The
screen E is revolved from the outside by the handle G, the dust falling into the
box C and the ashes into the box H.
The boxes C and H are provided with handles I I' and K respectively so that
they can easily be drawn out and emptied.
At the top of the bin there is a door L which can be opened to clean the
sieve.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. A dust bin provided with a hopper whose mouth is divided into two parts
by a partition to the top of which is pivotted a flap so that when the flap is
turned to one side the refuse falls into a box and when the flap is turned to
the other side ashes or similar materials are directed onto a screen, substantially as
described.
2. A dustbin provided with a hopper whose mouth is divided into two parts
by a partition to the top of which is pivotted a flap so that when the flap is
turned to one side the refuse falls into a box and when the flap is turned to the
other side ashes or similar materials are directed onto a screen, the dust being
deposited in the same box as the refuse and the larger portions into another box,
substantially as described.
3. A dust bin substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
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