An Improved Street Orderly Bin or Refuse Receptacle.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1891-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Street Orderly Bin or Refuse Receptacle.
I, SAMUEL GEORGE DICKSOx of Elizabeth Street North, in the City of
Melbourne and Colony of Victoria, Pattern Maker, 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 an improved street orderly bin or refuse receptacle
preferably arranged below the level of the footpath and which has a hinged top
flush with the footpath when closed, consequently the bin or receptacle is out of
sight and presents no obstruction to the traffic. The receptacle or bin proper is
constructed of sheet metal and is arranged within a suitable metal casing or in a
shallow well constructed of brickwork, masonry, or other suitable material, and it
may either be removable from the well or be connected by hinges or pivots to its
top frame. In the latter case, when the bin is overturned, its contents are
preferably discharged to a movable pan laid in the street gutter or channel,
adjacent to which latter I prefer to arrange my invention.. If the bin be
removable, from the well, it is furnished with handles to enable it to be lifted out
and its contents emptied direct to the dust cart. The top or cover of the bin or
receptacle I prefer to construct in two parts hinged together, the front and smaller
part being nearer the channel and the larger part hinged to the back part of the
cover frame. The top surface of the cover may have diagonal grooves formed in
it or it may be in the form of a grating either of which forms will prevent
pedestrians slipping whilst walking over it. The object of constructing the door
or cover in two parts is to allow the front smaller part to be opened for filling the bin
whilst for emptying or removing it, the whole of the door may be lifted up or be
opened. The door may be furnished with a suitable lock to prevent its being
mischievously opened and so possibly causing accidents, and the well is, when
practicable, furnished with a small drain pipe leading to a sewer.
Referring to the accompanying drawings which illustrate in what manner my
invention may be carried into practical effect :-
Figure 1 is a top plan of my improved street orderly bin or refuse receptacle,
shewing its front smaller door broken away at one outer corner to exhibit the
hinge connection of the inner bin.
Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section through the centre of the orderly bin
or receptacle as arranged below the footpath and beside the channel, and shewing
the movable pan into which the hinged bin discharges its contents; and also, in
dotted lines, the altered positions of the two part door and the hinged bin.
Figure 3 is a transverse section on line a a Figure 2; and
Figure 4 a perspective view of my invention with the front smaller door open.
A is a metal box or casing arranged with its top or cover A' A' flush with the
footpath, and with the outer end beside the channel. (If desired this box may
be substituted by a well built of brickwork or other suitable material.)
The back larger part A' of the cover is hinged at A A³ to the back part of the
casing or to a cover frame, the front and smaller part A' of the cover being hinged
at AA to the back cover A'. A' is the hole for the key to lock the cover
down. B is the bin proper, preferably constructed of sheet metal, and shewn
hinged at B' B' to the front corners of the metal box A under the front cover A¹.
The top angle iron bar of the bin B rests, while in its sunk casing A, on ledges A
projecting from the inner sides of A, and the back end of the bin is curved to
allow it to pass through the top opening of the box or well. C is the movable pan
into which the contents of the bin B may be discharged when it is overturned as
shewn by the dotted lines in Figure 2. When the bin B is to be removable from

page_text: the well or box A. as hereinbefore described, the hinges B¹ B' are dispensed with.
E is the
D is the drain pipe leading from the well A to an underground sewer.
footpath and F the gutter or channel.
When the bin is of the construction shewn in the drawings, the refuse from the
street is placed in it by the street orderlies through the front smaller part A' of
the cover, and when the bin is full and is required to be emptied, the dustman
places the movable pan C in the channel in front of the bin, and opens up both
parts AA, of the cover, then upon the bin being overturned, its contents are
discharged into the pan C. The bin is. then returned to within the well, and the
doors are closed and locked down and the dustman empties the. contents of the
pan C into his cart and carries the pan to the next orderly bin or receptacle where
the process is repeated. If the bin be a removable one, it is lifted from the well
and its contents emptied direct into the cart, after which the bin is again placed in
the well. 1
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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. A bin or receptacle arranged in a well below the footpath and preferably
beside the channel, such well being furnished with a double hinged cover which is
flush with said footpath, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The combination of a metal well or casing having a two part hinged cover
with an inner bin or receptacle which is. hinged to the front part of the said well,
substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by my drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of September. A.D. 1891.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.