IMPROVEMENTS IN RECEPTACLES FOR MANURE AND OTHER REFUSE COLLECTED FROM THE STREETS or Towns
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Jonas, of No. 155, Fenchurch Street, in the City of
London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN RECEPTACLES FOR MANURE
AND OTHER REFUSE COLLECTED FROM THE STREETS or Towns."
Sealed the 29th September 1877, and dated the 12th April 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Jonas at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th April 1877.
"IMPROVE-
JOHN JONAS, of No. 155, Fenchurch Street, in the City of London.
MENTS IN RECEPTACLES FOR MANURE AND OTHER REFUSE COLLECTED FROM THE
STREETS OF TOWNS."
The object of the Invention is to provide a convenient receptacle, and one that is
not an obstruction to traffic, for receiving manure collected from the streets of
towns. For this purpose I place at intervals, beneath the footways of a street, boxes,
cach covered by a lid, level with and forming part of the surface of the footway,
whilst the front of the box is level with the front edge or curb of the footway.
Where the front of the box projects above the roadway it has in it an opening,
through which manure as collected can be deposited. Narrow slits or openings are
formed in the bottom of the box, so that any liquid may pass from the box to a drain
below. Four or other number of loose rectangular or other shaped buckets, made
partially of perforated metal or wove wire, are placed within the street box above
mentioned, so that the manure collected may readily be transferred to carts to be
conveyed away, as when the lid of the box is raised the buckets can be lifted and
emptied one by one.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Jonas in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th October
1877.
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JOHN JONAS, of No. 155, Fenchurch Street, in the City of London. IMPROVE-
MENTS IN RECEPTACLES FOR MANURE AND OTHER REFUSE COLLECTED FROM THE
STREETS OF TOWNS."

page_text: The object of the Invention is to provide a convenient receptacle, and one that is
not an obstruction to traffic, for receiving manure collected from the streets of
towns. For this purpose I place at intervals, beneath the footways of a street,
boxes, cach covered by a lid, level with and forming part of the surface of the foot-
way, whilst the front of the box is level with the front edge or curb of the footway.
Where the front of the box projects above the roadway it has in it an opening through
which manure as collected can be deposited. Narrow slits or openings are formed
in the bottom of the box, so that any liquid may pass from the box to a drain
below. Four or other number of loose rectangular or other shaped buckets, made
partially of perforated metal or wove wire, are placed within the street box above
mentioned, so that the manure collected may readily be transferred to carts to be
conveyed away, as when the lid of the box is raised the buckets can be lifted and
emptied one by one.
In order that my said Invention may be most fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a receptacle or bin for street refuse, constructed
and arranged according to my Invention; Figure 2 is a plan; Figure 3, an horizontal
section; Figure 4, a side elevation; Figure 5, a front elevation; and Figure 6, a
vertical section of the same. The section in Figure 6 is taken on the line 1, 1,
in Figure 3.
The apparatus consists of a cast-iron box partially sunk in the ground at the edge
of the foot pavement, so that its lid or cover when closed down comes flush with
the surface of the foot pavement, whilst its side forins a continuation of the curb,
and here in the side there is an opening for the introduction of the refuse into the
receptacle or bin. To facilitate cimptying, the interior is occupied by pails or receivers,
which can be lifted out separately. In the receptacle or bin shown in this Drawing
four of these pails or receivers are represented; their bottoms are formed of open-
work or perforated material, through which liquid can freely pass. The bottom of
the receptacle or bin is also perforated, and beneath it a connection with a drain is
forined. The lid of the receptacle or bin is roughened, so that foot passengers may
not be liable to slip upon it; the lid is also provided with a simple fastening.
On Sheet 2 of the Drawings another receptacle or bin for street refuse is repre-
sented; it differs from that already described in that it is of smaller size, and
contains but two pails or receivers.
Bins for receiving sand to be used for sanding the streets in slippery weather may
be similarly constructed and arranged.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I would have it understood that I claim, the construction and
arrangement of receptacles for manure and other street refuse, substantially as herein
shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Jonas, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.