US1211305A - Garbage-receptacle. - Google Patents

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L'E. FEHRENKAMP & L. A. SMALLHELD.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

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GARBAGE RECEPTACLE.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed July 12, 1915. Serial No. 39,242.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN EDWARD FEHRENKAMP and Lotus A. SMALLFIELD, citizens of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county .of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Garbage- Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in garbage receptacles.

The object of our invention isto provide a garbage receptacle which is sanitary, which can be readily filled and as easily emptied and restored to its receiving position, and which may be reliably retained in the receiving position by'the weight of the material contained therein.

Our invention further provides means for preventing any one but an authorized person removing the contents from the receptacle.

Our invention provides still further novel means for covering, the receptacle.

The novel features of our invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates thepreferred embodiment of our invention, Figure 1 i's'a front elevation of our improved garbage receptacle shown attached to a fence, the container being shown in the receiving position. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view, showing the container in the receiving position, the cover being shown in solid lines in the closed position, and in dotted lines in the raised position. Fig. 4 is a central vertical sectional view, showing the container in the tilted discharge position.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

1 designates a supporting frame, preferably rectangular and adapted to be secured to one side of a fence 2, which is provided with a hole 3 which the frame encircles. In the drawing the frame 1 is shown secured to the inner side of the fence.

A garbage container 4, preferably of V shape is pivoted, adjacent to where its front and rear converging sides intersect, by means of a horizontal bar 5 which has its ends mounted in the frame 1. The sides of the container 4 at their upper edges are, preferably arcuate so as to fit in the arcuate under side of a cover 6, the forward edge of at its rear side and ends adapted to embrace the container 4 when the cover is closed and the container is in the receiving position, shown in solid lines in Fig. 3. The axis or bar 5 is disposed, preferably, forward of the center of gravity of the container 4, when the latter is in the receiving position, whereby the weight of the contents of the container will tend to retain the latter in the upright position. When in this position the forward side of-the container will be substantially vertical, and the bar 5 will be adj acent to the plane of the. said forward side.

The container 4 is adapted to be swung from the receiving position shown in Fig. 3 to the tilted position shown in Fig. 4, in which latter position the forward side of the container-4 will incline forwardly and downwardly, thereby permitting the con tents to be dumped automatically. For limiting. the downward movement of the container 4, it has secured to .its vertical sides respectively the arms ofa U-shaped stop member 8, the transverse portion of said member being provided with lateral extensions 9, Fig. 2, which are adapted to strike the rear side of the frame 1, when the container 4 is in the tilted position shown in Fig. 4. For limiting the upward and rearward movement of the container 4, it' has secured to its forward side, adjacent to the upper end thereof, a transverse handle 10, the ends of which extend beyond the container 4, as shown in Fig. 1,. and are adapted to strike the forward side of the frame 1. The handle 10 also serves as a means of grasping the container for the purpose of swinging it to and fro.

The frame 1 at the upper side of its opening is provided with a transverse forwardly extending guard 11, which extends beyond the forward side of the container 4, when the latter is in the receiving position shown in Fig. 3. The guard serves to prevent water from rains running into the container.

When garbage is to be dumped into the container, the cover 6 is swung to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The cover may then be swung to the closed position shown in solid lines in said figure, in which position it will be retainedby gravity.

The container, if desired, may be releasably locked in the receiving position, shown in Fig. 8, so as to prevent unauthorized per sons swinging the container to the tilted position, for the purpose of mischievously dumping the garbage on the ground, or for the purpose of taking the garbage away. In the drawing we have shown a locking mechanism comprising a hasp 12 pivoted to the central portion of the handle 10 and adapted to engage a horizontal plate 13 secured to the guard 11, the hasp having a transverse slot 14% for receiving said plate,

the plate being provided with a hole 15 adapted to receive the hasp of a padlock 16, Figs. 1 and 3.

For limiting the downward swinging of the cover 6, opposite flanges 7 may have respectively secured to them angle members 17 which are adapted to strike the rear side of the frame 1, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

If desired the container 4, adjacent to its lower end, may be provided with one or more openings 18, through which water held in the container 4 may pass.

An authorized person having a key to the padlock 16 may remove said padlock and detach the hasp 12 from the plate 13, after which, by grasping the handle 10, he may swing the container 4 outwardly to the tilted position shown in Fig. 4:, thereby discharging the contents therefrom. He will then swing the container to the upright receiving position shown in Fig. 3, rengage the hasp 12 with the plate 13 and replace the padlock at the outer side of the hasp.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the garbage may be deposited in the container and removed therefrom without the garbage collector being required to come into the yard. The garbage will be kept free from flies, and the container will, in the receiving position, close the hole 3 in the fence 2. p If the locking mechanism above described is not kept locked, the container 4 will, nevertheless, be held by gravity in the receiving position.

We do not limit our invention to the structure shown and described, as modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of our invention.

What we claim is y In a garbage receptacle, a frame adapted to be secured to one side of a fence and to encircle a hole provided therefor in the fence, and having at itsupper end a horizontal guard adapted to extend through the hole in the fence, a garbage container hinged to the lower portion of the frame and adapt ed to be swung from an upright position through said hole to an inclined discharge position, a cover hinged to the upper portion of the frame and adapted to cover the container when the latter is in the upright position, and means for releasably locking the container to said guard in the upright position, the guard extending beyond the forward side of the container, when the latter is in the upright position.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification.

JOHN EDWARD FEHRENKAMP. LOUIS A. SMALLFIELD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Batents, Washingtoml) G.

It is hereby certified that the name of the assignee in Letters Patent No. 1,211,305, granted January 2, 1917, upon the application of John Edward Fehrenkamp and Louis A. Smallfield, of Kansas City, Missouri, for an improvement in Garbage-Receptacles, was erroneously given as John Edward Fehrenkamp, whereas said Louis A. Smallfield is owner of the entire right, title, and interest, as and that the said Letters shown by the records of assignments in this ofiiee;

Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to vthe record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 6th day of March, A. D., 1917.

[SEAL-1 F. W. H. CLAY;

Acting Commissioner of Patents. C1. 220119.

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