US779051A - Garbage-can. - Google Patents

Description

atented january 3, 1905'.

PATENT Trice.

NICHOLAS N. S. MATCOVITCH, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

GARBAGE-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,051, dated January 3, 1905.

Application ned July 18, 1904. serai No. 217,035.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS N. S. MA'rcovIToH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garbage-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in receptacles for holding garbage or other refuse. Its object is to provide a receptacle and movable support therefor whereby the filled receptacle may be easily lifted to a convenient height and made to dump its contents into the scavengerwagon. without any appreciable manual labor being necessary.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangements of parts, which will be more fully explained by reference to the accom panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation, in partial section, of my apparatus, the dotted lines showing it in dumping position. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the garbage-receptacle. Fig. 3 is a front elevation with portion of front broken away.

A represents my improved garbage can or receptacle, which may be made of any suitable shape, size, or material. Preferably it is of metal and rectangular, with a hinged lid 2 on top and provided with upper and lower hinged doors 3 4 on one side in front. Doory 3 overlaps door 4, and the two may beheld securely closed by any suitable means, as-the hook 5 and staple 6.

The bottom y7 of the receptacle is inclined p rather steeply toward the opening of the doors 3 4. The door 3 is hinged at the top. The door 4 is hinged at the bottom and is adapted to swing downward beyond the horizontal, so as to assume a position more nearly in continuation with 4the incline of bottom 7. The downward movement of door 4 is limited by the rearward projection 8 engaging the bottom of the can.

A false bottom or plate 9 may be provided and arranged to lie flat over the entire bottom 7 when the doors 3 4 are closed and to slide forward and downward by gravity to bridge the space between the bottom of the door and the edge of the can when the doors are open to assist in the quick and easy discharge of the receptacle.

As this receptacle is primarily designed as a mutual convenience to the occupant of the premises on which the can is located and to the one whose duty it is to remove the garbage, I have shown the receptacle as mounted on a vertically-adjustable support or platform 10, whereby the receptacle will ordinarily be on the ground-level, so that stulil can be easily thrown into it, but which can be lifted bodily by mechanical means to a point above the sides of the scavenger wagon or cart to allow the contents of the receptacle when doors 3 4 are opened to dump automatically. Any suitable means may be employed to effect the reciprocation of the platform. For convenience .of illustration I have shown a hydraulic lift comprising a shaft 11, operating in a huid-cylinder 12. The flow to and from the latter may be controlled by a valve operated by the stem 13, extending to a point convenient to the driver of the vehicle.

With a can of this construction and mounted and located as shown in Fig. 1 it is possible for the driver to approach close to the alley-fence, turn the valve by stem 18, lift the platform and can to the right height, and disengage the locking device 5, whereupon the entire contents of the can discharge automatically into the wagon. No manual lifting of heavy loads is necessary on the part of the garbage-man, no need for him to enter the yard, and as the can is not subject to any rough handling it will last indefinitely. When the can has dumped its contents, the plate 9 is pushed back either by taking hold of the handle 14 and closing doors 3 4 or by pulling upon the grip 15, attached to cords 16, whichv latter limit the outward movement of the plate 9. With the plate 9 inside and the doors 3 4 closed the water is let out of cylinder 12 and the can lowered to its normal position.

It is obvious that plate 9 could be dispensed with under some circumstances, as automatic discharge by virtue of the inclined support afforded by the bottom Zand the opened door 4 would follow. The plate is used, however,

Vnot only to prevent line ashes and the like from lodging at the bottom of the door, but

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to give a start to the whole incumbent mass, so that when the further progress of the plate 9 is suddenly arrested by the straightening of cords or chains 16 the momentum obtained by the contents will insure the can being swept clean.

With a closed receptacle of this sort there is no likelihood of foul smells around a place. Being mounted as it is and so easily handled, there is an incentive .to empty it oftener than if in its stead there was a heavy can to be lifted by hand, carried to the wagon, and dumped in the usual unsightly and unsanitary fashion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a garbage-receptacle having a discharge-opening, a member to support the incumbent mass and movable relative to the receptacle and adapted to cover the joint between the receptacle and closure, at one side, a closure for saidopening, and a vertically-reciprocating support for the receptacle for the purpose specified.

2. A garbage-receptacle having an inclined bottom, an inclined member movable thereover and adapted to support the incumbent mass and facilitate the discharge movement thereof, said receptacle having a dischargeopening through which said member is projected.

3. A garbage-receptacle having an inclined bottom, a false bottom movable relative thereto and supporting the incumbent mass, said receptacle having a discharge-opening at the side in the direction of the incline, and a closure for said opening comprising two oppositely-swinging hinged doiors.

4. A garbage-receptacle having an inclined bottom, a reciprocal false bottom slidable thereover and adapted to support the incumbent mass said receptacle having a dischargeopening at the side in the direction of the incline; a closure for said opening including a door hinged at the bottom and arranged to open outward into a line approximately continuous with the inclined bottom, means for limiting the outward movement of said door and an upper door cooperating with said door to completely close the discharge-opening.

5. A garbage-receptacle having an inclined bottom and a discharge-opening at the side in the direction of the incline; a closure for said opening including a door hinged at the bottom and arrangedy to open outward into a line approximately continuous with the inclined bottom, and a false bottom movable across the inclined bottom and adapted to be projected into the discharge-opening when the door is opened, said false bottom inclined approximately in conformity with the incline of the first-named bottom and means for limiting the outward movement of the false bottom.

7. A garbage-receptacle having an inclined bottom and a discharge-opening at the side in the direction of the incline; a closure for said opening including a door hinged at the bottom and arranged to open outward intoaline approximately continuous with the inclined bottom, and a false bottom movable across the inclined bottom and adapted to be projected into the discharge-opening when the door is opened, said false bottom inclined ap'- proximately in conformity with the incline of the first-named bottom and means for limiting the outward movement of the false. bottom, said false bottom comprising a plate normally resting on the false bottom.

8. A garbage-receptacle having an inclined bottom and a discharge-opening at the side in the direction of the incline; a closure for said opening including a door hinged at the bottom and arranged to open outward into a line approximately continuous with the inclined bottom and a false bottom movable across the inclined bottom and adapted to be projected into the discharge-opening when the door is opened, said false bottom inclined approximately in conformity with the incline of the first-named bottom and means for limiting the outward movement of the plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NICHOLAS N. S. MATCOVI'ICH.

Witnesses:

FRANK HERALD, JoHN GRILIoH.

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