US1363122A - Trass-can - Google Patents

Description

A. E. JOSEPHSON.

TRASH CAN.

I ATION FILED JULY 2. I920 Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

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TRASH CAN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. 1920.

1,363,122. Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

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UNITED STATEii rarest orrIcE.

TRASH-CAN.

App1ication filed. July 2, 1920.

T 0 all whom it may 0012 cam Be it known that I, ALEXANDER E. JOSEPH- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baton Rouge, in the parish of East Baton Rouge and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trash-Cans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to trash cans such as are used especially in the city for the cleposit of light trash, such as newspapers, fruit pcelings, peach stones, or the like; and it is intended to provide a cheap, simple and yet attractive looking can, the mouth of which may be kept automatically closed to prevent the swarming of flies, or the rising of offensive odors, and which may be used like a sign post to indicate the intersections of streets, and also for advertising purposes, so that the can will have a material value besides the inherent utility of the device as a receptacle in which to dump trash.

My invention will be more fully understood after reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are indicated by similar reference symbols throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the complete cans constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1, parts being broken away and the advertising matter being omitted.

Fig. 3 shows a section along the line 33 of Fig. 2, and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. at shows a section along the line H of Fig. 3, and looking down; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective'view on a smaller scale of one of the gravity closed doors used in connection with the throat of the can.

A represents the body of the can which is preferably made square or rectangular in cross section, and is provided with beaded edges o. The bottom of the can is preferably closed by a bottom plate A, having its edges bent to form a groove a to receive the lower ends of the side plates forming the outer shell of the can.

Suitable supporting legs B are also provided at the corners of the can, which not only serve to support the can but also to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

Serial No. 393,580.

stiifen same. On the interior of the can I provide suitable hooks C, preferably at the corners, to engage the edges of the mouth of a sack D, which may be made of canvas or other suitable material.

The top of the can is closed by a rectangular cap E, preferably in the form of a truncated pyramid having its upper edges beaded, as at c, to inclose the stiffening wire 6. The lower edges of the sides of this cap are flanged, as at e, to rest on the beaded edges a of the main body of the can. These flanges e are looped so as to inclose the flanges e of the guide plates E which project down into the top of the can, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3, and these guide plates have their bottom edges bent over, as at e to stiffen same.

The throat of the can is rectangular in cross section, and is provided with the side walls E said throat being bent top and bottom. The bottom of the throat is normally closed by the doors F, one of which is shown in detail in Fig. 5. These doors are preferably each formed of a metal plate, having the ears F flanged upward, as at f, and perforated, as at f", to receive the ends of the pivot rods G which are secured on opposite sides of the throat, as shown in Fig. 3.

The outer edge of each door is provided with a counter-poise weight F which will normally tend to keep the inner ends 7 of the doors in the closed position shown in Fig. 3. These inner ends are preferably doubled over, as shown, so as to add the desired stiffnose.

It will be evident that by pressing down on the doors, either with the object to be dropped into the can, or by hand, any ob ject not too large may be dropped into the can and the doors will automatically return to the initial position.

At stated intervals, or whenever desired, the cap E of the can may be removed and the sack D taken out and emptied and reinserted if clean enough, or a new one replaced; or the bag with its contents may be taken away, the bag emptied and washed, and the contents disposed of as desired.

The trash can is especially intended. for use at street corners and for advertising purposes. Thus I have shown the cap as marked with the letters G St. N. VV., on one side, and 8th St. N W., on the other, assuming that the can is placed at the intersection of 8th and G streets, N. while the sides of the can may be used to bear advertising signs of any suitable kind, such,

for instance, as Use Venus soap, or Can in its use as a slgn post, suitable indices,

such as the arrows m and y, see Fig. 1, may be used to show how the parts are to be assembled.

It will be seen that the operative parts of the door are entirely screened from injury, being held in the chamber in the cap, and the ends of the doors only project acrossthe bottom of: the throat and normally keep the throat of the receptacle closed, but the doors will readily yield when it is desired to insert any object in the receptacle. Thus the can will be effectually closed under normal conditions.

The construction of the cap causes the same to be rigid and durable, and the cap is not likely to become so bent or distorted as not to fit snugly on and cover the top of the can.

There is nothing unseemly or objectionable as to the appearance of the can, and its contents are screened from the eyes of the passerby, so that the can may be a matter of attractiveness rather than an eyesore, as is commonly the case with receptacles of this kind.

By having the top of the can more or less constricted the amount of rain or snow that falls in the same would be comparatively small. If desired suitable drain holes may be provided in the bottom plate A and sack to carry ofi any water that falls into the can.

It will be obvious that various modifications might be made in the herein described device, and in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts which could be used without departing from the spirit of my invention; and I do not mean to limit the invention to such details except as particularly pointed out in the claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A trash can comprising a rectangular body portion provided with hooks on the interior thereof adapted to engage a bag, and a removable rectangular cap portion in the form of a truncated pyramid provided with a flange adapted to rest on the top of said body portion and with guide plates below said flange adapted to project into said body portion, throat walls provided in said cap, forming a vertically disposed passage therethrough, pivot rods secured to the exterior of opposite walls of said throat, and a pair of doors pivoted in said cap, each door being made of a single plate having its sides bent to form parallel stiiiening wings, with perforations in said wings engaging the ends of said pivot rods, and each door having a counterweight adapted to normally retain said door in the position for closing said throat, substantially as described.

2. A trash can comprising a rectangular body portion, and a removable rectangular cap portion in the form of a truncated pyramid provided with a flange adapted to rest on the top of said body portion and with guide plates below said flange adapted to project into said body portion, throat walls provided in said cap, forming a vertically disposed rectangular passage therethrough, pivot rods secured to the exterior of opposite walls ofsaid throat, and a pair of doors pivoted in said cap, each door being made of a single plate having its sides bent to form parallel stiffening wings, with perforations in said wings engaging the ends or said pivot rods, and each door having a counterweight adapted to normally retain said door in the position for closing said throat, substantially as described.

ALEXANDER E. J OSEPHSON.

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