US1792356A - Receptacle - Google Patents

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R. E. BOISEAU Feb. 10, 1931.

RECEPTAGLE Filed Sept 19, 1929 mMam flba 1196a a ATTORNEY tom of the receptacl Patented Feb. 10, 193 1 I UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE RECEPTAGLE Application filed September This invention relates to receptaclei and more particularly to a receptacle which may be employed to receive waste paper, trash, soiled liuen,-etc., and which receptacle will -5 be of such construction that it will serve as a means for concealing from View cuspidors, garbage cans, and other receptacles, so that such receptacles may be used in any home or ofiice without their presence being apparent. v

Anotherobject of the invention is to provide a receptacle including a hollow cylindrical body and a bottom, in combination with means for supporting the bottom at various. elevations within the body so that such other receptacles as may be temporarily housed within the portion of the body of the waste paper and trash receptacle in the spacebelow the bottom, maybe accommodated, regardless of their height, by adj u'stv inent of the said bottom.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specificall c aim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which,:

Figure lis a top plan view of the receptacle embodying [the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical diametric sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated the arrows.

Figure 3' is a/perspective view of the bot- The receptacleproper is indicated, in the drawing, by the numeral 1 and may be made of wire,'rattan, fibre, straw,-wood, metal or any other material suitable for the purpose.

The" body is of hollow cylindrical form, in itself and is open at both its upper 'and'lower ends. However, in accordance with the pres: ent invention, a bottom indicated in general by the numeral-2 is rovided, and this hot- 5 tom may be made of s eet metal or any other positions of elevation within th y pointed out in-the appended 19,1929. Serial No. 398,768.

suitable material and is ofthe same diameter as the body 1, being circular in form and made of sheet metal or the like, and so formed that its upper side will be dished or of shallow conical, form meral 3, for a made clear.

In order that the bottom 2 ported for. adjustment to ass as indicated by the nupurpose which will presently be may be supume different e body 1 of the receptacle proper, the said bottom 2 is formed at its periphery with :1 depending circumscribing flange 4 and, as will be observed by reference to Figure 2 of the draw- .ing, this flange is adapted to fit relatively 'snugly within the body 1, so that the'said bottom will be supported in a substantial manner. For the purpose of supporting thev bottom 2 at different elevations,- three or more vertical series of studs or lugs 5 are provided upon the inner surface of the body 1 at the lower portion thereof and the number of studs or lugs ineach series and the spacing 'of the studs of all of the series is uniform. -'Ihe flange; is formed at equi-distantly spaced points in its circumference, corre sponding in number with the number of studs or lugs 5, with vertically extending slots 6, the slots opening at their lower ends thru the bottom 2 substantially at the line .of

juncture of theupper portion of the flange 4 with the periphery of the bottom. Each slot 6 is provided with a branch 7 extendin'g'at right angles to the slot and communicating with and extending from one side wall of the respective slot.

It will now be evident that the bottom 2 may be inserted into the body of the receptacle "1 and the slots'6 brought into registration with the uppermost studs or lugs 5 whereupon the bottom 2 may be slidably adjusted to as sum e' any desired position of elevation within the saidbody, and at this time, corresponding studs or l ngs, of the several series, being in engagement in the slots-6 in the flange of the bottom, the botto'mmaybe located so as to effectfengagement of'the'studs or lugs in the branches 7 of the said slots, and at the v same time, the bottom will be securely held and supported within the body 1 at thev de- .sired elevation. Inasmuch as the u per ends of the slots 6 extend through the Body 2% their upper ends, substantially at the juncture of the uppered e of the flange 4 with the 5 bottom 3, it will e possible to adjust the bottom within the body 1 by movement in either an upward direction or a downward direction, the engagement of the studs 5 in the branches 7 of the notches 6, constituting 10 means whereby the bottom is held in different positions of adjustment.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 2 of the drawing, the numeral 8 indicates a cuspidor which is arranged upon the floor surface upon which the lower end of the body 1 is disposed to rest and it will be understood by reference to this view, that any moisture which may accumulate upon the dished surface of the bottom 2 may be shifted by way 2 of a drain opening 9 formed centrally in the bottom 2, therefore if as illustrated, forexample, in Figure 2 of the drawing, the receptacle 1 is employed for the temporary support ofumbrellas, and the cuspidor is the object which it is desired to conceal fromview, the drain opening '9, being located at the center of the said body, will be positioned so as to discharge the accumulated moisture into the cuspidor or other receptacle.

3 It will be evident at this point, that the bottom 2 will be adjusted as low as practicable in consonance with the character of the receptacle 8, and that when it is desired to gain access to the receptacle 8, this 'may be accomplished by merely lifting the body 1 from the position shown in Figure 2 and until its lower end has cleared the upper end of the receptacle 8.

From the foregoing description of the in- 40 vention it will be seen that thereis rovided a receptacle which may be employe in various ways to receive waste or soiled material without the receptacle 8 being exposed to view.

What I claim is In a device of the class described, a hollow cylindrical body having a series of studs or lugs projections from its inner side, a bottom for the body having a central opening 0 therein surrounded by a drain spout opening, and vmeans for supporting the bottom Within the body of the receptacle at different elevations, in accordance with the depth of the receptacle to be housed within the space within the said body below the said bottom,

the said means comprising a flange depending from the bottom and provided with slots iii) 1which the projections or lugs are engagea e.

so In testimony whereof I aflix m signature.

RICHARD E. B ISEAU.

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