GB2147796A

GB2147796A - A waste bin provided with a mounting device

Info

Publication number: GB2147796A
Application number: GB08420895A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Dieter Achenbach; Hartmut Scheidt
Original assignee: Loh Hailo Werk GmbH
Current assignee: Loh Hailo Werk GmbH
Priority date: 1983-08-16
Filing date: 1984-08-16
Publication date: 1985-05-22
Also published as: FR2550698A1; NL8402417A; GB8420895D0; DE3329471C1

Abstract

A mounting device for a waste bin is attachable to a lateral wall of a cupboard panel, more particularly a kitchen cupboard, said device being pivotally mountable on the lateral wall by means of two securing brackets (23, 24), Fig. 1. The removal of the waste bin (10) from the device is facilitated, in that the device comprises a vertical support column (20) which has, at its lower end, a supporting arm (21) which supports the base (12) of the waste bin (10). The upper end of the support column (20) is in the form of an arcuate support member (30), Fig. 3, which has a collar or web (31) extending upwardly. The waste bin (10) is correspondingly provided, at its opening, with a downwardly open mounting edge (11) which receives the collar or web (31) of the support member (30). <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION A waste bin provided with a retaining means.

The present invention relates to a waste bin and retaining means which is securable to a lateral wall of a cupboard panel, more particularly a kitchen cupboard, said retaining means being pivotally mountable on the lateral wall by means of two securing brackets.

In known arrangements, the retaining means for the waste bin is in the form of a container into which the waste bin is fitted, as shown in German Offenlegungsschrift No. 1 917 685.

In this known arrangement, the provision of a container for receiving the waste bin means that the retaining means is expensive and, in addition, it is awkward to extract the waste bin since the waste bin has to be lifted out of the container.

The present invention seeks to provide a waste bin with a retaining means which is simple and which is easily mountable and secures the waste bin in position, yet the waste bin can be more easily removed from such retaining means.

According to the present invention there is provided a waste bin and retaining means, which is attachable, in use, to a lateral wall of a cupboard panel, said retaining means being pivotally mounted on two securing brackets securable to said wall, wherein the retaining means comprises a vertical support column which has, at its lower end, a supporting arm for supporting the base of a waste bin, the upper end of the support column being in the form of an arcuate support member which is concave in relation to the waste bin and has a circular collar or web extending upwardly, and the waste bin being provided, at its opening, with a downwardly open edge lip which receives the collar or web of the support member.

The retaining means comprises the vertical support column which supports the waste bin by means of the supporting arm, whilst the circular support member, combined with the collar or web attached thereto and in association with the mounting edge on the waste bin, secures the waste bin in position in the retaining means. For removal of the waste bin, it is only necessary to raise the waste bin until the mounting edge of the waste bin is disengaged from the collar or web of the support member of the retaining means. This occurs after a substantially smaller lifting movement of the waste bin than was the case with known waste bins fitted into a container. In addition, after this small lifting movement, the waste bin can be removed laterally from the retaining means. It does not need, therefore, to be fully pivoted out of the cupboard.

According to one preferred embodiment, the waste bin is capable of pivoting automatically with the opening and closing of a door of the cupboard, when the support column in the region of the support member has two guide recesses which extend at right angles to one another and are provided for engaging a catch, the guide recesses being open towards the underside of the support member and being disposed on the convex surface of the support member, and said guide recesses extend into the support column on the angle bisector of the circular support member. The catch is brought into engagement with one of the guide recesses and secured to the internal surface of the door.

According to another preferred arrangement, the retaining means can be simply and inexpensively m$nufactured when the supporting arm and the support member are integrally moulded with the support column, which is in the form of a hollow part-cylindrical member and is reinforced by means of ribs. To save weight and material in such a case, the support member, provided with the collar and the guide recesses, is in the form of a hollow body which is open towards the underside and is reinforced by means of ribs. The stability which is required is achieved with the reinforcing ribs.

According to a further preferred arrangement, the pivotal mounting of the support column is effected such that a bearing bolt is attached to a stop plate at the lower end of the support column and is insertable into a bearing bore formed in the associated lower securing bracket. A recess for receiving a bearing pin is disposed in the region of the support member, said recess being aligned with the bearing bolt at the lower end of the support column and non-rotatably accommodating the bearing pin, and the bearing pin being insertable through a bore formed in the associated upper securing bracket. The waste bin may be positively secured in the retaining means if the support member surrounds the waste bin over approximately 90 of its periphery.

Further, the retaining means may also be used for a waste bin having an automatically controlled lid by providing a bearing block of a lid which is mountable on the bearing pin, the lid being connected to the bearing block via a film hinge. The bearing block is non-rotatably retained on the associated securing bracket, and an eccentric is nonrotatably mountable on the end of the bearing pin protruding from the bearing block, said eccentric enabling lifting and lowering of the lid on the waste bin by means of a tension member in dependence upon its rotational position. Since the eccentric rotates with the waste bin, it can be used to directly control the lid movement.In such a case, the eccentric is connected to the lid via the tension member and raises or lowers the lid in dependence upon the rotational position of the bearing pin, that is to say, the rotational position of the waste bin and the retaining means.

In addition, so that the retaining means can be attached both to a left-hand lateral wall and to a right-hand lateral wall of a cupboard panel, the bearing block of the lid is attachable to the associated upper securing bracket in two positions which are offset from one another by 90 and the tension member has two recesses for receiving a catch of the eccentric. The catch is in the form of a screw which is selectively insertable into one of two threaded recesses formed in the eccentric. The engaging movement of the eccentric may then be selected so that the lid is selectively raised when the waste bin is pivoted either in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction. Irrespective of the manner in which the retaining means is attached, it is then possible to lift the lid from the waste bin as the waste bin is pivoted outwardly from the cupboard.

The present invention will be described further, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a waste bin, which is provided with retaining means, in its inwardly pivoted position; Figure 2 shows the waste bin, which is provided with the retaining means, in its outwardly pivoted position; Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the retaining means; and Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the retaining means, taken along the line IV-IV of Fig. 3.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, retaining means is attached to a left-hand lateral wall of a cupboard panel by means of the two securing brackets 23 and 24. The retaining means is pivotally mounted in the securing brackets 23 and 24, and the lower end of the retaining means, which is in the form of a vertical support column 20, has a supporting arm 21 which supports the base 12 of a waste bin 10 and includes a stop which determines the position of the waste bin 10 on the supporting arm 21. The upper end 22 of the retaining means is in the form of an arcuate support member 30, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The convex portion of the support member 30 supports the waste bin 10 over approximately 90" of its periphery.On its upper surface, the support member 30 has a circular collar 31, a web or the like, on which the waste bin 10 can be mounted by means of its downwardly-open edge lip 11. In the region of the opening of the waste bin 10, the edge lip 11 extends preferably all around.

The vertical support column 20 of the retaining means is a hollow part cylindrical member 45 which has its ends closed by end plates 48 and 49 and is reinforced by reinforcing ribs 34 and 47. The supporting arm 21, provided with the shoulder portion 32, is integrally moulded with the support column 20, and the lower end plate 49 carries a bearing bolt 35, by means of which the support column 20 may be pivotally mounted in a bore formed in the lower securing bracket 23.

The support member 30, provided with the collar 31, is in the formof a downwardly open hollow body which is integrally moulded with the upper end 22 of the support column 20. This hollow body is reinforced by means of reinforcing ribs 46, as shown in the cross-sectional view of Fig. 4.

On the underside of the support member 30, the walls 39 and 40, or 42 and 43 respectively, form guide recesses 41 and 44 which extend perpendicularly to one another and merge with the convex portion of the support member 30; said recesses 41 and 44 intersecting with one another in the support column 20 which is disposed on the angle bisector of the support member 30. As shown in Fig.

3, the collar 31 may be adapted to the cross-sectional shape of the edge lip 11 on the waste bin 10, so that the support member 30 secures the waste bin 10 in position without clearance. In the region of the support member 30, the support column 20 is provided with a recess 50, which non-rotatably receives a bearing pin 36. For this purpose, the lower end 37 of the bearing pin 36 and the recess 50 are provided with corresponding guide ele ments, such as a tongue and groove or the like.

The bearing pin 36 is inserted through a bore formed in the upper securing bracket 24, so that the retaining means is also pivotally mounted on the securing bracket 24.

If the waste bin 10 is to be covered by means of a lid 13, then a bearing block 15 is mounted upon the upper end of the bearing pin 36, the lid 13 being integrally and pivotally attached to said bearing block 15 via a film hinge 16. In such a case, the bearing block 15 can be non-rotatably secured to the securing bracket 24 in two positions which are offset from one another by 90". For this purpose, appropriate retaining lugs 27 are bent over the securing bracket 24 and non-rotatably secure the bearing block 15 in position. An eccentric 25 is non-rotatably mounted on the non-circular end 38 of the bearing pin 36 protruding from the bearing block 15, so that the eccentric 25 rotates with the bearing pin 36. In turn, the bearing pin 36 is jointly rotated by the retaining means when the waste bin 10 is pivoted.The guide recesses 41 and 44 may adjustably accommodate a catch which is attached to the door of the cupboard. As the door is opened and closed, the catch pivots the waste bin 10, together with the retaining means, outdly from the cupboard panel and inwardly again into the cupboard panel.

A tension member 17 is mounted on the upper surface of the lid 13 and is secured, by its free end, to the eccentric 25 via a screw 26. Since the screw 26 is disposed eccentrically to the rotational axis of the eccentric 25, rotational movement of the eccentric 25 causes the tension member 17 to be adjusted, thereby causing the lid 13 to be raised when the eccentric 25 is rotated in an anti-clockwise direction, i.e. the retaining means, together with the waste bin, is pivoted outwardly from the cupboard panel. In such a case, the screw 26 is guided in the slot 18.

If the retaining means is mounted on a left-hand lateral wall of a cupboard panel, the bearing block 15 is non-rotatably connected to the securing bracket 24 when rotated through 90". The screw 26 is inserted through the slot 19 and screwed into another threaded recess formed in the eccentric 25.

The lid 13 is now raised when the eccentric 25 rotates in a clockwise direction. This causes the retaining means, together with the waste bin 10, to be pivoted again outwardly from the cupboard panel. It is possible, by simple means, to adapt the automatic lid control to the type of attachment because of the selective securement of the bearing block 15 and the two slots 18 and 19 on the tension member 17 and the two threaded recesses formed in the eccentric 25.

Claims

1. A waste bin and retaining means, which is attachable, in use, to a lateral wall of a cupboard panel, said retaining means being pivotally mounted on two securing brackets securable to said wall, wherein the retaining means comprises a vertical support column which has, at its lower end, a supporting arm for supporting the base of a waste bin, the upper end of the support column being in the form of an arcuate support member which is concave in relation to the waste bin and has a circular collar or web extending upwardly, and the waste bin being provided, at its opening, with a downwardly open edge lip which receives the collar or web of the support member.

2. A waste bin provided with a retaining means as claimed in claim 1, in which the support column in the region of the support member has two guide recesses which extend at right angles to one another and are provided for a catch, the guide recesses being open towards the underside of the support member and being disposed on the convex surface of the support member, said guide recesses extending into the support column on the angle bisector of the circular support member.

3. A waste bin provided with a retaining means as claimed in claim 1 or 2, in which the supporting arm and the support member are integrally moulded with the support column, which is in the form of hollow part-cylindrical member and is reinforced by means of ribs.

4. A waste bin provided with a retaining means as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3, in which the support member, provided with the collar and the guide recesses, is in the form of a hollow body which is open towards the underside and is reinforced by means of ribs.

5. A waste bin provided with a retaining means as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4, in which a bearing bJlt is attached to a stop plate at the lower end of the support column and is insertable into a bearing bore formed in the associated lower securing bracket.

6. A waste bin provided with a retaining means as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5, in which a recess for receiving a bearing pin is disposed in the region of the support member, said recess being aligned with the bearing bolt at the lower end of the support column and non-rotatably receiving the bearing pin, the bearing pin being insertable through a bore formed in the associated upper securing bracket.

7. A waste bin provided with a retaining means as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6, in which the support member partly surrounds the waste bin over approximately 90 of its periphery.

8. A waste bin provided with a retaining means as claimed in any of claims 1 to 7, in which the bearing block of a lid for the bin is mountable on the bearing pin, and the lid is connected to the bearing block via a film hinge, the bearing block being non-rotatably retained on the associated securing bracket, and an eccentric is non-rotatably mountable on the end of the bearing pin protruding from the bearing block, said eccentric enabling lifting and lowering of the lid on the waste bin by means of a tension member in dependence upon its rotational position.

9. A waste bin provided with a retaining means as claimed in claim 8, in which the bearing block of the lid is attachable to the associated upper securing bracket in two positions which are offset from one another by 90 , and the tension member has two recesses for receiving a catch of the eccentric.

10. A waste bin provided with a retaining means as claimed in claim 9, in which the catch is a screw member which is selectively insertable into one of two threaded recesses formed in the eccentric.

11. A waste bin and retaining means substantially as herein described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.