US1233997A - Garbage-can. - Google Patents

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F. 1. EICHELBEBGER.

GARBAGE CAN. .nrucmou HLED- NOV. 25. 1916.

Patnted July 17, 1917.

Sim Mom EDWARD J. EIoHE EaeEa, or BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.

GARBAGE-CAIN.

Application filed November 25, 1916.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. EIOHEL- BERGER, 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 Garbage-Cans, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to receptacles and particularly to receptacles for containing garbage and like matter.

One of the objects of this invention is to so connect the cover to the can that the cover cannot be lost though it may be displaced sufiiciently to permit the insertion of garbage within the can or the removal of the garbage therefrom.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a garbage can having a bail whereby it may be handled and having a cover which is slidably connected to the bail so that it may be lifted off the can and then the bail shifted .to one side and the cover carried to one side.

A further object is the provision of very simple means for holding the cover in place closed upon the can, said means also providing for this proper support of the bail on the can.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of a can constructed in accordance with my invention with the cover closed; I

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the can shown in Fig. 1 but showing the cover open;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail sectional view through the body of the can, the cover and one of the locking springs;

Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view of one of the locking springs;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective detail view of the cover showing the loops 20 and a portion of one of the bails.

Referring to these figures, a can or like receptacle which is cylindrical in form. Pivotally attached to the can 10 below its upper edge is a bail 11 provided ,with the oppositely disposed parallel legs 12, theselegs terminating in eyes 13. Attached to the can adjacent its upper edge and on opposite sides are the locking strips 14. Each of these strips is primarily cruci- 10' designates Specification of Letters Patent.

ally and will carry the Patented 1115 17, 1917. Serial No. 133,435.

form in shape tov provide the later-ally pro-v jectingarms 15. hese arms are bent over upon the body of the strip, as; illustrated in Fig. 4 and then bent outward toxform ears loperforated for engagement with the eyes he lower end of each lookingstriplis riveted or otherwise attached to the body of the can while the upper end is free and is formed with a bead l7 constituting a detent.

. The cover 18 is circular in form and formed with a downwardly depending wall 19 which is provided on diametrically opposite sides with the loops 20 through which the legs 12 of the bail slidingly pass. The

. lower edge of the cover is formed with a bead 21 and is adapted to seat upon the upper end of the can 10. The top of the cover is formed with a handle strap 22.

In assembling this construction the legs of the bail are passed through the loops 20 which, as illustrated, are rectangular in form, and then the eyes 13 are engaged with the ears 16. Under these circumstances the bail 11, when the cover is lifted from its engagement with the can, may be shifted latercover with it but the cover cannot become lost as it is always connected to the can. It will be obvious that the can may be uncovered in the usual manner by simply lifting up on the cover 18 by means of the strap 22 and then by the same motion the cover can be shifted over to one side of the can and the bail will be shifted to a depending position, as best illustrated in Fig. 2. This permits the can to be filled or emptied in the usual manner, the bail and cover forming no impediment to the use of the can. The cover is held upon the can by means of the resilient upper ends of the strips 13, these upper ends being formed with the head 17 which engages over'the bead 21 formed upon the cover.

It will be seen that this can is very simple and that it may be cheaply made. The can may be handled in the usual manner whether it is closed or open. By holding to the strap 22 with one hand and taking hold of the bottom of the can by the other hand, the bucket or can may be emptied in the usual manner of emptying buckets without the necessity of touching the bail. It is obvious that many modifications may be made in the details of this construction without departing from the spirit of the invention as embodied in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A receptacle, resilient locking strips fastened to the receptacle on opposite sides thereof and having locking detents at their upper ends, the locking strips being formed with ears projecting from the face of each locking strip, a bail having legs formed with eyes at their extremities engaging said ears, and a cover having a head at its lower edge 7 adapted to be engaged by said detents and formed at diametrically opposite points with loops slidingly engaging said bail.

2, A receptacle, resilient locking strips attached to the receptacle on opposite sides Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, Washington, I). 0.

thereof and having locking detents at their upper ends, the locking strips being formed with laterally projecting ears bent over the face of each locking strip and then outward,

these cars being perforated, a bail having :5

EDWARD J. EIGHELBERGER.

WVitnesses:

C. J. MINTON, L. E. HEBART.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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