US1637656A

US1637656A - Sanitary garbage can

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Publication number: US1637656A
Application number: US92205A
Authority: US
Inventors: Owen F Radcliffe
Original assignee: JOHN C RADCLIFFE
Current assignee: JOHN C RADCLIFFE
Priority date: 1926-03-04
Filing date: 1926-03-04
Publication date: 1927-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 1944-08-02

Description

Aug. 2, 1927. 1,637,656

0. F. RADCLIFFE SANITARY GARBAGE CAN Filed March 4., 1926 Patented Aug. 2, 1927.

UNITED-STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OWEN F. BADGIJIIE, 01' LOS ANGELES, CLLIlFO RNIA, ASSIGNOB ONE-ml TO JOHN C, BADCLIFFE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

/ sam'ramr GAR AGE CAN.

Application filed larch 4, 1926. Serial Io. 92,205.

An object of this invention is to provide.

an improved. sanitary garbage can on the cover of which there is a disinfectant receiving receptacle of novel arrangement andconstruction.

A further object of this invention is to provide a cover for garbage cans of simplified and cheaper construction than that disclosed in my pending vapplication. The improved garbage can cover consists essentially of a cover in which there is formed a depression forming a disinfectant receiving receptacle, and there is a removable cover for this receptacle on which there may be mounted a handle, which handle in some instances may constitute not only the handle for the receptacle cover. but also the handle for the garba e can cover.

With the oregoing and other objects in view which will be made manifest in the followin' detailed description and specifically pomted out in the appended claim, reference is had to the accompanying drawings for an illustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein:

Figure 1 is-a perspective view illustrating one form of construction,

Fig. 2 is avertical section through the same,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cover shown in Fig. 1, the receptacle closure being illustrated as having been removed, Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the receptacle cover or closure.

Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of a slightly modified form of construction, and

Fig. 6, is a vertical section through the modification shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout, the garbage can is illustrated at G, which may be of any desired shape or construction. On the gar bage can there is positioned a cover C which may be applied in any desired manner, that which is shown being merely a cover having depending flanges 10 adapted to slip over the side walls of the can G.

t about the centerofthe cover 0 there is formed a depression providing a substantially horizontal bottom 11 and approxi- "across which extends a. in 22 providing a mately vertical side walls 12 forming a perforated receptacle adapted to receive a disinfectant or the like, the perforations being shown at 13 and formed In the side walls a short distance above the bottom 10. This depression can be formed in any one of several manners, the most preferred is to provide the depression by stamping the body 'of the cover 0 downwardly, in which case. the bottom 11' and the side walls 12 are formed integral withthe cover. Another manner in which this depression can be formed is to cut an aperture in the cover O and provide -a separate receptacle having the bottom 11 and the side walls 12 and secure the 11 per edges of the side walls to the body 0 the 'cover, asby welding, soldering or the like.

In the modification shown in F i s. 1 .to 4' inc. the side walls 12 are deforme adjacent their tops to provide threads indicated at 14, and a closure 15 is provided having depending flanges 16 adapted to telescope or fit within the side walls 12, these flanges being threaded complementary to the threads 14, so that the closure 15 can be screwed into place. In, this modification the handle 17 is rigidly secured to the closure 15 as by rivets 18,-and when the closure 15 is in applied position, the handle 17 not only serves as a handle for the closure 15 but also for the cover C.

Within the receptacle there is preferably positionedalayer of absorbent material 19, such as felt, absorbent cotton and the like, which serves to retain the disinfectant or similar liquid which is poured into the receptacle and to allow it to slowly evaporate, the vapors passing through the apertures or perforations '13 into the interlor of the can G.

' In the modification shown in Figs. '5 and 6 the construction is very similar to that previously described withv the exception that the tops of the side walls 12 are deformed to provide an annular shoulder 20. The closure 15'. has flanges 16' which are adated to fit within the upper ends of the side walls and to rest upon the shoulder 20. In this closure there is formed a depression 21 handle for the closure. e handle for the cover is secured directly to the cover in this modification and is indicated zit-23.

lnboth modifications disclosed it will be readily appreciated that the opening at the 110 within the receptacle.

top of the receptacle has an area at least as great as practically any horizontal area In this manner the absorbent material 19 can be very easily renewed from time to time, if found desirable. Furthermore, the addition of disinfectant to the receptacle is made very easy upon the simple removal of the cover for the disinfectant receiving receptacle. By this construction it will be readily understood that no disinfectant is poured directly into the body of the can G. Instead, it is maintained within the disinfectant receptacle and passes therefrom into the can G in the form of Vapors. This construction not only reduces the quantity of disinfectant necessary to disinfect the interior of the can, but reduces the number of times that additional disinfectant has to be supplied to the absorbent material 19.

From the above described constructionv it will be readily appreciated that an improved sanitarygarbage can cover can be very easily, quickly and cheaply manufactured and will provide a durable construction.

It will be understood-that various changes may be made in the detail of construction threads on the interior of the receptacle sov as to be detachably fastened to the cover, and a handle fastened to the closure whereby when the closure is fastened to the cover, the handle may serve to lift the cover from the can and the same handle may also serve to tighten or loosen the closure and to remove it from the receptacle when detached from the cover.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

OWEN F. RADOLIFFE.