US2130943A

US2130943A - Sink

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Publication number: US2130943A
Application number: US171552A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alfred A Boisvert
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-10-28
Filing date: 1937-10-28
Publication date: 1938-09-20
Anticipated expiration: 1955-09-20

Description

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SINK

Filed Oct. 28, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 /y' i f .f f A S I n 4 l www Attorneys Patented Sept. 20, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SINK Alfred A. Boisvert, Glasgow, Mont.

Application October 28, 1937, Serial No. 171,552

1 Claim. (Cl. l118'7) The present invention relates to new and use- Suspended in the well 5 and spaced from the ful improvements in sinks and has for one of its Walls and the bottom thereof is a removable foimportant objects to provide, in a manner as raminous basket or receptacle Ill. Astrainer ll hereinafter set forth, a device of this character is removably mounted in the top portion of the 5 embodying a drain which is located in an outreceptacle I0. The receptacle l0 is suspended of-the-way position at one corner of the sink, in position in the well 5 through the medium of thereby materially increasing the usable area of an external flange l2 which engages on a seat the bottom of said sink and preventing refuse which is provided therefor in the bottom 2 of and waste from accumulating on the central porthe sink I.

tion there-of, as at present, It will thus be seen that a sink has been prol0 Another very important object of the invention vided wherein the drain is located in one corner is to provide a sink of the aforementioned charwhere it is out of the way and toward which peelacter embodying novel means for receiving the ings, etc., will move thereby preventing the litusual refuse, such as peelings, etc., which actering of the central portion of the sink which,

cumulate during the preparation of a meal and of course, is the portion which is used the most. 15 which may be expeditiously emptied and cleaned By removing the strainer Il the refuse will be when desired. collected in the foraminous receptacle I0, as will Other objects of the invention are to provide be readily apparent. The substantially cylina sink of the character described which will be drical corner portion 4 of the sinkl facilitates comparatively simple in construction, strong, removing the receptacle I0 for emptying and re- 20 durable, highly efficient and reliable in use, sanplacing said receptacle. This portion 4 also peritary, attractive in appearance and which may mits the location of the drain in the extreme be manufactured at low cost. corner of the sink. The capacity of the recep- All of the foregoing and still further objects tacle I0 is such that it does not have to be and advantages of the invention will become apemptied during the preparation of the usual 25 parent from a study of the following specicameal. Obviously, the invention may be incor tion, taken in connection with the accompanying porated in various types of sinks, such as cabinet `drawings wherein like characters of reference sinks.

designate corresponding parts throughout the It is believed that the many advantages of a several views, and wherein: sink constructed in accordance with the present 30 Figure l is a view in front elevation of a sink invention will be readily understood and although embodying the present invention. a preferred embodiment of the device is as il- Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. lustrated and described, it is to be understood Figure 3 is a vertical sectional View, taken subthat changes in the details of construction and stantially on the line 3-3 o-f Fig. 2. in the combination and arrangement of parts 35 Figure 41s a View in horizontal section, taken may be resorted to which Will fall within the substantially on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3. scope of the invention as claimed.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it What is claimed is: will be seen that the embodiment of the inven- A sink of the class described including a bottion which has been illustrated comprises a sink tom wall and inclined side walls, one corner of 40 which is designated generally by the reference the sink being formed with vertical walls of subnumeral l. The sink l includes a bottom 2 and stantially semi-cylindrical shape in cross section, the usual inclined walls 3. One corner portion a, cylindrical well depending from said corner of of the walls 3 of the sink l is vertical for prothe sink with portions of its side Walls forming i5 Vidrlg a Substantially segmental cylinder 4. This continuations of the straight walls of said corner 45 is shown to advantage in Fig. 3 of the drawings. portion, a drain pipe connected to the bottom It may be well to here state that the bottom 2 of of the Well, a removable screen in the bottom the sink l slopes toward this corner of said sink. of the well covering the drain pipe, the bottom Depending from the bottom 2 in alignment wall of the sink sloping to the Well, a perforated with the segmental cylinder 4 is what may be receptacle supported in the Well with its open 50 referred to as an integral well 5 having mounted top flush with the bottom Wall of the sink, and in the outlet opening 6 in the bottom thereof a a removable screen extending across the top of strainer 1. 'Ihe reference numeral 8 designates the receptacle.

a drain or Waste pipe which is connected to the bottom of the Well 5, as at 9. ALFRED A. BOISVE-RT. 65