US2237836A - Collection receptacle - Google Patents

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April 1941- J. MACZALUSO 2,237,836

COLLECTION RECEPTACLE Filed May 27, 1939 Inventor Patented Apr. 8, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COLLECTION RECEPTACLE Joseph Macaluso, Baltimore, Md.

Application May 27, 1939, Serial No. 276,153

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a collection receptacle especially constructed for receiving floor sweepings and is convenient to use for household purposes, barber shops, stores and any other place where it is needed and is extremely easyand convenient to gather sweepings in. The invention has for the primary object the provision of a device of this character which may be readily brought to rest on a floor to have the sweepings swept therein and when lifted from the floor automatically becomes closed to prevent loss of the sweepings and may be safely and conveniently carried in a closed condition from one place to another.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a collection receptacle in carrying position.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view illustrating the device in a carrying position.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating the device at rest on a floor ready to receive floor sweepings.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line -i--4 of Figure 3.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral ii indicates a receptacle of any selected shape preferably of oblong form as shown in the drawing and has one end fully open and hinged to said fully open end is a-closure wall 6. The hinge for the closure wall on the receptacle is indicated by the character 1. When the receptacle is rested on the floor upon its bottom wall as shown in Figure 3, the closure wall may assume a position of opening the receptacle and rests on the floor so that sweepings may be readily swept thereover' into the receptacle. The closure wall has end flanges ii which act as guides for directing the sweepings over the closure wall into the receptacle and are adapted to move into the receptacle on the closure wall assuming a position to close the open end of the receptacle.

A ball or handle 9 is pivoted on opposite sides of the receptacle adjacent the open end of the latter and has an offset portion to form a hand grip ill. The pivots for the bail are indicated by the character H with ends of the bail extending beyond the pivots to form extensions I2 to which are pivoted links IS. The links 13 are in turn pivoted on the flanges 8, as shown at 14. When the receptacle is lifted from a position resting on the floor as shown in Figure 3 the bail moves over the open end of the receptacle which brings about hinging movement of the closure wall in a position of closing the open end of the receptacle, consequently preventing the sweepings from escaping from the receptacle. When the receptacle is brought to rest on the bottom wall on the floor the bail moves over the top wall and the closure wall 6 assumes a position paralleling the bottom wall resting upon the floor so that sweepings may be readily swept thereover into the receptacle.

Inwardly of the open end of the receptacle and upon the bottom wall thereof is an upstanding flange It, the purpose of which is to check any sweepings that are swept into the receptacle from falling out of the receptacle when the latter is in a position of having sweepings swept therein.

While the device described heretofore in detail and clearly shown in the drawing can be used for many purposes for gathering sweepings it is especially useful in barber shops where the floor has to be frequently swept to remove hair cuttings and other foreign matter therefrom. This device may be readily brought to rest on the floor in a position for receiving the sweepings and when lifted will assume a closed position to prevent the sweepings or the hair thereof from flying about, consequently permitting the barber shop to be kept in a more sanitary condition.

It is believed that the foregoing description when taken in connection with the drawing will fully set forth the construction and advantages of this invention to those skilled in the art to which such a device relates, so that further detailed description will not be required.

What I claim is:

A collection device comprising an oblong shaped receptacle having a fully open end and including a single end wall on which the receptacle may rest when in a non-dirt-collecting position and a bottom wall on which the receptacle may rest when in a dirt-collecting position, a closure plate hinged on the bottom wall at the open end of the receptacle and adapted to assume a position substantially in alignment with the bottom wall when said receptacle is placed in a dirt-collecting position to act as a ramp over which dirt may be swept into the open end of the receptacle, side flanges on said closure plate to aid in guiding the dirt into the receptacle, a check plate in the receptacle and secured on the bottom wall adjacent the open end of said receptacle and inclining towards the closed end of said receptacle, a

ceptacle when the latter is carried by the handle and to swing the closure plate into ramp acting position when the handle moves into a position of resting the receptacle on the bottom wall thereof, said handle and links being positioned entirely outwardly of the receptacle in all positions thereof to prevent interfering with dirt moving into the receptacle.

JOSEPH MACALUSO.

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