US2800892A

US2800892A - Closures and the combination of a receptacle and a closure therefor

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Publication number: US2800892A
Application number: US425488A
Authority: US
Inventors: Adolph F Gontero
Original assignee: FRANK MANCINO
Current assignee: FRANK MANCINO
Priority date: 1954-04-26
Filing date: 1954-04-26
Publication date: 1957-07-30
Anticipated expiration: 1974-07-30

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July 30, 1957 A. F. GONTERO 2,800,392

CLOSURES AND THE COMBINATION OF A RECEPTACLE AND A CLOSURE THEREFOR Filed April 26, 1954 IN V EN TOR. ADQLPH F. GONTERO United States ?atent CLGSURES AND THE COMBINATION OF A RECEP- TACLE AND A CLOSURE THEREFOR Adolph F, Gontero, Maytield Heights, Ohio, assignor of fifty percent to Frank Mancino, Cleveland, Ghio Application April 26, 1954, Serial No. 425,488

7 Claims. (Cl. 126-443) My invention relates to closures and to the combination of a receptacle and a cover or closure therefor, and more particularly to closures for containers or receptacles which are utilized for receiving ashes from paper or other material burned in a household incinerator.

At the present time, household incinerators are being extensively utilized in homes for burning paper and other refuse. The incinerator is usually installed in the basement or utility room of the home and as now constructed is provided with a receptacle which is slidable in a compartment below the burners to receive ashes from paper or other refuse which is burned in the incinerator. At certain intervals, it is of course necessary to remove the receptacle and empty the ashes and because the ashes are usually in a comparatively fine state, they may be easily blown from the receptacle by drafts or gusts of wind and this is particularly true when doors leading from the basement and the home are open, or they may be blown into the face or upon the clothes of a person carrying the receptacle or removing ashes therefrom. It is also well known that such ashes constitute valuable fertilizer but because they are in a comparatively fine state, it is diflicult to deposit them uniformly over the desired portions of a lawn or garden.

It is the aim of the present invention to provide an improved cover or closure for receptacles utilized in incinerators which serves to prevent ashes from being blown from the receptacle while the receptacle is being carried from the basement or utility room in which the incinerator is installed. In my improved structure, the closure is slidable over the upper portion of the receptacle or container and is provided with parts which interfit with the front portion of the receptacle while the receptacle and cover are being carried from the incinerator to a place where the ashes are to be deposited. In my improved structure, the cover may be and preferably is provided with a comparatively narrow door at its rear end portion to permit ashes to be graduallyvand uniformly dispensed from the container. The cover is also provided with carrying means, such as a handle, which is so arranged upon the cover that the receptacle and cover may be carried in slightly inclined positions to the location desired or in distinctly tilted positions so that the ashes may be uniformly distributed over a lawn or garden.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved cover or closure for receptacles or con tainers utilized for receiving ashes from an incinerator.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved combination including a container or receptacle and a cover or closure therefor which closure is slidable upon the container to its closed position and which is provided with parts which interfit with the receptacle to maintain the cover in position while the receptacle and the cover are being carried from the incinerator to the place where the ashes are to be deposited.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved receptacle in combination with a cover having a door at its rear end portion and means arranged adjacent its front end portion which interfit with front portions of the receptacle when the cover is in closed position to prevent accidental removal of the cover from the container while the cover and container are being carried and in which the cover is provided with carrying means secured thereto which is arranged in such position upon the cover that the cover and receptacle may be carried in slightly inclined positions to the place where the ashes are to be deposited or in distinctly tilted position so that the ashes may be uniformly distributed upon a lawn or garden when the door of the cover is in a partial or completely open position.

My invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the cover assembled upon a receptacle, a portion of the top wall and door of the cover 'being shown broken away;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on a plane passing through the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cover; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the receptacle with the cover in place, showing the door of the cover in a partially open position.

While the ash receptacle may be of any suitable shape in which interfitting parts may be provided between the receptacle and cover, as illustrated in the drawings, it comprises a bottom wall 1, side walls 2, an inclined rear wall 3, and a front wall 4. The receptacle is constructed of heat resisting material, such as metal, and to provide a comparatively strong structure, the side walls of the receptacle are provided with reversely bent flanges 5 and the rear wall is also provided with a reversely bent flange 6 and side flanges 7 which flanges maybe welded or otherwise secured to the respective walls of the receptacle against which they are bent. As shown in the drawings, the front Wall of the receptacle extends upwardly above the side walls 2 and is reinforced by an outer front wall 8 having an upper flange 9 extending inwardly over the inner front wall, a lower flange 10 extending over the bottom wall, and side flanges 11 and 12 extending over the side walls 2, respectively.

In accordance with the present invention a cover for the receptacle is provided that may be slid over the upper edge of the side and rear walls and may be moved into interfitting engagement with the side flanges on the outer front wall and while the cover may be formed in various ways, as illustrated in the drawings, it comprises a top wall 13 having

side flanges

14 and 15, and end flange 16 inclined downwardly at the same degree of inclination as the rear wall of the receptacle, and a forward end having a vertically extending strip 17 provided with a flange 18 bent in a direction reverse to the strip 17 and engaging the top wall of the cover.

The top wall of the cover is provided with carrying means, such as a handle 19, which extends longitudinally of the cover and is arranged at a distance closer to flange 18 than to the opposite end of the cover and interfitting means are provided between the cover and the receptacle which are maintained firmly in place by the weight of the receptacle when the assembly is carried by the handle 19. While any suitable interfitting means may be provided between the receptacle and cover, as illustrated in the drawings, the forward end of the cover is provided with a pair of

slots

20 and 21 for receiving flanges 11 and 12, respectively, and the vertical strip 17 and flange 18 are received in the space below the top flange 9 and between flanges 11 and 12.

During the operation of the incinerator the receptacle will of course he slid into the compartment provided for it in the incinerator to receive the ashes from the paper or other refuse that is being burned. When it is desired to empty the receptacle, the receptacle is pulled outwardly fromtheincinerator by a knob 22 extending'through its front wall which is provided for this purpose and'my improved cover is then inserted in place with the flanges 11 and 12 of the receptacle extending'into the

slots

20 and 21 of the cover and the vertical strip 17 and flange 18 of the cover extending below the top flange 9 and between flanges 11 and 12 of the receptacle.

In accordance with the present invention, the carrying means is so formed and arranged upon the cover that the weight of the cover and the receptacle will maintain the cover in interfitting engagement with the receptacle while the receptacle is being carried or when'ashes are being dispensed therefrom. As shown the carrying means is in the form of a handle 19 which is of an elongated U-shape extending longitudinally of the cover with one of its legs 23 arranged closer to the center of the cover than the other leg 24. The

legs

23 and 24 of the handle terminate in flanges which may be welded or otherwise secured to the top of the receptacle. Both legs of the handle, however, are arranged closer to the flange 18 than to the other end of the cover. In carrying the receptacle, if the hand engaging the handle is arranged closer to the leg 23 than to leg 24, there will be a slight inclination of the cover and receptacle and the weight of the cover and receptacle will hold the cover firmly on the receptacle so that there is no danger of thecover being removed from the receptacle.

Whilethe cover as described protects the ashes from being blown from the receptacle, another important feature of my invention is to provide means whereby the ashes may be dispensed from the receptacle while the cover is in place. For this purpose, the cover is provided with a narrow door 25 at its rear end which may be pivotally secured in any desirable manner to the main cover portion 13. As illustrated, two pairs of

hinge plates

26 and 27 are provided, each pair having interfitting knuckles through which a pivot pin 28 extends. The pivot pins 28 are of such size that they provide a comparatively tight fit within the knuckles so that the door 25 may be maintained in a fully or partially open position. When the ashes are to be dispensed from the receptacle, the handle is grasped closer to leg 24 than to leg 23 to provide the desired inclination of the receptacle to dispense the ashes through door 25 which may be moved to a partially or a fully open position by means of a knob 25a. The ashes may therefore be uniformly distributed over the desired area of a lawn or garden;

What is claimed is:

1. In combination, an ash receptacle having a bottom' is in closed position, means arranged on the front end' of said cover and extending upwardly therefrom for engaging the inner flat face of the front wall of said receptacle below said top flange which in conjunction with the rear wall limits the closing movement of said cover, and carrying means for said cover and receptacle which carrying means is secured to said cover at a position arranged closer to the front end of the cover than to the rear end thereof so that the weight of said receptacle will hold the rear flange of the cover in engagement with the rear Wall of said receptacleand the upwardly extending means on vsaid cover in engagement with the inner flat faceof the front wall of the receptacle when the cover and the recep- 4 tacle are being carried in an inclined position by said carrying means.

2. In combination, a receptacle having a bottom wall, upwardly extending rear and spaced side walls, and a front wall having an inner flat face extending upwardly from the bottom wall to a substantial distance above the side walls which front wall is provided with inwardly extending top and spaced side flanges, a slidable cover for said receptacle having a rear flange which engages the rear wall of said receptacle when the cover is in its closed positionand an upwardly extending flange at its front end which is of such size that it will fit snugly within the space defined by the inner face of the front wall and the inwardly extending side and top flanges on said front wall, said cover having a narrow slot arranged adjacent each side and extending rearwardly from its front end to receive the side flanges on the front wall, thereby permitting the upwardly extending flange on said cover to engage the inner face of the front wall when the coveris in closed position, and carrying means for said cover. and receptacle which carrying means. is secured to said cover at a position which is 'arranged closer to the front end of the cover than to the rear end thereof so that the weight of said receptacle will hold the rear flange of said cover in engagement with the rear wall of said receptacle and the upwardly extending flange at the front end of aid cover in engagement with the inner face of the front wall of the receptacle when the receptacle and cover are carried in an inclined position by said carrying means.

3. In'combination, a receptacle having a bottom wall, a rear wall extending upwardly and being inclined rearwardly. from the bottom wall, spaced side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall, and a front wall extending upwardly from the bottomwall to a substantial distance above the side walls and said front wall being provided with an inwardly extending top flange, a slidable cover for said receptacle having downwardly extending side flanges engaging. the outer faces of the side walls of the receptacle, a downwardly and forwardly inclined rear flange for engaging the outer face of the rear wall of the receptacle and an upwardly extending strip at its front end which engages the inner face of the front wall of said receptacle below its top flange when the cover is in closed position, and carrying means for said cover and receptacle, said carrying means being secured to said cover at a position arranged closer to the front end of the cover than to the rear end thereof so that the weight of said receptacle will hold the rear flange of said cover in engagement with the rear wallof said receptacle and the strip on the front end of the cover in engagement with the front wall of said receptacle when the receptacle and cover are being carried 7 in an inclined position. 7

4. In combination, a receptacle having a bottom wall, a rear wall extending upwardly and being inclined rearwardly from the bottom wall, spaced side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall, and a frontwall extending upwardly from the bottom wall to a substantial dis,- tance above the side walls and said front wall being pro vided withan inwardly extending top flange, a slidable cover for said receptacle having downwardly extending side flanges for engaging the outer faces of the side walls of the receptacle, a downwardly and forwardly inclined rear flange for engaging the outer face of the rear wall of the receptacle, and an upwardly extending strip at its front end 7 which engages the inner face of the, front wall of said receptacle below-the top flange ofthe front wall of saidreceptacle when thecover is in closed position, carrying means for said cover and receptacle, said carrying means being secured to said cover at a position arranged closer to the front end of the cover than to therear end thereof so that the weight of said receptacle will hold the rear flange 1 of said cover in engagement with the rear wall of said receptacle and thestrip on the front end of the cover when the receptacle and cover are being carried in an inclined position, and said slidable cover being provided with a door at its rear end portion which extends over the inclined rear wall of the receptacle, one end of which door engages the upper edge of the rear flange of said cover to form a continuation of the cover when the door is in a closed position and which enables ashes to be dispensed from the rear end of said receptacle when the door of the receptacle is in a fully or partly open position and said receptacle and cover are being carried in an inclined position by said carrying means.

5. A slidable closure for receptacles having side and rear walls and a front wall extending above the side walls and provided with an inwardly extending top flange, said closure having downwardly. extending side flanges for engaging the outer faces of the side walls of the receptacle, a downwardly extending rear flange for engaging the rear wall of the receptacle, and a flange extending upwardly from its front end for engaging the front wall of said receptacle below its top flange, and carrying means secured to said closure at a position closer to the front end of the closure than to the rear end thereof so that when said closure is applied to the receptacle with its rear flange engaging the rear wall of the receptacle and its front flange engaging the front wall of the receptacle, the closure and the receptacle to which it is applied may be carried in an inclined position by said carrying means.

6. A slidable closure for receptacles having side walls, an upwardly and rearwardly inclined rear wall, and a front wall extending above the side walls which front wall is provided with an inwardly extending top flange, said closure having downwardly extending side flanges for engaging the outer faces of the side walls of the receptacle, a downwardly and forwardly extending rear flange for engaging the rear wall of the receptacle, and an upwardly extending flange at its front end for en gaging the front Wall of the receptacle below its top flange, and carrying means secured to the closure at a position closer to the front end of the closure than to the rear end thereof so that when said closure is applied to the receptacle with its rear flange engaging the rear flange of the receptacle and its front flange engaging the front wall of the receptacle, the closure and the receptacle to which it is applied may be carried in an inclined position by said carrying means.

7. A slidable closure for receptacles having side and rear walls, an upwardly and rearwardly inclined rear wall, and a front wall which extends upwardly beyond the side walls and is provided with an inwardly extending top flange, said closure having downwardly extending side flanges for engaging the outer faces of the side walls of the receptacle, a downwardly and forwardly inclined rear flange for engaging the rear wall of the receptacle, and an upwardly extending flange at its front end for engaging the front wall of the receptacle below its top flange when the closure is in closed position, and said closure having a rear door hingedly connected thereto and forming part of said closure, the rear end portion of which door engages the upper end of the rear flange of the closure when the door is in its closed position and said door being movable from its closed to a partly or fully open position, and carrying means secured to said closure at a position closer to the front end of the closure than to the rear end thereof so that when said closure is applied to the receptacle with its rear flange engaging the rear wall of the receptacle and its front flange engaging the front wall of the receptacle, the closure and the receptacle to which it is applied may be carried in an inclined position by said carrying means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 221,057 Hall, Jr. Oct. 28, 1879 448,548 Schitierly Mar. 17, 1891 476,353 Allred June 7, 1892 1,700,793 Fitzgerald Feb. 5, 1929