US768579A - Tilting garbage-receptacle. - Google Patents

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No; 768,579 v PATENTED AUG. 30,'1904;

. J. D. BR'AGUNI'ER.

TILTING GARBAGE REGEPTAGLEQ APPLICATION FILED MAY 4,1904.

. N0 MODEL.

2 SHEETS-533E731.

Alfomey I J. D. BRAGUNIER.

TILTING GARBAGE REGEPTACLE.

PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

v APPLIUATION FILED MAY 4, 1904.

2 SHEET-SHEBT 2.

.NO MODEL.

[NV-ENTOR UNITED STATES Patented August 30, 1904.

PATENT QFFIC TILTING GARBAGE-RECEP'UI'ACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,579, dated August 30, 1904.

Application filed May 4, 1904.: Serial No. 206,320. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN D. BRAGUNIER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at \Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tilting Garbage-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garbage-receptacles, and has particular reference to that type of such devices which are attached to and supported by a fence, the fence having an opening. through which the collector of garbage may remove the contents of the can.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having means whereby a door for the opening in the fence will be normally closedand locked, the means for unlocking the door being accessible only at the top of the fence, so as to prevent the receptacle from being tampered with by-mischievous individuals. a

Another object is to provide means whereby the opening in the fence will be closed to pre:

vent a person from crawling through it when the garbage-receptacle is tilted. outward.

Another object .is to provide an apparatus of this character .which will be simple and economical in construction and having a receptacle which may be readily opened, so as to permit the depositing of garbage therein,

the construction being such as to permit the.

embodying my invention, the same being shown as attached to a portion of a fence and the view being from the inside of said fence. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section through the receptacleand fence with the lid of the receptacleclosedand thereceptacle be- ,ing inside the fence. -s Fig. 3is an elevation from the outside of the fence. Fig. A represents a side elevation with the receptacle parwardin order to discharge the contents thereof into the .collectors receptacle. Fig. 6 is a similar view representing in full lines the parts in their normal positions, the dotted lines representing the'lid or cover as partly raised.

Similar reference characters represent. the same or similar parts throughout the several views. I

The fence 10, which will usually be that 1 which separates a back yard from an alley, is I formed with an opening 11, said opening being of a-size to permit the tilting through it of the receptacle 12. Said receptacle is preferably of sheet metal and is attached to and reinforced by a back board 13 and-a base or bottom board 14:. The backing 13 forms the gate or closure for the fence-opening 11 when;

the parts are in their normal positions. Hinges 15 connect the lower portion of the gate'or back board 13 with the fence below the open: ing, said hinges being so connected as to per-1 mit the swinging or tilting of ,the receptacle fromthe normal position (shown in Figs.- 1,

2, 3, and 6)-to the complete inverted position, (shown in Fig 5,) in whichlatter positionthere will be little liability of any of the contents of the receptacle failing to be automatically discharged.

A lid or cover 16, having a beaded edge 18 and a handle 19, is connected by hinges 17 to,

the inside of the fence above the opening therein. A latch 21, the casing-"22 of which is shown as secured to the fence above the openwall of the receptacle, saidkeeper being adapted to receive the lower end ofv the latch to lock the receptacle in normal position. The latch maybe a spring-latch or a gravity-latch, preferably the former.

A cord- 24 ora chain 9 A guide or eye 25 for the flexible connection and also an idler-pulley 26 may be provided. This flexible connection may have its free end normally inside the fence, said free end being tossed over the fence, so that it will become a signal to the collector that the receptacle is ready for him to collect therefrom. A suitable handle is secured to the outer upper por tion of the back board or gate 13 to enable the collector to tilt the receptacle after releasing the latch or lock. This handle'preferablycomprises a strip 27, suitably cut away to form a hand or finger hold and having its ends projecting (see Fig. 3) to overlap the portions of the fence each side of the opening, the said projecting ends forming stops to limit the inward movement of the receptacle to its normal position. Stays 28 extend diagonally or in an inclined direction from the side edges of the back board 13, near the upper portions thereof, to the side edges of the base-board 14 and serve to support the latter. Said stays are slotted for a purpose presently described. I may provide additional supports or limiting means, such as abracket or brackets 140, (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2,) said brackets being connected with the inside of the fence and having horizontal upper edges to support the base or bottom board 14.

I shall now describe the means whereby the opening in the fence will be automatically closed when the receptacle is tilted outward, so as to prevent a person from crawling through said opening. A cross-bar 29 is mounted in bearings 30, attached to the top of the lid 16. Near each end of the bar 29 is soldered, brazed, or otherwise secured the upper end of a linkrod 31, having its lower end bent and extending through the slot of a stay 28 and having a head 32 on the end inside of said stay. This will always insure the retention of the sliding connection of the lowerends of the link-rods with said stays. The said link-rods extend through slots 34 in the lid, thus preventing endwise movement of the bar 29. The slotted stays 28 are secured at their ends to the side edges of the boards 13 and 14 by suitable means, such as by screws, as indicated in Figs. 1, 4, and 5, and therefore form guides for the inwardly-bent ends of the links-31, which guides always occupy a fixed position relatively to the receptacle and cannot get out of position for proper coaction with the links during the movements hereinafter described. The ends 33 of the bar 29 project beyond the edges of the lid and form stops to prevent the lid from being forced through the opening in the fence when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 5. This is because, as will be readily understood from Fig. 1, the rod 29 is of a length so that its projeetings ends 33 will contact with the fence each side of the opening when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 5.

It will be now understood that when a person inside the fence wishes to deposit anything inside the receptacle the lid may be raised, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. (3. or even to a higher position, the lower ends of the links 31 sliding along the slots of the stays 28. The lid will then readily close again. When the collector finds the end of the liexible connection 24 on the outside of the fence and pulls it, the receptacle will then be unlocked, and he may then pull it outward, as shown in Fig. 4, and finally over to the position shown in Fig. 5. l.)uring this movement the lid will be first slightly elevated by the sliding of the upper edge of the inner wall of the receptacle against the under side of the lid that is, this movement of the lid occurs when the parts are proportion ed as illustrated. The lid offers no obstruction, however, to this movement, because the links slide along the stays slightly. During the final outward-tilting movement of the receptacle the ends of the links move to the ends of the slots in the stays nearest the base-board 14 and are drawn thereby so as to hold the lid 16 in the position shown in Fig. 5, thus effectually barring the passage of a person through the fence-open ing. Upon the return movement the ends of the link-rods slide as far as required along the slots of the stays, and the receptacle will swing the cover up and inward and then permit it to fall to place, as shown by full lines in Fig. 6, the latch automatically rei'mgaging the keeper 23.

I claim- 1. The combination with a receptacle having inclined fixed slotted stays at its sides, of a lid having a cross-bar provided with linkrods connecting it with said slotted stays.

2. The combination with a receptacle having inclined fixed slotted stays at its sides, of a lid having a cross-bar provided with linkrods connecting it with said slotted stays, the ends of the cross-bar projecting beyond the edges of the cover, the cover having slots through which the link-rodspass.

3. The combination with a fence having an opening, of a receptacle hinged to the lower edge of the opening and mounted to swing through said opening, a latch for securing the recegtacle in normal position, and a flexible connection leading from the latch over the fence.

4. The combination with a. fence having an opening, of a receptacle hinged to the lower edge of the opening and mounted to swing from an upright position within the fence to an inverted position outside the fence, a lid hinged to the upper edge of the opening in the fence, connections between said lid and the receptacle for holding said lid across the opening in the fence when the receptacle is inverted, a latch having its casing secured to the fence above the opening, the hinged edge of the lid being formed with a notch to permit the lid to swing under the latch, a keeper for the latch carried by the.receptacl e, and means for operatingthe latch. 1

5. The combination with a receptacle having inclined fixed slotted stays at its sides, of a lid having a cross-bar pivotally mounted on the upper side thereof, the ends of said cross-' hinged to the upper edge of the opening in the fence, said lidhaving slots within its edges, a cross-bar pivotally mounted on the lid and having its ends projectingbeyond the edges of the lid to form stops to prevent the lid from being forcedthroughthe opening in the fence, stays at the side of the receptacle, and linkrods extending from said cross-bar and pass ing through the slots ofthe lid and having their ends slidingly engaged with said stays. In testimony whereof I-have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sub- 3 scribing witnesses.

JOHN D. BRAGUNIER.

Witnesses:

H. JOSEPH DOYLE; J. FRED. :KELLEY

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