US893759A - Garbage-bag. - Google Patents

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PATENTD JULY 21, 1908.

L. THOMAG' GARBAGE BAG.

.APPLICA-T101! FILED NOV. 28.1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

I/I/JTNESSES.- l

Y PATBNTED JULY 21, 1908.

No. 893,759.l

L. THOMAS. GARBAGE BAG. APPLICATION HLED Nov.28.19o6.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

TTORNE VS Vrmiran srAtrns PATENT Orrr`cn`4 LEOPOLD THOMAS, or NEW YORK, N.- Y.

GARBAGE-BAG.

No. scarso.

To allwhomit'may concern.: l' Y Be it'known that I, LEOPOLD THOMAS," a"

citizen of the United States, residing at New simi ar places andaadapted toffbe removed'by A `further object is to provide'a water-` the garbage collector .and destroyed together Awith the contents of the same.'v

`proof bag orfreceptacle having its side and escape of foul odors.

ottom walls reinforced and, its upper end pro` vided with av draw-string whereby the mouth of--the bagmay be closed so as to prevent A stillfurther obj ect oi the invention is to generally improve this class of deyicsso as to' increase their efficiency and utility aswell 'as to reduce the cost-of manufacture;

'With these and other objectsinlvieW-thel invention consists 'in the 'construction and novel combination and arrangement ofparts "drawings hereinafter fully described, and illustrated 'in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that .various changes'in-form, proportions a'nd minor details of. 'constructionma be' resorted toA within the scope of the'appen ed clairnshr"v p 'f 1 In theaccompanying drawings formingva part of this'specilicationzFigure lfis a per.- vspecjtive view offa garbage bag or receptacle' constructed in accordance -with my inven-r` tion'. Figi is'f'a. longitudinal sectional view' of the same.V Fi' 3* is a perspective .Viewv partly in section ius'trating a modified form of bag. or-receptacle. Fig. 4 is a similar viewA illustrating a further modification. A

Similar numerals'ofreference indicate cor-- responding partsin all of the iigures of the The improved bag or receptacle comprises (a body' portion preferably formed of a single strip of paper, fabric or Othersuitable material theadjacent longitudinal edges of which are'ovr-lapped 4and pasted or otherwise secured together to form a lap-seam 5, said body portion being provided with. an eXtensipn or flap 6 adapted to be folded laterally in' engagement with the side Walls 7 of the Specication of Letters Patent. Application le'd November-2B, 1906. Seriel No. 345,497.

` Patented July a1,- 190e.

body portion andwhich constitutes the bottom of the receptacle,'as shown.

The interior walls of the receptacle are coated orfotherwisecovered with a waterroof compound 8 thereby to render the bag impervious to moisture or if desired said receptacle may be formed of water-proof materia'h Y `Arrangedwithin the outer receptacle is an inner or reinforcing receptacle 9 which preferably extends approximately one-half the hei ht ofthe side walls ofthe outer receptacle an .serves to reinforce and strengthen said y `rreceptacle and prevent the escape of liquid.

' .The inner receptacle 9 may be` formed of thin metal butispreferably constructed of aV single piece v'of 'water-proof paper, fiber, veneer or similar material the entire surface of which isv glued, pasted ory otherwise fas' tened` to, the Vadjacentninner -surface of the outer `bag and madewater tight1 The ad# jacent longitudinal/wedges., of the inner re cept'aclelare over-lapped'-ga`nd secured to the interior'walls of thefouter rece tacle at a point diametri-cally opposite thev ap-seam 5,

asindicatedat 10,`,but if desired-said inner..

receptacle may be pressed 'l or otherwise formed from a single sheet of tin foil or similar .material thus dispensing with the lap-seam.

By having'the lap-seams of the inner and outer receptacl arranged on oppositeV sides of the bag-or body portion Ktheli uid or semi@ liquid material contained in t eV garbage is eie'ctua-lly prevented from working its 'way through the la -seams and escaping'from the ceptacle are `preferably provided aj-gjj. v

plurality of openings, or perforation/555110 f l `spaced inwardly -from the mouth'llfofpthe I receptacle and through which is thre'adedthel drawstring ly2whereby the inouthofv the v receptacle mayv be readily closed so1as1: to

prevent the escape of foul odors.

In using the device the receptaclel'isiilldd i l or partly iilled with garbage and thestring- 12 drawngtight' so fas'to contract the mouth of the receptacle and thusform a closure Jfor f the same. The receptacle is then laced'in aconvenient position' for remova bythe' garba e-collector, said receptacle together4 with t e garbage being carried to the crematory and destroyed in the usual' manner.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings there is illustrated a modified formof the invention in which the bag is rectangular in. shape with the adjacent ends of the paper or other material forming the bottom of the outer i in shape, .as shown. n

` The receptacle may be made in different receptacle 7 over-lapped at 13 and glued or otherwise secured to the inner receptacle 9". The bag or receptacle shown in Fig. 4 is similar in `constbruction tov that shown in F1' 3 only the side Walls of the former are cyindrical and the bottom thereof circular Having thus described the'invention' whatl A device of the class described comprising an elongated flexible outer receptacle formed of a single piece of material the adjacent longitudinal edges of Which are over-lapped and united to form a 'lap seam and one end thereof provided With'a flap adaptedto. be

I folded upwardly at right angles to the lap .seam and fastened to the exterior Walls of the outerreceptacle, said Hap extending the en- Witnesses:

tire Width of the outer receptacle and constituting the bottom of the latter, there bein perforations formed in the side Walls o the outer receptacle 'andA spaced inwardly from the mouth thereof, one o f the perform-L' tions piercing the over-lappedl edges of the outer receptacle, a flexible Water .proof inner 'receptacle permanently secured to the bottom and interior Walls of the outer receptacle and .having its adjacent longitudinal edges over-lap ed to orm a la seam arranged diametrical y opposite the ap seam of the outer receptacle,sa1d innerrece t'acle'being smaller than thel outer rece tac e and of approximately one-half the eight of the outerv receptaele, and a draw string threaded through the perforationsinthe outer receptacle and vengaging alternately the interior and exterior Walls of said'outer receptacle for normally closing the'mouth thereof,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto affixed mv signature in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

Y LEoPoLD THOMAS.

F. S. THOMAS, THOMAS LARSEN.

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