US988668A - Garbage-receptacle. - Google Patents

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M. 0. SHORT. GARBAGE REGEPTAGLE. v APPLICATION FILED MAY 7,1910.

Patented Apr; 4, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILLEDGE CECIL SHORT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARBAGE-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr; *4, 19 11.

Application filed May 7, 1910iv Serial No. 559,973.

tion, reference being had therein to the ac-,''

von'ipanying drawings.

My 11i- \-'ention has for its object an improvement in receptacles for garbage and is particularly."iutended. to be sunk in the ground with only a flange or rim and its cover above the surface of the ground.

The device embodying my invention is made in two separable parts, which for convenience maybe designated the tube and the can. The tube is in practice made from a drain tile to the flanged end of which is is attached a cover. \Vithin the tube there is received the an which is made of sheet metal or similar material and is readily removable when it is necessary to enrpty t.

The tube is open at thebottoln and, therefore, any liquid which may be accidentally spilled down between the interior of the can and the inside of the drain tile is immediately absorbed by the earth. The earth at the bottom of the tube also tends to absorb any odors arisingfrom the contents of the can. The cover of the garbage container is attached to the concrete, rim in StlClLIDfll'lIlel that it cannot become separated from the tube.

The entire device is exceedingly simple, and. may be made for a price below that of metal cans intended to be sunken in the ground sincethe n'iaterials'of which the tube is constructed are relatively inexpensive. Itis found in practice that the contents of the can will notfreeze under ordinary condito ferment in sunnner than are the contents of a. garbage container which is exposed to the sun. The tube and concrete flange molded thereon. which are the parts in contact with the earth, cannotcorrode and therefore are more durable than metal, as well as being less expensive.

.. ing ring 13.

The invention will be fully understood and the novel features are pointedout and 1 clearly defined in the claims at the close of 2 is-a similar section of the top of the de 7c sl'i'owing the rover open. Fig. 3 is a Section of the flange or rim showing the con struction of the hinge. Fig. l is a section on line -%-l of Fig. 5, looking downward.

' Referring now .to the drawings,-a-t 11' is shown the tube which is sunk in the ground. In practice I employ a drain tile of the suitable size for this purpose and place it in. the ground. with the small end (l(S\\"1'1\\'tl-ICl. About the flanged end of the drain ti-le T mold a flange or rim 12 of concrete and line the interior of the rim at the upper part thereof with a lining ring 13 of galvanized iron. This lining ring 13 has an interior diameter slightly grater than the interior of the tube 11, leai-" ig a ledge or shoulder ll. The lining ring also. forms a top edge towhich the cover of the can fits tightly as shown in Fig. 1.

'Within the tube 11 is received the can preferably of galvanized iron. This can is constructed with a run 26 around the top, which prO ects over but does not rest upon the shoulder or ledge 14: ust described, when.

the can is in position, (see Fig. 1), leaving only a small clearance space. between it and the lining ring '13 so that there is very little if any opportunity for garbage dumped into the can to get in between the can and the tube or casing 11. The can 15 is provided with a bail 16 of usual hinged construction which when swung down lies within the lin- At .17 is shown the cover of the can which 1 I .4 v 1S provided with a downwardly extending flange '18 fitting closely within the top edge of the lining ring '1 Thecover l'r'ishinged.

as shown at 19, Figs. 1 and 3, to one end of a. horizontal wire rod 22, see Fig. 4', which.

is ci'nbedded in the concrete and holds the strap '20 very securely in pla'ce so that it cannot be removed wlthoutlnealung the run.

' l A garbage receptacle of the construction partly embedded in the concrete, an e1nbedded ll'lGlTll'JGI' in engageinent'with the said strap, the two ends oi. said strap extending above the concrete, one ot thein forming a hinge member to which the cover is attached, and the other forming a back stop against: which'the cover rests when opened.

A receptacle tor a garbage can comprising a section of pipe having at its upper. end an annular oltset portion terminating in an upwardly extending annular flange whose inner peripher I is of greater diameter than that of the portion below said ofi'set portion, in combination with a ring of metal mounted upon the shoulder formed by said oitset portion and extending upwardly, the inner periphery of said ring belng 01' greater periphery of the 1 diameter thantthe inner portion of the pipe below said offset portion and the outer periphery of said ring being of less diameter than the inner periphcry of the upwardly extending annular tlangeof said pipe whereby an annular space ring and said upwardly extending flange and an annular ring of plastic material filling the space bei is formed between said tween said upwardly extending annular flange and said ring and covering the top of said annular flange of the pipe and having an annular flange portion extending radially outward in all directions beyond said annular flange of the pipe portion forming a hanger adapted to rest on the surface of the ground and support said pipe when the pipe is inserted in a hole in the earth.

3. A. receptacle for a garbage can, comprising a section of pipe having at its upper end an annular ofl'set. portion terminating in an iu'm'ardly extending annular flange, in

an annular flange of plaseoml'iination with tie material molded about said annular flange of the pipe and extending some dis-- tance radially outward from the annular flange oil the pipe thereby forming a ra dially extending hanger adapted to enga. e the surface of the ground and support the said tubular receptacle suspended in a hole in the earth formed to receive it, alining ring of metal on the upper end of sa-id'oflset portion of said pipe forming a Wall for the inner periphery of sa id flange of plastic ma-' terial, a cover for said receptacle and a stra. to which said cover is hinged embedded in the plastic mass between said lining ring and the upwardly extending flange of the pipe.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, '65

in presence of two witnesses.

MILLEDGE CECIL SHORT.- Witnesses v M. A. MA'cLnon, Amen H. MORRISON.

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