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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lewis W Schmidt, Rio Vista, CA (US);
Assignee:
Blackwelders, Rio Vista, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B / ; B30B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
100100 ; 10026 ; 10033 ; 1002 / ; 214 833 ; 214302 ; 29228 ;
Abstract
An improvement in a commercial, pick-up type, portable refuse bin--such as commonly in use outdoors at restaurants, stores, apartment houses, and other establishments--which has a normally-closed, releasably-latched lid openable when unlatched to permit deposit of refuse into the bin; the improvement comprising a normally closely underlying compactor blade hinged to the lid for downward swinging therefrom, and power means connected between the lid and compactor blade operative, when the lid is closed and latched, to forcefully swing said compactor blade downwardly into the bin to compact predeposited refuse therein.