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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles B Weeks, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Norris Industries, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
100215 ; 1002 / ; 100255 ; 141 73 ; 141391 ; 193 34 ;
Abstract
The door of a trash compactor has an auxiliary door located to permit trash to be entered through it into the throat of the compactor. The auxiliary door, when closed, includes a throat portion which converts into a chute when the auxiliary door is opened.