Arrangement in refuse chutes

An arrangement for collecting refuse, comprising in combination:

• a. a refuse collection room having walls including a floor and a ceiling,
• b. a vertically disposed refuse discharge chute extending vertically upwardly through the ceiling of said refuse collection room, the lower end of said chute opening into said room at a point near the ceiling of said room,
• c. a magazine of hose-like impervious material which is to form a single elongated tubular receptacle for refuse, said impervious material being disposed in a folded condition, wherein the folds extend substantially in a circumferential direction,
• d. magazine holder means for confining said magazine of impervious material in an essentially ring-formed column that has a vertical axis that substantially coincides with the vertical axis of the outlet of said vertically disposed discharge chute,
• e. said magazine holder means and said magazine forming a substantially vertical passageway for receiving refuse discharged from said discharge chute and
• f. support means in said refuse collection room for supporting said magazine holder near the lower end of the refuse chute so as to leave between the lower end of said chute and the upper end of said magazine a passage allowing air to enter the refuse chute pipe while allowing the hose-like impervious material to be inflated by the action of refuse discharged from said refuse discharge chute,
• g. said magazine holder means being supported by said support means so that in a first position there will be a general axial alignment of the inlet of said ring-formed column with said discharge chute, and so that in a second position the said ring-formed column means will be wholly removed from alignment with said discharge chute.