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US 4,068,575 AGranted
Refuse compactor with selective spray device
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsCharles R. Difley, Milton J. Johnson, William R. McDonald
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AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsCharles R. Difley, Milton J. Johnson, William R. McDonald
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A selective spray device for use in a refuse compactor, or the like, arranged to provide selectively onto the refuse a deodorizing spray. The device includes a control for effecting automatically a spray of the refuse as an incident of movement of the receptacle into which the refuse is placed for compaction. A manually operable control permits a manual operation of the spray device when desired at any time. The control may further be arranged to prevent operation of the spray device notwithstanding movement of the receptacle. The spray may be provided as a pressurized fluid in a can having a suitable selectively operable valve. The valve actuator may be held fixed while the can itself is displaced to effect an opening of the valve. The control may include a slidable cam having associated therewith a manually operable handle. The selective opening of the valve may be effected by a lever pivotally mounted adjacent the cam and having a cam follower engaged by the cam.
In a refuse compactor having a receptacle for holding refuse, and means for movably carrying the receptacle for selective disposition in a refuse compacting position and in an exposed refuse receiving position, improved refuse treating means comprising:
In a refuse compactor having a receptacle for holding refuse, and means for movably carrying the receptacle for selective disposition in a refuse compacting position and in an exposed refuse receiving position, improved refuse treating means comprising:
In a refuse compactor having a receptacle for holding refuse, and means for movably carrying the receptacle for selected disposition in a refuse compacting position and in an exposed refuse receiving position, improved refuse treating means comprising:
In a refuse compactor having a frame, a receptacle movably carried on said frame for holding refuse to be compacted, means for selectively providing access to the receptacle for placing refuse to be compacted therein, and means for treating the refuse in the receptacle including spray means for spraying a treating material onto refuse in the receptacle, improved control means for controlling operation of said spray means selectively (a) in an "automatic" mode to automatically treat the refuse as an incident of providing access to the receptacle, (b) in a "manual" mode to treat the refuse at any time as a result of a manual actuation of the control means, and (c) a "none" mode to prevent treatment of the refuse irrespective of providing access to the receptacle, said improved control means comprising:
Apparatus for actuating the valve of a can of deodorizing spray fluid for spraying the deodorizing fluid onto refuse carried adjacent the can, said apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.