US 5,690,024 A · Waste paper collecting device

Abstract

A device for collecting and packing paper material comprises a receptacle having a mainly square-shaped bottom, back and front walls, and two side walls. A box may be fixed either to the exterior surface of the back wall or to the exterior surface of one of the side walls for loosely retaining a string bobbin. The free end of a string wound onto the bobbin passes through an adjacent aperture in the side or back wall. String lengths are obtained using a knife preferably fixed to a slit in one of the side walls for cutting the string when pulled out to a suitable length through the aperture. A dummy knife is fixed to any corresponding slit or slits made in other walls but not needed for a knife. The string lengths are fixed in a holder arranged in the back and front walls. The string lengths are kept freely movable in the front wall holder. When tied using the string lengths, the pile of paper material is lifted from the receptacle via a handle having hooks introduced under the string lengths. The device is preferably delivered in form of a construction kit.

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Dependent claims

A device for collecting and bundling paper material comprising:

a receptacle having a substantially rectangular-shaped bottom and a back wall, two spaced apart side walls coupled to the bottom and back walls;
holders for retaining a pair of string lengths in a position running substantially vertically along the inside of the back wall to the bottom of the receptacle and substantially horizontally along the bottom wall to the front edge of the receptacle, the string lengths having end portions easily accessible at the top of the back wall and the front edge, respectively, the paper material being packed by tieing the paper material together with the string lengths and obtaining a package of paper material which can be lifted from the receptacle;
at least one knife element disposed in a slit made in at least one of the walls for use when cutting the string into suitable lengths;
and
a box disposed on an exterior surface of one of the walls the box loosely retaining a string bobbin, the free end of the string emanating from the bobbin passing through an aperture in the wall into the receptacle such that the string can be pulled out from the bobbin to a suitable length, cut by the knife element and arranged in the holders.

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A device for collecting and bundling paper material comprising:

a receptacle having a substantially rectangular-shaped bottom and a back wall, two spaced apart side walls coupled to the bottom and back walls;
holders for retaining a pair of string lengths in a position running substantially vertically along the inside of the back wall to the bottom of the receptacle and substantially horizontally along the bottom wall to the front edge of the receptacle, the string lengths having end portions easily accessible at the top of the back wall and the front edge, respectively, the paper material being packed by tieing the paper material together with the string lengths and obtaining a package of paper material which can be lifted from the receptacle;
and
at least one knife element disposed in a slit made in at least one of the walls for use when cutting the string into suitable lengths, the knife means being exchangeably arranged in the slit and having a cover of substantially U-shaped design, the knife element including a knife blade being disposed at an angle to the opening formed between opposing stems of the U-shaped cover.

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A device for collecting and bundling paper material comprising:

a receptacle having a substantially rectangularly-shaped bottom and a back wall, two spaced apart side walls coupled to the bottom and back walls;
holders for retaining a pair of string lengths in a position running substantially vertically along the inside of the back wall to the bottom of the receptacle and substantially horizontally along the bottom wall to the front edge of the receptacle, the string lengths having end portions easily accessible at the top of the back wall and the front edge, respectively, the paper material being packed by tieing the paper material together with the string lengths and obtaining a package of paper material which can be lifted from the receptacle;
a handle for lifting the pile of paper material when tied together with the string lengths, the handle being made from a metal wire which is surrounded by a hand friendly carrier such that the metal wire protrudes from the ends of the carrier and forms angled hooks at each side of the carrier, the hooks being operatively coupled to the string lengths for lifting the package of paper material from the receptacle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Waste paper collecting device

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Waste paper collecting device

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Abstract

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