Trash handling device
AssigneeKoncept Kreations, Ltd.
InventorsFrank H. Klepacki, David G. Klepacki
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Abstract
An improved trash handling device for receiving trash in a trash container enclosed within a housing where the housing has a completely enclosed manually operated trash compactor for selectively compacting the trash received in the container, wherein the compactor includes a pyramid-shaped compacting plate for engaging the trash in the container, a foot lever for rotating the compacting plate downwardly from resting position into the trash container, a pneumatic spring for biasing the compacting plate to resting position, and a safety lock preventing delivery of trash to the container during a compacting cycle.
Claims14
A trash handling device comprising a housing within which a trash container is received, said container having an open upper end, said housing including an access door swingable inwardly to allow trash to be delivered to said container, a compactor including a pyramid-shaped compacting plate pivotally mounted within the housing and swingable into said container to compact trash therein, foot lever means interior of the housing connected to said pyramid-shaped compacting plate for selectively driving the plate into said container and compacting trash therein, and means normally biasing said pyramid-shaped compacting plate to a rest position above said container and permitting said access door to freely swing inward for depositing trash in said container.
A trash handling device comprising:
- a housing having a trash input door and a container access door,
- a trash container removably received in said housing through said container access door,
- a manually operated compactor mounted in and completely enclosed within said housing and accessible through said container access door,
- whereby the container access door must be opened to manually operate and cause the compactor to compact trash in the trash container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.