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US 6,857,538 B2Granted
Garbage bin with cover
OwnerTsong-Yow Lininventor
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A cover assembly includes a ring mounted on a garbage bin, a cover mounted on the ring and a slow pivot device for slowly pivoting the cover relative to the ring. The slow pivot device includes a slow pivot element installed between the ring and the cover. The slow pivot element includes an internal tube, an external tube enclosing the internal tube and a spring connected between the internal tube and the external tube. Thus, rotation of the internal tube relative to the external tube exerts a torque on the spring. The spring is received in the internal tube so that an end thereof is connected with the internal tube. The internal tube is received in the internal tube so that an end thereof is connected with the internal tube. The internal tube is received in the external tube so that the other end of the spring is connected with the external tube. The internal tube includes a clip formed on an internal side thereof for clipping an end of the spring. The external tube includes a clip formed on an internal side thereof for clipping an opposite end of the spring. Damping oil is provided between the internal tube and the external tube so as to camp pivot of the internal tube relative to the external tube.
A cover assembly includes a ring mounted on a garbage bin, a cover mounted on the ring and a slow pivot device for slowly pivoting the cover relative to the ring from an open position to a closed position, with the slow pivot device including at least one slow pivot element, with the at least one slow pivot element including a first tube, a spring, and a first holder, with the first tube being rotatably mounted to one of the ring and the cover about an axis, with the spring connected between the first tube and the one of the ring and the cover, with rotation of the one of the ring and the cover relative to the first tube exerting torque on the spring to slow movement of the cover form the open position to the closed position, with the first tube having an end, with the first holder formed on the other of the ring and the cover, with the first holder having a slit, with the end of the first tube removably and replaceably received radially to the axis into the slit of the first holder, with the end being held in a nonrotational manner relative to the first holder by the slit of the first holder.
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