Refuse container
AssigneeHailo-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsDirk Goritzka, Friedrich-Ernst Weller, Udo Thielking
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Abstract
A refuse receptacle has an outer container with a lid closing an insertion opening in the upper region. A foot pedal is attached to the refuse receptacle and the actuation of which enables the lid of the refuse receptacle to be moved into an opening position. The foot pedal is of annular design and encircles the outer container and being arranged in the lower region thereof. The foot pedal is designed in a manner such that it can be depressed in a linear movement in order to open the lid, and an outer housing, which is connected to the foot pedal, or a casing of the refuse receptacle being able to be depressed together with the foot pedal.
Claims18
A refuse receptacle having an outer housing with a lid closing an insertion opening in an upper region of said outer housing, comprising
- a foot pedal attached to the refuse receptacle and the actuation of which enables the lid of the refuse receptacle to be moved into an opening position, the foot pedal being arranged in the lower region of the outer housing,
- wherein the foot pedal is depressed in a linear movement to open the lid, and wherein the outer housing is depressed together with the foot pedal,
- wherein the outer housing is depressed linearly counter to the force of restoring springs, which are stressed when the outer housing is depressed and function as a spring loaded cylinder for the corresponding return movement of the outer housing to its initial position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.