Trash compactor
US4000689A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 27, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB30B9/306
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The trash compactor has a throat above the chamber in which the trash receiving unit is located. The trash receiving unit consists of a pan and a container, both dimensioned so that their walls are shielded by the throat. The pan fits the chamber with its walls spaced from the walls of the housing and receives a trash bag within it. The container is open at the top and bottom with its walls upwardly and inwardly tapering with its lower end fitting within the bag and holding it bottomed against the pan. Both the pan and the container are of a plastic having a good memory and they are detachably interconnected. A carrying strap enables the unit or the pan with the bag therein and with the container removed, to be carried to a pick-up or disposal site.
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