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Vacuum apparatus with tilting container

US4193161A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 24, 1978
Grant dateMar 18, 1980
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Expiry dateNov 24, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L9/009
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The apparatus includes a rimmed base having support wheels. A pair of supports extend upwardly from the base; and a handle is pivotally connected to the uprights for movement between a use position in which the handle may be used for pushing the apparatus, and a dumping position in which the handle is rotated approximately 180.degree. about a horizontal axis to lift the container and disengage it from the base to a raised position in which it is free to be rotated for dumping the contents of the container. The handle includes a pair of depending extension members pivotally connected to the container at approximately the vertical and horizontal midpoints of the container to facilitate emptying the contents.

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