Patent · US Expired

Kitchen sink unit with refuse disposal opening

US4813087A · kind A · utility

5Cited by

7References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Niro-Plan AG · CH

Inventors

Adolf Sperka · Baden-Baden, DE
Wolfgang Kemmerling · Bodelshausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 1987
Grant date	Mar 21, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2007

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65F1/1431
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

To provide a single structured sink unit in which, selectively, household refuse can be separated into garbage (which is biodegradable) and trash (which is not biodegradable), the sink unit is formed with two aligned openings (4, 5) positioned front-to-back. The second opening may have, selectively, a refuse chute (11) inserted therein or a basket (12), for example for cleaning supplies or the like. The openings are alignable with either separate refuse containers (9, 10) or a single container which is compartmentalized, for selective placement of separated trash and garbage or for unseparated refuse.

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