Receptacle

Claim 1

A RECEPTACLE, COMPRISING A CASING HAVING OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SIDE WALLS CONNECTED BY BACK AND FRONT WALLS WITH THE UPPER ENDS THEREOF DEFINING AN OPENING, A CLOSURE MEMBER FOR SAID OPENING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED ALONG THE REARWARD PORTION THEREOF TO THE UPPER EDGE PORTION OF SAID WALL, A TAMPING FLAP EXTENDING ACROSS SAID OPENING BETWEEN AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID SIDE WALLS ADJACENT TO THE UPPER ENDS THEREOF FOR MOVEMENT THROUGH A PREDETERMINED ARC, SAID TAMPING FLAP FROM THE REAR TO THE FRONT THEREOF BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER THAN SAID CLOSURE MEMBER, AN ARCUATE GUIDE MEMBER CONNECTED TO SAID FRONT WALL ADJACENT TO THE UPPER END THEREOF AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND REARWARDLY IN SAID CASING ALONG A PORTION OF SAID ARC, MEANS INCLUDING A LEVER CONNECTING SAID TAMPING FLAP TO SAID CLOSURE MEMBER FOR MOVING SAID TAMPING FLAP THROUGH SAID ARC WHEN SAID CLOSURE MEMBER IS MOVED THROUGH A SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER ARC AS IT IS OPENED AND CLOSED, MEANS INCLUDING A FOOT PEDAL CONNECTED TO SAID CASING AND TO SAID CLOSURE MEMBER FOR OPERATING THE LATTER, AND STOP MEANS FOR LIMITING TO A PREDETERMINED ANGLE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SAID CLOSURE MEMBER CAN BE OPENED AND THEREBY LIMITING THE CORRESPONDING MOVEMENT OF SAID TAMPING FLAP.