Apparatus for the removal of waste material in textile machines

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE REMOVAL OF WASTE COMPRISING A MOBILE RIGID RECEPTACLE HAVING AN UPPER RIM DEFINING AN OPEN TOP, A FILTER-CAP COVERING THE OPEN TOP OF THE RECEPTACLE, SAID FILTER-CAP INCLUDING A PAIR OF UPPER AND LOWER HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ANNULAR MEMBERS IN VERTICALLY SPACED AXIAL ALIGNMENT, SAID MEMBERS BEING RIGID AND EACH INCLUDING A PERIPHERAL DEPENDING FLANGE PORTIONS OF SAID MEMBERS, SIDEWALL ATTACHED TO THE FLANGE PORTIONS OF SAID MEMBERS, AND A TOP WALL ON AND ATTACHED TO THE UPPER ANNULAR MEMBER CLOSING THE OPENING THEREIN WHEREBY SAID FILTER CAP IS FORMED AS A CLOSURE WITH AN OPENING IN THE LOWER ANNULAR MEMBERS; MEANS CONNECTED TO THE SAID UPPER MEMBER FOR SECURING THE SAME IN FIXED POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE LOWER MEMBER, THE LOWER ANNULAR MEMBER FREELY RESTING ON THE RIM OF THE RECEPTACLE FOR BEING RAISED THEREFROM AND LOWERED THEREON, SAID FILTER CAP AND RECEPTACLE BEING IN COMMUNICATION VIA THE OPENING IN THE LOWER MEMBER OF THE FILTER CAP AND THE OPEN TOP OF THE RECEPTACLE, AND INLET CONDUIT PROJECTING INTO THE FILTER CAP FOR INTRODUCING INTO THE FILTER CAP WASTE ENTRAINED IN A GASEOUS PRESSUER MEDIUM, SAID SIDE WALL AND SAID TOP WALL OF THE FILTER CAP BEING FORMED OF A MATERIAL PERVIOUS TO THE GASEOUS PRESSURE MEDIUM TO PERMIT DISCHARGE OF THE PRESSURE MEDIUM BUT BEING IMPERVIOUS TO WASTE TO RETAIN THE WASTE IN THE FILTER CAP AND ALLOW THE WASTE TO DROP INTO THE RECEPTACLE, SAID RECPTACLE BEING REMOVABLE BY RAISING THE LOWER ANNULAR MEMBER OF THE FILTER-CAP WHICH RESTS ON THE RECEPTACLE.