Waste paper receptacle with automatic tamping means

Claim 1

IN AN ARTICLE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, THE COMBINATION OF A WASTE PAPER BASKET WITHIN AN OUTER CABINET; SAID CABINET HAVING AN OPENING IN ITS FRONT WALL AT A POSITION ABOVE SAID BASKET, A DOOR ACROSS SAID OPENING, HINGED ALONG ITS LOWER EDGE SO THAT THE DOOR OPENS FORWARDLY DOWNWARDLY, MEANS TO MAINTAIN SAID DOOR FROM ENTERING SAID CABINET, A TAMPING PLATE POSITIONED HORIZONTALLY WITHIN SAID BASKET AT A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE MOUTH OF SAID BASKET, AN ARM FIXED TO SAID DOOR AND EXTENDING FROM ITS REAR TO SAID TAMPING PLATE; SAID PLATE BEING SWINGABLY MOUNTED ABOUT AN AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGH ITS CENTER OF GRAVITY, TO SAID ARM, AN ELEMENT EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID PLATE ALONG THE EDGE THEREOF WHICH IS AT THE REAR OF SAID CABINET; THE AXES OF SWING OF SAID TAMPING PLATE AND DOOR BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL, AND A CAMMING ELEMENT FIXED NEAR THE MOUTH OF SAID BASKET, ADAPTED TO INTERCEPT SAID ELEMENT EXTENDING FROM THE PLATE, WHEN SAID DOOR IS BEING OPENED, WHEREUPON OPENING SAID DOOR, SAID PLATE WILL RISE AND LEAVE SAID BASKET AND BE SWUNG WITHIN THE CABINET TO A POSITION OPPOSITE SAID OPENING, AT WHICH TIME THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID PLATE FACES SAID OPENING; THERE BEING CLEARANCE FOR SAID ARM TO ALLOW SUCH PLATE MOVEMENT.