Disinfecting and deodorizing receptacle

Claim 1

A DISINFECTING AND DEODORIZING RECEPTACLE FOR SOILED CLOTHING AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A BASE WITH UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS AND A HINGED COVER PIVOTALLY SECURED TO ONE OF THE SIDE WALLS ADJACENT ITS UPPER EDGE, A SLOT PROVIDED IN THE COVER THROUGH WHICH SOILED CLOTHES ARE HAND-DEPOSITED INTO THE RECEPTACLE, A DOWNWARDLY SWINGABLE CLOSURE FLAP OF SUFFICIENT SIZE TO COVER THE SLOT PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED BY A HINGE ON THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE COVER ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF THE SLOT, SPRING MEANS IN THE HINGE URGING THE FLAP UPWARDLY AGAINST THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE COVER ADJACENT ANOTHER SIDE OF SAID SLOT IN COVERING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID SLOT, A SPRAY CAN OF DISINFECTING AND SEDORIZING LIQUID VERTICALLY DISPOSED IN THE RECEPTABLE, MEANS TO REMOVABLY SECURE THE SPRAY CAN TO A SIDE WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE, THE SPRAY CAN PROVIDE AT ITS TOP WITH A SPRING-ACTUATED, VERTICALLY-DEPRESSIBLE, VALVE HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE OPENING THEREIN POSITIONED TO DISCHARGE A LIQUID SPRAY THEREFROM IN A HORIZONTAL DIRECTION ACROSS AN AREA DIRECTLY BENEATH SAID SLOT UPON DEPRESSION OF THE VALVE, A PIVOT BAR ROTATABLY SECURE TO A SIDE WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE POSITIONED BETWEEN THE CLOSURE FLAP AND THE CAN VALVE, THE BAR COMPRISING A FIRST ARM DISPOSED TO EXTEND ABOVE AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CAN VALVE AND A SECOND ARM DISPOSED TO EXTEND BELOW AND IN ALIGMENT WITH THE CLOSURE FLAP SO THAT DEPRESSION OF THE CLOSURE FLAP TO SWING DOWNWARDLY IN AN ARC INTO THE RECEPTACLE CAUSES ITS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SECOND ARM TO ACTUATE SAID PIVOT BAR WHEREBY THE FIRST ARM DEPRESSES THE CAN VALVE TO SPRAY A CHARGE OF DISINFECTING AND DEDORIZING LIQUID LATERALLY ACROSS THE RECEPTACLE ADJACENT TO AND BELOW THE ARC OF THE DOWNWARDLY SWINGING CLOSURE FLAP TO SPRAY EACH ARTICLE OF CLOTHING AS IT IS INSERTED THROUGH THE SLOT, SPRING MEANS SECURED TO THE PIVOT BAR AND TO A SIDE WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE TO RETURN THE PIVOT TO A FREE POSITION WHEN THE FLAP IS RELEASED, AND STUD MEANS TO LIMIT ROTATION OF THE FIRST ARM AWAY FROM THE CAN VALVE.