Device for containing, compacting and baling refuse

Claim 3

A device as described in claim 1, comprising a bag adapted to line said box and to receive the material deposited in said box, said bag being removable from the box with the compressed material therein.

Claim 4

A device as described in claim 2, said bag having flaps at one end around its periphery folded outwardly over the edges of the box at its open end while the receptacle is in extended condition and while said receptacle is being collapsed, said flaps being adapted to be folded inwardly over the top of the bag, after the material has been compressed and has all been contained in said bag.

Claim 5

A device as described in claim 3, comprising a cover adapted to be placed over the material in said bag after the material has been compressed and has all been contained in said bag, said bag flaps being adapted to be folded inwardly over said cover after the material has been compressed and has all been contained in said bag, and means securing said flaps in inwardly folded position to said cover to form a bale with the bag containing all of the compressed material.

Claim 6

A device as described in claim 4, said securing means comprising adhesive on the insides of said flaps and adhesive on the outside of said cover in areas where said flaps will be folded in contact therewith.

Claim 7

A device as described in claim 1, said box being substantially rectangular in shape, and said tubular slide being of corresponding cross section.

Claim 8

A device as described in claim 1, said box having a doorway on one side and a door for said doorway, closed during the material compressing stage and blocked by said tubular slide during said stage, said door being adapted to be opened when said tubular slide is moved from door blocking position, to permit the compressed material in said box to be discharged from said box and through the open doorway.

Claim 9

A device as described in claim 7, said door being hinged at its lower end and in closed position having its free end in the region of the open end of the box.

Claim 10

A device as described in claim 1, said box being substantially rectangular in shape and said tubular slide being of corresponding cross section, one of the sidewalls of said box being hinged at its lower end and having its other free end in the region of the open end of the box, said hinged wall constituting a door and defining a doorway on the side of said box, said door being closed during the material compressing stage and being blocked by said tubular slide during said stage, said box having a bottom wall surface substantially at the level of the door hinge, said door being adapted to be opened when said tubular slide is moved from door blocking position, to permit the compressed material in said box to be discharged from said box, along said bottom wall surface and out through the open doorway.

Claim 11

A device as described in claim 7, said door being hinged at its lower end and in closed position having its free end in the region of the open end of the box, said device comprising a frame of substantially rigid material corresponding substantially in shape to shape of the box at its upper end and defining an inverted channel by which said frame can be straddled over the upper edge of the box with the door closed to lock said door in closed position, said frame being Removable to permit said door to open when said tubular slide is not in door blocking position.

Claim 12

A device as described in claim 1, said tubular slide comprising a single sheet of board bendable to bring the end sections of said sheet together in overlapping relation, said device comprising means for releasably securing said overlapping end sections together.

Claim 13

A device as described in claim 11, said releasable securing means comprising a tab cut from one of the end sections of said tubular slide, the other end section of the slide having a slot through which said tab extends when said board sheet is bent into tubular shape with said end sections overlapping, said tab having a hole, and a dowel passing through said hole when said board is so bent.

Claim 14

A device as described in claim 1, said slide mounting means comprising two tabs cut from opposite sidewalls respectively of the tubular slide at the lower end of said slide where said slide is mounted on said box, and bendable inwardly to cause said tabs and said sidewalls jointly to straddle the edges of the box at its open end to lock said slide against telescopic movement along said box in said direction, said tabs being bendable outwardly when said slide is lifted from the box sufficiently to release said tabs from straddling position from to permit the slide to be moved along said box in said direction.

Claim 15

A device as described in claim 13, wherein said tabs are foreshortened at their free ends in relation to the adjacent edges of said sidewalls to provide gaps for the insertion of a finger.

Claim 16

A device as described in claim 1, said slide mounting means comprising two tabs cut from opposite sidewalls respectively of the tubular slide at the end of said slide where said slide is mounted on said box, and bendable inwardly from the planes of said sidewalls, and a clip of rigid material secured to each of said tab for angular movement with said tab and having a foot at its free end extending outwardly of the slide to form a finger piece, and a flange at its other end near the bend line of the tab, extending inwardly of the slide to form a stop when seated on an edge of said box at its open end, said flange extending in a direction to serve as a stop when the tab is in the plane of the corresponding sidewall panel, and extending in a direction to clear said box edge when the tab is bent outwardly from the plane of the corresponding sidewall to release said slide for movement along said box in said direction.

Claim 17

A device as described in claim 1, said box being made of flat boards and comprising two units, one unit being in the form of a rectangular tube open at both ends and collapsible along bend lines into flattened condition for storage and transportation, the other unit constituting an insert for one end of said tube and comprising a main rectangular panel and four flaps around said panel bendable into transverse directions in relation to said panel to form an inverted traylike body dimensioned to fit snugly and conformably with a friction fit in one end of said tube, with said panel defining the bottom wall of said box.

Claim 18

A device as described in claim 9, said box being made of flat boards and comprising two units, one unit being in the form of a rectangular tube open at both ends and collapsible along bend lines into flattened condition for storage and transportation, the other unit constituting an insert for one end of said tube and comprising a main rectangular panel and four flaps around said panel bendable into transverse directions in relation to said main panel to form an inverted traylike body dimensioned to fit snugly and conformably with a friction fit in one end of said tube, with said main panel defining said bottom wall surface of said box.

Claim 19

A device as described in claim 16, said tubular slide comprising a single sheet of board bent into rectangular cross section corresponding to the cross section of the box for close slide movement along said box, and having its end sectionS brought together in overlapping relation, said device comprising means for releasably securing said overlapping end sections together.

Claim 20

A device as described in claim 1, comprising a bag adapted to line said box and to receive the material deposited in said box, said bag being removable from the box with the compressed material therein, said plate in operative position extending marginally beyond the periphery of the tubular tube and serving as a ram plate adapted to receive manual pressure by which the slide can be pushed telescopically along said box, said ram plate on its inside having a boss extending into said slide in operative position of said ram plate, said device including a cover adapted to be placed over the material in said slide in preparation for the compressing stage, and adapted to be pressed into the upper section of said bag by said boss, after the material has been compressed and has all been contained in said bag.

Claim 21

A device as described in claim 1, comprising a bag adapted to line said box and to receive the material deposited in said box, said bag being removable from the box with the compressed material therein, said device including a cover adapted to be placed over the material in said slide, and said plate being adapted to be placed over said cover in preparation for the compressing stage, said cover being of heavy paper having inherent resiliency and comprising a main rectangular panel and four flaps extending around the periphery of said panel, and rolled at their free ends to form sealing beads, said flaps being bent nonacutely away from the plane of said panel against the inherent resiliency of the cover when said cover is inserted in said slide, said cover being shaped and dimensioned to fit in said slide with said flaps folded and said beads pressing against the inside wall surfaces of the slide with sealing spring-action, said cover being adapted to be pressed into the upper section of said bag by said plate after the material has been compressed and has been all contained in said bag.