Refuse bin
Refuse bin having a receptacle which contains a garbage bag and having at least one ring which can be placed onto the upper edge of the receptacle and is used for fixing the garbage bag in place, it being possible for the ring to be secured in a latching manner on the receptacle in the upper edge region thereof, wherein the ring has two vertical, parallel ring legs, the inner ring leg being situated on the inside of the receptacle and the outer ring leg being situated on the outside of the receptacle.
The present invention relates to a refuse bin.
A refuse bin is disclosed, for example, in WO 99/24332 (PCT/NL98/00653). In the case of this known refuse bin, the ring which is mentioned, is simply placed onto the edge region of the receptacle. A lid for the refuse bin is fastened in an articulated manner to the ring. Connecting means between the ring and the receptacle are not provided. It is apparent that this does not involve an inner bucket for a refuse container, but rather that the receptacle forms the outer refuse bin itself. The garbage bag is hung over the edge region of the receptacle and is then clamped in place when the ring is placed on to it. It his case, however, the garbage bag protrudes over the edge region, with the result that it can be seen from the outside, in this overhanging region, when the ring is placed on it, which gives the arrangement an unattractive, temporary appearance. Due to the act that no fixing means are provided for the ring on the edge of the receptacle, there is the risk of the ring slipping down from the receptacle if, for example, the upper region of the refuse bin is inadvertently knocked.
A refuse bin of the type mentioned has been disclosed, for example, in DE 296 00 285 U1. In this case, the ring body, for fixing the garbage bag in place, can be secured in a latching manner in the upper edge region of the receptacle. However, there is also the disadvantage that the garbage bag remains visible to the outside and therefore gives the arrangement an unattractive appearance.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,385,259 discloses a refuse bin, in particular for nappies, which has a bucket, a lid and a ring. The ring can be placed onto the upper side of the bucket and fixed in place there. The combination of the ring and lid ensures that the garbage bag, which is situated in the interior of the bucket, is not visible from the outside. However, it is disadvantageous that it is relatively complicated to fix the ring in place on the bucket and that the garbage bag is only concealed to the outside by the combination of the ring and lid.
It is one object of the present invention to provide a refuse bin of the generic type mentioned at the beginning, in which a secure connection is provided between the ring and the upper edge region of the receptacle, it being possible at the same time for the bag to be fastened in such a manner that it is no longer visible from the outside after the ring is attached.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThis object is achieved by a novel refuse bin of the generic type mentioned at the beginning. According to the invention, the ring, which can be placed onto the upper edge region of the receptacle, is shaped in such a manner that it has two approximately vertical, parallel ring legs, resulting, in principle, in the production of the shape approximately of a downwardly open U-profile in cross section. The ring is placed onto the receptacle in such a manner that the inner ring leg is situated on the inside of the receptacle and the outer ring leg is situated on the outside of the receptacle. However, the ring may also have a more complex cross-sectional shape which differs therefrom and, if appropriate, is based on this basic shape.
According to the invention, the receptacle of the refuse bin is preferably an inner bucket for a refuse container, i.e. that the receptacle is, in turn, placed into a larger receptacle used as the outer container. If, in this preferred variant of the invention, the receptacle is an inner bucket, then it is generally necessary for it to be possible to lift up this inner bucket in order to take it out of the outer container to empty it. Hoops are conventionally used on these inner buckets in order to lift them. One development of the invention makes provision for a hoop to be attached to the ring and to be able to be used to lift up the receptacle.
One advantage of the invention resides in the fat that the garbage bag can be fastened in such a manner to the receptacle by means of the ring, which can be placed on it that, it is concealed to the outside by the ring. The garbage bag therefore disappears in the region of the gap between the ring and the upper edge region of the container. The garbage bag therefore no longer appears outward from the ring in an overlapping region in an unattractive manner.
The ring can be secured in a latching manner in the upper edge region of the receptacle by the fact that the ring has at least one, preferably at least two latching regions, in which it can be connected in a frictional and/or form-fitting manner to an upper section of the receptacle. A latching region of this type may, for example, comprise a latching tongue which is resiliently elastic preferably in approximately the radial direction. A latching tongue of this type may, for example, be made resiliently elastic by the fat that the incisions are provided on both sides of the latching region so that the tongue lies freely at the lower end and is therefore somewhat movable approximately in the radial direction. In this case, this latching tongue an be somewhat under prestress in the radial direction because of the stress of the material, and so the latching tongue, when pushed onto the upper edge region, i.e. the lathing region of the container, virtually snaps onto the latter.
One preferred development of the invention makes provision for a step to be formed on the receptacle at a distance below the upper edge. In this case, the latching region of the ring can be snapped over this step when being latched into place. The receptacle preferably has, in the region of the step, an undercut which is situated radially further inward. If the latching region has, in the lower end region, an angled section which is directed radially inward, said angled section can snap over the step into the undercut, thus resulting in a particularly secure connection which prevents he ring from being lifted off upward even if a tensile force is exerted. A tensile force of this type is exerted if the receptacle is used as an inner bucket an is lifted up at a hoop, which, as has been described above, is attached, for example, to the ring. In one structural solution of the latching connection of the abovementioned type, the entire receptacle can readily be lifted up by means of a hoop which is situated on the ring.
A hoop of this type generally lies horizontally when not in use and is then pivoted up about a horizontal axis if it is desired to lift of the refuse bin, or the receptacle, which is an inner bucket for a refuse container. When not in use, the hoop can be deposited onto parts of the ring. For this purpose, corresponding regions can be integrally formed on the ring, between which the hoop can be deposited. For example, at least partially annular, concentric, upwardly protruding ring ribs can be formed on the upper side of the ring.
As a rule, the outer ring leg is connected to the inner ring leg by a web running at right angles to the latter. When the ring is placed on, this web can rest on the upper edge of the container and can therefore provide a support for the ring and a type of stop when pushing the ring on for the purpose of fastening it on the upper edge region of the receptacle. Moreover, a web-like, approximately horizontal supporting region can be provided, for example, on the ring, which region extends radially further outward, so that, for example, a lid of a refuse bin can be placed on there. When there are two vertical, parallel rig legs, the inner ring leg can be somewhat shorter than the outer ring leg. In this case, the outer ring leg preferably covers the abovementioned step of the receptacle.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSThe present invention will be described in greater detail below using exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached drawings, in which
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Claims
1. A refuse bin having a receptacle which contains a garbage bag and having at least one ring which can be placed onto an upper edge of the receptacle and is used for fixing the garbage bag in place, the ring is secured in a latching manner on the receptacle (11) in the upper edge region thereof, wherein the ring has two vertical, parallel ring legs the inner ring leg being situated on the inside of the receptacle and the outer ring leg being situated on the outside of the receptacle.
2. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receptacle (11) is an inner bucket for a trash container.
3. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 1, wherein the garbage bag is fastened in such a manner to the receptacle by means of the ring which is placed on it so that it is concealed to the outside by the ring.
4. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 1, wherein a hoop is attached to the ring and can be is used to lift up the receptacle.
5. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ring has at least one, lathing region, in which it can be connected in a frictional or form-fitting manner to an upper section of the receptacle.
6. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 5, wherein at least one latching region comprises a tongue which is resiliently elastic approximately in the radial direction.
7. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 6, wherein the ring has incisions laterally next to a resiliently elastic tongue of the latching region.
8. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 1, wherein a step is formed on the receptacle at a distance below the upper edge, and a latching region of the ring snaps over this step when being latched into place.
9. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 8, wherein the receptacle has, in the region of the step, an undercut which is situated radially further inward.
10. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 9, wherein the latching region has in the lower end region, an angled section which is directed radially inward and snaps over the step into the undercut.
11. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least partially annular, concentric, upwardly protruding ring ribs are formed on the upper side of the ring and the hoop can be deposited between them.
12. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 1, wherein an outer ring leg and an inner ring leg are connected by a web which connects them and runs at right angles to them and is situated on the upper edge of the receptacle when the ring is placed on it.
13. The refuse bin as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ring has a web-like, approximately horizontal supporting region for a lid of the refuse bin.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 22, 2003
Publication Date: Mar 24, 2005
Inventor: Udo Thielking (Dietzholztal-Mandeln)
Application Number: 10/665,414