Abstract:
A medical needle removing and disposing system (10) comprises a box (12) having a plurality of compartments (14) therein, each for removing a needle assembly (58) from injection and/or blood drawing equipment (62) and for disposing of it. A compartment comprises first and second containers (16, 20) for defining first and second chambers (18, 22) with a needle gripper (24) positioned therebetween. The first container has a plastic, non-hardening, tacky, substance (44) therein. Injection and/or blood drawing equipment with a medical needle assembly mounted thereon can be manipulated to extend a shaft (60) of the needle assembly into the second chamber until a mounting tube (56) of the medical needle assembly is located at the needle assembly remover which grips the mounting tube so that the injection and/or blood drawing equipment can be rotated for unscrewing the mounting tube from the injection and/or blood drawing equipment. The medical needle assembly is left in the dispenser with the shaft buried in the tacky substance.
Abstract:
A trash can has a rim at its upper end. A divider, made up of a plurality of arms, cooperates with the rim to form a plurality of open spaces at the top of the can. The arms of the divider are supported by sockets mounted on the rim. Plastic trash bags hang below the open spaces. The bags are supported by projections or hooks on the divider and on the rim of the can. A cover or lid for the trash can has a generally vertical sidewall having a door above each trash bag.
Abstract:
A multi-compartment refuse container is provided in which partitions provided within a container shell divide the container into a number of individual compartments. Pin holes provided on the top of each partition accept pins which are used to secure trash liners within each of the compartments. When used to collect refuse, each compartment can be dedicated to receive a certain form of recyclable refuse. This permits the easy collection and disposal of recyclable and non-recyclable refuse.
Abstract:
An outdoor receptacle for temporarily storing disposable and reclaimable trash at a collection site prior to the trash being picked up. The receptacle includes a rectangular open top container that is partially buried in the ground and which has a cover hinged thereon that closes over the vertical side walls of the container to provide a weather tight structure. An outwardly extended ground rail is secured to the outside of the container that is at about ground level. An anchor is secured to the bottom wall of the container which acts in concert with the ground rail to stabilize the container in the ground. The interior of the container is compartmentized to segregate disposable and reclaimable waste products. The cover is normally locked to the container in a closed condition so that it can only be opened by the user and the trash collector.
Abstract:
A container for collecting products to be recycled comprises a tall, long and relatively narrow generally rectangular body having openings along the top of its longer side walls for introducing products, and an outlet in a narrow end wall for removing collected products by tipping the container. The container body is preferably divided by transverse partitions into separate compartments of adjustable volume for receiving different products which can be removed separately through the outlet by freeing lower flaps on the partitions.
Abstract:
A system for accommodating and transporting materials, for example domestic refuses, includes a collecting vehicle having two or more chambers for receiving the materials and a plurality of collecting containers each having the same number of material receiving chambers as the vehicle so that when one of the collecting containers is applied to the vehicle for transferring the materials from the collecting container to the vehicle, the several chambers of the vehicle are adjacent the respective chambers of the collecting container.
Abstract:
A clothes hamper having a hollow foraminous interior partition extending lengthwise of the hamper to form a pair of compartments. The cover is formed with a plurality of openings and the bottom wall is foraminous and supported in spaced relation to the supporting surface for the hamper. Circulation of air through the hamper is thus provided.
Abstract:
A complementary trash can unit comprises a movable base member. A platform is rotatably mounted on the base member for free rotation in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the base member. A plurality of trash cans of the same configuration each complementing the others rest on the platform. Holding devices at the bottom of each can and formed in the platform releasably hold the cans on the platform. Wheels on the bottom of each can permit movement of each can on the ground after removal from the platform. A common cover covers the cans in position on the platform.