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Apparatus for various embodiments of sectionalized trash receptacles, all specifically adapted to facilitate initial separation of solid waste at its point of generation into separate recyclable components, is disclosed herein. Each embodiment can separately store different recyclable components whe

Apparatus for various embodiments of sectionalized trash receptacles, all specifically adapted to facilitate initial separation of solid waste at its point of generation into separate recyclable components, is disclosed herein. Each embodiment can separately store different recyclable components wherein the space allocated for each different component can be easily adjusted as the need arises.

대표청구항 ▼

Apparatus for a receptacle for separately storing different recyclable materials of divergent bulk in separate compartments in said receptacle, said apparatus comprising: a container being open at one end thereof and having a base with a pre-defined geometric shape at an opposite end thereof, and ha

Apparatus for a receptacle for separately storing different recyclable materials of divergent bulk in separate compartments in said receptacle, said apparatus comprising: a container being open at one end thereof and having a base with a pre-defined geometric shape at an opposite end thereof, and having inner and outer walls defining the configuration of said container; and at least one partition within said container and oriented to run from the base of said container to substantially the top thereof so as to divide said container into separate pre-defined compartments of predetermined selectable volume for separately storing said different respective recyclable materials therein; at least one pair of two runners, each of said runners having a U-shaped channel appearing therein and affixed in a pre-defined vertical position to abut against one of two of said oppositely situated inner walls such that the channels of said runners directly face each other; and wherein said partition slidably engages with and fits between both of said channels in said runners; means, secured at a pre-defined point on adjacent inner and outer walls of said container and within a respective one of said compartments, for holding a storage bag in a pre-defined open position within said compartment; wherein said partition within said container is selectively positionable along the inner and outer walls of said container in defining said separate compartments into compartments of predetermined, selectable volume according to the divergent bulk of the recyclable materials to be stored therein; wherein said holding means comprises a spring loaded clip; wherein said spring loaded clip further comprises a flat plate that abuts against said adjacent inner and outer walls, an arm, and a spring loaded hinge which is secured at one end thereof to said plate and at another end thereof to one end of said arm for holding an opposite end of said arm against said plate and thereby holding a pre-defined portion of said storage bag against said plate; and wherein said clip further comprises a pin situated on a rear surface of said plate and protruding outward therefrom; and said container further comprises a horizontally oriented series of holes situated near the top of said adjacent inner and outer walls such that said pin on said plate matingly engages with any one of said horizontally oriented holes in order to secure said clip in a pre-defined lateral position on said adjacent inner and outer walls of said container.