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whose bottom 33 slopes from its front end to
its rear and is provided at its rear end with
an opening 34 disposed between the guides.
This drawer in effect constitutes a chute, for
5 whatever is put into its front end ivill run
back on its bottom and drop out the opening.
The front of the drawer is closed by a plate
36 larger than the opening 30 and has a han-
dle 37 simulating 'the front plate and handle
10 of the kindling drawer. Beneath the open-
ing 30 is a table or bracket 38 on which the
drawer rests when it is partly drawn out;
and at the rear end of the drawer is a de-
pending lip 39 of T-shaped structure as best
15 seen in Fig. 4, the head of the T traveling
beneath the inner flanges of the guides as
the drawer is moved out and in so as to pre-
vent the inner end of the drawer from ris-
ing under the weight of the outer end when
20 the drawer is drawn outward too far. This
drawer or chute is for garbage or slop, usu-
ally poured into its front end in liquid form,
and which therefore runs down the inclined
bottom and out the hole at the rear end of
25 the same. In the bottom of this compart-
ment 5 beneath the guides is a slop can or
pan 40 of considerable length, so that what-
ever the position of the drawer the opening
in its rear end is always over this pan; and
30 therefore if the slops poured into it are suffi-
ciently liquid to immediately run to the rear,
they will fall into the front portion of the
pan, whereas if the slops are rather thick
they will run more slowly and not drop
35 through the hole into the pan until the
drawer has been closed. The careful house-
wife will keep this drawer closed so as to
seal the opening 30 and prevent the passage
of insects or odors therethrough. The ar-
40 rangement of other devices and furniture of
the kitchen may be such as is most conven-
ient, but the proximity of fuel supply and
garbage disposal means to the stove is essen-
tial.
45 From the above description it will be seen
that the coal in the bin flows through the
opening 15 when the door thereof is opened;
the wood and kindlings drawer may not act
so much in the nature of a chute, but it is of
50 undoubted use; and the garbage drawer in
any position acts also as a chute because of
the rearward incline of its bottom. From
time to time the man of the house will re-
move the garbage pan and empty it, wash-
55 ing it carefully and replacing it and clos-
ing and fastening the door 9; and from time
to time the housewife will scald the inte-
rior of the garbage drawer so that all willbe kept clean. On occasions the bin must be
filled with coal, and perhaps once a week the 60
drawer must be filled with wood and kin-
dlings. All chutes or drawers are exterior
to the building, and preferably just outside
the rear wall W of the kitchen K, and there-
fore the structure takes' up no room inside 65
the house, produces no more space which
need be heated and cleaned further than as
already described, keeps the fuel and gar-
bage under cover, and is a -great conven-
ience to the housewife. The proportions and 70
materials of parts are not essential.
What is claimed as new is:-
1. In a chute for garbage and the like,
the combination with a. lean-to structure
built outside a wall and itself having a door 75
opening and means for closing the same,
said wall having an opening into said struc-
ture, and L-shaped guides disposed within
said structure in rear of said opening; of a
garbage pan removably mounted beneath so
said guides, a garbage drawer slidably
mounted on the guides and having its bot-
tom inclined to its rear end and there pro-
vided with an opening, and a front plate
and handle on said drawer, all for the pur- 85
pose set forth.
2. In a chute for garbage and the like, the
combination with a lean-to structure built
outside a wall and itself having a door open-
ing and means for closing the same, said 90
wall having an opening into said structure,
and L-shaped guides disposed within said
structure and standing in rear of said open-
ing; of a garbage receptacle beneath said
guides, a rearwardly-inclined chute slidably 95
mounted upon the guides and extending
through said opening, a plate closing its
front end and having a handle, and a table
upon which this chute may be drawn out.
3. In a chute for garbage and the like, 100
the combination with a lean-to structure
built outside a wall and itself having a door
opening and means for closing the same,
said wall having an opening into said struc-
ture, and guides disposed within said struc- 105
ture in rear of said opening; of a garbage
receptacle beneath said guides, a garbage
drawer slidably mounted on the guides and
having an opening in its bottom overlying
said receptacle, and an inverted T-shaped 110
lip depending from the bottom in rear of
said opening, the head of the T engaging be-
neath said guides, for the purpose set forth.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature.
ELLA ROBERSON.Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,
Washington, D. C."0
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Roberson, Ella. Chute for Garbage, patent, January 8, 1918; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1257981/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.