Lined Waste Receptacles

Abstract

A waste bin construction consists of a waste bin in the form of a generally upwardly open container ( 30 ) having a base and one or more side walls ( 3 ). Running down a side wall is a vent tube ( 31 ) having one open end at or near the base and the other at or near the upper rim of the container. The lower end of the tube is connected to a housing ( 32 ) for the receipt of a deodorising block, over which air drawn through the vent tube ( 31 ) passes when a bin liner is lifted out of the container ( 30 ). The tube ( 31 ) and housing ( 32 ) may be retrofitted to an existing bin.

1 . A waste bin construction consisting of a waste bin in the form of a generally upwardly open container having a base and one or more side walls, and which includes, running down the side wall(s), a vent tube having one open end at or near the base and the other at or near the upper rim of the container, and wherein a housing adjacent the end of the vent tube located at or near the base of the bin, the housing comprising a receptacle for the receipt of a deodorising block.  
   
   
       2 . A waste bin construction according to  claim 1  wherein the housing is in the form of a perforated wall housing having a recess in it for the receipt of a deodorising block.  
   
   
       3 . A waste bin construction according to  claim 2  wherein the housing is circular and includes a skirt around its edge which rests upon the floor of the bin, the skirt having a cutout portion or aperture into which the vent tube may fit.  
   
   
       4 . A waste bin construction according to any one of  claims 1  to  3  wherein the receptacle for the deodorising block has perforated walls, and is provided with a cover to prevent direct contact between the plastics of a bin liner placed in the bin and the deodorising block.  
   
   
       5 . A bin conversion kit for adapting a waste bin to constitute a waste bin according to any one of the preceding claims, the kit consisting of a tube of length adequate to extend most of the way up the bin wall(s) and a housing adapted to receive a deodorising block and having a socket for the receipt of the tube.  
   
   
       6 . A bin conversion kit according to  claim 5  and including a substantially right angled elbow joint piece for fitting to the end of the tube, and a short further length of tube designed to fit the joint piece and extend across the floor of the bin to the housing.  
   
   
       7 . A bin conversion kit according to  claim 5  or  6  and including means for attaching the tube(s) to the interior of the bin.  
   
   
       8 . A bin conversion kit according to  claim 7  wherein the means for attaching the tube(s) are double-sided adhesive pads which may be used to fix the tube(s) in place.  
   
   
       9 . A bin conversion kit according to  claim 8  wherein the double-sided adhesive pads include, between the two adhesive faces, a splittable burr fastener.