US 11,891,244 B2
Garbage can provided with airtight means for preventing odor leakage
Kwang Ok Chang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to JANIBELL, INC., Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US); and Kwang Ok Chang, Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/291,178
Filed by JANIBELL, INC., Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US); and Kwang Ok Chang, Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Nov. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/015074
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/096377, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0136550 (KR), filed on Nov. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0127075 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B65F 1/14 (2006.01); B65F 1/16 (2006.01); B65F 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 1/1607 (2013.01) [B65F 1/06 (2013.01); B65F 1/163 (2013.01); B65F 1/1646 (2013.01); B65F 2001/1676 (2013.01); B65F 2210/167 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garbage can comprising:
a main body provided with a pressurizing panel, an upper cap having an inlet for garbage, and a cover for opening and closing the inlet for garbage in a casement method, wherein the pressurizing panel is hingedly coupled to a lower side of the main body and operating in seesaw movement;
an opening and closing bar vertically standing on a rear end of the main body and having opposite upper and lower side ends hingedly coupled to an inner end of the pressurizing panel and an inner side of the cover, respectively, so that the cover is automatically opened and closed due to pressurizing and returning operation of the pressurizing panel;
an airtight means for preventing odor leakage, the airtight means being provided at each position where the upper cap and the cover corresponds to each other and composed of a first attachment part of the upper cap and a second attachment part of the cover, which are magnetically attachable to each other, the first attachment including a withdrawal hole formed passing through in a vertical direction; and
an opening member capable of moving up and down in connection with the pressurizing and returning operation of the pressurizing panel, the opening member comprising a push protrusion built therein and separated from the second attachment part, so that the push protrusion is fitted into the withdrawal hole so as to pass through the first attachment part and push the second attachment part magnetically attached to the first attachment part to be separated from the first attachment part when raised.