Trash interceptor - GIF, patent, photo
Variety of trash interceptors.
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The anthropomorphized one with googly eyes is "Mr. Trash Wheel", at work in Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor:
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...rash_wheel.jpg
The inventor of Mr. Trash Wheel is John Kellett, for which he was awarded US patent #20070158253 A1.
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...el_patent2.jpg
More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_interceptor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Trash_Wheel
https://www.google.com/patents/US20070158253
Previously: https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...976#post100391