Ochsner (disposal system)

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Bernese rubbish bin "Patent Ochsner"
Classic Ochsner bucket

The disposal system developed in 1902 by the Zurich company J. Ochsner AG consisted of standardized rubbish bins and the associated truck bodies and was widespread in Switzerland in the middle of the 20th century .

The rubbish bins (so-called Ochsner buckets or also Ochsner buckets ) were hot-dip galvanized metal buckets , later also occasionally plastic buckets. The outstanding design feature was the hinged lid with a tab with a hole and a bracket on the front.

The system's garbage trucks had sliding lids that could be opened using a lever on the side. The garbage collector hung the bucket with the front bracket on a hook under the sliding lid of the refuse truck, with the hole in the lid flap over a bolt on the sliding lid. If the lever was now operated and the sliding cover pulled up, it pulled the tab with it. This opened the lid of the attached bucket and at the same time tilted it around the hinge so that the attached bracket formed with the hanging hook, and the contents emptied into the garbage truck. In this way, several buckets (one per pusher) could be emptied in one operation without the worker having to lift a bucket overhead. At the same time, the mechanism ensured that no rubbish was emptied next to the opening and that all openings were always closed except during the emptying process.

In most Swiss cities and municipalities, waste was disposed of using the Ochsner system from the 1920s (e.g. Zurich from 1926, Rapperswil from 1949). That meant that every household had to have an ox-bucket. Rules and regulations ensured that users lined the buckets with newspaper. Buckets with damage to the lid hinge could no longer be used.

The Ochsner system was abandoned with the increasing spread of garbage bags in the 1970s. The Ochsner company still makes ox buckets, which are used for various purposes. For example, there is a kit that allows you to convert an ox bucket into a ceramic kiln .

The age of an ox bucket can be seen on the lid. Older buckets have the lid embossing Patent Ochsner , a designation that gave the name to the so-called , at least regionally very well-known Swiss dialect band . After the patents expired, the lid embossing switched to System Ochsner , while the newer models have a smooth lid.

According to the merger agreement of April 8, 2014 and the balance sheet as of December 31, 2013, the assets and liabilities (debt capital) of J. Ochsner AG are transferred to Contena Handels AG (new: Contena-Ochsner AG) in Schlieren as a result of the merger .

literature

  • Willi Wottreng , Hans Vontobel (Ed.): Revolutionaries and cross-heads . Zurich fates, chapter: "Jakob Ochsner". Vontobel , Zurich 2005, (= series of the Vontobel Foundation ).

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