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A pedal bin of 1972 Video of pedal bin showing operation. A pedal bin is a container with a lid operated by a foot pedal. Lillian Moller Gilbreth (an industrial engineer and efficiency expert as well as mother of twelve [1]) invented the pedal bin in the 1920s for the disposal of kitchen waste. The foot pedal enables the user to open the lid ...
Japan's trash containers are divided into combustibles, cans/bottles/pet bottles and newspapers and magazines. Recycling trash can in Natal, Brazil. A waste container, also known as a dustbin, [1] rubbish bin, trash can, garbage can, wastepaper basket, and wastebasket, among other names, is a type of container intended to store waste that is usually made out of metal or plastic.
Pedal keyboard, a set of pedals analogous to a manual keyboard; Guitar pedalboard, a container for guitar effects pedals This page was last edited on 29 ...
Bass drum pedal, a pedal used to play a bass drum while leaving the drummer's hands free to play other drums with drum sticks, hands, etc. Effects pedal, a pedal used commonly for electric guitars; Pedal keyboard, a musical keyboard operated by the player's feet; Pedal harp, a modern orchestral harp with pedals used to change the tuning of its ...
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A prefab concrete bin that has been replaced by a plastic one. Grit bins were originally made of concrete, wood or even stone, though these are now increasingly being replaced by models constructed from plastic partly from safety concerns: vehicles/people hitting a plastic grit bin will suffer less damage. However, the lower weight of plastic ...
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A bicycle rider is called a cyclist, or bicyclist. Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century in Europe. By the early 21st century there were more ...
The history of the port is intertwined with that of the city of Karachi. Several ancient ports have been attributed in the area including "Krokola", "Morontobara" (Woman's Harbour) (mentioned by Nearchus), [4] Barbarikon (the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, [5] and Debal (a city captured by the Arab general Muhammad bin Qasim in 712 CE).