Patent ID: 6370847
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B65B,B65F

Abstract:
In a waste disposal system for placing objects in packages, with each package having an average lengthwise dimension H and each formed from flexible tubing, and the system having a container body, base, a hinged lid, an inner lid, and a tubular core that holds flexible tubing, the improvement comprising:a first stationary track rigidly coupled to the container body; a second stationary track rigidly coupled to the container body substantially parallel and displaced from the first track; a first sealing member having a first end and a second end and having a longitudinal slot, the first sealing member slideably coupled to the first and second tract, the first sealing member having a first and second lateral edge; a second sealing member having a first end and a second end and having a longitudinal slot, the second sealing member slideably coupled to the first and second stationary tracks, the second sealing member having a first and second lateral edge and wherein the second lateral edge of the first sealing member is formed and configured to mate substantially with the first lateral edge of the second sealing member; wherein the tubular core has a bottom portion and the bottom portion has a first and second pin rigidly coupled thereto, and wherein the first pin extends through the longitudinal slot of the first sealing member and the second pin extends through the longitudinal slot of the second sealing member; a first sealing element coupled to the second lateral edge of the first sealing member or the first lateral edge of the second sealing member: a second sealing element coupled to the second lateral edge of the first sealing member or the first lateral edge of the second sealing member that is displaced from the first sealing element and that is selectably operable to seal the flexible tubing between the first and second sealing members.