Patent ID: 8590820
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: B02C

Abstract:
1. A waste disposal unit for biologically hazardous waste comprising: a waste reception mechanism for receiving un-shredded waste, a housing having an interior containing a shredder mechanism and a storage volume for receiving shredded waste from the shredder mechanism, wherein the housing is configured to prevent external access to the interior of the housing, wherein the waste reception mechanism comprises a pivotable receptacle and a waste guiding channel, the receptacle comprising an outer cover and a moveable inner baffle that are connected along a common edge for receiving waste within the receptacle between the outer cover and inner baffle, and wherein the waste guiding channel leads from an aperture in the housing to the shredder mechanism, wherein in a first orientation of the receptacle un-shredded waste may be received from exterior to the waste disposal unit through the aperture and into the receptacle and access from within the receptacle to the interior of the waste guiding channel is closed by the moveable inner baffle, and wherein in a second orientation of the receptacle access from the exterior of the waste disposal unit into the receptacle is closed and access from within the receptacle into the waste guiding channel is open to permit un-shredded waste to pass from within the receptacle to the shredder mechanism, and wherein the waste disposal unit is provided with an engagement feature configured to engage with a detachable shredder drive mechanism.