Patent ID: 7114314
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: B09B,B65B,B65F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A waste disposal device, comprising: a housing defining a waste compartment for receiving enclosed waste; flexible tubing received in said housing and arranged to receive waste therein; a retention mechanism for individually holding multiple quantities of waste received in said tubing, each quantity of waste being received by a different length of said tubing and said retention mechanism sequentially engaging with the different lengths of said tubing; and a rotation mechanism coupled to said retention mechanism and arranged to rotate said retention mechanism, and thus the quantity of waste when received in a length of said tubing and held by said retention mechanism, while a remaining portion of said tubing is rotationally held stationary in order to twist the length of said tubing receiving the quantity of waste and enclose the quantity of waste in the length of said tubing, the length of said tubing enclosing the quantity of waste being movable relative to said retention mechanism into said waste compartment such that said compartment receives the enclosed waste and an additional length of said tubing is brought into engagement with said retention mechanism.