Patent ID: 7617660

Claim:
An apparatus for forming waste containing packs from a length of flexible tubing comprising: a housing including a bottom portion, an intermediate portion and a top portion; said top portion displaying an opening to receive waste material therethrough; a cassette mounted in said top portion and containing a package of flexible pleated tubing; said cassette being so constructed as to enable tubing to be dispensed therefrom and downwardly into said intermediate and lower portions of said housing; said tubing in said bottom portion having a closed end; a sliding member mounted in said intermediate portion of the housing and movable between an inward tubing engaging position and an outward retracted position; said member having an outer end extending outside said housing and an inner end extending in said intermediate portion of said housing to contactingly squeeze said tubing thereby forming a lower waste receiving tubing compartment and an upper waste receiving tubing compartment; whereby waste material received through said opening and in said upper compartment is dispensed, upon retraction of said member, into said lower compartment and whereby, when said inner end of said member is in said tubing squeezing position, the waste material in said lower compartment is sealingly enclosed therein; and a lock on the sliding member for locking said sliding member in said tubing squeezing position, the lock lockingly engaging the housing solely when the sliding member reaches the tubing squeezing position; said lock being disengageable for retraction of said member from said intermediate portion of the housing.