Patent ID: 7497337

Claim:
An apparatus for disposing garbage bags comprising: a support; drive means disposed on the support; a rotatable, hollow, cylindrical screen assembly driven by the drive means, the cylindrical screen assembly comprising a plurality of rectangular holes formed on an outer surface thereof, a lengthwise plate having a curved surface mounted on an inner surface thereof, the plate including a plurality of paws formed on the curved surface, and a plurality of pointed blades formed on its inner surface, the blades being disposed lengthwise and opposite the plate; and a nonrigid, elongate object collection assembly extended from a downstream end of the screen assembly through the screen assembly to a point in front of the screen assembly, the object collection assembly comprising an elongate housing of rectangular section, a gable roof mounted on the housing, a lengthwise gap formed on a top of the gable roof, and a container mounted below a downstream end of the object collecting assembly for collecting nonrigid, elongate objects dropped therefrom.