Patent ID: 6941733

Claim:
A waste disposal apparatus, comprising: a container having a first end and a second end; a tubing cassette for supplying tubing, the tubing cassette mounted proximate the first end of the containers; a first sealing member having ends and a second sealing member having ends, the first and second sealing members being mounted to the container with their lengths in parallel relationship, being positioned between the tubing cassette and the second end of the container, and being in biased in an open position, wherein the tubing is dispensed from the tubing cassette extending through the first and second sealing members into the second and of the container, and operationally moveable to a closed position, wherein the first and second sealing members can be activated to create a seal in the tubing; a first pair of guide pins each mounted to an end of the first sealing member and biased to move away from each other; a second pair of guide pins each mounted to an end of the second sealing member and biased to move away from each other; a first pair of channels between which the first sealing member is positioned and in each of which one of the first pair of guide pins travels as the first sealing member is operationally moveable between the open position and the closed position; and a second pair of channels between which the second scaling member is positioned and in each of which one of the second pair of guide pins travels as the second sealing member is moved between the open position and the closed position.