Patent ID: 8752723

Claim:
A device for storing waste, which device is adapted to receive a supply of tubular film and comprises a chamber for receiving waste deposited in the tubular film, wherein the device comprises: a passage adapted to guide the tubular film from the supply to the chamber; a cover which in an open state gives access to the passage for the purpose of placing waste in the tubular film guided by the passage, and which in a closed state closes the passage; a first and a second closing element on a side of the passage remote from the cover, between which closing elements the tubular film can be positioned; a closing and transport mechanism adapted to carry the closing elements in a closed state from a first closing position away from the passage in the direction of the chamber to a second closing position, and to carry the closing elements in an open state from the second closing position back to the first closing position, wherein back in the first closing position the closing elements are back in the closed state, wherein in the closed state the closing elements press together the tubular film positioned therebetween to form a sealing closure, and wherein in the open state the closing elements are situated at a distance from each other so that the sealing closure is released and the closing elements can be displaced along the tubular film and waste deposited therein, wherein the closing and transport mechanism comprises: at least one electric motor and a transmission co-acting therewith which are adapted to drive the closing and transport mechanism; and a control which is connected to the at least one electric motor and adapted to control the at least one electric motor, wherein the control is also adapted to determine that the cover has been moved from the opened state to the closed state thereof and, after determining that the cover has been moved from the opened state to the closed state thereof, to activate the at least one electric motor; wherein the device is adapted to set the closing and transport mechanism into operation once the cover has been moved from the opened state to the closed state thereof; and wherein the device comprises: a sensor which is connected to the control and with which the control can determine that a user wishes to use the device; an electric motor connected to the control and transmission co-acting therewith with which the cover can be carried from the closed state to the open state and from the open state to the closed state; wherein the control is adapted, after determining that a user wishes to use the device, to control the electric motor of the cover such that the cover is carried from the closed state to the opened state and, after a determined period of time or after determining that the user has placed waste in tubular film, to control the electric motor of the cover such that the cover is carried from the opened state to the closed state, and to subsequently activate the at least one electric motor of the closing and transport mechanism.