Patent ID: 8464662

Claim:
An apparatus having a cycle for automatically removing and sealing a soiled housebreaking pad containing pet waste and replacing the soiled pad with a clean pad, minimizing the odor from the soiled housebreaking pad, comprising: a stage portion having a pad stage, the housebreaking pad set on the pad stage, the stage portion having a loading drawer assembly, the loading drawer assembly holding a pack of housebreaking pads to supply the pad stage, the stage portion having a means for determining when pet waste is on the housebreaking pad to initiate the cycle, the stage portion having a back end with a guide bar, the guide bar spanning the back end of the stage portion, the housebreaking pad inserted under the guide bar; a repository portion attached to the stage portion, the repository portion having a film dispensing assembly and an arbor assembly, the film dispensing assembly holding a roll of plastic film, the plastic film inserted under the guide bar and edgewise aligned with and clinging to the soiled housebreaking pad, sealing the pad and the pet waste forming a composite pad, the arbor assembly having an arbor, a compression spring and a housing with a motor, the arbor mounted on the housing and rotated by the motor, the arbor have a longitudinal slot, the composite pad inserted in the slot, the rotation of the arbor winding the composite pad around the arbor forming a roll held on the arbor by the compression spring and pulling the clean pad from the drawer assembly, setting the clean pad on the pad stage; a scraper plate, the scraper plate having a bore and a top handle, the arbor fitting inside the bore of the scraper plate, the arbor have a pair of ends, a first end attached to the housing and a free end, the scraper plate sitting at the first end before the pad is attached to the arbor, the roll of composite pads on the arbor removed by releasing the compression spring and the scraper plate being pulled along the arbor by the handle towards the free end of the arbor, pushing the roll off the arbor; a means for removing the roll of composite pads on the arbor for disposal; and a control unit, the control unit initiating rotation of the arbor in response to detecting pet waste on the housebreaking pad, the arbor winding the sealed composite pad onto the arbor and pulling the clean pad onto the pad stage, minimizing the odor from the pet waste on the pad.