Patent ID: 7175070

Claim:
An apparatus for food and tray disposal to be used within a trash receptacle comprising: A platform to slightly extend from an opening of the trash receptacle; a upper guide and a lower guide for the platform to facilitate the movement of a tray; a first and a second suction clamps on the platform; a first sensor on the platform to activate the first and second suction clamps upon detecting the presence of a tray, the first and second clamps to secure the tray to the platform; a conveyor belt, coupled to the platform to facilitate the movement of the tray to glide across the lower and upper guide; a cylinder to be released upon detecting the weight of the tray to cause the contents of the tray to be disposed in a trash receptacle, the cylinder then retracts and the tray is placed on the conveyor belt; the tray storage receptacle; a second sensor on the platform, located farther down the platform from the first sensor, to release the first and second suction clamps upon detection of the tray, causing the tray to be disposed in a tray storage receptacle.