Waste disposal device including a hamper accessible through a movable door
View Patent ↗A waste disposal device comprises a container having hamper. The hamper is insertable and removable through a movable door of the container.
1. A waste disposal device, comprising:
a container body having a bottom wall and a wall that is connected to and partially surrounds said bottom wall to provide an interior volume and an at least partially open top portion for insertion of waste, said wall having a side opening, said wall having a flange extending therefrom into said interior volume, said flange being spaced above said side opening closer to said at least partially open top portion than said bottom wall, said flange having a flange opening through at least a portion of said flange;
a movable door that in a first position mates with said wall to close said side opening and in a second position provides access to said side opening, said movable door forming a portion of a hamper or pail so that said hamper or pail moves with said movable door through said side opening; and
a cartridge positioned on said flange, said cartridge having a cartridge body comprising a cylindrical wall, a lower wall, an inner wall and an upper wall which together define a cavity containing a circumferentially pleated length of flexible tubing, said inner wall surrounding a cartridge opening that at least partially overlaps with said flange opening, said flexible tubing being dispensable from said cartridge through said cartridge opening and said flange opening into said hamper or pail, said cartridge being rotatable on said flange to twist said flexible tubing, said hamper or pail being slidable from said first position to said second position through said side opening without contacting said cartridge.
2. The waste disposal device according to claim 1 , wherein said container body has a lid adapted to hold a push button.
3. The waste disposal device according to claim 2 , wherein said push button, when pressed, opens said movable door.
4. The waste disposal device according to claim 1 , wherein said movable door is structurally configured to open and close through electrical actuation.
5. The waste disposal device according to claim 1 , wherein a detection device audio-visually signals when said hamper or pail is ready to be emptied.
6. The waste disposal device according to claim 1 , wherein said container body has a lid having a cutting device to sever said flexible tubing.