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US 12,286,292 B2Granted
Trash container facilitating sealing and cutting of trash bags
AssigneeMagikan, Inc.
InventorBum Kee Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a trash container provided with a sealing-and-cutting unit which can cut a refillable trash bag immediately after sealing the opening thereof automatically with tape to thus allow hygienic and convenient sealing and cutting of the trash bag to be discarded, the trash container including: a main body having a top trash opening; a basket provided below the opening and lined with a continuous-type refillable trash bag; and a door for opening and closing the main body.
Claims4
A trash container comprising:
- a main body configured to have a top trash opening;
- a basket provided below the opening and lined with a continuous refill bag;
- and
- a door for opening and closing the main body,
- wherein on a side wall of the main body, a sealing-and-cutting unit is provided to cut a lower end of the refill bag while sealing an upper end of a trash bag to be discarded,
- wherein the sealing-and-cutting unit comprises:
- a “U”-shaped housing configured to have an insertion path having an upper opening so that a refill bag is narrowed and passed through;
- a sealing means built into the housing and configured to seal an inlet of a trash bag with tape;
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- a cutting means provided on an outside of the housing to cut an upper end of a sealing portion sealed with the tape, and
- the sealing-and-cutting unit is stored inside the main body when the door is closed, and protrudes out of the main body when the door is opened.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.