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US 2012/0269320 A1Published application
Waste receptacle
AssigneeUniversity of Technology, Sydney
InventorNick Karlovasitis
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Abstract
A waste receptacle, including a housing; an opening for ingress of waste products into the housing, and, a receptor provided about at least a portion of an extremity of the housing. The waste receptacle is adapted to removably retain an image recording medium thereto.
Claims19
1-18. (canceled)
A waste receptacle, including:
- a housing;
- an opening for ingress of waste products into said housing;
- and,
- a receptor provided about at least a portion of an extremity of said housing, adapted to removably retain an image recording medium thereto.
1 more element
A method of determining the contents of a waste receptacle, comprising the steps of:
- installing an image recording medium into a receptor provided about at least a portion of an extremity of a housing of said receptacle;
- emitting electromagnetic radiation from an opposed portion of said housing;
- removing said image recording medium from said receptor;
- and
- analysing an image on a small image recording medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.