Waste disposal device including a diaphragm for twisting a flexible tubing dispensed from a cartridge
AssigneeEdgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
InventorsDavid M. Stravitz, Mark Yoho, Taek Kim, Richard S. Chomik, Stuart Leslie, Aidan Petrie
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Abstract
A waste disposal device includes a housing and a diaphragm having a plurality of slits. The diaphragm is positioned in the housing to hold a flexible tubing while the flexible tubing is being twisted to encapsulate a waste package that has been inserted into the flexible tubing.
Claims17
A waste disposal container comprising:
- a rotation and retention mechanism that is configured to grasp a waste package and enable a rotation of the waste package relative to a cartridge so as to form a twist in a tubing above the waste package to cause encapsulation of the waste package, the rotation and retention mechanism including:
- a vertically oriented frame including walls defining a waste passage,
- resilient members connected to the frame and extending inward into the waste passage,
- an inner ring connected to the frame,
- a first, movable outer ring surrounding the inner ring,
- a second, stationary outer ring connected to an outer wall of the container, and
- a handle connected to the first outer ring.
A method for disposing of a waste package is a waste disposal container that includes a rotation and retention mechanism, the rotation and retention mechanism including a vertically oriented frame including walls defining a waste passage, resilient members connected to the frame and extending inward into the waste passage, an inner ring connected to the frame, a first, movable outer ring surrounding the inner ring, a second, stationary outer ring connected to an outer wall of the container, and a handle connected to the first outer ring, the method comprising:
- grasping, by the rotation and retention mechanism, the waste package;
- rotating the grasped waste package relative to a cartridge to form a twist in a tubing above the waste package to encapsulate the waste package;
- maintaining the cartridge in a stationary position while the waste package is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.