Waste disposal devices including cartridge of flexible tubing

A waste disposal device, comprising;

• a container defining a waste chamber for receiving encapsulated waste;
• a cartridge arranged in said container and containing a length of flexible tubing arranged to receive waste therein;
• a rotation mechanism for causing rotation of said cartridge;
• and
• a compacting mechanism arranged to hold a forward edge of said tubing during rotation of said cartridge such that a twist is formed in said tubing when said waste is received in said tubing to thereby encapsulate the received waste to form an encapsulated waste package, said compacting mechanism being arranged to wind encapsulated waste packages about one another to thereby form a roll of encapsulated waste packages.

A waste disposal device, comprising:

• a container defining a waste chamber for receiving encapsulated waste;
• a cartridge arranged in said container and containing a length of flexible tubing arranged to receive waste therein;
• a retention unit for holding a quantity of waste received in the tubing;
• and
• rotation means for rotating said retention unit, and thus said quantity of waste held by said retention unit, relative to said cartridge in order to twist said tubing and encapsulate said received waste.

A waste disposal device, comprising:

• a container defining a waste chamber for receiving encapsulated waste packages;
• a lid coupled to said container and movable between an open position in which said chamber is accessible and a closed position in which said chamber is covered;
• a cartridge arranged in said container and containing a length of flexible tubing arranged to receive waste therein;
• a retention mechanism for holding a quantity of waste received in said tubing, said retention mechanism being stationary relative to said container;
• a rotation mechanism arranged to rotate said cartridge relative to said retention mechanism in order to twist said tubing above said quantity of waste held by said retention mechanism and encapsulate said quantity of waste held by said retention mechanism, said rotation mechanism including:
• an actuating member coupled to said lid,
• a rotatable member coupled to said cartridge, and
• a mechanism engaging with said actuating member and said rotating member far enabling the conversion of a closing movement of said lid to rotational movement of said rotatable member to thereby rotate said cartridge during a closing movement of said lid.

A waste disposal device, comprising:

• a container defining a waste chamber for receiving encapsulated waste packages;
• a lid coupled to said container and movable between an open position in which said chamber is accessible and a closed position in which said chamber is covered;
• a cartridge arranged in said container and containing a length of flexible tubing arranged to receive waste therein;
• a retention mechanism for holding a quantity of waste received in said tubing;
• a rotatable member coupled to said retention mechanism;
• an actuating member coupled to said aid;
• and
• a rotation mechanism for rotating said retention mechanism relative to said cartridge in order to twist said tubing above said quantity of waste held by said retention mechanism and encapsulate said quantity of waste held by said retention mechanism, said rotation mechanism engaging with said actuating member and said rotatable member for enabling the conversion of a closing movement of said lid to rotational movement of said rotatable member and thus rotation of said retention mechanism.

A waste disposal device, comprising:

• a container defining a waste chamber for receiving encapsulated waste packages;
• a lid coupled to said container and movable between an open position in which said chamber is accessible and a closed position in which said chamber is covered;
• a foldable cartridge arranged in said container and containing a length of flexible tubing arranged to receive waste therein, said cartridge including a weakened portion along an upper face such that a part of said cartridge on one side of said weakened portion is foldable about said weakened portion onto another part of said cartridge on an opposite side of said weakened portion;
• a retention mechanism for holding a quantity of waste received in said tubing;
• and
• a rotation mechanism for causing relative rotation between said cartridge and said retention mechanism in order to twist said tubing above said quantity of waste held by said retention mechanism and encapsulate said quantity of waste held by said retention mechanism.

A waste disposal device, comprising:

• a container defining a waste chamber for receiving encapsulated waste packages;
• a lid coupled to said container and movable between an open position in which said chamber is accessible and a closed position in which said chamber is covered;
• a cartridge arranged in said container and containing a length of flexible tubing arranged to receive waste therein;
• a retention mechanism for holding a quantity of waste received in said tubing;
• a rotation mechanism for rotating said retention mechanism relative to said cartridge in order to twist said tubing above said quantity of waste held by said retention mechanism and encapsulate said quantity of waste held by said retention mechanism;
• and
• compacting means for compacting the encapsulated waste.

A waste disposal device adapted to removably receive a cartridge containing a length of flexible tubing, comprising:

• a container defining a waste chamber for receiving encapsulated waste;
• a retention mechanism arranged in said container and adapted to hold a quantity of waste received in the tubing;
• a rotation mechanism arranged to rotate said retention mechanism, the cartridge being held stationary during rotation of said retention mechanism such that the tubing is twisted and encapsulates the quantity of waste, and
• wherein said chamber receives the encapsulated waste.