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US 9,428,335 B2Granted
Waste storage device
AssigneeSangenic International Limited
InventorsSteven Hammond, Scott Rontree, Adam Clarke, Paul Schofield, David Akerman, Nicholas Cudworth, Richard Sharp
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Abstract
A waste storage device is provided comprising a waste storage compartment for storing waste and a lid. The device further comprises a dispenser for dispensing an agent inside the waste storage device and an actuator arranged to activate the dispenser.
Claims8
A waste storage device comprising;
- a waste storage compartment for storing waste;
- a lid;
- the device further comprising a dispenser having a cavity for storing and dispensing an agent in powder form inside the waste storage device, said dispenser having an inner surface and an outer surface with at least one hole extending from the inner surface to the outer surface;
- an actuator arranged to activate the dispenser, said actuator having a moveable top wall, the top wall has a top surface being in communication with air exterior to the cavity and moveable from a first position to a second position, and the top wall having a bottom surface being in communication with air inside the cavity;
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- wherein movement of the top surface of the actuator from the first position to the second position displaces air in direct contact with the bottom surface into the agent in the cavity to cause a dose of the agent to travel through the hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.