Waste storage device

• US 9,428,335 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2012
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sangenic International Ltd. (Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sangenic International Ltd. (Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hammond, Steven, Rontree, Scott, Clarke, Adam, Schofield, Paul, Akerman, David, Cudworth, Nicholas, Sharp, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J
• Application Number:
  US14/002,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20140183193A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,645 Days
• Field of Search: 220/87.1, 220/87.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 33/16 End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices valves of valve bags B65D31/14 ; removable stoppers or caps B65D39/00, B65D41/00; closures of filled bags B65D77/10; closing filled bags in association with packaging B65B7/00, B65B51/00
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/002 with means for opening or closing of the receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/062 having means for storing or dispensing spare bags
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/1615 with means for locking, fastening or permanently closing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/163 Pedal-operated lids
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 2210/167 Sealing means
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 7/00 Cleaning or disinfecting devices combined with refuse receptacles or refuse vehicles such devices per se A61L, B08B
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 7/005 Devices, mounted on refuse collecting vehicles, for cleaning or disinfecting refuse receptacles

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.

Claims

1. 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; and

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.

2. A waste storage device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the dispenser is arranged to dispense at least one of an anti-bacterial agent and an anti-odour agent.

3. A waste storage device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the actuator is arranged to activate the dispenser when the lid of the device is in a closed position.

4. A waste storage device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said actuator includes a projection extending from an inner surface of the lid.

5. A waste storage device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the actuator is arranged to direct an air flow into the agent stored in the dispenser.

6. A waste storage device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the actuator is arranged to direct an air flow over the agent stored in the dispenser.

7. A waste storage device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the dispenser is attachable to an inner surface of the lid.

8. A waste storage device as claimed in claim 7 wherein at least one opening is provided in a surface of the dispenser, said opening being located so that actuation of the lid does not cause agent to be dispensed from the dispenser.