Waste-disposal device

• US 9,938,045 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2016
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Refills Company Ltd.
• Original Assignee: International Refills Company Ltd.
• Inventors: Morand, Michel
• Primary Examiner(s): Pickett, J. Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): WEINERTH, GIDEON R
• Application Number:
  US15/279,746
• Publication Number:
  US 20170015501A1
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: 22049508, 220263, 2202543, 220827, 220826, 220908, 2209081, 2209082, 4452, 53567, 53576
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/16 Loose, or loosely-attached, linings
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/26 Mechanisms for opening or closing, e.g. pedal-operated for refuse receptacles B65F1/1623
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/062 having means for storing or dispensing spare bags
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/068 with means aiding the removal of the flexible insert
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/1607 with filling openings
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 2210/167 Sealing means
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 2210/1675 by twisting, e.g. of a flexible tube
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 2240/132 Diapers

Abstract

A waste-disposal device for use with a bag unit of the type having an annular component from which a free end of tube extends to form a bag. The waste-disposal device comprises a bin having an open top end for accessing an inner cavity of the bin. A support is in the bin adjacent to the open top end and adapted to support the annular component of the bag unit for waste to be received in the bag of the bag unit extending in the inner cavity of the bin, by passing through a central opening thereof. A closing mechanism comprises a door pivotally connected to the support by at least one pivot and an abutment surface in the bin, a pivot axis of the at least one pivot being located at a same height or higher than a bottommost edge of the annular component of the bag unit when received in the support and when the bin has a bottom thereof on the ground. The door is pivotable between a closed position in which the door presses the bag toward the abutment surface to close the bag, and an open position in which the door is away from the abutment surface to open the bag.

Claims

1. A waste-disposal device for use with a bag unit of the type having an annular component from which a free end of tube extends to form a bag, the waste-disposal device comprising:

a bin having an open top end for accessing an inner cavity of the bin, a support in the bin adjacent to the open top end and adapted to support the annular component of the bag unit for waste to be received in the bag of the bag unit extending in the inner cavity of the bin, by passing through a central opening thereof; and

a closing mechanism comprising a door pivotally connected to the support by at least one pivot and an abutment surface in the bin, a pivot axis of the at least one pivot being located at a same height or higher than a bottommost edge of the annular component of the bag unit when received in the support and when the bin has a bottom thereof on the ground, the door being pivotable between a closed position in which the door presses the bag toward the abutment surface to close the bag, and an open position in which the door is away from the abutment surface to open the bag.

2. The waste-disposal device according to claim 1, wherein the support has a ring body to support the annular component of the bag unit.

3. The waste-disposal device according to claim 2, wherein the ring body defines an annular cavity for receiving the annular component of the bag unit.

4. The waste-disposal device according to claim 2, wherein the ring body has an inner annular wall located in the central opening of the annular component of the bag unit when the bag unit is in the support.

5. The waste-disposal device according to claim 4, wherein the at least one pivot has a portion connected to the inner annular wall.

6. The waste-disposal device according to claim 1, wherein the abutment surface is part of the support.

7. The waste-disposal device according to claim 6, wherein the abutment surface is oblique relative to a vertical axis of the bin to define a contact surface for the bag pressed by the door in the closed position.

8. The waste-disposal device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one pivot is located inside an vertical annular projection of the central opening.

9. The waste-disposal device according to claim 1, wherein the pivot axis is located at a same level or lower than an uppermost edge of the annular component.

10. The waste-disposal device according to claim 1, further comprising a biasing component between the door and the bin, to bias the door to the closed position.

11. The waste-disposal device according to claim 1, further comprising a lid selectively closing the open top end.

12. The waste-disposal device according to claim 11, further comprising an annular funnel to which the lid is pivotally connected, the annular funnel covering the annular component positioned in the support.

13. The waste-disposal device according to claim 1, wherein the door is curved.

14. The waste-disposal device according to claim 1, wherein a curvature of the door has a center of radius on a same side as a radius of curvature of the central opening.

15. The waste-disposal device according to claim 14, wherein the center of radius of the door is in the central opening.