Apparatus for treating and disposing of bio-hazardous waste and solid waste

摘要

An apparatus for neutralizing and disposing of infectious solid waste and non-hazardous solid waste includes a housing having an upper chamber for receiving the infectious solid waste and a lower chamber for receiving the non-hazardous solid waste. The upper chamber includes an exterior loading door, and an interior discharge door. A discharge ram forms one wall of the upper chamber opposite to the discharge door. The upper chamber includes door seals and pressure fittings so that the infectious waste placed therein may be sterilized by steam introduced under pressure. The neutralized wastes are ejected by the discharge ram through the interior door into the lower chamber. One wall of the lower chamber comprises a compactor ram which is extendable through a discharge opening to compress the neutralized and non-hazardous wastes into a closed compactor container.