How do i get the lid off an iPoint electric pencil sharpener?

I have a Westcott iPoint electric Pencil sharpener and suddenly the lead got jammed in the bottom so i was going to take the outer clear part off and i've twisted it and pulled on it but i CANNOT get the clear container that holds the pencil shavings off! I know this is a really stupid question but i just can't figure it out and i think i threw away all the manuals and cases thinking "oh, it's just a pencil sharpener, how hard can it be???"
Obviously i thought wrong!!!
OK, obviously I'm having a MAJOR brain fart today. Can anyone give me step by step instructions??? Honestly, I'm not usually this dumb, lol
ummm... what stick??? OMG, i feel so dumb!!!

I am sure a lot of people having the same brain fart. I got this ipoint from Costco. The first one got the pencil lead jammed. I could not fix it and bought another one (a new version) a year later from Costco also. I tried everything and spent a lot of time but still could not open the lid to empty the waste. Why they could not make it more user friendly. I got 3 master degrees including on engineering degree and I could not open this thing without breaking it. I will not buy another ipoint again!