AU2021105754A4 - Apparatus for automatically dispensing sanitizing liquid in the toilet flush tank to clean the toilet. - Google Patents

Abstract

: The invention describes an apparatus for dispensing a sanitizing solution into the water of a toilet flush tank for providing an odorless environment and to deodorize the air in the vicinity of the toilet. It has a liquid filled compartment capable of storing the scented sanitizing liquid and a cover top that stops the flush tank water or any other substance from entering into the dispenser from the top. The plunger compartment stores a monitored amount of sanitizing liquid before it gets mixed into the water. It has two silicon bush and two plastic washer components, one to block the liquid to flow from the liquid filled area to the plunger compartment and other to stop the water from entering into the plunger compartment. The system works on the principle of gravitation as no additional mechanism or artificial energy source is required for its working, providing a cost- effective solution. TITLE Apparatus for automatically dispensing sanitizing liquid in the toilet flush tank to clean the toilet Signatory Kalpesh Vasantrai Manseta Pahal Kalpesh Manseta 1 Sheet8of8 APPLICANT Kalpesh Vasantrai Manseta Pahal Kalpesh Manseta Li Figure -8 :Diagrammatic view of the liquid dispending system with the hook to hold onto the flus tank. Signatory Kalpesh Vasantrai Manseta Pahal Kalpesh Manseta

Description

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APPLICANT Kalpesh Vasantrai Manseta Pahal Kalpesh Manseta

Li

Figure -8 :Diagrammatic view of the liquid dispending system with the hook to hold onto the flus tank.

Signatory Kalpesh Vasantrai Manseta

Pahal Kalpesh Manseta

TITLE

Apparatus for automatically dispensing sanitizing liquid in the toilet flush tank to clean the toilet.

FIELD OF INVENTION

[0001] This invention relates to the field of mechanical engineering and more particularly a dispensing device for dispensing a cleansing-sanitizing solution in the water of a toilet flush tank and for providing an odorless environment for some duration to deodorize the air in the vicinity of the toilet.

[0002] Here a method and apparatus are designed for dispensing a concentrated liquid, typically a disinfectant or deodorant solution, into the contents of a toilet flush tank. When flushed the dispensed liquid will mix with the water of the flush tank and continuously clean without any hassle of brushing. It also maintains the odor in your toilet.

PRIOR ART AND PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED

[0003] The soil and odor associated with a conventional toilet is a source of considerable concern to many people. One needs to merely consider the quantity of advertising directed to products for cleaning toilets and for freshening the air to gain some insight into the concern directed towards this problem. With the possible exception of food preparation areas in the kitchen, the typical housewife probably cleans the bathroom toilet significantly more often than other areas in the home. As substantial a problem as this may be in the household, it is even more pressing a problem in public restrooms. Not only are public restrooms used significantly more often than the bathroom in a residence, it is used by transients who have little pride or concern in the appearance or condition of the toilet facility they leave behind. Because of the lack of sanitation associated with them, significant portions of our population are reluctant to use public toilet facilities.

[0004] Numerous efforts have been directed towards solving the problem of sanitation and odor in bathrooms in general, and in particular, those toilet facilities associated with public places. An enthusiastic housewife may clean the toilets of a private residence daily. Many public toilet facilities have full time attendants to maintain cleanliness in the facility. Number of devices have been tried to produce sanitary, odor free surroundings in such public accommodations. These devices have run the gamut from liquid dispensers to electronic odor neutralizers, to aerosol spray devices that operate on timed cycles to apparatus connected to each toilet within a facility.

[0005] Conventional kinds of deodorant and/or sanitizing products, applied inside cisterns of toilet bowls in various manners in order to ensure good hygiene of the toilet bowl, are solid and are permanently in contact with the water contained in the cistern, so that they dissolve over a given period of time, releasing the deodorant and/or sanitizing active principle. They are not particularly adapted for dosage control. In addition, the concentration of the deodorant and/or sanitizing active principle in the water is dependent on the time for which the product is in contact with the water. If the product remains in contact with the water for a long time, an excessive concentration of the active principle dissolves in the water as well as total or partial dissolution of the product earlier than the normally planned consumption times occurs. Vice versa, if the product remains in contact with the water for a short time, the concentration of the active principle in the water fails to ensure hygiene of the toilet bowl. These problems therefore show that the concentration of the active principle in the water is a substantially random phenomenon and that it is not possible to have appropriate control of the dosage of said active principle.

[0006] To resolve the above problem, here a dispensing system is designed which can be placed into the toilet flush tank and it is filled with liquid which gets dispensed into the flush tank only once when the toilet is full and when flushed the dispensed liquid will mix with the water in the flush tank and continuously clean the toilet bowl with the flow of liquid mixed water into the toilet bowl without any hassle of brushing. It also maintains the odor in your toilet. The dispensing of the fluid and the amount of liquid being dispensed is all controlled and is automatic without any form of motor operation or any external energy source making the working of the dispensing system effective and monitored to prevent unwanted dissolution of sanitizing liquid into the water tank.

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION:

[0007] Toilet bowl sanitation has been a problem since the invention of the toilet bowl itself. Toilets may contain microscopic organisms that can thrive and propagate to contaminate the toilet and bathroom. These germs can leave smelly, hard to clean deposits in the toilet bowl. Early attempts at toilet sanitation relied upon manual methods of cleaning. It is a laborious chore, requiring frequent cleaning sessions and an expenditure of a substantial amount of time and labor. This gave rise to the advent of the automatic toilet bowl cleaning devices.

[0008] It has already been proposed where utilizing dry chemical, water-soluble tablets of cleaner has been used for sanitization. These dry tablets are generally submerged in the toilet flush tank so that the tablets slowly dissolve in the tank water, thereby releasing a cleaning or disinfectant agent. The cleaning agent is then released into the toilet bowl when the toilet is flushed. The basic problem with these devices is that there is no control over the rate of chemical discharge. The dry chemical tablet will disintegrate and dissolve away relatively quickly at a set rate, which can result in far more of the product being consumed than needed for each flush cycle. Accordingly, it is necessary to replace the cleaning agent tablet frequently, resulting in an increased cost to keep the toilet clean. This is both costly and wasteful.

[0009] The principal objective of the invention is to provide a sanitizing liquid dispensing system with a controlled method to dissolve a measured amount of liquid when the water is filled into the tank and to lock the outflow of the liquid when the water is empty in the flush tank.

[0010] Another objective of the invention is to provide the dispersive device which has a controlled mechanism to open liquid compartment in the dispensing device and to store the required liquid into the plunger department which stays there when the flush tank is filled and then gets mixed with the water when the water is flushed as the plunger compartment releases it.

[0011] The further objective of the invention is that it has a floater that operates the mechanism i.e. opening and closing of plunger compartment using the gravitational force of water and automatically controls sanitizing liquid dispensing mechanism to ensure that only a certain amount of liquid dispenses out of the dispenser tank.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0012] Cleaning systems for toilets typically include a cleaning agent composed of water-soluble material formed into a tablet. The tablet is commonly disposed in the toilet bowl or the toilet flush tank. When placed in the toilet bowl, the cleaning agent is coupled to an interior of the bowl by supporting means, such as wires or hangers. Since a cleaning agent must be capable of dissolving quickly due to the short duration in which passing water makes contact with the agent, such cleaning agents get used quickly. This requires the frequent replacement of the cleaning agent. Cleaning agents placed inside the tank are adapted to be dissolved by a large volume of water, so a large volume of cleaning agent passes through with each flush. As a result, much of the cleaning agent is wasted, thereby requiring frequent replacement. So here in this invention a dispensing device is designed that can be placed into the toilet flush tank which has a control system with a floating device which controls mechanism to dispense sanitizing liquid into the flush tank when it is filled and to stop the release of liquid when the flush tank is empty. The entire mechanism is made automatic without any motor system. The apparatus is designed for dispensing a concentrated liquid, typically a disinfectant or deodorant solution, into the contents of a toilet flush tank. When flushed the dispensed liquid will mix with the water in the flush tank and continuously clean the toilet bowl with the flow of liquid mixed water into the toilet bowl without any hassle of brushing. It also maintains the odor in your toilet.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0013] While the present invention is described herein by way of example, using various embodiments and illustrative drawings, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention is neither intended to be limited to the embodiment of drawing or drawings described nor designed to represent the scale of the various components. Further, some components that may form a part of the invention may not be illustrated with specific figures, for ease of illustration, and such omissions do not limit the embodiment outlined in any way. The drawings and detailed description of it are not intended to restrict the invention to the form disclosed, but on the contrary, the invention covers all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. The headings are used for organizational purposes only and are not meant to limit the scope of the description or the claims. As used throughout this specification, the word "may" be used in a permissive sense (i.e., meaning having the potential to), rather than the mandatory sense (i.e., meaning, must).

[0014] Further, the words "an" or "a" mean "at least one" and the word "plurality" means one or more unless otherwise mentioned. Furthermore, the terminology and phraseology used herein is solely used for descriptive purposes and should not be construed as limiting in scope. Language such as "including," "comprising," "having," "containing," or "involving," and variations thereof, is intended to be broad and encompass the subject matter listed thereafter, equivalents and any additional subject matter not recited, and is not supposed to exclude any other additives, components, integers or steps. Likewise, the term "comprising" is considered synonymous with the terms "including" or "containing" for applicable legal purposes. Any discussion of documents acts, materials, devices, articles and the like are included in the specification solely to provide a context for the present invention.

[0015] In this disclosure, whenever an element or a group of elements is preceded with the transitional phrase "comprising", it is also understood that it contemplates the same element or group of elements with transitional phrases "consisting essentially of, "consisting", "selected from the group comprising", "including", or "is" preceding the recitation of the element or group of elements and vice versa.

[0016] Before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited in its application to the details outlined in the following description or exemplified by the examples. The invention is capable of other embodiments or of being practiced or carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein is for description and should not be regarded as limiting.

[0017] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention belongs. Besides, the descriptions, materials, methods, and examples are illustrative only and not intended to be limiting. Methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention.

[0018] The present invention provides an apparatus for dispensing a concentrated liquid, typically a disinfectant or deodorant solution, into the contents of a toilet flush tank. When flushed the dispensed liquid will mix in the water of the flush tank and it will continuously clean the toilet bowl with the flow of liquid mixed water into the toilet bowl without any hassle of brushing. It also maintains the odor in your toilet.

[0019] The significant portions of the invention reside in the liquid discharging and diluting assembly which appears at the lower portion of the apparatus in normal use. The device has a control system with a floating device which controls mechanism to dispense sanitizing liquid into the flush tank when it is filled and to stop the release of liquid when the flush tank is empty. It has a liquid filled compartment which is capable of storing the scented sanitized liquid. It has a cover that stops the flush tank water or any other substance from entering into the dispenser from top. It has plunger compartment to store a monitored amount of sanitizing liquid before it gets mixed into the water. It has two silicon bushes coupled with plastic washer components, the one on the top of the plunger to block the liquid's flow from the liquid filled area to the plunger and other to stop the water from entering into the plunger and to stop the liquid in the plunger compartment from mixing with the water in the flush tank. It has two plastic washers one at the top of the plunger that locks the silicon bush at the top with the plunger and second plastic washer at the bottom locks the bottom silicon bush with the plunger and it has a cover to close the liquid filled bottle to restrict the flush tank's water from entering into the dispensing device. It has a ring connected to plunger at the bottom of the device which holds the floater with the plunger.

[0020] Here the dispensing device is placed into the flush tank of the toilet using the hook designed at the rear end and it is made to float for the easy working of the system. The system has automatic (i.e. no artificial force to operate the mechanism) mechanism to dispense the liquid as the mechanism is made operable using the gravitational force of the water to operate the device. The device has a float mechanism made of hollow plastic to operate the plunger up and down. The liquid storage area can be refilled by opening the cover. The device has a plunger compartment which stores adequate amount of sanitizing liquid which is released from the storing compartment. To restrict the additional flow, it has a silicon bush at the top of the plunger which has a plastic washer to lock the silicon bush with the plunger. The top silicon bush and plastic washer restricts the overflow of sanitizing liquid into the plunger area at all time. So, when the water is filled in the toilet flush tank, the floater pushes the plunger up and the top silicon bush and plastic washer are pushed up and the plunger compartment is filled with the liquid and the bottom silicon bush and plastic washer are also pushed up to stop the flush tank water from entering the plunger compartment and to stop the outflow of the liquid.

[0021] Similarly, when the water is flushed/emptied from the flush tank, the floater pushes the plunger down and the top silicon bush and plastic washer are pushed down to stop the inflow of the liquid from storage compartment to the plunger compartment and at the same time the bottom silicon bush and plastic washer are pushed down so the plunger compartment releases the liquid filled in the plunger compartment into the water in the flush tank. When the water is flushed the liquid mixed water washes the toilet. When the tank is emptied the floater moves the plunger down and the top silicon bush and plastic washer blocks the plunger and the liquid compartment from the top of the plunger, the bottom silicon bush and plastic washer unlocks and releases the liquid into the flush tank. As soon as the water is emptied the floater moves the plunger down and the top silicon bush and plastic washer blocks the flow into the plunger compartment restricting any further release. Again, when the water starts filing in the flush tank, the floater moves the plunger up and the bottom silicon bush and plastic washer blocks the plunger compartment from the bottom and the top silicon bush and plastic washer opens up to let the stored liquid enter the plunger compartment.

[0022] While there has been illustrated and described embodiments of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, to be understood that various changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, modifications, substitutions and modifications, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims and their equivalents.

FIGURE DESCRIPTION

[0023] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this disclosure, illustrate an exemplary embodiment and, together with the description, explain the disclosed embodiment. In the figures, the left and rightmost digit(s) of a reference number identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The same numbers are used throughout the figures to reference like features and components. Some embodiments of the system and methods of an embodiment of the present subject matter are now described, by way of example only, and concerning the accompanying figures, in which:

[0024] Figure - 1 illustrates the diagrammatic view of the liquid filled tank

[0025] Figure - 2 shows the diagrammatic view of Cover

[0026] Figure - 3 shows the diagrammatic view of the Plunger

[0027] Figure - 4 shows diagrammatic View of the Float

[0028] Figure - 5 shows diagrammatic view of the Silicon Bush

[0029] Figure - 6 shows diagrammatic view of the Washer

[0030] Figure - 7 shows diagrammatic view of the Ring

[0031] Figure - 8 shows the complete diagrammatic view of the liquid dispending system with the hook to hold onto the flush tank.

Claims (9)

WE CLAIM:

1) A sanitizing liquid dispensing apparatus that dispenses sanitizing liquid into the flush tank in a measured amount for the cleaning and disinfecting of the toilet with every flush where the system consists of;

a) A liquid filled tank b) Cover c) Plunger d) Float e) Silicon Bush f) Washer g) Ring h) Hook

2) The sanitizing liquid dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim - 1, has a controlled mechanism to open liquid compartment in the dispensing device and to store the required liquid into the plunger department which stays there when the tank is filled and then gets mixed with the water when the water level goes down as the plunger compartment releases it.

3) The sanitizing liquid dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim - 1, has a floater that operates the mechanism i.e. opening and closing of plunger compartment using the gravitational force of water and automatically controls sanitizing liquid dispensing mechanism to ensure that only a certain amount of liquid dispenses out of the dispenser tank.

4) The sanitizing liquid dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim - 1, has two silicon bushes coupled with plastic washer components where one blocks the liquid to flow from the liquid filled area to the plunger compartment and the other to stop the water from entering into the plunger compartment.

) The sanitizing liquid dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim - 1, has two plastic washers one at the top of the plunger that locks the silicon bush at the top with the plunger and second plastic washer at the bottom locks the bottom silicon bush with the plunger.

6) The sanitizing liquid dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim - 1, has a ring that is connected to the plunger at the bottom of the plunger that holds the floater with the plunger to help the plunger move up and down with floater when water is filled or emptied in the flush tank.

7) The sanitizing liquid dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim - 1, has a complete working of the dispensing of the liquid into the flush tank using the gravitational force of the flowing water which moves the plunger up and down to release and restrict the flow of sanitizing liquid into the flush tank.

8) The sanitizing liquid dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim - 1, has a hook that helps to hang the dispenser in the flush tank.

9) The sanitizing liquid dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim - 1, has a cover that restricts the flush tank water or any other substance from entering the liquid storage area of the dispenser.

Signatory

Kalpesh Vas trai Manseta

Pahal Kalpesh Manseta

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Figure – 1 : Diagrammatic view of the liquid filled tank

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Figure – 2: Diagrammatic view of Cover

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Figure – 3: Diagrammatic view of Plunger

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Figure – 4: Diagrammatic view of the Float

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Figure – 5 :Diagrammatic View of the Silicon Bush

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Figure – 6 :Diagrammatic View of the Plastic Washer

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Figure – 7 : diagrammatic view of the ring

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Figure -8 :Diagrammatic view of the liquid dispending system with the hook to hold onto the flus tank.

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Pahal Kalpesh Manseta