DE8400583U1 - DISPENSING DEVICE FOR PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS - Google Patents

Description

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Description:

The innovation relates to a dispenser for liquid and / or pasty personal care products and / or cleaning or Detergents, which are arranged in the area of a wash basin close to the hand and with devices for portioning Removal of the liquid or pasty agent is provided.

It is known to use personal care products, especially soap, in liquid consistency and to be placed in dispenser containers near wash basins, in particular then when it comes to sanitary facilities that are intended for the public. There are versions in which the liquid soap is held in a bottle-like container that can be tilted in a holder hangs and dispenses a certain amount of liquid soap when the opening is swiveled downwards.

These well-known soap dispensers increase hygiene because the soap becomes dirty and smudges appear on a soap tray with solid soap etc. are not required.

The object of the innovation is the idea of such a dispensing device which improves hygiene on all personal care products, but also on cleaning and cleaning products, to expand and not just use them in

public sanitary facilities, but also for use in households.

A dispensing device is used to solve this problem of the type mentioned above according to the innovation in that a housing with a substantially cuboid shape is arranged with a long narrow side pointing downwards above the edge of the wash basin or a sink and, if necessary, externally molded adaptation contours for pleasing

or flowing surface transitions to the wash basin or to the sink. The housing is in at least two, along the trough side of the basin or the sink side by side.

-: ■■ Subdivided horizontal compartments that hold a supply of body care

contain agents and / or cleaning or cleaning agents

and its bottom with a preferably slide-like or valve-like design, in a downwardly open outlet channel arranged removal device is provided, which with a push button or a button, which in the trough-side front surface of the housing is provided, is connected. On the edge of the washbasin or kitchen sink is a substantially tightly lying collecting trough bar is formed, which to the trough side of the basin or the Sink is open and is formed below the removal devices on the housing.

First of all, the dispensing device designed according to the invention any number or at least the main

the most varied personal care products or cleaning products next to each other stored in close proximity to the hand basin or sink. It's a question of sizing the respective basin on the one hand and the dispensing device on the other hand, how many compartments next to each other

respectively

can be accommodated / how great the actual need is to determine the number of compartments. It can Children's, men's and women's toilet soaps as well as hand washing soaps, Shampoo and washing-up liquid, toothpaste, body lotion and the like are stored in the individual compartments of the washbasin be, while z. B. for sinks normal detergent, abrasives, cleaning agents and the like. Stocked next to each other can be.

The direct combination of the dispensing device with the respective basin initially has the advantage that no Splashing or soiling of the environment are more possible, because the removal devices of the individual compartments lie in the upper area of the collecting trough bar, which sits directly on the edge of the pool. So it cannot do any Personal care or cleaning agents splashed or on the way from the removal device to the sink drip and contaminate the environment.

The one designed according to the innovation is of particular advantage Dispensing device in that a compact, coordinated storage and provision of all important

Cleaning and care products or cleaning and cleaning products is achieved without cabinets, shelves, shelves or the like being required for this purpose. It is known that the Large number of different cleaning and care products in cupboards etc. near the washbasin in bathrooms or the like, but also in the kitchen and household area, in the area of the sink, constantly creates clutter and confusion, and that in particular, again and again individual storage packs, such as bottles, containers or the like overturn and their contents in splash the environment. In addition, the individual storage containers and vessels are in the known form of use unsightly due to constant use and are usually very difficult to keep clean on the outside. All of these drawbacks are avoided by the newly designed dispensing device.

The dispensing device according to the innovation can also be arranged on the edge of a bathtub and in its compartments the corresponding bath products o. The like. Contain. This again has the advantage that during bathing Individual care products available in a wide :: selection stand. It cannot happen that individual containers, bottles or the like. Fall into the bath water or next to the Tilt the bathtub down from the edge.

In principle, it is possible to use just about any personal care product as well as all cleaning and cleaning agents in one

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To transfer consistency in which it is liquid or pasty and run out or expressed through an outlet channel can be. With the innovation, each compartment is on the front, i.e. on the trough side, based on the basin, with one Push button or a button provided, the actuation of which causes the exit of the respective agent from the compartment. "In the simplest version, the removal device consist exclusively of one outlet channel, the width of which corresponds to the consistency of the liquid or pasty Means is adapted so that without pressure on the means in the compartment there is no outflow from the outlet channel. In such In cases, it is sufficient to apply pressure to the agent in the compartment with the aid of the pushbutton or the button, to allow a certain amount to flow out of the outlet channel.

If, however, you want to store products of different consistencies in one and the same compartment, it is advisable to use in insert a slide or valve-like element into the bottom of the compartment in the removal device, which normally closes the outlet channel, but under the action a mechanical connection to the push button or button opens when a removal is to take place. Here again be worked in the simplest form with an oversized outlet channel that is so large, that even poorly flowing agents can flow out without pressure, d. This means that in such cases there is an additional pressurization of the means in the subject can be dispensed with.

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The removal device can be in the ground, but also at an angle be arranged between the trough-side wall of the housing and the floor; it is also conceivable to remove the floor from the To make the back to the trough side sloping downwards, so that he is with the trough-side front wall of the housing meets at an acute angle when the removal device is at the edge between the shelf and the trough-side Wall lies.

The newly planned dense support of the dispensing device or the drip tray strip on the corresponding surface of the wash basin, the sink or, if necessary, the bathtub guarantees hygienically perfect conditions, namely the prevention of joints or gaps in the Contamination can penetrate. Such a tight connection can, if necessary, be achieved by means of appropriate sealing washers or otherwise also by means of permanently plastic putty compounds or the like.

According to claim 2, the dispensing device has a design in which a wall of each compartment as a refill cover or -flap is designed.

Again, it can range from the simplest to the more complete Execution can be varied.

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In the case of liquid agents, a refill hole that can be closed with a suitable stopper, cap or the like may be sufficient. In the case of other designs of the care or cleaning agent , lids or the like are more sensible.

To the newly designed donation device in the f

to make the broadest sense universal / is provided according to claim 3, characterized in that each compartment has a push or Preßeinrich- $ tung, which acts upon the liquid or pasty medium in the tray · This embodiment can also be used if severe flowing agent / such as toothpaste , Floor wax ο. Ä., Stocked in a compartment. Such agents do not flow out of their own accord through an outlet channel, however large or sensibly dimensioned, but instead require an outlet pressure for this purpose. This can be generated by the correspondingly designed pushing or pressing device when the relevant key or pushbutton is pressed.

In the simplest form, the pushing or tearing device can again be used Generate a continuous pressure, for example by applying a spring-loaded pressure in the upper area of the respective compartment Plate, a weight or the like. Is housed or it is the somewhat more complex design according to claim 4 is used, in which the push button or button is mechanically connected to the pushing or pressing device are.

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Not only for aesthetic reasons, but also with regard to the u. very humid atmosphere in bathrooms, etc., it is advantageous if, according to claim 5, a lighting device in the trough side of the housing is built in, through which it can be seen which means is housed in the respective compartment. You can do this adhesive films are provided by the manufacturer, which, when attached to the compartments, provide information on the content.

Using the new dispenser in households with The training according to claims 6 and 7 is adapted to children. The development according to claims 6 and 7 enables it to block the removal device against playful use by children by the locking bar is brought into locking position on its actuating element. Either pressing the button is blocked or the outlet channel closed. The actuating element can be provided laterally on an end wall of the housing and if necessary secured with a simple key or other means.

A particularly reliable combination of wash basin or sink and dispensing device is achieved when the Dispensing device is attached or arranged on the back or wall side of the respective basin and if at the same time according to claim 8 the housing at least in the area of the center of the collecting trough bar, if necessary. Also in the area

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the compartment, a receiving device for a wash basin or sink mixer tap or mixer tap. By the Attaching the mixer tap to the basin with the inclusion of the receiving devices of the dispensing device is created a compact, uniform connection, while the shaped * Beric design still supports the unit and allows a sensible use of space.

While the dispensing devices according to claims 1 to 8 can generally be retrofitted or fastened and as separate devices from the sink or kitchen sink, versatility of use, i. H. the ideal Adjustment to relevant buyer wishes, guarantee, is a homogeneity in the embodiment according to claim 8 Achieved between the wash basin and the housing if the housing including the drip tray strip in the case of wash basins is made of plastic or ceramic is integrally formed on the basin in question. There is then no need for a joint seal Connection between the pool edge and the catching troughed strip can be made subsequently and it can be aesthetically pleasing particularly appealing forms can be realized.

Depending on the intended use, the dispenser Not only arranged or molded on the rear or wall side, but also on one of the long sides of the basin which can be of particular interest in corner basins or corner sinks.

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So far, it has not been dealt with in detail, such as the personal care or cleaning agent or cleaning agent Detergent is added inside the compartment. In its simplest form, the agent in question is only in the corresponding department or subject of the donation before * Direction filled, poured, pressed in or the like. In this case, if a pressing and pressing device is used - it will be ensured that the refill cap or the alternative corresponding element corresponds to the removal pressure the pushing device withstands, possibly by its own weight. With other versions with springs or weights a suitable plate can fill the compartment cross-section and by the pressure of a spring or the pressure of a weight, a locking or corresponding fastening Make the refill cap or the like superfluous.

Under certain circumstances, the embodiment according to claim 10 is more advantageous, in which each shelf has a plug-in

% connection, locking device or nut thread formed, coaxially to the outlet channel arranged connection

_φ device for a correspondingly trained

Has connection device of a flexible refill storage bag, which with the personal care or cleaning and / or

Ii detergent is filled.

In this embodiment, the liquid or pasty content is received in flexible bags that are at one end have a connection device that is connected to a corresponding

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rüden connection device of the extraction device or the outlet channel can be brought into connection. This configuration has the advantage that no cleaning of the compartment interior is required, that the exchange can be carried out quickly and easily and, in particular, that appropriate stickers for the front of the housing can be attached to each refill pack, so that the consumer can use each compartment differently . Without this further development according to claim 10, only liquid soap could always be refilled into a compartment for liquid soap, if a very thorough cleaning was not carried out beforehand, ie before refilling with another agent. In the embodiment according to claim 10, a compartment that was previously used for soap can easily accommodate a shark rinse and only one or two servings need to be removed to free the outlet channel from the remains of soap, so that as a result the uses no harmful soap influences for the hair rinse , for a hair pack o. The like. Can come into play.

Exemplary embodiments of the dispensing device designed according to the invention are shown in the drawings. It shows:

1 - a perspective view of an embodiment of the dispensing device / which can be subsequently arranged on wash basins, sinks, bathtubs or the like and, if necessary, attached.

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Fig. 2 - an embodiment of the dispensing device, the is formed in one piece with a wash basin,

Fig. 3 - a schematic sectional view at along the

Line III-III in Fig. 1 running sectional plane,

4 shows a detail of the shelf area from the drawing according to FIG Design,

Figure 5 is a partial view of the locking bar installed according to Figure 4.

The figures show a dispensing device 1 for liquid and / or pasty personal care products and / or cleaning or Cleaning supplies. According to Fig. 1, the dispensing device 1 has a substantially cuboid housing 2, the narrow long sides above and below and whose narrow short sides are arranged on the left and right of the housing. That Housing 2 has a trough side 3, which is so called because it is the trough of a wash basin 4 (Fig. 2) or one is facing the sink, not shown. This assignment is independent of whether the dispensing device 1 on a the side edges of the sink 4 or at the rear, as shown in Fig. 2, is arranged. The trough side 3 is always facing the basin trough.

The housing 2 is in several juxtaposed along the trough side Divided into 5 compartments, which differ

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borrowed liquid and / or pasty personal care products and / or Pick up cleaning agents.

Each of the compartments 5 has at its deepest point or in Realm of his deepest own, d. that is, if necessary, at the height of the shelf, a removal device 6 on - in the execution According to FIG. 1, these removal devices 6 are on the edge between the shelf and the trough side 3 of the housing 2 arranged. In the front or hollow side of the housing, each compartment has a push button or the Equipped in the figure shown button 7, by actuating it from the removal device 6 liquid or pasty Agent exits from compartment 5. Each compartment is on the trough side 3. 5 with an inscription or an advertisement 8, which indicates the content. This label 8 can be designed as a replaceable adhesive oil be.

To prevent dripping or flowing liquid or pasty agent from compartment 5 contaminates wash basin 4 or the sink or bathtub, a collecting trough strip 9 is formed below the cuboid shape of the housing 2, which is open to the trough side 3 and the lower edge of which is flush with the top of the washbasin 4, the sink or the like. When executing According to Fig. 1, the tight seal by means of a compressible seal or a permanently plastic cement be achieved.

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In order to prevent children from unauthorized emptying of the contents of the compartments 5, there is a side edge of the housing 2 an actuating element 10 of a locking rod 11 designated in Figures 4 and 5 is arranged, which the Removal device 6 blocked in the locking position.

In the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 and 2, the housing 2 can be provided with a removable cover 12 so that all compartments 5 are accessible from above for refilling cleaning agents or the like.

As has already been indicated, the dispensing device 1 can be attached to the wash basin 4, sink (not shown) or can also be arranged on the edge of bathtubs (not shown). The location, whether on the side, on the rear wall or the like, is arbitrary, depending on the individual request selectable.

The embodiment according to FIG. 2 achieves a high degree of compactness and aesthetic design by the sink 4 and the dispensing device 1 are integrally molded. Thus, the collecting trough bar 6 is also in one piece Part of the wash basin 4. In the middle, the housing 2 in the embodiment according to FIG Receiving device 13 on, the zui mounting a wash basin fitting 14, for example a mixer tap, is used. Correspondingly, this is the case in the embodiment according to FIG

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Area associated subject 5 is less deep than the other subjects.

The sectional view according to FIG. 3 shows, with respect to the embodiment according to FIG. 1, the deviation that the removal device 6 is not / as in FIG. In the embodiment according to FIG. 3, the removal device 6 consists of a simple outlet channel 15, the caliber or diameter of which is dimensioned such that the liquid or pasty agent that has been filled in does not flow out through the outlet channel 15 by itself. In order to cause this agent to escape, key 7 must be actuated. For this purpose, the button 7 is mounted by means of a spring 16 and has a wide plate 17 in the interior of the compartment 5, which, for example, transfers an elastic membrane 18 from the position shown in full lines to the position 18 'shown in dashed lines and thus the necessary outlet pressure generated on the filled liquid or pasty agent. But alternatively may also proceed such contact that only the plate 17 is provided on the key 7, while the drawn in dash-dot lines connecting device is provided in the form of a nut thread 19 in the shelf 14 _r flexible drawn while the liquid agent within a dot-dash lines Bag 20 is included, which has a screw-in head at its end, which is connected to the

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Terminal device 19 corresponds. When the button 7 is pressed, the plate 17 presses against the flexible bag

20 and presses the liquid or pasty agent through the Outlet channel 15. In this case, the cover 12 is difficult or lockable (in detail not shown) connected to the housing 2 and protrudes on the trough side 3 forwards / so that it is a lamp

21, which illuminates the trough side.

In the embodiment according to FIG. 4, a more complex but more universally applicable concept is chosen been. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the withdrawal pressure is applied to the liquid or pasty agent Is exercised by not shown weights, springs o. The like, which are located in the upper area of the compartment. As in FIG. 3, the button 7 can be automatically transferred into the starting position by means of a return spring 16, however, the key cannot be displaced longitudinally in relation to itself, but rather can be pivoted about a hinge 22. At the bottom the button is connected via a spherical head or the like to a slide plate 23 which is embedded in the shelf 14 is. This slide plate 23 has a through opening 24 which, when the button 7 is pressed, in the area of the Exit channel 15 occurs and releases it. In the normal case, which is shown in FIG. 4, the valve or slide plate 23 closes the outlet channel 15 Design is, in order to provide the button 7 movement space, inside in the compartment 5, the trough side 3 of the

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Housing 2 is provided with an inclined wall part 25. The button 7 has a return angle 26 on the rear on / which pulls the slide plate 23 back into the position shown in FIG. 4 when the pressure on the button 7 is released.

4 also shows the installation of the locking eye bar 11. This is arranged in a further area of the compartment base 14 so that it can be displaced longitudinally to itself and has projections 27 to / which by moving the locking rod 11 under or into the outlet channels 15 of each compartment 5 are transferable. It can thus be prevented in a simple manner that by pressing the button 7 liquid or pasty Agent exits from the extraction device 6. But it is also possible to design the locking rod 11 so that that they with their projections 27 alternatively or additionally in the path of movement of the button 7 or dt.r slide or valve plate 23 engages.

Overall, the dispensing device 1 according to FIGS. 1 to 4 can be produced from different materials. she Can be made of stainless steel, for example, for kitchen sinks, commercial kitchens or the like, while it is suitable for private use Offer the use of plastic or ceramics, especially if the application in the sanitary area, i. H. so in Bathrooms, is provided. For wall mounting, the cuboid housing 2 has a suspension device 30.

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which prevents tipping. But it can also be additional, not shown in the figures, hook and Klamitierversehlüsse provided for a compact connection of the housing 2 with the respective wash basin 4 or sinks (not shown) will.

Thanks to the dispenser, the individual liquid or pasty personal care products, cleansing agents as well as
cleaning agents are also kept hygienically clear and ready for use.

All individual and combination features shown in the description and / or the drawings are considered essential to the invention viewed.

Claims (10)

»■ ♦ · & HENTSCHEL PATE NTANWÄLTE HOHENZOLLERNSTB. Zl · 5-tOO KOBLENZ · TEL .: 02 61/3 ± 333 DIPL.-ING. ERICH HENTSCHEL (1Θ3Ι - 198O) DIPL.-ING. PETER HENTSCHEL protection claims: 1. Dispenser for liquid and / or pasty personal care products and / or plaster or cleaning agents, ρ which is arranged in the area of a wash basin close to the hand and with devices for portioned removal of the liquid or pasty agent is provided, thereby it indicates that a housing (2) with essentially cuboid shape with a long narrow side pointing downwards above the edge of the wash basin (4) or a sink can be arranged and, if necessary, molded on the outside Adaptation contours for pleasing or flowing surface transitions to the wash basin (4) or to the sink has that the housing (2) in at least two along the trough side (3) the basin (4) or the sink side-by-side compartments (5) are divided into a supply Toiletries and / or cleaning or cleaning preparations contain and their 3oden (14) with a preferably slide or valve-like design, in one after The discharge channel (15) which is open at the bottom is provided with a removal device (6) which is provided with a push button (7) or a button which is provided in the trough-side front surface (3) of the housing and that one on the respective edge of the sink (4) or the sink essentially tightly fitting collecting tray bar (9), which is open to the trough side of the basin (4) or the sink, below the removal devices (6) is molded onto the housing (2). 2. Dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that that one wall of each compartment (5) is designed as a refill lid (12) or flap. 3. Dispensing device according to claim 1 and / or 2, characterized in that each compartment (5) has a pressing or pressing device (17, 18), which acts on the liquid or pasty agent in the compartment (5). 4. Dispensing device according to one or more of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the pressing or pressing device (17, 18) mechanically with the button (7) or the push button of the removal device (6) is connected. 5. Dispensing device according to one or more of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that in the trough side (3) a lighting device (21) is installed in the housing (2). 6. Dispensing device according to one or more of the claims 1 to 5, characterized in that in the bottom or on the bottom (14) of the compartments (5), in the vicinity of the trough side (3) of the • i- 4 2. ' Housing (2) / one parallel to the floors (14) and parallel to the trough side (3) extending, longitudinally displaceable to itself and along the length with corresponding projections and / c the recesses of the mechanical connections between buttons (7) or push buttons and removal devices (6) and / or the pressure * · and pressing devices (17/18) arranged lateral depressions or projections (27) provided locking rod is arranged, the projections (27) in the locking position in the movement path the mechanical connections intervene and their working movement blocked., and that a side on Housing accessible end of the locking rod as an actuating element (10) for longitudinal displacement of the locking rod (11) is formed. 7. Dispensing device according to one or more of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the locking rod (11) protruding into the outlet channels (15), lateral projections (27) which close the outlet channels (15) in the locking position and in the position of use by means of them located between the projections Release openings. 8. Dispensing device according to one or more of the claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the housing (2) is on the trough side at least in the area of the center of the collecting trough strip (9) a receiving device (13) for a wash basin faucet or sink faucet or mixer tap (14 ^. 9. Dispensing device according to one or more of claims 1 to 8, characterized / that the housing (2) together Collecting trough strip (9) in the case of wash basins (4) made of plastic or ceramic can be molded in one piece onto the basin (4) in question is. 10. Dispensing device according to one or more of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that each shelf (14) on its upper side designed as a plug connection, latching device or nut thread, coaxial with the outlet channel (15) arranged connection device (19) for has a correspondingly designed connection device of a flexible refill storage bag (20), the one with the personal care products or cleaning and / or cleaning agents is fillable. Description: