Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
  • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
  • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
  • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
  • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
  • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers, e.g. for piled-up or folded textile towels; Toilet-paper dispensers; Dispensers for piled-up or folded textile towels provided or not with devices for taking-up soiled towels as far as not mechanically driven
  • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet-paper
  • A47K2010/3266—Wet wipes
  • A47K2010/3273—Wet wipes moistened just before use
  • A47K2010/328—Wet wipes moistened just before use by spraying

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for moistening liquid-absorbing agents for personal hygiene or personal care, such as toilet paper,
• Cotton balls, cleaning wipes, cotton pads, nonwovens or the like with a system container in which the liquid for moistening is stored, and a stroke valve unit arranged on the system container, during the stroke actuation of which liquid or a liquid mist is dispensed via its nozzle.
• Moist toilet paper is available folded and stacked in a box. When removing the cloths from each other is very tedious and required very often the second hand. Closing the box after removal is another cumbersome but necessary process, otherwise the damp cloths will dry out very quickly.
• a very decisive disadvantage of the wet wipes is that they decompose very poorly and slowly in liquid, i.e. also in wastewater, which is often the cause of pipe blockages. Resistance to moisture and moisture is also present in the wider ecological cycle
• Liquid of such cloths is very problematic and requires appropriate measures in sewage treatment plants and generally when discharging wastewater into rivers.
• Some solutions wet the normal toilet paper in a device by contacting a wet fleece, which is previously drawn through the cleaning liquid, which is in an open container, as long as the strip with the individual sheets rolls off the roll. This means that the wetted toilet paper is pulled out of the device with a certain force, causing the supply roll to unwind.
• a solution is described for example in WO 99/53816.
• the result is that the toilet paper strip is already loosened by the moisture and is therefore no longer mechanically very stressable and therefore often tears unintentionally. It is then necessary to thread the strip into the device again in a complicated and time-consuming manner. It is often very cumbersome to refill the liquids in this facility, with the risk of spillage consists.
• the open container gives the possibility that the cleaning liquid can be contaminated.
• Toilet paper to achieve this moisture effect.
• German utility model G 89 03 900 it is known from German utility model G 89 03 900 to use a flexible storage container which is compressed and, by reducing the volume, the stored cleaning liquid is pressed out via a spray head and atomized onto the paper.
• Such a solution does not do justice to the different types of paper and the different structures of the toilet paper, since the amount emitted is only felt and not exactly
• a further disadvantage is that the shape of the container fills it with air, which initially escapes when the liquid is dispensed again, ie before the cleaning liquid emerges.
• Toilet paper is dispensed. This is also very imprecise in terms of the liquid dose to be dispensed onto the paper, especially since the transfer point is covered from the inspection area. Furthermore, the liquid transfer takes a long time if the paper is to be moistened sufficiently.
• the common valves used here generally have the disadvantage that after some time they no longer close tightly, since particles enter the valve via the rolling element. As a result of Leaking comes out of the dampening solution unintentionally and causes pollution of the environment.
• the present invention is based on the object or the technical problem of specifying a device for moistening liquid-absorbing agents which meets the hygienic standards, which ensures ease of use and which has a permanently reliable function with regard to moistening and operation guaranteed and which can be used economically.
• the device according to the invention for moistening liquid-absorbing agents is given by the features of independent claim 1.
• Advantageous refinements and developments are the subject of the dependent claims.
• the device according to the invention is accordingly characterized in that on the valve unit a distributor unit coupled to the lifting movement of the valve unit direction is releasably connected, which has a distributor plate and a capillary unit arranged on the distributor plate or which has a funnel unit and a capillary unit arranged on the funnel unit, one in the bottom of the distributor plate / funnel unit
• the capillary unit is designed and dimensioned such that it dispenses the liquid / liquid mist emitted during the lifting movement due to capillary action at least partially absorbs and the absorbed liquid / the absorbed liquid mist is released to the applied liquid-absorbing means according to the blotter principle.
• a particularly preferred development is characterized in that the recesses of the wetting sieve or the grating unit are arranged and dimensioned such that they have a capillary effect against the liquid or liquid mist introduced into the intermediate space between the distributor plate and the wetting sieve or into the funnel unit so that the blotter effect occurs on the liquid-absorbing medium.
• a particularly preferred embodiment is characterized in that the capillary unit is arranged, in particular at a distance from the distributor plate, and is designed as a wetting sieve or lattice unit with continuous recesses.
• the capillary unit can also be designed as a sponge.
• the device according to the invention has the advantage of moistening toilet paper conveniently and hygienically with one hand, the cleaning liquid dispensed being presettable on the device in accordance with the quality and structure of the toilet paper.
• the means are moistened to the preset extent.
• a particularly preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention is characterized in that the wetting sieve or the grating unit has an impact surface on the underside in the region opposite the nozzle of the valve unit.
• the valve plate / funnel unit preferably has at least one outlet through which excess liquid can flow off, so that in the event that the volume of the liquid to be introduced is initially set too high, there is no over-moistening of the toilet paper, for example.
• a particularly preferred embodiment is characterized in that the distributor device with system container is detachably arranged in a housing. This measure makes it possible to work with a refill system, which means that the housing with the distributor device is retained and only the system container is replaced.
• simple handling is characterized in that the housing has a housing cover on the top for releasably sealing the distribution device and a housing door on the front, by opening the system container with or without a distribution device inserted into the housing or out of the housing can be removed.
• a particularly advantageous alternative is characterized in that the volume of the liquid that can be introduced into the intermediate space or the amount of liquid mist that can be introduced into the funnel unit can be adjusted by limiting the stroke path of the valve unit.
• the valve unit can be designed as a double ball valve. This valve technology, which is known per se, ensures permanent reliable function and economical use.
• a particularly advantageous embodiment is characterized in that an evaporation container is provided, into which the excess amount of liquid flowing off via the at least one outlet is directed, and evaporation slots are provided in the wall of the housing, an alternative development being characterized in that the Evaporation container to enlarge the evaporation surface has evaporation cascades, in particular with a rough surface.
• a preferred embodiment which is a simple way of adjusting the output during the lifting movement Has quantity of liquid and is structurally particularly easy to implement, is characterized in that an adjusting unit, in particular adjusting spindle, is present on the housing, which fixes directly or indirectly to the position of a rotatably mounted volume stop bar and a stop is arranged on the distributor device, which strikes the volume stop bar when the set stroke is reached.
• an externally readable scale can be used in an advantageous manner, the display of the scale being controllable as a function of the position of the volume stop bar.
• an advantageous embodiment is distinguished by the fact that there are two volume stop bars arranged opposite each other.
• a particularly preferred embodiment is characterized in that the distributor device and the housing are designed as separate, in particular plastic injection molded components.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a system container with a separately shown distributor device
• FIG. 2 shows a schematic side view of a system container with an attached distributor device
• 3a to 3c schematic plan view, side view and front view of the housing of a device for moistening liquid-absorbing means
• FIG. 4a schematic vertical section through a
• FIG. 4b shows a schematic cross section through the device according to FIG. 4a with a partially cut wetting sieve and valve disk
• FIG. 5 shows a schematic detailed cross-sectional design of the distributor device placed on a valve unit with toilet paper placed on it
• FIG. 6 enlarged detail section through a distributor device in the edge area
• 7 shows a schematic representation of a device for moistening without a housing with a system container with a distributor device and toilet paper placed on it
• FIG. 8 shows a schematic side view of the representation according to FIG. 8a
• FIG. 9 shows a schematic detail cross section and a schematic detail side view of a second embodiment of a funnel-shaped distributor device for a device for moistening without
• FIG. 10 shows a schematic top view of a device for moistening with a distributor device according to FIG. 9 in a system container
• FIG. 11 shows a schematic top view of the illustration according to FIG. 10 with a distributor device shown enlarged.
• the device 50 has a housing 7 with a housing cover 1 which is pivotably arranged on the top side and one housing door 11 pivotally arranged on the front. Overall, the housing 7 has a cuboidal contour. Evaporation slots 1 a are formed in the wall of the housing 7 on the top, the front and on the side walls.
• a system container 5 filled with cleaning fluid is detachably arranged inside the housing 7 and has a valve unit 5a on the upper side, which is designed as a double ball valve.
• a releasable, attachable distributor device 2 is coupled to the valve unit 5a (see FIGS. 1 and 2) and is placed and locked onto the valve unit 5a in a simple manner.
• the distributor device 2 has in the upper region a distributor plate 2b, on which a wetting sieve 3 is provided, spaced apart on the upper side, which has grid-shaped, continuous recesses 3b (FIG. 6) with capillary action. Processes 2a are formed on the underside of the distributor plate 2b.
• the toilet paper 12 to be moistened is placed on the top of the wetting sieve 3.
• the distributor plate 2b has a recess 14, within which the nozzle 20 of the valve unit 5a is arranged with its outlet surface 5b. Opposing the nozzle 20, there is an impact surface 3a on the underside of the wetting screen 3.
• the space between the distributor plate 2b and the wetting sieve 3 is provided with the reference symbol 16 in FIGS. 5 and 6.
• the maximum stroke of the valve unit 5a or the distributor device 2 coupled to it is limited by a volume stop bar 4 rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation 18 (FIG. 4a), the respective position of which a coupling element 10 which can be displaced is set via an adjusting unit 9, which is designed as an adjusting spindle.
• the volume stop bar 4 has a stop curve 4a on the upper side, which abuts against a corresponding stop 22 formed on the distributor device 2 in order to limit the stroke.
• a display lever 24 is connected to the volume stop bar 4, which corresponds to the setting position of the stop bar 4 and is assigned to a scale 4b which is visible from above. On this scale 4b, an orientation number for the amount of liquid set via the setting unit 9, which is dispensed during a stroke, can be read off.
• an evaporation container 6 Arranged around the system container 5 is an evaporation container 6 which, seen in plan view (FIG. 4b), has a U-shaped configuration such that the open side of the U points in the direction of the housing door 11, so that when the housing is open Door 11 of the system container 5 can easily be removed.
• the evaporation tank 6 In the lower area of the evaporation tank 6 there is the actual collecting trough 6a, to which upward evaporation cascades 6b are arranged, which finally open into an inclined surface 6c which surrounds the system tank 5 in a U-shape in the upper area.
• the handling of the device 50 is described below by way of example.
• the device 50 offers the option of being convenient and hygienic, and then that Moisten toilet paper for final cleaning with one hand, whereby the dispensed cleaning liquid, according to the quality and structure of the toilet paper, is preset once on the device.
• the user taps the housing cover 1 with an upward movement, after which the cover opens itself (arrow D) and releases the distributor plate 2b with the wetting sieve 3 for moistening the toilet paper 12. (Fig. 4a).
• the distributor plate 2b with the wetting sieve 3 moves down to the preset stop of the volume stop beam 4. This movement results in a volume reduction in the chamber of the double ball valve 5a - part of the system container 5 -, after which the available, previously aspirated amount of liquid is expelled via the outlet surface 5b of the double ball valve 5a - (FIG. 4b).
• the ejected amount of cleaning liquid is pressed against the baffle surface 3a of the wetting sieve 3 and distributed in the space 16 between the distributor plate 2b and the wetting sieve 3 (FIG. 6).
• the many small recesses 3b of the wetting sieve 3 are dimensioned in such a way that they have a capillary effect, but on the other hand they are distributed in the sieve in such a way that the wetting of the paper over the time sequence cannot occur, even if for the corresponding paper a little too big Liquid volume was preset. Excess liquid flows into the existing evaporation tank 6.
• a device in the device for presetting the amount of liquid to be dispensed is necessary so that the most favorable ratio - toilet paper absorption capacity to volume delivery and transmission by wetting sieve - can be set.
• the spring plate in the double ball valve 5a causes the distributor plate 2b with the wetting sieve 3 to return to the starting position. In this process, the corresponding amount of cleaning liquid is sucked back into the valve 5a and is separated from the environment by a ball. The lid 1 of the housing 7 is then closed, after which the wetting sieve 3 is protected.
• This evaporation tank 6 is designed for the evaporation of the remaining liquid with cascades 6b with a relatively large rough surface. Due to the surface tension of the liquid, it travels a longer way to the collecting trough 6a of the evaporation container 6 and evaporates in the process.
• the housing 7 is opened laterally and at the front, in the intermediate housing base 8 and on the housing cover 1 with large ventilation slots for convection, as a result of which a chimney effect is produced in the entire housing 7.
• This effect in addition to the evaporation of the remaining excess cleaning liquid for fragrance in the room, also means that even the smallest dust particles, which could possibly get into the device through the narrow outlet openings in the housing cover, cannot settle on the wetting sieve 3.
• the cleaning liquids used can be mixed with a fragrant fragrance and, in the case of cleaning liquids, a small amount of alcohol, to support this effect.
• the release of fragrance can be increased with substances in the evaporation container 6. Afterwards, this solution takes on the secondary function of a fragrance dispenser in the sanitary room.
• the device 50 easily solves the task of moistening normal toilet paper while meeting hygienic standards, a cleaning liquid from one exchangeable, closed refill system container, to be dispensed to a defined area and according to the preselected volume.
• the system container 5 with valve unit 5a can be easily removed from the device (arrow A in FIG. 4a) by opening the housing door 11 (arrow T), the empty system container being removed and through a filled, commercially available container is replaced.
• Hygienic requirements are met to a large extent by the user inserting an adhesive strip from the nozzle opening of the valve head into the housing 7 before the system container 5 with the cleaning liquid is inserted
• Valve unit 5a withdraws - as is known for toothpastes - and then places the distributor device 2 on this container unit.
• the system container 5 is closed to the environment during transport in a secure position / locking of the valve head of the valve unit 5a; an unintentional pump stroke and consequently a liquid leak is not possible.
• the fuse is released by rotating the valve unit 5a and the attached distributor device 2 via the thread, and the unit - valve unit 5a and distributor plate 2b with wetting sieve 3 - is pushed upwards against the inner valve stop in the functional position.
• a donation pump is then possible. This ensures that the consumer does not come into contact with the cleaning solution before using stool cleaning.
• the principle is known from hand washing solutions - Furthermore, the cleaning liquid is sealed against the outside world after being inserted into the device by the double ball valve of the valve unit 5a.
• the cleaning liquid is dispensed from the system container 5 by pressing down on the unit distributor plate 2b with wetting sieve 3 - a sponge or grid is also conceivable here.
• the cleaning liquid is then taken up by the toilet paper in a predetermined amount by contact between the wetting sieve 3 and toilet paper 12.
• the facility has a volume presetting.
• the stop position of the volume stop bar 4 is adjusted via the coupling member 10, the stroke length of the distributor plate 2b is limited by the curve stop 4a of the volume stop bar 4.
• the volume of cleaning fluid dispensed is determined by the movement stroke of the distributor plate 2b, which runs against the volume stop bar 4.
• the lifting height of the distributor plate 2b is transferred to the valve unit 5a of the system container 5 and is equivalent to the volume of liquid dispensed.
• the volume stop bar 4 has a lateral recess with a scale 4b (Fig. 8a). This is designed so that the scale 4b rotates past a viewing window of the intermediate housing base 8 when the adjusting spindle 9 is adjusted and the resulting change in the stop position 4a of the volume stop beam 4.
• the numbers shown are an indication of the Dispensing dose of the cleaning liquid, or serves as a setting for the different types of toilet paper.
• the contact surface for the liquid delivery of the wetting sieve is covered by the housing cover 1 when not in use and lies in the air flow through the housing so that it is not contaminated by normal conditions.
• the housing can be designed in the rear wall area for wall mounting.
• FIGS. 9 to 11 show a second embodiment variant of a device 50a for moistening, which works on the same principle as the exemplary embodiment shown above.
• a distributor device 2 ' is used which has a funnel unit A2, a wetting grid A3 having continuous recesses 3b which are dimensioned in this way being arranged on the end region of the funnel unit A2 with the larger diameter that the capillary effect occurs.
• a nozzle AI is arranged, which is connected to the system container 5 in the bottom region of the funnel unit A2, that is to say in the region of the small diameter of the funnel unit A2.
• the distributor device 2 is detachably arranged on the valve unit 5a of the system container 5.
• the nozzle AI is designed as an atomizing nozzle, that is to say the liquid is not a liquid jet Rather, it is introduced as a liquid mist into the interior of the funnel unit A2, which is laterally delimited by the funnel surfaces A2c, and settles on the wetting grille A3, so that when the toilet paper 12 is placed on it, it soaks up with liquid due to the capillary effect.
• the liquid is thus also introduced into the funnel unit A2 by depressing the distributor device 2 'in the form of liquid mist and fed to the wetting grid A3.
• the liquid which is not absorbed by the toilet paper 12 and also the liquid which has deposited on the funnel surfaces A2c of the funnel unit A2 as a result of the atomization process is collected in a return channel A2b and fed to existing processes A2a circumferentially offset by 90 ° (old degrees).
• the processes A2a discharge the excess liquid into the evaporation tank 6, which has already been described above. All other components carry the same
• the described device 50 or 50a optimally solves humidification problems after it is within easy reach
• Sanitary area is attached to the wall and transfers the liquids to the carrier in the manner described above.
• the device thus meets criteria such as safety, appearance, functionality and time savings and meets high requirements.

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