EP1375760A1

EP1375760A1 - Brush-holder for WC

Info

Publication number: EP1375760A1
Application number: EP03425397A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Giampiero Lorenzi
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-06-21
Filing date: 2003-06-19
Publication date: 2004-01-02
Also published as: ITPT20020012U1; ITPT20020012V0

Abstract

A brush-holder comprising a body (1) able to receive a brush (2) and to hold a preset amount of water or other cleaning liquid; the brush-holder includes an inlet section (10) for the admission of water or other cleaning liquid into said body (1), and an outlet section for the discharge of water or other liquid used for the cleaning.

Description

The present invention refers to a brush-holder for WC.
Traditional brush-holders are known to consist of containers made of plastics, ceramic or metal materials, in shapes and dimensions suitable for holding the brush immersed into water or other cleaning and disinfectant liquid.
A drawback connected to the use of the traditional brush-holders is that the washing of the brush, which for reasons of hygiene should be performed very frequently, results an awkward and unpleasant operation to those (housewives, domestic helps, and staff of cleaning offices, industries, restaurants, hotels, hospitals and commercial premises) in charge.
More often than not, this operation, which requires always some time for cleaning each brush, causes the dripping of more or less dirty water onto the floor of the bathroom and, if carried out by using the washbasin, implies risks of hygiene order for all those persons using the washbasin afterwards.
The same drawbacks relate also to the washing of the brush-holder.
The main object of the present invention is to overcome the said drawbacks.
This result has been achieved, according to the invention, by adopting the idea of making a brush-holder having the characteristics indicated in the claim 1. Further characteristics being set forth in the dependent claims.
The advantages deriving from the present invention lie essentially in the fact that it is possible to fully eliminate all the drawbacks above mentioned, inasmuch as no handling of the brush and brush-holder is required to carry out the washing. Moreover, a brush-holder of the present invention is easy to make and cost-effective.
These and other advantages and characteristics of the present invention will be best understood by anyone skilled in the art from a reading of the following description in conjunction with the attached drawings given as a practical exemplification of the invention, but not to be considered in a limitative sense, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a schematic view in longitudinal section of a possible embodiment of brush-holder according to the invention;
Fig. 2 is a schematic view in longitudinal section of a further possible embodiment of brush-holder according to the invention; and
Fig. 3 is a schematic view in longitudinal section relating to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Reduced to its basic structure, and reference being made to the figures of the attached drawings, a brush-holder according to the invention comprises a body-container (1) open on top to house a brush (2), and provided with an inlet (10) for clean water (or other liquid) to be used for washing the brush and brush-holder, and an outlet (11) for the discharge of water (or other liquid) used for the cleaning.
Advantageously, according to the example of Fig. 1, the said body (1) is fixed to the WC (4), that is, solid thereto, to allow the connection of inlet (10) with the discharge tube (30) of the water closet (3) thereby receiving water from the latter, and the connection of outlet (11) with the inlet (40) for the admission of water in the WC (4), so that the water flowing out from the body (1) is able to pass through the discharge (41) of the WC.
In practice, according to the example of Fig. 1, the inlet and outlet sections (10, 11) of the body (1) are substantially at the same height as section (40) of the WC (4).
According to the example of Fig. 2, the said body (1) is separated from the WC (for example, it may be wall-mounted by means of one or two brackets): the said section (10) is connected with a tube (5) which feeds cleaning water, and the said section (11) is connected with a corresponding tube (6) for the discharge of dirty water.
The tube (6) is in turn connected with the sewage system.
In this case, the said sections (10, 11) of said body (1) are at different levels.
In any case, whether the cleaning water comes from a water closet or from other supply, the washing of the brush, and at the same time also that of the brush-holder, takes place without causing the drawbacks typical of the traditional brush-holders.
In both the cases exemplified in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the admission of cleaning water into said body (1) is user-operated; by activating the water closet (3) in the case of Fig. 1, or by opening a valve (not shown) located on tube (5) in the case of Fig. 2.
According to the example of Fig. 3, the outlet of said body (1) is connected direct to the WC's outlet section (41) via the corresponding conduit (44).

Claims

Brush-holder comprising a body (1) able to receive a brush (2) and to hold a preset amount of water or other cleaning liquid, characterized in that it includes an inlet section (10) for the admission of water or other cleaning liquid into said body (1), and an outlet section for the discharge of water or other liquid used for the cleaning.
Brush-holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the two inlet and outlet sections (10, 11) are substantially at the same height.
Brush-holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the two inlet and outlet sections (10, 11) are at different heights.
Brush-holder according to claim 1, characterized in that the said body (1) is a built-in part of the WC (4).