EP2152978A2 - A toilet disinfectant dispensing system and method therefor - Google Patents
A toilet disinfectant dispensing system and method thereforInfo
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- EP2152978A2 EP2152978A2 EP08751399A EP08751399A EP2152978A2 EP 2152978 A2 EP2152978 A2 EP 2152978A2 EP 08751399 A EP08751399 A EP 08751399A EP 08751399 A EP08751399 A EP 08751399A EP 2152978 A2 EP2152978 A2 EP 2152978A2
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- disinfectant
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
- E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
- E03D9/00—Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells
- E03D9/005—Devices adding disinfecting or deodorising agents to the bowl
Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a toilet-disinfectant dispensing system, the system comprising: a disinfectant substance dispenser installed such that the outlet thereof leads to the toilet bowl; and an activator for activating dispensing the substance before presence of waste inside the toilet bowl. According to one embodiment of the invention, the activator is a handle deployed underneath a seat of the toilet, thereby activating the dispensing upon sitting on the seat. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method for dispensing disinfectant into a toilet bowl, the method comprising the steps of: providing a dispenser for dispensing the disinfectant into the toilet bowl, wherein the dispenser comprises an activator; and upon activating the activator, dispensing the substance into the toilet bowl.
Description
A TOILET DISINFECTANT DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of sanitary fixtures. More particularly, the invention relates to a toilet-disinfectant dispensing system and method therefor.
Background of the Invention
US Patent No. 5,603,126 is considered as the closest prior art. It discloses "a toilet disinfectant dispenser for use with a toilet of the type having a tank with tank lid. A water supply is connected to the tank by a water inlet pipe controlled by a float valve assembly. A toilet bowl is operatively connected to the tank by a ball valve on a tank drain. The ball valve is connected to a lift chain on a trip lever of a flush handle on the tank. An overflow pipe extends upwardly into the tank and is connected to the bowl. The dispenser comprises a container having an inlet port and an outlet port. A soluble disinfectant tablet is carried within the container. An element at the outlet port is for detachably securing the container to a top end of the overflow pipe. A facility is for feeding some of the water from the float valve assembly into the top end of the overflow pipe and into the inlet port of the container. The water within the container will dissolve a predetermined amount of the soluble disinfectant tablet, which will then exit the outlet port, to finally go into the overflow pipe and then enter the toilet bowl."
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved toilet-disinfectant dispensing system and method therefor.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds.
Summary of the Invention
The following embodiments and aspects thereof are described and illustrated in conjunction with systems, tools and methods, which are meant to be merely illustrative, not limiting in scope. In various embodiments, one or more of the above-described problems have been reduced or eliminated, while other embodiments are directed to other advantages or improvements.
In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a toilet-disinfectant dispensing system, the system comprising: a disinfectant substance dispenser installed such that the outlet thereof leads to the toilet bowl; and an activator for activating dispensing the substance before presence of waste inside the toilet bowl.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the activator is a handle deployed underneath a seat of the toilet, thereby activating the dispensing upon sitting on the seat.
Additionally or alternatively, the activator is operated manually by a user.
In one embodiment of the invention, the activator is activated upon sensing, by a sensor thereof, presence of an object, such as a user, waste, and so forth. The sensor may be based on infrared sensing technology, strain sensing, contact (closing a circuit), and so on.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the disinfectant comprises chlorine.
hi one embodiment of the invention, the dispenser comprises: a container; a vanes wheel immersed into the container; a unidirectional bearing connected to the vanes wheel; and
a handle connected directly or indirectly to the bearing.
The dispenser may further comprise: an opening deployed underneath the container; a lid deployed above the container; wherein at a certain point during the rotation of the wheel vanes of the wheel and the lid generating a closed cell above the opening, thereby allowing only substances inside the cell to be poured out.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the container is deployed in the seat and/or lid of the toilet bowl.
The system may further comprise a clip, for enabling connecting the dispenser to a rim of the toilet bowl.
The system may further comprise: a connector for connecting the dispenser to a wall above the toilet bowl; and a pipe for conveying dispensed disinfectant from the container thereof directly or indirectly to the toilet bowl.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the disinfectant is in the form of, or comprises, powder.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the disinfectant is in the form of, or comprises, liquid.
According to yet another embodiment of the invention, the disinfectant is in the form of, or comprises, one or more tablets.
According to yet another embodiment of the invention, the disinfectant is in the form of, or comprises, one or more solid objects.
Preferably, the disinfectant comprises CDB 60.
According to one embodiment of the invention, , the dispenser comprises: a container having an opening at the bottom thereof; a cylinder rotatable inside the container, the cylinder having an opening; a rack having an opening; and a handle connected to the cylinder, for turning the cylinder from a first state to a second state; wherein in the first state the opening of the cylinder overlaps the opening of the rack thereby allowing substance within the container to fill the opening of the cylinder; and in the second state the opening of the cylinder overlaps the opening of the container, thereby allowing the substance enclosed within the cylinder to be poured out through the opening of the container while the rack preventing from substance within the container to be poured out.
The dispenser may further comprise a spring for turning the cylinder from the second state to the first state.
In one embodiment of the invention, the disinfectant comprises chlorine.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the substance container of the dispenser is deployed inside the seat and/or lid of the toilet bowl.
In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method for dispensing disinfectant into a toilet bowl, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a dispenser for dispensing the disinfectant into the toilet bowl, wherein the dispenser comprises an activator; and upon activating the activator, dispensing the substance into the toilet bowl.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the activator is activated manually by a user.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the activator is activated automatically upon detecting presence of an object at the toilet bowl.
The detecting may be carried out by a sensor. Such a sensor may be based on infrared sensing technology, strain sensing, contacts, and so on.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the activating is carried out by force applied on the seat of the toilet bowl.
In addition to the exemplary aspects and embodiments described above, further aspects and embodiments will become apparent by reference to the figures and by study of the following detailed description.
Brief Description of the Drawings
The objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 pictorially illustrates a bathroon having a flush toilet in which a toilet- disinfectant dispenser is installed, according to one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is a zoomed view, which schematically illustrates the toilet-disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an exploded view from the front of the toilet-disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is an exploded view from the back of the toilet-disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view, which schematically illustrates the structure of a unidirectional bearing that can be employed in embodiments of the invention.
Figs. 6a and 6b schematically illustrate the dispensing operation carried out by the dispenser illustrated in Fig. 1.
Fig. 7 schematically illustrates an improved toilet disinfectant dispenser, according to one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 8 is an exploded view of the toilet disinfectant dispenser illustrated in Fig. 7.
Fig. 9 is a sectional view of a bathroom in which a toilet disinfectant dispenser is installed, according to another embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 10 illustrates a bathroom featuring the toilet disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 9.
Fig. 11 pictorially illustrates a bathroon having a flush toilet in which a toilet- disinfectant dispenser is installed, according to another embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 12 is a zoomed view, which schematically illustrates the toilet-disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 11.
Each of Figs. 13 and 14 is exploded view from a different angle of the toilet- disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 11.
Figs. 15a and 15b schematically illustrate the dispensing operation carried out by the dispenser illustrated in Fig. 11.
It is to be understood, however, that the drawings are designed solely for purposes of illustration and not as a definition of the limits of the invention, for which reference should be made to the appended claims. It should be further understood that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale and that, unless otherwise indicated, they are merely intended to conceptually illustrate the structures and procedures described herein. Reference numerals may be repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements.
Detailed Description of Preferred Embodiments
In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosure. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components and circuits have not been described in detail, so as not to obscure the present disclosure.
The term "disinfectant" refers herein to a cleansing substance, deodorizing substance, a substance that kills pathogenic organisms and the like in water, air, etc., and so forth.
Operation
Fig. 1 pictorially illustrates a bathroom having a flush toilet in which a toilet- disinfectant dispenser is installed, according to one embodiment of the invention.
Dispenser 30 is attached to the rim of the toilet bowl 14 by a clip 20.
Handle 10 of dispenser 30 activates dispension of the disinfectant. When the toilet's seat 16 is placed down or upon sitting on seat 16 (depending on the design thereof), seat 16 pushes handle 10 of diepsenser 30 downwards, thereby activating the dispension of disinfectant into toilet bowl 14.
The dispenser can be designed to dispense the substance upon placing the seat on the handle. Alter atively, the dispenser can be designed to dispense the substance only when a user sits on the toilet seat. When employing a spring, the strength of the spring may determine how the dispensing is activated, upon applying a weight of a toilet seat, or upon applying the weight of a user.
The handle is actually an activator of the dispenser. As will be detailed hereinafter, the activator may be also a circutiry which employs a sensor for sensing presence of a user at the toilet bowl, and so on.
Thus, according to this embodiment, the operation of dispensing disinfectant into the toilet bowl takes place a "short time" before the waste falls the bowl. As such, when the waste is dropped down, the disinfectant already is present in the toilet bowl, and as a result, the operation of eliminating organisms producing stench is more effective and faster than in any other prior art technology wherein the dispensing operation takes place after the waste has dropped into the toilet bowl.
Structure
Fig. 2 is a zoomed view, which schematically illustrates the toilet-disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an exploded view from the front of the toilet-disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is an exploded view from the back of the toilet-disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 1.
Generally, the toilet-disinfectant dispenser 30 is composed of a container (whose walls are marked by numeral 32) for storing the disinfectant substance, a vanes wheel 48 that rotates inside the container, and a unidirectional bearing, which rotates the vanes wheel
48 in one direction. Container 32 comprises an outlet 41 through which the substance is released from the container, and a handle 10 which rotates the unidirectional bearing, thereby dispensing the disinfectant substance stored therein.
Element 34 is used as a chassis to the construction. An axle 44 for wheels 48 and 36 is attached to chassis 34. Also attached to the chassis 34 is a lid 42, whose role is described hereinafter.
Wheel 48 comprises a cylinder 38 on one side thereof (better seen in Fig. 3) and a plurality of vanes 40 on the other side.
A handle 10 is attached to the wheel 36.
Wheel 36 is a cogwheel in which the cogs are in the interior part thereof.
Upon turning handle 10 down, cogwheel 36, which is attached to handle 10, grips cylinder 38 and as such, rotates wheel 48 to which cylinder 38 is attached (or is a part of). As wheel 48 rotates, the substance within the toilet-disinfectant dispenser falls down through opening 41. If opening 41 is positioned above a toilet bowl, the substance falls into the bowl.
Wheel 48 is used also as a lid to the walls 32 of the disinfectant container. Wheel 48 also comprises vanes 40, which turn to the interior side of container 32. As wheel 48 rotates, vanes 40 blend the disinfectant substance stored within the container, the walls of which are marked as 32, thereby assuring that the dispensed quantity of substance is substantially constant. Element 42 is a lid the role of which is explained in Figs. 6a and 6b and the description thereof.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view which schematically illustrates the structure of a unidirectional bearing that can be employed in embodiments of the invention.
The unidirectional bearing is used to rotate wheel 48 when handle 10 is pushed downwards, and makes an idle move in the opposite direction. Presently, unidirectional bearings are well known in the art.
The unidirectional bearing illustrated in Fig. 5 comprises: a cylinder 48; a cogwheel 36 the cogs of which are saw-like; and rollers 46. The cogs of cogwheel 36 are in the form of a saw cogs. Since wheel 36 comprises saw-like cogs, the space between wheel 36 and wheel 48 along a cog is gradual, and reaches to a minimum at the tip of a cog. In Fig. 5, the cogs are on the interior side of cylinder 36. However, alternatively, the cogs may be on the exterior side of wheel 48. In such a case, the internal diameter of cylinder 38 must be greater than the external diameter of the cogwheel 36.
When cogwheel 36 rotates in direction A, rollers 46 roll towards a narrower space between cylinder 38 and cogwheel wheel 36. As rollers 46 advance, cogwheel 36 grips cylinder 38 tighter, and at a certain point cylinder 38 rotates along with the rotation of cogwheel 36.
When cogwheel 36 rotates in the opposite direction, i.e., direction B, the grip of cogwheel 36 loosens, and when a roller 46 reaches to edge 37 of a cog, the roller 46 is dragged. In other words, cogwheel 36 rotates freely around cylinder 38 in the B direction.
Figs. 6a and 6b schematically illustrate the dispensing operation carried by the dispenser illustrated in Fig. 1.
As mentioned above, member 32 constitutes the walls of a container. At the lower side of the container, the walls of which are marked as numeral 32, there is an opening 41, through which the dispensed substance is poured out of the container.
In Fig. 6a, the lid 42 forms a chamber 43 a with the vanes 40a and 40b, and since there is an opening 41 underneath, the substance within the chamber is poured out through opening 41 only from the chamber 43 a.
In Fig. 6b, chamber 43b approaches opening 41, while chamber 43 a is exposed to the substance within the container (walls being marked as numeral 32). As chamber 43a empties, chamber 43b is filled.
Fig. 7 schematically illustrates an improved toilet disinfectant dispenser, according to one embodiment of the invention. Fig. 8 is an exploded view of the toilet disinfectant dispenser illustrated in Fig. 7.
In the figures herein, numeral 28 denotes a construction for attaching clip 20 to chassis 34. According to this embodiment of the invention, an additional container 62 is attached to the construction of dispenser 30. Container 62 may include a different substance which is gradually washed away (through opening 64) with the water of the toilet thereof. The substance stored in container 62 may be a fragrance, a substance which may react with the disinfectant substance stored in the container (the walls of which are marked by numeral 32) and therefore stored in a different container, etc. The substance to be stored in container 62 may be in the form of a solid object such as tablet(s), powder, liquid, and so forth.
Fig. 9 is a sectional view of a bathroom in which a toilet disinfectant dispenser is installed, according to another embodiment of the invention.
According to this embodiment, the dispenser is installed above the toilet bowl, in contrast to the inside of the toilet bowl. This enables a user to activate the dispensing independently from the toilet seat. The toilet disinfectant dispenser is located near the water activator 8 of the toilet. A pipe 18 connects the substance outlet of the dispenser 30 with pipe 24 through which water is conveyed to toilet bowl 14.
Fig. 10 illustrates a bathroom equipped with the toilet disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 9.
Fig. 11 pictorially illustrates a bathroon having a flush toilet in which a toilet- disinfectant dispenser is installed, according to another embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 12 is a zoomed view which schematically illustrates the toilet-disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 11.
Each of Figs. 13 and 14 is exploded view from a different angle of the toilet- disinfectant dispenser of Fig. 11.
Figs. 15a and 15b schematically illustrate the dispensing operation carried out by the dispenser illustrated in Fig. 11.
From the structural point of view, the dispenser illustrated in Figs. 11 to 15i comprises a cylindrical container (composes of members 92 and 84) inside which a cylinder 96 rotates around an axle 80 (which is a part of member 92), cylinder 96 may be rotated by a handle 10 connected thereto; and a "rack" 88.
At State A, which is illustrated in Fig. 15a, opening 90 and of rack 88 and opening 98 of cylinder 96 overlap. In this way, the disinfectant substance stored within the container fills the cell generated by openings 90 and 98. Since in this state opening 94 of the container does not overlap openings 90 and 98, the walls of the container are actually a bottom of the generated cell.
At State B, which is illustrated in Fig. 15b, opening 98 of cylinder 96 overlaps opening 94, resulting with pouring the substance enclosed in opening 98 out of the dispenser.
Upon releasing handle 10, a spiral-spring 86 returns cylinder 96 to State A.
In other words, the disinfectant substance that fills opening 90 in State A is dispensed in State B. In State A opening 98 is exposed to the disinfectant substance within the
container, and in State B the substance within opening 98 is poured out through opening 94. In State B rack 88 is used as a lid to opening 98, thereby preventing from the rest of the substance enclosed within the container to be poured out.
It should be noted that although the activator is preferably a mechanical device, since it does not have to use electric power; the activator may also employ electric power. When electric power is used, the activator may use a sensor. A simple sensor may be a contact sensor. For example, one contact of a circuit is deployed on the toilet seat, and the other on the lavatory. When the seat is placed down, the contact between the contacts closes a circuit which dispenses one portion of the disinfectant substance into the toilet bowl.
According to one embodiment, the sensor is a strain sensor, which indicates when a pressure of a certain level and higher is applied on the sensor. Thus, a certain pressure (e.g., the weight of a seat, the weight of a user) is applied, one substance portion is dispensed.
According to another embodiment, the sensor is a based on infrared technology, such as the sensors applied in taps of toilet rooms which pour water upon sensing presence of an object underneath the tap. Such a sensor may sense presence of a user near the toilet bowl, falling waste inside the bowl, and so on.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the toilet seat and/or lid is used as a container of the dispenser. In this case the container may be refilled. Actually, the entire dispense may be embedded in a toilet seat / lid.
Parts list
In the figures and description herein, the following numerals have been mentioned:
Numeral 8 denotes a handle for activating the operation of dispensing water into toilet bowl 14;
Numeral 10 denotes a handle for activating dispensing of a disinfectant substance by toilet disinfectant dispenser 30;
Numeral 11 denotes a slot for allowing movement of handle 10;
Numeral 12 denotes a wall in which container 26 resides;
Numeral 14 denotes a toilet bowl;
Numeral 16 denotes a toile seat;
Numeral 18 denotes a pipe through which a substance is conveyed into the pipe 24;
Numeral 17 denotes a toilet's lid;
Numeral 20 denotes a clip for hanging a toilet disinfectant dispenser to the rim of a toilet bowl;
Numeral 22 denotes water that remains in container 22 after washing the waste;
Numeral 24 denotes a pipe which conveys water from container 26 of toilet 14;
Numeral 26 denotes a water container of toilet 14;
Numeral 28 denotes a construction for attaching clip 20 to chassis 34;
Numeral 29 denotes a hole in clip 20 for enabling passing a screw therethrough;
Numeral 30 denotes a toilet disinfectant dispenser;
Numeral 32 denotes walls of a container of disinfectant substance;
Numeral 34 denotes a chassis;
Numeral 36 denotes a cogwheel to which handle 10 is attached;
Numeral 37 denotes a point at the end of one cog and the start of the adjacent cog thereof;
Numeral 38 denotes a cylinder attached to the vanes wheel 48;
Each of numerals 40, 40a and 40b denote a vane;
Numeral 41 denotes an opening in container 32 through which the disinfectant substance is poured out;
Numeral 42 denotes a cover which creates with the closest vanes 40 thereof a cell whose substance is poured out;
Each of numerals 43 a and 43b denote a cell in the disinfectant substance container;
Numeral 44 denotes an axle for wheels 36 and 48;
Numeral 45 denotes a nut corresponding to axle 44 (the nut is attached to chassis 34);
Numeral 46 denotes roller(s) which are a part of a unidirectional bearing;
■ Numeral 48 denotes a vanes wheel;
- Numeral 50 denotes a hole through which a screw secured to chassis 34 is passed;
- Numeral 60 denotes a construction for attaching;
- Numeral 62 denotes a container for storing fragrant substances and the like, to be washed out by water poured into a toilet;
Numeral 64 denotes an opening through which water enters and exits from container 62; Numeral 78 denotes disinfectant substance;
- Numeral 80 denotes an axle;
- Numeral 82 denotes an opening at the bottom of part 84;
- Numeral 84 denotes one part of a cylindrical disinfectant container;
- Numeral 86 denotes a spiral-spring;
- Numeral 88 denotes a "rack";
■ Numeral 90 denotes an opening at rack 88;
- Numeral 92 denotes the other part of the cylindrical disinfectant container (which corresponds to part 84);
Numeral 94 denotes an opening at the bottom of part 92;
- Numeral 96 denotes a cylinder (to which handle 10 is connected); and
- Numeral 98 denotes an opening at cylinder 96.
While certain features of the invention have been illustrated and described herein, the invention can be embodied in other forms, ways, modifications, substitutions, changes, equivalents, and so forth. The embodiments described herein should be considered as illustrative and not restrictive.
Claims
1. A toilet-disinfectant dispensing system, the system comprising: a disinfectant substance dispenser installed such that the outlet thereof leads to said toilet bowl; and an activator for activating dispensing said substance before presence of waste inside said toilet bowl.
2. A system according to claim 1, wherein said activator is a handle deployed underneath a seat of said toilet, thereby activating said dispensing upon sitting on said seat.
3. A system according to claim I9 wherein said activator is operated manually by a user.
4. A system according to claim I9 wherein said activator is activated upon sensing, by a sensor thereof, presence of an object.
5. A system according to claim 4, wherein said sensor is based on a member selected from a group comprising: infrared sensing technology, strain sensing, and contact.
6. A method according to claim I3 wherein said disinfectant comprises chlorine.
7. A system according to claim I9 said dispenser comprises: a container; a vanes wheel immersed into said container; a unidirectional bearing connected to said vanes wheel; and a handle connected directly or indirectly to said bearing.
8. A system according to claim 7, further comprising: an opening deployed underneath said container; a lid deployed above said container; wherein at a certain point during the rotation of said wheel vanes of said wheel and said lid generating a closed cell above said opening, thereby allowing only substances inside said cell to be poured out.
9. A system according to claim 1, wherein said container is deployed in the seat and/or lid of said toilet bowl.
10. A system according to claim 1, further comprising a clip, for enabling connecting said dispenser to a rim of said toilet bowl.
11. A system according to claim 1, further comprising: a connector for connecting said dispenser to a wall above said toilet bowl; and a pipe for conveying dispensed disinfectant from the container thereof directly or indirectly to said toilet bowl.
12. A system according to claim 1, wherein said disinfectant is in the form of, or comprises, powder.
13. A system according to claim 1, wherein said disinfectant is in the form of, or comprises, liquid.
14. A system according to claim 1, wherein said disinfectant is in the form of, or comprises, one or more tablets.
15. A system according to claim 1, wherein said disinfectant is in the form of, or comprises, one or more solid objects.
16. A system according to claim 1, wherein said disinfectant comprises CDB 60. - Io -
17. A system according to claim 1, wherein said dispenser comprises: a container having an opening at the bottom thereof; a cylinder rotatable inside said container, said cylinder having an opening; a rack having an opening; and a handle connected to said cylinder, for turning said cylinder from a first state to a second state; wherein in said first state the opening of said cylinder overlaps the opening of said rack thereby allowing substance within said container to fill the opening of said cylinder; and in said second state the opening of said cylinder overlaps the opening of said container, thereby allowing the substance enclosed within said cylinder to be poured out through the opening of said container while said rack preventing from substance within said container to be poured out.
18. A system according to claim 17, further comprising a spring for turning said cylinder from the second state to the first state.
19. A system according to claim 1, wherein said disinfectant comprises chlorine.
20. A system according to claim 1, wherein the substance container of said dispenser is deployed inside the seat and/or lid of said toilet bowl.
21. A method for dispensing disinfectant into a toilet bowl, the method comprising the steps of:
■ providing a dispenser for dispensing said disinfectant into said toilet bowl, wherein said dispenser comprises an activator; and
■ upon activating said activator, dispensing said substance into said toilet bowl.
22. A method according to claim 21, wherein said activator is activated manually by a user.
23. A method according to claim 21, wherein said activator is activated automatically upon detecting presence of an object at said toilet bowl.
24. A method according to claim 23, wherein said detecting is carried out by a sensor.
25. A method according to claim 24, wherein said sensor is based on a member selected from a group comprising: infrared sensing technology, strain sensing, and contact.
26. A method according to claim 21, wherein said activating is carried out by force applied on the seat of said toilet bowl.
27. A method according to claim 21, wherein said disinfectant comprises chlorine.
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