EP2749703B1 - Support sans cage destiné à un bloc de nettoyage de cuvette de toilettes - Google Patents

Support sans cage destiné à un bloc de nettoyage de cuvette de toilettes Download PDF

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EP2749703B1
EP2749703B1 EP12306708.4A EP12306708A EP2749703B1 EP 2749703 B1 EP2749703 B1 EP 2749703B1 EP 12306708 A EP12306708 A EP 12306708A EP 2749703 B1 EP2749703 B1 EP 2749703B1
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Alain Luciani
Estelle Bertignon
Agnieszka Sikorska
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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
    • E03D9/02—Devices adding a disinfecting, deodorising, or cleaning agent to the water while flushing
    • E03D9/03—Devices adding a disinfecting, deodorising, or cleaning agent to the water while flushing consisting of a separate container with an outlet through which the agent is introduced into the flushing water, e.g. by suction ; Devices for agents in direct contact with flushing water
    • E03D9/032—Devices connected to or dispensing into the bowl
    • 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
    • E03D9/02—Devices adding a disinfecting, deodorising, or cleaning agent to the water while flushing
    • E03D2009/024—Devices adding a disinfecting, deodorising, or cleaning agent to the water while flushing using a solid substance

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  • the present invention relates to a cageless support for a toilet bowl cleaning block or solid block.
  • the present invention also relates to a toilet bowl cleaning device, to a set for forming a toilet bowl cleaning device as well as to a method for producing a toilet bowl cleaning device.
  • the invention refers to the field of the cageless toilet bowl cleaning devices adapted to be suspended in a toilet bowl.
  • Such cleaning devices are for example known from EP-A-1 907 638 , EP-A-1 963 475 , EP-A-1 996 691 or WO-A-2007/148054 . All these documents describe cageless supports for toilet bowl cleaning blocks. These supports comprise a hook for hanging the support to the toilet bowl rim, an end of these supports being coated or embedded by the toilet bowl cleaning block during the device fabrication process. This solution implies that the toilet bowl cleaning block covers both sides of an end of the support. Thus, the toilet bowl cleaning block easily sticks to the toilet bowl wall and makes it dirty. Moreover, back side of the toilet bowl cleaning block (the one which faces the toilet bowl wall) is dissolved very quickly in a first step. This increases the risk that the toilet bowl cleaning block falls prematurely.
  • EP-A-2 191 077 discloses a cageless support adapted to hold several toilet bowl cleaning blocks.
  • US-A-3 947 901 describes a cageless support with two stems pressed or molded in the toilet bowl cleaning block.
  • WO-A-2011/141720 which is considered forming the closest prior art, provides a different method for cleaning block attachment on the support.
  • the cleaning block is attached to the support by pinning.
  • the support comprises at least one finger projecting from a plate. During flush cycles, water dissolves the cleaning block firstly around the fingers. Thus may lead to cleaning block detachment from the support after a few flushes.
  • the invention provides a cageless support for a toilet bowl cleaning block, the cageless support comprising:
  • the cageless support may comprise one or several of the following features:
  • the invention further relates to a toilet bowl cleaning device comprising :
  • the invention further refers to a set for forming a toilet bowl cleaning device comprising :
  • the invention also pertains to a method for producing a toilet bowl cleaning device as described here above, comprising the steps of:
  • step a) comprises:
  • a cageless support 10 for a toilet bowl cleaning block (or solid block) comprises a body 12.
  • the cageless support 10 consists, according to this example, in one single molded piece.
  • the body 12 is adapted to be suspended in a toilet bowl.
  • the body 12 comprises a hook 14 adapted to be hung to the toilet bowl rim.
  • the hook is integral with a main arm 16 of the body 12.
  • the main arm 16 extends essentially rectilinearly from the hook 14 to a part 18 of the body 12. Of course other shapes of the main arm 16 may be considered.
  • the main arm 16 is consolidated or reinforced, the main arm 16 forming a bead 20 extending substantially along the whole length of the main arm 16.
  • the main arm 16 is integral with a part 18 of the body 12 forming distance means whose function is to keep the block away from the toilet bowl wall.
  • the part 18 of the body extends approximately orthogonally to the main arm 16.
  • the part 18 of the body 12 has a free end 22, opposite to the end linked with the main arm 16. This free end 22 is adapted to abut against the toilet bowl wall to keep the toilet bowl cleaning block away from this wall.
  • the part 18 of the body 12 is integral with a linking stem 24 which links the part 18 of the body 12 forming distance means to a plate 26.
  • a tab 28 projects from the plate 26.
  • the tab forms a crown 28.
  • the crown is adapted to project into a toilet bowl cleaning block for holding the toilet bowl cleaning block in the water flush path when the body 12 of the cageless support 10 is suspended in the toilet bowl.
  • the crown can project into the toilet bowl cleaning block either because the toilet bowl cleaning block is skewered onto the crown 28 or because it is molded over said crown 28.
  • Using a tab or a crown 28 increases the contact surface with the toilet bowl cleaning block, relatively to fingers as depicted in WO-A-2011/141720 .
  • the tab or crown 28 may comprise teeth 30 which help to skewer the toilet bowl cleaning block onto the crown.
  • the crown may have openings 32 therethrough (in case the toilet bowl cleaning block is molded over the tab or crown). These openings also help the flushing water to enter in contact with the part of the toilet bowl cleaning block which is comprised within the crown 28.
  • the dimensions of the crown may be in the following ranges:
  • the tab 28 may have different forms like a lozenge shaped or round shaped crown. It may even have an open shape as long as it forms at least one angle (in a plane parallel to the plate). Indeed, this or these angles increase the holding power of the tab.
  • a closed shape of the crown is preferred since it allows a better holding of the toilet bowl cleaning device on the plate.
  • a closed shaped crown is more robust so that a toilet bowl cleaning block can be pressed onto the crown. Fingers projecting from the plate are more fragile, so that the toilet bowl cleaning block has to be melted on the hook and then it is necessary to let it pour.
  • a crown design ensures that the middle part of the toilet bowl cleaning block always dissolves at the end of the product lifespan, whereas a toilet bowl cleaning block fixed using fingers dissolves rather randomly, so that is not possible to ensure that the toilet bowl cleaning block stay fixed to the hook until it is totally consumed.
  • the plate 26 protects the surface of the block facing this plate 26 from a direct flush flow.
  • the block is consumed from one face, allowing a constant rely on treatment composition during complete lifespan of the toilet bowl cleaning block.
  • This also reduces the risk that the block falls form the crown, since the face of the toilet bowl cleaning block through which the tab or crown projects from the plate into the toilet bowl cleaning block does not enter in contact with flush water.
  • the plate 26 avoids that the block touches the toilet bowl wall. This is also ensured since the distance means maintains the plate away from the toilet bowl wall.
  • FIGS 3 and 4 show a second embodiment of a cageless support 100 for a toilet bowl cleaning block.
  • the elements identical to the elements of figures 1 and 2 or having the same function are indicated by the same numeral references. These elements are not described again.
  • the cageless support 100 for a toilet bowl cleaning block differs from the first one shown on figures 1 and 2 since it further comprises a water collector 34 to direct a flush flow onto the toilet bowl cleaning block when the body 12 of the cageless support 100 is suspended in the toilet bowl.
  • the water collector 34 improves water flow on front side of the solid block (the one which does not face the plate 26) especially in toilets with weak flushing system.
  • the water collector 34 may be formed by a water deflector or by any other water driving means.
  • the cageless supports 10, 100 may be used in a toilet bowl cleaning device.
  • This toilet bowl cleaning device then comprises:
  • the toilet bowl cleaning block may have any shape and be made of any suitable material known by the man skilled in the art.
  • the toilet bowl cleaning device can be produced according to a method, comprising the steps of:
  • the cageless supports 10, 100 may also be used in a set for forming a toilet bowl cleaning device, which then comprises:

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Claims (15)

  1. Support sans cage (10) pour un bloc de nettoyage de cuvette de toilettes, le support sans cage (10) comprenant :
    - un corps (12) adapté pour être suspendu dans une cuvette de toilettes et comprenant une plaque (26), et
    - une languette (28) formant une couronne et faisant saillie de la plaque (26), la languette (28) étant adaptée pour faire saillie dans un bloc de nettoyage de cuvette de toilettes pour maintenir ledit bloc de nettoyage de cuvette de toilettes dans une trajectoire de chasse d'eau lorsque ledit corps (12) du support sans cage (10) est suspendu dans la cuvette de toilettes, de sorte que la plaque s'étend entre le bloc de nettoyage de cuvette de toilettes et la paroi de la cuvette de toilettes.
  2. Support sans cage selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la couronne comprend au moins une ouverture (32).
  3. Support sans cage selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel la languette (28) forme des dents (30).
  4. Support sans cage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel la plaque (26) est adaptée pour protéger une face du bloc de nettoyage de cuvette de toilettes faisant face à ladite plaque (26) par rapport à une chasse directe.
  5. Support sans cage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel le corps (12) comprend un crochet (14) adapté pour être suspendu à un rebord de la cuvette de toilettes.
  6. Support sans cage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, comprenant des moyens de distance (18) pour maintenir la plaque (26) à distance de la surface de cuvette de toilettes.
  7. Support sans cage selon la revendication 6, dans lequel les moyens de distance sont formés par une partie (18) du corps (12) s'étendant de manière approximativement orthogonale par rapport à un bras principal (16) du corps (12), ledit bras principal (16) du corps (12) s'étendant entre le crochet (14) et ladite partie (18) du corps (12).
  8. Support sans cage selon la revendication 7, dans lequel le bras principal (16) est renforcé.
  9. Support sans cage selon la revendication 7 ou 8, comprenant en outre une partie de liaison (24) entre la partie (18) du corps (12) formant les moyens de distance et la plaque (26).
  10. Support sans cage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, comprenant un collecteur d'eau (34) pour diriger un écoulement de chasse sur le bloc de nettoyage de cuvette de toilettes lorsque le corps (12) du support sans cage (10) est suspendu dans la cuvette des toilettes.
  11. Support sans cage selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10, se composant d'une seule pièce moulée.
  12. Dispositif de nettoyage de cuvette de toilettes comprenant :
    - un support sans cage (10, 100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, et
    - un bloc de nettoyage recouvrant la languette.
  13. Ensemble pour former un dispositif de nettoyage de cuvette de toilettes comprenant :
    - un support sans cage (10, 100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, et
    - au moins un bloc de nettoyage adapté pour être placé de manière oblique sur le rebord.
  14. Procédé pour produire un dispositif de nettoyage de cuvette de toilettes selon la revendication 12, comprenant les étapes de :
    a) fourniture d'un support sans cage (10, 100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, et
    b) moulage du bloc de nettoyage sur la languette (28).
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 14, dans lequel l'étape a) comprend :
    i) le moulage du support sans cage (10, 100) d'un seul tenant.
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