JPH025855B2 - - Google Patents

Abstract

The device (1) for cleaning and/or colouring lavatory flush water has a tub-shaped holder part (3) with a semi-circular cross-section and, placed herein, a basket-shaped holder of circular cross-section intended for inclusion of a block with active ingrendients, both of which are connected to each other by resilient clips (20, 21). On the basket-shaped holder part (2) a securing clip (14) is mounted for securing the device on the rim of the lavatory bowl. A siphonic device (30) made to one side of the tub-shaped holder part (3) forms a closure after the end of the flushing operation. A lid (41) intended for closure of the upper part of the siphonic device (30) is formed integrally with the holder part (3) and, as a consequence of its being manufactured to one side of the riser pipe and tall pipe, is rotatable from this place as starting position into the closed position. Because of the siphonic device being mounted to one side, the device having a good siphoning activity can be manufactured simply, space and material being saved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an apparatus for purifying and/or coloring toilet flush water.

[Conventional technology]

A conventional device for purifying and/or coloring toilet flush water includes a siphon device that is closed at the top of the inside of the holder and has an internal structure, as described in the specification of British Patent No. 379,553. The cross section of the holder is considerably reduced. In this device, the holder is constructed integrally with a siphon device, which siphon device is provided with a hairpin-like transition bend.

Furthermore, a similar device as described in French Patent Publication No. 2,424,374 has a siphon device of relatively low height mounted in the center of the floor of the holder. In this structure, the overall size of the holder is high, and the heights of the ascending pipe and downcomer pipe of the siphon device are approximately the same, but the cross section of the rising pipe is larger than that of the downcomer pipe. The structure is such that the holder cannot be completely emptied. Also, the siphon device is not an integrated structure and requires an assembly process of separately manufactured parts.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Conventional devices for purifying and/or coloring toilet flush water have a problem in that the siphon device is provided in the holder, and therefore the internal volume of the holder cannot be used effectively.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for purifying and/or coloring toilet flush water, which can effectively utilize the internal volume of a holder.

[Means to solve the problem]

According to the invention, the object of the invention is to accommodate therein a water-soluble block containing an active ingredient for at least one of purifying and coloring flush water for toilet bowls, and to place the accommodated block in a predetermined manner. A holder that is held spaced apart from each other and has an upper portion configured to allow the flushing water to flow in and a lower portion configured to store the flushing water, and a holder configured to hold the flushing water at rest in the toilet bowl. a fixing means attached to the holder above the holder for fixing the holder to the rim of the toilet bowl, and a fixing means attached to the outside of the holder for draining the wash water remaining in the holder after a flushing operation of the toilet bowl. This is achieved by an apparatus for purifying and/or coloring toilet flush water, which includes a siphon means integrally provided with the holder.

[Effect]

According to the device of the present invention, since the siphon means is provided integrally with the holder on the outside of the holder, it is possible to increase the internal volume of the holder with respect to a holder having an external size of a predetermined size. The internal volume can be used effectively, and as a result, the contact time between the wash water and the block can be increased.

According to a preferred feature of the invention, the holder comprises a basket-shaped holder part in which the water-soluble block containing the active ingredient is housed and a pail-shaped holder part in which the basket-shaped holder is held. Often, the siphon means may be arranged laterally on the holder part of the basin.

The main role of the basin-shaped holder is to prevent the cleaning liquid containing active ingredients from continuing to flow or drip after the cleaning operation is finished, so that the cleaning liquid containing active ingredients does not leave unsightly dirt marks on the inner wall of the toilet bowl. Since the purpose is to prevent this, the basin-shaped holder portion may be arranged below the basket-shaped holder and may therefore be constructed with correspondingly small dimensions.

The role of the basket-shaped holder is to protect the block containing the active ingredient from coming into contact with the pail-shaped holder.

A basket-shaped holder may have multiple openings. This opening brings the block containing the active ingredient into contact with the wash water and allows the wash water containing the dissolved active ingredient to flow out of the basket-shaped holder.

The siphon means according to the present invention causes a delay in the outflow of the washing water from the basin-shaped holder portion,
The contact time between the block containing the active ingredient and the wash water can be long enough to dissolve a sufficient amount of the active ingredient into the wash water.

A two-part holder, a basket-shaped holder and a pail-shaped holder, can lead to unsightly stains on the inner wall of the toilet bowl, for example if the block contains an active ingredient without a coloring agent with considerable tinting power. Therefore, there is no need to use a container-shaped holder. For this case, the fastening means according to the invention may be formed integrally with the basket-shaped holder or may consist of one arm-shaped clip.

The pail-shaped holder part and the basket-shaped holder part may be configured to be snapped together by at least one elastic clip.

The basket-shaped holder part may be provided with at least one stop on the inside for holding the basket-shaped holder part. This makes it possible to add the length of the stopper to the thickness of the basket-shaped holder part as the distance between the block containing the active ingredient and the inner wall of the basket-shaped holder part.

According to another preferred feature of the invention, the holder may consist of a trough-shaped holder part and a lid part rotatably connected to the trough-shaped holder part, and the siphon means are arranged in the trough-shaped holder part. It may be placed on the side of the

The lid part may be connected to the pot-shaped holder part at a location opposite the siphon means via at least one flexible connecting rib.

The lid part may have locking means for locking the lid part in the closed position and the locking means in the operating position.

According to yet another advantageous feature of the invention, the holder has a cylindrical shape, thicker in the central region and narrower at the ends in the longitudinal direction, and the siphon means are arranged in the central region.

The siphon means according to the present invention is connected to a lower part of the holder part of the basin type, and includes a riser pipe that sucks cleaning water remaining in the holder part of the basin type from inside the holder part of the basin type, and a riser pipe adjacent to the riser pipe. The holder may also include a descending pipe for discharging the sucked cleaning water to the outside of the holder.

The fixing means according to the invention may be formed integrally with the basket-shaped holder and may be configured to direct the siphon means towards the inside of the toilet bowl. Thereby, the cleaning liquid discharged from the siphon means can be guided through a shorter path closer to the center of the toilet bowl.

The siphon means may comprise a transition region communicating the riser and downcomer at each upper end of the riser and downcomer, said transition region being closed by a lid pushed inwardly into said respective upper end. It may have a structure that This may simplify the manufacture of the siphon means.

The above-mentioned lid may be formed integrally with the holder part of the holder via a hinged connection.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

As can be seen from FIGS. 1A to 3B, the basket-shaped holder part 2 of the device 1 surrounding the block containing the active ingredient (not shown) has a circular cross section; The lower basin-shaped holder part 3 is semicircular.

The holder part 2 surrounded by the holder part 3 is shown only with a circumferential part shown by a dashed line, and the circumferential part 4 of the holder part 2 is arranged at a predetermined distance from the inner wall of the holder part 3 by a stopper 5. , the stop 5 is provided along the line of the bottom 17 of the holder part 3.

The holder part 2 has at both ends circular walls 7, 8 which close the ends, and a central wall 9, 10 is arranged slightly inside the circular walls 7, 8. The holder part 2 has in its central part, in its circumferential line 11, a sealing ring 12 consisting of two parts. After the block (not shown) containing the active ingredient has been placed in the holder part 2, the two parts of the sealing ring 12 are clamped together. One part of the sealing ring 12 is provided with a fixing clip 14 having one arm for fixing the device 1 to the rim of the toilet bowl. Two bars 15 of the seal ring 12 are arranged at equal intervals from each other.
The two sections extend outwardly towards the circular walls 7, 8 shown in FIG. 3A.

In this configuration, as best seen in Figure 3A, the bars 15 are bent outwards;
The holder part 2 is formed in the shape of two frustocones connected to each other at their flat ends. The holder portion 3 is formed in a shape adapted to this shape. In order to support the holder part 2 in the holder part 3, in addition to the stop 5, two further stops 18, 19 are formed in the bottom 17, opposite each other at both ends of the holder part 3.

The snap connection between the holder parts 2 and 3 is achieved by means of two elastic clips 2 formed in the bottom part 17.
0, 21 as well as an abutment portion 23 formed on the end wall 22. The clips 20, 21 surround the bar 15, which is shown in dash-dotted lines, and the abutment part 23 engages and captures the central wall 9 arranged inside the holder part 2.

In a variant of this embodiment, an additional device for fixing the two holder parts 2, 3 in a snap engagement is constituted by wings 74. The wings 74 are integrally attached to the upper rim of the end wall 22 of the holder part 3 by hinge joints 75, 76.

The snap engagement of the holder parts 2 and 3 is done by the wing 7.
4 can be fixed by being arranged between the end wall 22 of the holder part 3 and the holder part 2. The wing 74 has a slot 77 that cooperates with the abutment portion 23.

The holder part 3 has a narrow cylindrical area 25 in its central part. A basket 26, 27 consisting of two halves in the form of a truncated cone is located in area 2.
5 and extending outwardly on both sides thereof.

The region 25 forms a slight depression in the recess 28 opposite the baskets 26, 27, thereby forming a reservoir for collecting the liquid that continues to drip at the end of the washing operation of the block containing the active ingredient.

On one side of the region 25 with the recess 28, a transition region 40 is formed which leads to the siphon device 30 via an adjacent side chamber 29. The side chamber 29 has a flat bottom 31 tangentially adjacent to the deepest point of the region 25 of the holder part 3 and side walls 33, 34 parallel to each other. The siphon device 30 forms the radially outermost limit of the side chamber 29 and consists of two integrally formed vertical channels. One of these channels forms the ascending pipe 36 of the siphoning device 30 and the other the descending pipe 37 of the siphoning device 30.
is formed. The tube 37 has a short length extending below the bottom 31 of the side chamber 29 so that the holder part 3 can be completely emptied. In this construction, the water that comes into contact with the block containing the active ingredient flows over the bottom 31 of the side chamber 29 and enters the tube 36 through the slot-shaped opening 39 and into the tube 36.
The suction action of the water flowing downward in 7 causes it to rise in tube 36 .

This suction action, or siphon action, is the third
This occurs when the transition regions 40 formed at the upper ends of both tubes 36, 37 are successfully closed, as shown in Figure A. A lid 41 formed integrally with the holder part 3 and the siphon device 30 can close the transition area 40 well. Figures 1A and 2 show the position of the lid 41 just after it has been manufactured in the mold. In order to use the siphon device 30, the lid 4
1 is connected via a bar 42 that serves as a hinge connection.
It is rotated through 180° to ensure that it is pushed inwardly into the siphon device 30 beyond the transition region 40. In order to be able to place the siphoning device 30 as close as possible to the circumference of the holder part 3, the lid 41
Upper rim 5 of holder part 3 corresponding to rim 45 of
A recess 44 is formed at the 0 portion. In this way, by configuring the siphoning device 30 on one side of the holder part 3, the width of the device 1 is increased by one of the tubes 36, 37 plus the thickness of the adjacent wall of the siphoning device 30. increase

The lid 41 of the siphon device 30 has a hollow plug 46 . Plug 46 has a flat cross-section and beveled sides so that it can be resiliently pushed into the openings at the upper ends of tubes 36, 37 to form a seal. Tubes 36 and 37 extending parallel to each other provide a plug 46 with a hollow space 4.
7 can extend into the plug 46. The reason is that in this case the hollow space 4
7 can form a transition region 40 from tube 36 to tube 37 of siphon device 30.
In a further embodiment of the device according to the invention shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, the basin-shaped holder part 51 is constructed similarly to the holder part 3 of FIGS. 1A to 3B; A siphon device 53 having a substantially semicircular cross section and having a lid 55 on its longitudinal side is mounted. The lid 55 is constructed integrally with the siphon device 53 and is rotatable. The holder portion 51 serves to directly accommodate a water-soluble block (not shown). In order to hold the block at a predetermined distance from the bottom 56 of the holder part 51, the bottom 56 has a plurality of spacers 58, for example in the form of ribs. A lid part 62 that allows water to pass through is connected to the part of the holder part 51 opposite to the siphon device 53 via a flexible connecting rib 60, so that the connecting rib 60 has a hinge-like connecting part. The lid part 62 is rotatable via the holder part 51 from the starting position shown in FIG. 4 to the closed position shown in FIG. The cross-sectional shape of the lid part 62 is likewise semicircular, so that the lid part 62 together with this holder part 51 can surround a block with a semicircular cross-section which is arranged in the holder part 51. In order to be able to supply water during flushing operations of the toilet bowl, the lid part 62 is comprised of a plurality of rods 64, which for example are attached to the side walls 65, 66 which close the ends of the lid part 62. The rods 64 are terminated and the central portions of the rods 64 are connected by ribs 67.

The lid part 62, like the holder part 51, can be configured differently to accommodate blocks of other shapes. Also, the flow of water through the holder formed by the holder part 51 and the lid part 62 can be ensured by differently shaped openings in the wall of the lid part 62.

Furthermore, the opposite side of the connecting rib 60 between the holder part 51 and the lid part 62, i.e. the siphon device 5
On the side of the holder part 51 located near 3,
A clip-shaped fastening member 68 is formed integrally with this device, so that during manufacture in the mold, the lid part 62, the holder part 51 and the fastening member 68 are shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. They are lined up next to each other like this. In this structure,
A locking member 68 is adjacent to the outside of the lid 55 of the siphon device 53 so that when the lid 55 is rotated to the closed position, the locking member 68 assumes the operating position shown in FIG. The clip shape of the fixing member 68 is adapted to the shape of a typical toilet bowl rim. Lid 5
The hinged connection between the device consisting of 5 and fixing member 68 and the siphon device 53 is formed by short flexible ribs 70, similar to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1A to 3B. In order to protect the clip-type fixing member 68 together with the lid 55 of the siphon device 53 in the position shown in FIG. is formed.
When the lid portion 62 is snapped onto the holder portion 51, both legs of the locking pawl 72 engage the vertically upright legs 73 of the fixing member 68 on both sides, thereby locking the legs 73 into place. Grip firmly. For this purpose, both legs of the locking pawl 72
As can be seen from the figure, it has elasticity and is formed in the shape of a hook.

The device according to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 can be manufactured in one piece in a mold and in a simple and time-saving manner after the block containing the active ingredient has been placed therein. It can be placed in the operating position.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a plan view of an embodiment of the device of the present invention;
FIG. 1B is a partial plan view of a modification of the device shown in FIG. 1A, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the device shown in FIG. 1A, and FIG.
The figure is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the - line of Figure 1A,
Figure B is a vertical sectional view of Figure 1A, Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view of another embodiment of the device of the present invention, Figure 5 is a plan view of the device of Figure 4, and Figure 6 is a view of the device of Figure 4. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the operating arrangement of the device. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Device, 2... Basket-shaped holder part, 3... Basket-shaped holder part, 5... Stopper, 14... Fixing device, 15... Bar, 18,1
9... Stoppa, 20, 21... Clip, 29
... side chamber, 30 ... siphon device, 36 ... rising pipe, 37 ... descending pipe, 40 ... transition region, 41 ...
... Lid, 51 ... Basket-shaped holder part, 53 ... Siphon device, 55 ... Lid, 60 ... Connecting rib, 6
2...Lid part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A water-soluble block containing an active ingredient for at least one of purifying and coloring toilet flush water is housed therein, and the housed block is kept isolated for a predetermined period of time. a holder having an upper portion configured to allow the flushing water to flow in and a lower portion configured to store the flushing water; and a holder located above the liquid level when the toilet is at rest. a fixing means attached to the holder for fixing it to the rim of the toilet bowl, and a fixing means integral with the holder on the outside of the holder for draining flush water remaining in the holder after a flushing operation of the toilet bowl from the holder. A device for at least one of purifying and coloring toilet flush water, comprising: a siphon means provided in the toilet bowl; 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the holder has a cylindrical shape which is thicker in a central region and narrower at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and the siphon means are arranged in the central region. 3. The holder comprises a basket-shaped holder part for storing the block therein, and a trough-shaped holder part for holding the basket-shaped holder therein, and the siphon means is attached to the side of the trough-shaped holder part. Claim No. 1 located in the section
The device according to paragraph 2 or paragraph 2. 4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the basket-shaped holder portion is cylindrical. 5. The siphon means is connected to a lower part of the holder part of the basin type, and a riser pipe that sucks cleaning water remaining in the holder part of the basin type from inside the holder of the basin type, and a riser pipe adjacent to the riser pipe. 5. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a downcomer pipe for discharging the sucked cleaning water to the outside of the holder. 6. Apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the siphon means are connected to the lower part of the holder part of the basin via a side chamber. 7. The siphon means comprises a transition region communicating the ascender and the downcomer at each upper end of the ascender and the downcomer, the transition region being pushed inwardly of each upper end. 7. Device according to claim 5 or 6, closed by a lid. 8. Apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the lid consists of a hollow plug, the hollow part of the hollow plug forming part of the transition region. 9. A device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the lid is integrally formed with the holder part of the basin via a hinge connection. 10. Claims 3 to 10, wherein the fixing means is integrally formed with the basket-shaped holder, and the fixing means is configured to direct the siphon means toward the inside of the toilet bowl. 9. Apparatus according to any one of clauses 9. 11. The device of claim 10, wherein the securing means is a single arm clip. 12. Any one of claims 3 to 11, wherein the pail-shaped holder part and the basket-shaped holder part are arranged to be snapped together by at least one elastic clip. The device described in. 13. According to claim 12, a wing for fixing the basket-shaped holder portion is integrally attached to an end wall portion of the basket-shaped holder portion via another hinge connection portion. equipment. 14. Apparatus according to claims 3 to 13, wherein the basket-shaped holder part comprises on the inside at least one stop for retaining the basket-shaped holder part. 15. The holder comprises a basin-shaped holder part and a lid part rotatably connected to the basin-shaped holder part and configured to allow the washing water to flow in, and the siphon means 3. A device according to claim 1 or 2, which is arranged on the side of the holder part of the pail. 16. The device of claim 15, wherein the lid portion is semicircular. 17 The siphon means is connected to a lower part of the holder part of the basin type, and a riser pipe that sucks cleaning water remaining in the holder part of the basin type from inside the holder of the basin type, and a riser pipe adjacent to the riser pipe. 17. The apparatus according to claim 15 or 16, further comprising a descending pipe disposed as a drain pipe and discharging the sucked washing water to the outside of the holder. 18. Apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the siphon means are connected to the lower part of the holder part of the basin via a side chamber. 19. said siphon means comprising a transition region communicating said riser pipe and said downcomer pipe at each upper end of said riser pipe and said downcomer pipe, said transition region being pushed inwardly of said respective upper end part; 19. A device according to claim 17 or 18, closed by a lid. 20. The device of claim 19, wherein the lid is formed integrally with the holder part of the basin via a hinge connection. 21 The fixing means is integrally formed with the holder, and the fixing means includes:
21. Apparatus according to any one of claims 15 to 20, wherein the siphon means is arranged to direct towards the inside of the toilet bowl. 22. Claims 15 to 21, wherein the lid portion is connected to the basin-shaped holder portion at a portion opposite to the siphon means via at least one flexible connecting rib. A device according to any one of the above. 23. According to any one of claims 15 to 22, the lid portion has locking means for locking the lid portion in the closed position and locking the fixing means in the operating position. equipment. 24. The device according to claim 23, wherein the fixing means has legs, and the locking means comprises a locking pawl that fits into the legs. 25. Apparatus according to any one of claims 15 to 24, wherein the holder part of the basin comprises at least one spacer holding the block inside.