JPH0540140Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an aromatic cleaning agent storage device that is used by being placed in the hand washing section of a water storage tank for a flush toilet.

[Problems to be solved by conventional technology and ideas] Conventionally, aroma cleaning agent storage devices for flush toilets that use a water storage tank with a hand-washing section are generally of the type that is immersed in water in the water storage tank. Ta. However, with this method, the heavy top lid with a hand washing section must be removed each time it is used or replaced, and the device containing the aromatic cleaning agent is immersed in water in a water tank, which prevents the diffusion of the aroma. It is closed.

Therefore, recently, Utility Model Publication No. 58-40152, Utility Model Application Publication No. 58-160971, Utility Model Application Publication No. 1987-
As described in Publication No. 54081, etc., it has been proposed that the aromatic cleaning agent storage device is used by being placed on the hand washing section that also serves as the top lid of the water storage tank, without immersing it in the water of the water storage tank. . The aroma cleaning agent storage device with this configuration eliminates the above-mentioned complexity of use or replacement, and has the advantage that the diffusion of the aroma is not inhibited by water, and has been widely used in recent years. There is.

By the way, the aromatic cleaning agent stored in the storage device is eluted into the water for hand washing and is gradually consumed from the upper side, so water tends to accumulate in the upper side of the aromatic cleaning agent, so the interval between water storage and use is shortened. If the time is long, there is a problem that the concentration becomes unnecessarily high due to the accumulated water. Therefore, in the device described in the above-mentioned Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-54081, the aroma cleaning container and the container body are formed separately, and the aroma cleaning container is installed in the container body in an inclined state. It drains well.

However, in this prior art example, since the container is simply tilted, water still tends to remain on the upper side of the aromatic cleaner. In other words, in order to further reduce this accumulated water, the container can be tilted more strongly to bring it closer to the vertical position, but the elution concentration will vary depending on the amount and time of water that comes into direct contact with the aromatic cleaning agent stored in the container. Therefore, there is a limit to the inclination of the container.

In addition, Utility Model Application Publication No. 58-160971 has a structure in which an aromatic cleaning agent is filled in a container whose bottom surface is completely open, and while there is no problem such as high concentration elution due to the stagnant water mentioned above, on the other hand, the bottom surface of the container is Since there is no part to receive the aromatic cleaning agent in the opening, in some cases, the entire aromatic cleaning agent may fall out of the container due to water entering the container from the bottom, resulting in high concentration elution. There is a problem that it is completely eluted in a very short period of time. On the other hand, in this prior art example, only the bottom surface of the container filled with the aromatic cleaning agent is open, and water can enter from this bottom surface. When the space created in between becomes large, this space becomes an air trap, and since this air has no place to escape, the water that enters the container from the bottom of the opening is inhibited from coming into contact with the aromatic cleaning agent, causing elution. The elution may become thinner or no elution may be obtained at all. Furthermore, for the above reasons, there have been cases where the aromatic cleaning agent remains on the upper side or upper corner of the container and cannot be used up because it cannot come into contact with water and is not eluted.

The present invention was developed in view of these circumstances, and it prevents the aromatic cleaning agent stored in the device from being exposed to the accumulated water and ensures that the same concentration is always eluted regardless of the length of the interval of use of the stored water. To provide an aromatic cleaning agent storage device that allows good contact between the aromatic cleaning agent and hand-washing water at all times to obtain elution at an appropriate concentration that is not too dilute, and that can be used until all of the aromatic cleaning agent has been eluted. is intended to provide.

[Means for Solving the Problems and Their Effects] In order to achieve the above object, the aromatic cleaning agent storage device according to the present invention has an outer container provided with a water passage port on the top side and an outlet port on the bottom side, While storing the aromatic cleaning agent, the interior container is provided with a storage aromatic cleaning receiving member having a liquid passage part in the lower opening, and has a bypass that communicates with the upper space from the upper surface to the inside of the receiving member, and the inner container is tilted in a seesaw shape. It is configured to be freely disposed and to provide an outflow path from the lower edge of the inner container to the outflow port of the outer container via the outside of the stored aromatic cleaning agent receiving member.

In this configuration, a portion of the hand washing water enters the outer container through the water passage port, a portion of which enters the inner container through the bypass provided from the top surface to the inside of the inner container, and another portion of the water enters the inner container through the bypass provided from the top surface to the inside of the inner container. The aromatic cleaning agent enters the inside from the bottom side of the inner container via the stored aromatic cleaning agent receiving member, elutes the aromatic cleaning agent from the lower surface, and is discharged to the outside from the receiving member and the outlet of the outer container. In this case, the air remaining in the space below the aromatic cleaner in the inner container is held up by the inflowing water and is discharged into the bypass, so it does not impede the contact between the aromatic cleaner and water. . Further, the inner container is arranged in an inclined manner, and the inclined position alternately changes in a seesaw shape as the weight of the aromatic cleaner is reduced due to elution, so that the aromatic cleaner is eluted almost uniformly from the lower surface.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 relate to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the legs and receiver of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a main body and a lid. FIG. 4 is a front view of the outer container showing a state separated from the body, and a perspective view of the bypass portion and an inverted state.

In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes an aromatic cleaning agent storage device, which is composed of an outer container 2 and an inner container 3 disposed within the outer container 2. The outer container 2 includes a main body 6 having an open top surface and having an outflow port 4 on the bottom surface and a plurality of outflow windows 5 on the side wall, and the main body 6.
is rotatably fitted to close the upper opening of the
It has a large number of water passage ports 7, and has a plurality of slits 8, 8 on the side wall that match the outflow windows 5, . . . By rotating, the slits 8, 8 and the outflow windows 5, . It is composed of an outflow window 5 of the main body 6, and a lid 9 whose opening/closing or opening area can be varied by aligning or shifting the outflow window 5 of the main body 6.

While the inner container 3 stores, for example, a solid aromatic cleaning agent H, the entire lower surface is opened and this opening surface 10 is covered with a liquid-permeable membrane, such as a nonwoven fabric 11, as a member for receiving the stored aromatic cleaning agent. Along with being there,
From the top surface of the inner container 3 to the inside of the nonwoven fabric 11,
A pipe-shaped bypass 12 is provided projecting to communicate the inside of the container with the upper space. This bypass 12
This functions as a passage for hand washing water to flow in, and as a passage for discharging the air in the internal space below the aromatic cleaning agent H during elution. For example, two 12b are formed. or,
The upper surface of the inner container 3 is formed in a concave shape to allow a large amount of water to enter the bypass 12 and also to prevent water from splashing.

The inner container 3 has a pair of seesaw legs 13, 13 protruding from opposite positions on the lower edge,
Receptacles 15, 15 for pivotally supporting the legs 13, 13 are provided on the upper surface of the bottom of the outer container body 6. Since the legs 13, 13 on the lower surface of the inner container 3 are a pair of opposite legs, the inner container 3 has legs 13, 13.
The inner container 3 is disposed in a state of being inclined to one side with the fulcrum being the fulcrum, while the legs 13, 13 are supported in a pivoting state, so that the direction of inclination changes in a seesaw shape as the weight inside the inner container 3 changes. It's summery.
Further, the inner container 3 is spaced apart from the bottom upper surface of the main body 6 by a predetermined distance by the legs 13, 13, and the outlet 4 of the main body 6 passes from the lower edge of the inner container 3 to the lower surface of the nonwoven fabric 11.
An outflow path 14 is formed leading to.

In such a configuration, when hand washing water flows into the hand washing section from a faucet (not shown), this hand washing water flows through the main body 6 of the outer container 2 from the numerous water passage ports 7, .
A part of this inflow water flows into the outflow passage 14.
, and flows out from the outlet 4 on the bottom of the main body 6, but a portion flows from the top of the inner container 3 through the bypass 12 into the space inside the nonwoven fabric 11, and is temporarily retained by the nonwoven fabric 11. And inner container 3
The air that flows into the inner space from the lower side through the outflow path 14 and the nonwoven fabric 11 and remains in the space is discharged into the bypass 12, and the water that flows into the aromatic cleaning agent H from the lower side. The eluate contacts well and is eluted, and this eluted water flows out from the nonwoven fabric 11 through the outflow path 14 and the outlet 4 to the outside.

As described above, since the inner melter 3 is arranged in an inclined state with respect to the bottom upper surface of the outer melter main body 6, the air in the space under the aromatic cleaner H can be bypassed 1 in a good manner.
2, and the lower surface of the aromatic cleaning agent H can always be in good contact with the inflowing water. Further, the inner elution 3 is arranged in a seesaw shape by a pair of opposing legs 13, 13, so that the aromatic cleaning agent in the inner container 3 located on the downwardly inclined side is transferred to the inner container 3 located on the upwardly inclined side. As a larger amount is eluted, both of them become lighter alternately, and the seesaw is repeated each time there is a change, and as a result, despite the inclined arrangement, the lower surface of the aromatic cleaner H is eluted almost uniformly overall. To go.

Further, in this embodiment, since the bypass 12, which also functions as an air vent, has a slit 12b formed from the lower end opening to the upper side, air can be vented effectively through this slit.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the lower opening 1 of the inner container 3
0 is covered and closed with the nonwoven fabric 11, so
Even if the aromatic cleaning agent H in the inner container 3 falls, it is received by the nonwoven fabric 11 and does not elute at an extremely high concentration. Although nonwoven fabric is used in the examples, other materials may be used as the liquid permeable membrane.
The liquid permeability can be set appropriately.

Furthermore, in the illustrated embodiment, since the temperature of the hand washing water and the elution amount of the aromatic cleaning agent H are related depending on the season, etc., the outflow window 5 of the main body 6,
... can be arbitrarily set from fully open to fully closed to adjust the amount of hand washing water that enters the main body 6.

In this embodiment, the upper surface of the inner container 3 is formed into a concave shape, but the shape may be flat or the like.

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the invention in cross-section.

In this embodiment, the lower opening 10 of the inner container 3 is
In the embodiment, instead of covering with a liquid permeable membrane, for example, a non-woven fabric, it is closed with a bottom body 18 having an elution port 17.

[Effects of the invention] As explained above, according to the invention, the aromatic cleaning agent stored in the device is prevented from being exposed to the accumulated water, and the same concentration is always eluted regardless of the length of the interval of use of the stored water. Moreover, there is an effect that the contact between the aromatic cleaning agent and the hand washing water is always good, so that an appropriate concentration of elution that is not too dilute can be obtained, and the aromatic cleaning agent can be used until all of it has been eluted.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 relate to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the legs and receiver of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a main body and a lid. FIG. 4 is a front view of the outer container showing a state separated from the body, FIG. 4 is a perspective view with the bypass portion inverted, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a second embodiment of the device of the present invention. 2...Outer container, 3...Inner container, H...Aroma cleaning agent, 10...Opening surface, 11...Liquid permeable membrane (elution part) 13...Legs, 14...Outflow path, 15... Receiving part, 18...bottom body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The aromatic cleaning agent is stored in an outer container that has a water passage port on the top side and an outlet on the bottom side, and a storage aromatic cleaning agent receiving member that has a liquid passage portion on the bottom opening, and also has a water passage port on the bottom side. An inner container provided with a bypass communicating with the upper space from the inner side of the receiving member is arranged in a seesaw shape so as to be freely tiltable, and from the lower edge of the inner container to the outer side of the stored aromatic cleaning agent receiving member, the outer container is connected. An aromatic cleaning agent storage device characterized by being configured to provide an outflow path leading to an outflow port.