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• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/48—Medical, disinfecting agents, disinfecting, antibacterial, germicidal or antimicrobial compositions
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  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
  • C11D17/0047—Detergents in the form of bars or tablets
  • C11D17/0056—Lavatory cleansing blocks
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  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/395—Bleaching agents
  • C11D3/3956—Liquid compositions
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/50—Perfumes
• • 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
• • 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

Definitions

• Dispenser for dispensing active fluids into the flushing liquid in a toilet bowl
• the invention relates to a dispensing device for dispensing active substance fluids into the flushing liquid in a toilet bowl with the features of the preamble of claim 1.
• active substance fluid means flowable, i.e. liquid to viscous, possibly gel-like or also paste-like or granular or otherwise pourable active substance preparations with cleaning, disinfecting, deodorising, bleaching and others. Effect (described in particular in the unpublished DE 199 30 362 AI, as well as in EP 0 775 741 A1 and EP 0 960 984 A2).
• Dispensing devices of the type in question are known under the keyword “toilet basket” in various designs.
• Dispensing devices for a single active substance fluid are initially known.
• the active substance fluid is located there in a storage container which is fixedly arranged or interchangeably inserted in a holder and has an outlet opening arranged on the bottom when the storage container is attached to the holder.
• the active substance fluid is added via an actuating element that can be impregnated therewith and acted upon with the rinsing liquid (for example, made of an open-cell foam) (EP 785 315 AI).
• the outlet opening of the storage container is largely closed by pushing out a closure part of the storage container by a sealing element arranged in a fixed manner on the holder, so that only one flow path with a small cross-section for seeping out of the Active fluid is available.
• the device works using the capillary action of the open-cell foam.
• a similar construction is also known with a rib plate for distribution.
• outlet opening is in principle permanently open, that is to say, active fluid seeps out even when the toilet bowl is not used for a long time.
• Another dispensing device for a single active fluid realizes a valve-like sealing element on the storage container, which normally assumes a positively closed closed position in which the outlet opening is closed. This takes place under the effect of the weight of a valve ball acting as a sealing element.
• This sealing element can be adjusted against the prestressing force in a release position that slightly releases the outlet opening.
• An actuating element designed as a rocker and pivotably mounted on a pivot axis on the holder serves for this purpose.
• the confirmation element On one side of the axis, the confirmation element has an application area which has a trough-like receptacle for rinsing liquid.
• the arm of the confirmation element lying on the other side of the axis lies against the sealing element from below.
• Each chamber has a dispensing device with a dispensing tube, which has one free end that emerges via the bottom of the container into the environment and is fluidly surrounded by a cover at its other free end.
• the two chambers of the container can be filled with overflowing rinsing water via slot-like passages of a cover part, which then exits into the toilet bowl in the manner of a siphon or overflow via the dispensing tubes, taking the respective active ingredient with them.
• the separation of the chambers in the container has the advantage that different media can be used, which would otherwise have a detrimental effect on their desired effect if they were stored together in only one chamber. The consistency of the media can also differ in the different chambers.
• Active substance dissolves and flows out of the chambers with it.
• the problem is that with the siphon effect realized here, a considerable liquid level remains in the chambers.
• the action of the rinsing liquid on the active substance fluid in the respective chamber therefore continues even if the rinsing process has been completed for a long time.
• the consumption of active fluid is practically not optimally controllable.
• outlet openings are in principle permanently open, so that even if the toilet bowl is not used for a long time, the active fluids either seep out or harden under the influence of the surrounding atmosphere and can then no longer be activated.
• the teaching is based on the problem of optimizing the known, previously explained dispensing device for dispensing active substance fluids from at least two separate storage containers with regard to the control option for dispensing the active substance fluids.
• an embodiment of the dispensing device according to the invention is particularly expedient.
• a positive closure of the outlet openings is expedient in this conception, in particular for the purpose of the defined dimensioning of the partial quantities and for the purpose of protecting the active substance fluids in the storage containers in the event of prolonged non-use.
• Fig. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of an inventive
• FIG. 2 shows a section through the device from FIG. 1 along the line II -
• Fig. 3 shows a section through the device of Fig. 2 along the line III - III.
• the dispensing device shown in the drawing is used to dispense at least two active fluids into the flushing liquid, which is used to flush in a toilet bowl.
• active substance fluid in the sense of the teaching has already been defined in the general part of the description.
• Such a dispensing device initially has a holder 1 which can be suspended from the edge of the toilet bowl and at least two storage containers 2, 3 provided in the holder 1 and separated from one another, each for an active substance fluid.
• the active substance fluids can be matching, different, compatible or incompatible active substance fluids.
• Active substance fluids suitable according to the invention are, for example, fragrance phases, in particular perfumed fragrance phases.
• fragrance phases usually contain at least one fragrance, preferably perfume oil, at least one surfactant or an emulsifier and water and, if appropriate, further ingredients such as preservatives, thickeners, complexing agents, dyes, further surfactants or emulsifiers, stabilizers, limescale dissolver etc.
• bleaching phases in particular chlorine-containing bleaching phases, preferably bleaching phases based on Hypochlorite, where the bleaching phases can usually contain, in addition to the actual bleaching agent and water, further ingredients such as thickeners, surfactants or emulsifiers, neutralizing agents, dyes, fragrances etc.
• lime-dissolving active substance phases preferably acidic lime-dissolving active substance phases.
• Such lime-dissolving active substance phases can contain, in addition to the actual lime dissolver - preferably an organic or inorganic acid - and water, if appropriate, further ingredients such as surfactants or emulsifiers, thickeners, fragrances, preservatives, etc.
• active substance fluids with antibacterial and / or fungicidal and / or antiviral active substance phase the active substance phase in addition to the antibacterial and / or fungicidal and / or antiviral active substance and water, if appropriate, further ingredients, such as, for example, surfactants or emulsifiers, thickeners , Fragrances, preservatives, etc.
• the active substance fluids are enzyme-containing active substance phases.
• enzyme (s) and water such enzyme-containing active substance rabbits can optionally contain further ingredients such as surfactants or emulsifiers, thickeners, fragrances, preservatives, etc.
• the active substance fluids used according to the invention are absorbent, in particular odor-absorbing active substance phases. In addition to the absorbent, in particular odor absorbent, and water, these can optionally contain further ingredients such as surfactants or emulsifiers, thickeners, fragrances, preservatives, etc.
• the dispensing device offers the possibility of using combinations of different active substance fluids in the storage containers 2, 3, wherein according to a preferred embodiment one of the storage containers 2, 3 contains a fragrance phase, in particular as previously defined.
• active ingredient-fluid combinations to be used are perfumed fragrance phase combined with chlorine bleach (together not stable in storage), perfumed fragrance phase with highly concentrated surfactant phase (foam booster),
• Active substance phase different acid systems, fragrance phase combined with enzyme-containing active substance phase, perfumed acid phase combined with water-coloring phase, fragrance phase with odor-absorbing phase, perfumed
• Polyacrylate thickened etc. Of particular interest are viscous to gel-like active fluids with viscosities in the range of a few thousand mPas, in particular from 2000 to 5000 mPas, preferably 2500 to 3500 mPas (measured with Rotovisko LVT, spindle 2, 6 rpm, 20 ° C. ).
• each storage container 2, 3 has its own outlet opening 4, through which the respective active substance fluid can be dispensed into the rinsing liquid.
• the outlet openings 4 of the storage containers 2, 3 are arranged in such a way that only active substance fluid emerges. With each rinsing process, a portion of the active substance fluid is dispensed from each of the storage containers 2, 3 into the rinsing liquid. In the exemplary embodiment shown, this is achieved in that the outlet opening 4 of the respective storage container 2, 3 is arranged on the bottom side in the use position, as shown in FIG. 2. Overflowing rinsing water hits the storage container 2, 3 at the side if necessary.
• the storage containers 2, 3 in the holder 1 are individually replaceable or attachable.
• An alternative is to couple the storage containers 2, 3 to one another by means of an adapter or the like and to mount them in the holder 1 in a coupled manner.
• Another alternative is to couple the storage containers 2, 3 directly to one another and thus to mount them directly coupled in the holder 1.
• the storage containers 2, 3 in a common, one-piece housing, for example as separate chambers in a coherent housing, and then to attach them to the holder 1.
• one or the other variant will be selected.
• the storage containers 2, 3 can be individually refilled as described in the prior art (DE 299 02 066 Ul, DE 199 15 322 AI) via a refill opening, optionally equipped with a valve.
• the storage containers 2, 3 can also be fixedly attached or formed in the holder 1, that is to say choose a uniform, self-contained arrangement.
• the exemplary embodiment shown shows the storage containers 2, 3 as interchangeable disposable containers, which will probably be more common in practice.
• the illustrated and preferred embodiment shows the storage containers 2, 3 on
• Holder 1 arranged side by side. The same applies to an arrangement of the storage containers 2, 3 in a row. Alternatively, one could also provide that
• the illustrated and preferred embodiment also shows that the storage containers 2, 3, which are individually replaceable here, can be attached to the holder 1 by inserting them from above (in the use position).
• Various other fastening options are possible as alternatives. For example, you could imagine pushing the storage containers 2, 3 laterally into the holder 1.
• one or the other variant can be selected.
• the storage container 2, 3 has a flexible wall section or a flexible wall as a whole and the active substance fluid contained therein is applied by pressurizing the storage container 2, 3. This pressurization can be exerted, for example, by means of a corresponding mechanism through the overflowing rinsing liquid.
• the dispensing mechanisms in principle can be used, which are known for the delivery devices for a single drug fluid from the prior art.
• a plate-like distribution element is provided on the holder 1, which has an exposure area over which washing liquid flows during the washing process, the interior of the Storage container 2, 3 via the outlet opening 4, possibly with the interposition of an arrangement preventing a free flow of the active fluid, is permanently connected to the distribution element.
• the plate-like distribution element is assigned to all storage containers 2, 3 together.
• the illustrated and preferred embodiment shows a solution that works with an actively closing sealing element.
• the outlet opening 4 of the storage container 2; 3 arranged on the bottom is closed by means of a sealing element 5.
• the sealing element 5 is prestressed into the closed position closing the outlet opening 4 and, against the prestressing force, is adjustable into a release division which slightly releases the outlet opening 4.
• an actuating element 6 which interacts with the sealing element 5 is provided, which can be acted upon with a force by the flushing liquid during each flushing process such that the sealing element 5 temporarily assumes the release division against the biasing force.
• the actuating element 6 has an application area 7 which is acted upon by flushing liquid during the flushing process and on which the flushing liquid thus strikes during the flushing process.
• the actuating element 6 is designed as a one-armed lever articulated at one end on the holder 1.
• the sealing element 5 is on the actuating element 6 arranged at a certain distance from the application area 7. Due to the one-armed design of the lever forming the actuating element 6 (FIG.
• the direction of action of the force exerted by the flushing liquid is rectified with the opening direction of the sealing element 5.
• the sealing element 5 can lift downward from the outlet opening 4 of the storage container 2; 3.
• the sealing element 5 is arranged between the end of the actuating element 6 articulated on the holder 1 and the application area 7.
• the opening path of the sealing element 5 is therefore comparatively small, the opening takes place, as desired, only with a very small gap.
• this gap is opened asymmetrically, namely opening more strongly in the direction of the loading area 7, so that active substance fluid preferably exits in this direction. This is the direction to the rinsing liquid with which the active fluid then mixes accordingly.
• the active substance fluid can therefore run on the upper side of the actuating element 6 in the direction of the loading area 7 and already mixes with the overflowing rinsing liquid on this route.
• the sealing element 5 is formed in one piece on the actuating element 6. This is particularly recommended when designing the actuating element 6 from a plastic material, in particular from a sprayable plastic.
• the holder 1 can also consist of plastic, in particular of injection-molded plastic, preferably thermoplastic.
• the actuating element 6 is formed in one piece on the holder 1 and the prestressing force is generated by the inherent elasticity of the confirming element 6.
• the illustrated and preferred embodiment is now characterized in a special way in that the actuating element 6 is assigned to the sealing elements 5 for at least two storage containers 2, 3, preferably for all storage containers 2, 3.
• FIG. 1 shows a top view of the wide and plate-like actuating element 6 with the likewise broad, trough-like loading area 7 and the small drain openings 8 recognizable therein, all in the frame-like base plate 9 of the holder 1.
• the arrangement of the outlet openings 4 is matched to this on the storage containers 2, 3. These are namely designed asymmetrically with respect to the center of the entire dispensing device with outlet openings 4 offset overall from the center of the dispensing device (FIG. 2). This results in a concentration of the active ingredient outlet in a relatively narrowly defined area regardless of the fact that two storage containers 2, 3 are provided.
• a controlled delivery of active substance fluid from the various storage containers 2; 3 can be realized in that the flow cross sections at the outlet openings 4 and / or at the sealing elements 5 can be determined and / or adjusted differently.
• chlorine-containing bleaching phase (approx. 1% active chlorine)
• Rhodopol T ca.3500 mPas, 20 ° C, Rotovisko LVT, spindle 2, 20 U / min 2.5 pH, undiluted clear solution
• Salicylic acid tech. 0.60% antibac. active substance
• Hemiacetals-isothiazolin combination 0.05% Preservative hydrogen peroxide, 35% 2.86% active oxygen (1%) Diethylcntriami ⁇ pentamethylen- phosphonic acid-Na * 0.16% to stabilizer dyes, pigment ⁇ 1.0% INTR g swasser ad.100

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