Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
  • E03D1/00—Water flushing devices with cisterns ; Setting up a range of flushing devices or water-closets; Combinations of several flushing devices
  • E03D1/02—High-level flushing systems
  • E03D1/20—Cisterns with tiltably-mounted containers
• • 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
  • E03D9/033—Devices placed inside or dispensing into the cistern
  • E03D9/036—Scoop-like devices

Definitions

• the invention relates to a deodorant product dispensing device for W.C.
• a toilet comprises a flushing device and a toilet bowl, the flushing device being arranged to send water from a container containing a reserve of water in the toilet bowl so to evacuate the waste from the bowl.
• a liquid deodorant dispensing device attached within a flush container is known.
• a small amount of deodorizing product is discharged by means of a valve device into the container at each flush in the toilet bowl. Nevertheless, the valve device is actuated by a vertical axis float permanently biased by the level. in the container, this device is subject to accelerated wear over time with a relatively high risk of seizure of the float axis, clogging of the valve and / or leakage of product, which requires change the device relatively frequently.
• GB 135 971 discloses a container containing a supply of disinfectant.
• a rod system secured to a float allows the filling of a spoon-shaped receptacle when the water level decreases. As the tank refills, the receptacle is raised and tilted to empty.
• a device for dispensing a deodorant product for a toilet flushing device comprising a container capable of containing a reserve of deodorant product, the dispensing device being able to be mounted in the flushing device so that the container can be rotated from an equilibrium position to a rotated position, and the dispensing device is arranged so that, when the container is rotated, an amount of deodorant product is released from the container.
• the dispensing device can therefore be of simpler and more reliable structure than the devices described above.
• the rotated position does not correspond to a stable state, the rotated container can return relatively quickly to its equilibrium position.
• the quantity of product released represents a small part of the quantity of product that can be stored in the container, for example less than 5% of the initial stock of product, and advantageously less than
• the device is thus arranged to release only a quantity of deodorant product following rotation to the rotated position.
• the deodorant container can advantageously be pierced with an orifice to release the deodorant product.
• the deodorant product can be released by gravity directly into the WC flush device at rotation of the deodorizing product container.
• the orifice may be disposed on an upper portion of the container when said device is mounted in the flush device.
• the product discharge port of the container may advantageously be disposed in the product container at a height such that, when the container is filled with deodorant product, this port is before the flush control above the product level in the product container and is at the flush below the level of product in the product container, so as to allow, at the flush, the flow through product severity through the product discharge port.
• the deodorant product may be in fluid, liquid or powder form, or even in granules.
• the fluid form of the deodorant product allows easy flow of the product by simple gravity from an orifice of the product container.
• the deodorant product is a liquid product. Dispensing liquid product from the product container is thus convenient and easily controllable.
• the dispensing device can be marketed with an initial reserve of deodorant product, or empty.
• the dimensioning of the product discharge orifice may advantageously be adjustable depending on the viscosity of the product, the angle of rotation of the product container, the quantity of product to be discharged into the water of the flushing device. water, and / or the wish of the user.
• This adjustment can for example be achieved by a single screw engaged in the product discharge port, more or less screwed in a shutter in a conduit for the product of the orifice.
• the dispensing device may further comprise a conduit defining a passage between the interior of the container and an outlet port of the deodorant product for the release of deodorant product.
• This duct may advantageously be arranged to release at least a portion of the amount of deodorant product during and / or after the return to the equilibrium position.
• the deodorant product can be released when filling the water tank with water. Water stored until the next flush is already added deodorant product.
• This duct may for example be bent.
• the bent duct may define a first passage in communication with the interior of the container and a second passage in communication with the first passage, forming a bend with this first passage, and opening on the orifice of exit.
• the device can be arranged so that when the container is in the rotated position, the second passage receives deodorant product from the reserve deodorizing product and so that when the container returns and / or returned to the equilibrium position of the deodorant product can be released via the outlet port.
• the outlet orifice may advantageously have a relatively small cross-section with respect to the mean section of the duct, for example less than 20% of this average section, advantageously less than 10%, advantageously less than 5%, advantageously less than 2%, and advantageously greater than 0.001%.
• the flow of the product through the outlet orifice can thus be carried out for a relatively long time compared to the duration of a cycle of rotation, so that most of the liquid received in the second passage is released after the return at the equilibrium position. In other words, during a rotation cycle, the deodorant product is temporarily stored in the second passage.
• the conduit may have a shape allowing such temporary product retention, and evacuation of the product when the container is at equilibrium.
• the second passage may be arranged with an outlet opening opening down when the container is in equilibrium position.
• the bent duct may further define a cavity arranged to be able to receive deodorant product when the device is in the rotated position, to store the deodorant product received when returning to the position of balance, and to transfer the deodorant product stored during an additional rotation to the rotated position.
• the cavity may be defined in particular by a first wall separating said cavity from the passage and by a second wall separating said cavity from the inside of the container.
• the dispensing device may comprise a floating element secured to the product container, intended to float on a reserve of water of the flushing device, and suitable for driving in rotating said container when the dispensing device is mounted in the flush device. The decrease and / or more generally the variation of the water level can thus cause the rotation of the tank and thus the release of deodorant product.
• the flotation member may be suitably ballasted to rotate the container as the water level of the flush container decreases, i.e., at the time of the flush.
• Flushing refers to the movement of water that falls from the toilet flush into the toilet bowl to drain waste into the W.C.
• the design of the dispensing device is particularly simple.
• the flush device may be of the type comprising a rotary tank containing flush water, of conventional type comprising a container containing flush water, or the like.
• the dispensing device can be adapted to be secured to a rotating tank of the flush device.
• the product container is driven directly in rotation by the rotating tank.
• the assembly constituted by the rotary reservoir and the product container can advantageously be balanced when the reservoir is in the equilibrium state, that is to say containing a reserve of water or in the process of constituting a reservoir. supply of water for flushing in the toilet bowl
• the product container can counterbalance the operating lever of the rotary tank for the balance of the assembly without using an unbalance or balancing mass of the tank rotary.
• the product container may be rotatably mounted to rotate the rotary reservoir, preferably near the axis of rotation of the rotary reservoir and in particular above the level of flush water in the rotary reservoir not to be solicited by the flush water level of the rotary tank.
• the product container can be attached to a single side wall of the rotary container, but preferably and non-limitatively the product container is shaped to be attached to two opposite side walls of the rotary container. So, the product container is securely attached to the rotary tank, which allows it to possibly support at least a portion of the cantilever of the operating lever of the rotary tank and therefore that the lever and the attachment of this lever to the tank are shaped less solid and lighter.
• the product container can be quickly assembled by a clipping system from the product container to the rotary container, for example a fixing system with complementary ribs and mounting grooves, respectively arranged on two opposite side walls of the rotary container and two corresponding end portions of the product container.
• a clipping system from the product container to the rotary container
• a fixing system with complementary ribs and mounting grooves, respectively arranged on two opposite side walls of the rotary container and two corresponding end portions of the product container.
• the dispensing device can be arranged so that the container can be rotated by a flush control element of the flush device, for example an operating rod or a control knob of the flushing device.
• a flush control element of the flush device for example an operating rod or a control knob of the flushing device.
• water adapted (for example by a rack-and-pinion motion transformation system), or be connected to a lever adapted to be operated by the rotary tank during the rotation of the latter, or even be operated by water falling from the rotating tank during the rotation of this tank.
• the invention is therefore not limited by the nature of the phenomenon causing rotation of the deodorant product container.
• the product container may be attached to the container or rotary tank of the flush device, outside or inside the rotating tank.
• the dispensing device may further comprise a retention element adapted to be mounted in the flushing device so as to receive the amount of deodorant product discharged by the container, and to release said quantity in a delayed manner.
• This deodorizing product retention element can be arranged to retain the product dropped from the orifice at the time of the flush and discharge the product into the flush device after the flush, which allows the dilution of the product in the water of the tank or container prior to a new hunt.
• the deodorant product thus falls into the rotating tank or container of the flush device not at the time of the flush but late compared to this flush, preferably at the end of the flush, so that less product is evacuated directly with the hunt (more or less with loss) and that more of product, or even the totality of the deodorant product is diluted in the rotating tank or the container of the flushing device before a flush of water, the deodorant product is thus diluted in the rotating tank or the vessel of the flushing device and provides increased deodorant effect and treatment efficiency with respect to evacuation of the product into the bowl alone.
• a gutter preferably a bowl member, may be disposed at the outlet of the deodorant product discharge outlet, and arranged so as to be kept horizontal or close at the time of the hunt. water to retain the product and to be inclined to return or close the flush to evacuate the product in the rotating tank or container.
• the product container may advantageously comprise a product filling duct of the container, for example a filling duct, an opening of which opens, in a position prior to flushing, on at least one passage of the wall of the container of the flushing device. water allowing the introduction of product through the opening of the conduit, for example by a product filling bottle introduced into the opening through the passage.
• the opening of the filling duct is advantageously flared to facilitate the introduction of the product into the duct to fill the container.
• This passage may be for example a portion of a groove of the container wall of a flush tank with rotary reservoir for the movement of the operating lever of the rotary tank.
• This duct can still protrude from the wall of the flushing cistern container and, for example, for a flushing device with a rotating reservoir, being rigidly secured to the product container and therefore to the rotary reservoir, it can form the operating lever of the rotary tank.
• the duct may be closed at its opening by a plug forming the operating handle of the lever.
• FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an exemplary assembly according to one embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 2 is a view similar to that of FIG. 1, showing the rotary tank being rotated;
• FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an alternative embodiment
• FIG. 4 is a sectional view of another variant embodiment
• FIG. 5A is a perspective view of a device according to another embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 5B is a sectional view of a portion of the device of FIG. 5A.
• FIG. 5C is a view from below, in the equilibrium position, of a portion of an unassembled portion of the device of FIG. 5A.
• the flush device 1 shown comprises a flushing container 3 disposed above a toilet bowl (not shown), and a tank of water. rotating water 5 rotatably mounted in the container 3.
• the container 3 is intended to allow the evacuation of water in the bowl through the lower recessed portion 7 of the container, according to arrow in Figure 2, the rotating maneuver of the tank 5 performing the flush.
• This container 3 comprises an upper cover 9 of rounded shape of which a lever 1 1 protrudes by a longitudinal groove 13 cut in the wall of the cover (in broken lines).
• This lever 1 1 secured to the tank 5 allows the rotation of the tank 5 via the longitudinal groove 13.
• the lever 1 1 is operated by hand.
• the rotary tank 5 is supplied with water in a conventional manner by a water supply device (not shown) up to a determined level 14 in the tank 5.
• a water supply device not shown
• this tank 5 is turned by means of the operating lever 1 1 along an axis of rotation d to discharge water into the container 3, at a variable angle of rotation depending on the quantity desired flush in the bowl.
• a container 15 of deodorant product 17 of the bowl in liquid form.
• This container has a cylindrical configuration and its axis is arranged parallel to the tank axis d.
• This container is disposed in the tank 5 slightly above (1 to 10mm) of the water level 14 in the tank 5.
• the container 15 is fixed by its two axial ends 19 clipped to the two respective opposite side walls 21 of the tank.
• This clipped assembly may consist for example of a rib 23 formed at each axial end of the container 15 (in broken lines) adapted to engage with a complementary groove (not shown) of each of the walls 21 of the reservoir.
• the container 15 is rotationally integral with the reservoir 5 and the rotation maneuver of the latter rotates about the axis d (according to arrow in Figure 1).
• This container 15 further comprises a discharge orifice 25 of the deodorant product 17 in the tank, tubular, disposed slightly above the level 27 of the product 17 in the container 15, at rest.
• the container 15 rotates and the outlet 25 of the product comes under the level 27 of the product from which it allows the flow of a small quantity of product (according arrow), for example one to several drops 29 of product in the tank 5.
• a not shown screw mounted transversely to the bore of the orifice 25 and more or less screwed into the orifice 25 makes it possible to adjust the dimensioning of the passage hole of the product in the orifice, this to obtain the amount of adequate product 17 in the tank 5 providing the desired deodorant effect in the bowl.
• the deodorant product 17 falling into the tank 5 is diluted in the latter before it is evacuated by the flushing effect in the container 3 and then in the bowl of W.C.
• the water ejected into the toilet bowl at the time of the hunt therefore has an effective cleaning and deodorizing power of the bowl and, because of the prior dilution of the product, it stagnates without trace of product at the bottom of the bowl of W.C.
• the container is further provided at its upper part with a product supply conduit 31 whose flared opening 33 faces the groove 13 for operating the rotation lever of the reservoir, at a short distance from this groove (of 1 to a few millimeters).
• This duct 31 makes it possible to fill the receptacle 15 with product 17 (according to arrow) once emptied of its contents.
• this product supply duct 31 ' can be used if it is sufficiently rigid as a rotary operating lever (according to arrow) of the rotary tank 5' of the flushing device 1 '.
• the plug 35 is unscrewed to allow the container 15 'to be filled by the upper opening 33'.
• the container could be mounted integral with the rotating tank at a different position than a substantially central position of the rotary tank.
• the container could be mounted at one end of the rotating tank (not shown) outside the tank and include a product outlet valve controlled by a lever member adapted to be operated by the rotary tank during operation. rotation.
• the lever member is adapted to engage a corresponding abutment member of the rotary reservoir and the deodorant product is discharged into the container of the flush device.
• the product container may also be rotatably mounted on the container, being rotated by a pallet member taken with the flush water flow (not shown) for discharging a quantity of product through an orifice according to the aforementioned gravity product flow principle.
• the container 15 can also be rotatably mounted on the container 3", being rotated by a flotation element
• This buoyancy element 37 is suitably ballasted so as to rotate the container 15 "when the water level 39 of the flushing container 3" drops; At the moment of flushing, when the water is present in the flushing cistern 3 "before flushing at a constant normal level 39, the flask 15" is turned in abutment against a product feed pipe 41 of the container 15 "by an edge 42 of an upper opening 43 (in broken lines) thereof, the orifice 25" of product discharge being then turned so as to be above the level 27 "of the product in the container At the time of the flushing, the water level 39 in the container 3” goes down and drives in rotation according to the arrow the container 15 "which is no longer maintained at its initial angle by the flotation element 37. The container 15 “rotates as far as the stop on the opposite edge 44 The product discharge port 25 “is then turned downward so as to be below the level 27" of the product in the container and a small amount of product can flow out of the container. orifice 25 "by gravity.
• the deodorant dispensing device may further be rotatably mounted on the flush cistern and be rotated by a linkage mechanism connected to the flush control (not shown), rotation of the product container. delivering, for example by an orifice and by gravity of the deodorant product.
• a bowl member 45 (in broken lines in Figure 2 and not shown in Figure 1) can be attached to the deodorant container 15, being arranged to be kept horizontal or close at the time of the hunt for retain the product fallen from the orifice 25 and be inclined to return or close the flush to evacuate the product in the tank 5 and allow its dilution in the tank water prior to a new flush.
• Figures 5A, 5B and 5C relate to another embodiment of the invention and will be commented simultaneously.
• a container 1 15 is made by assembling two plastic parts 151, 152.
• the container 1 15 has a generally cylindrical general shape, each portion 151, 152 being slightly flared from its bottom 161, 162.
• the bottoms 161, 162 define reinforcements of which only those referenced 163, 164 are visible in FIG. 5A.
• the parts 151, 152 are tightly assembled, so that the container 1 can receive a store of deodorant product 1 17.
• This container 1 15 is intended to be fixed on a rotating water tank, of the type of tank referenced 5, 5 'in FIGS. 1 to 3.
• the rotary tank has a suitable shape for fixing the container 1 15 by clipping on its two opposite side walls.
• the container 1 further comprises a deodorant product release member 170.
• This element 170 is also formed by the assembly of two parts 171, 172 each belonging to a respective part 151, 152 of the container 1 15.
• the element 170 has a generally elbow shape, and defines a passage 173 for the deodorant product discharge, between an orifice 179 opening on the supply of product 1 17 and an outlet port 125.
• the element 170 also called bent duct, thus comprises a first portion 174 defining a first passage 176 projecting from a neighboring surface 175 of the container 1 15.
• the first passage extends in a direction not parallel to the plane of the surface 175.
• the liquid passing through this first passage has an overall displacement in this direction not parallel to the surface 175.
• This direction has a component in the normal direction to the plane of this surface which is non-zero.
• the direction in which the first passage extends may form an angle with the direction normal to the zero plane, or between 0 and 50 ° inclusive, advantageously between 10 and 40 ° inclusive, preferably close to 30 °.
• the element 170 further comprises a second portion 177 defining a second passage 178 in fluid communication with the first passage 176.
• the second portion 177 forms a bend with the first portion 174.
• the second passage 178 thus extends in a different direction of the first passage 176. In other words, the liquid flowing through this second passage 178 has an overall displacement in a direction different from that of the first passage 176.
• This orifice 125 has a generally slit shape, and has an effective section smaller than the average section of the second passage 178.
• the first passage 176 is emptied.
• the deodorant product reserve is now remote from the opening 179.
• the container 1 15 is arranged to release the first amount of deodorant product when the water tank resumes and / or has returned to its equilibrium position. All or part of the first quantity of deodorant product is thus mixed with the incoming water, so that the water tank will store water added deodorant product until the next flush.
• the element 170 further comprises two walls 181, 182. From the height of the first wall 181 depends the first quantity of product.
• the walls 181, 182 also define a cavity 184 capable of receiving a second quantity 183 of deodorant product.

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