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US 12,227,930 · App. 17/936,686 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Chemical feeding device

Inventors: Kouji Nakatani (Osaka, JP); Kaoru Kasakawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
E03D9/005E03D9/02
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Patent No.
US 12,227,930
App. No.
17/936,686
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chemical feeding device according to the present invention is for attaching to a water tank of a toilet having a tank main body that has an opening is an upper portion and a lid body that covers the opening of the tank main body, the chemical feeding device including a chemical container storing a chemical solution, a flexible tube through which the chemical solution in the chemical container is fed to the water tank, and an attachment member that supports the tube and is configured to be attachable to an edge of the upper opening of the tank main body. The attachment member has a disposition part that is where the tube is disposed and that guides the tube into the water tank, and the disposition part is formed by at least one of a straight part and a curved part so as to not have a corner.

Claims (23)

1. A chemical feeding device for attaching to a bowl of a toilet, comprising:

a chemical container storing a chemical solution;

a support body that supports the chemical container and receives the chemical solution from the chemical container;

a flexible tube through which the chemical solution received by the support body is fed to an inside of the toilet bowl; and

an attachment member that supports the tube and is configured to be attachable to a rim of the toilet bowl,

wherein the attachment member has a disposition part that is where the tube is disposed and that guides the tube toward the inside of the toilet bowl,

wherein the disposition part is formed by at least one of a straight part and a curved part so as to not have a corner, and

wherein the chemical container and the support body are attached on an outer side of the rim of the toilet bowl with the attachment member.

2. The chemical feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the disposition part is at least partially constituted by a groove in which the tube is housed.

3. The chemical feeding device according to claim 2 , wherein 30 percent or more of a cross-sectional area of the tube is housed in the groove.

4. A chemical feeding device for attaching to a water tank of a toilet having a tank main body that has an opening in an upper portion and a lid body that covers the opening of the tank main body, comprising:

a chemical container storing a chemical solution;

a flexible tube through which the chemical solution in the chemical container is fed to the water tank; and

an attachment member that supports the tube and is configured to be attachable to an edge of the upper opening of the tank main body,

wherein the attachment member has a disposition part that is where the tube is disposed and that guides the tube into the water tank, and

the disposition part is formed by at least one of a straight part and a curved part so as to not have a corner.

5. The chemical feeding device according to claim 4 , wherein the disposition part is at least partially constituted by a groove in which the tube is housed.

6. The chemical feeding device according to claim 5 , wherein 30 percent or more of a cross-sectional area of the tube is housed in the groove.

7. The chemical feeding device according to claim 5 , wherein the attachment member has a flexible installation part where the lid body is installed, and the groove is at least partially formed in the installation part.

8. The chemical feeding device according to claim 4 , wherein the attachment member includes:

an abutting part capable of abutting an outer surface of the tank main body; and

a fixing part that, in an initial state, straddles the edge of the tank main body from the abutting part and extends downward along an inner surface of the tank main body, and

the disposition part is formed to partially follow the fixing part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2022
From: NAKATANI, KOUJI; KASAKAWA, KAORU
To: KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061304/0830 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021036338 · Sep 30, 2021
Related Publication 20230094893A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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