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US 10,570,600 · App. 16/066,223 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Dispensing system for toilet bowl cleanser

Inventor: Edgar Holguin (Monterey Park, CA)
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Patent No.
US 10,570,600
App. No.
16/066,223
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for dispensing toilet bowl cleaner from a toilet tank to the toilet bowl comprises a housing, an outlet from the housing, a rim around the outlet, a cleaner chamber for receiving toilet bowl cleaner material, and a water inlet chamber for receiving substantially all the water used during flushing. There is a cleaner chamber receiving a portion of the water flowing into the water inlet chamber with passages for water to flow into the cleaner chamber where water dissolves cleaner material. The rim is configured to limit the exposure of the cleaner material to water between flushes.

Claims (60)

1. A device for dispensing toilet bowl cleaner from a toilet tank to a toilet bowl of a toilet, the toilet tank having a water inlet tube and an overflow tube, the device comprising:

a. a housing;

b. an outlet for water flow from the device and configured for water passage connection to the overflow tube;

c. a rim around the outlet;

d. a cleaner chamber in the housing for receiving toilet bowl cleaner, the cleaner chamber having a bottom;

e. a water inlet chamber within the housing for receiving substantially all of the water from the water inlet tube and configured so that water entering the water inlet chamber can pass over the rim to the outlet;

f. one or more cleaner chamber passages to the cleaner chamber for a portion of the water flowing into the water inlet chamber to pass into the cleaner chamber and for water containing cleaner to pass out of the cleaner chamber for passage to the outlet; and

wherein the least elevated portion of the rim is below the height of the bottom of all of the cleaner chamber passages.

2. The device of claim 1 comprising a barrier in the cleaner chamber proximate to at least one passage.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the housing has a bottom with a space between the bottom of the housing and the bottom of the cleaner chamber, and wherein there are openings in the bottom of the cleaner chamber for drainage of water and cleansing material into the space.

4. The device of claim 1 formed from first and second components, wherein the first component fits into the second component.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the rim is configured so that between flushes the cleaner chamber is less than ½ full with water.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein the rim is configured so that between flushes the cleaner chamber is less than ¼ full with water.

7. The device of claim 1 comprising a water loading chamber between the water inlet chamber and the cleaner chamber passages and in liquid communication with the water inlet chamber and the passages.

8. The device of claim 6 wherein the loading chamber is below the cleaner chamber.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein the chamber passages comprising a plurality of openings in the chamber bottom.

10. A device for dispensing toilet bowl cleaner from a toilet tank to a toilet bowl of a toilet, the toilet tank having a water inlet tube and an overflow tube, wherein water flows from the water inlet tube when the toilet is flushed, the device comprising:

a. a housing;

b. an outlet for water flow from the device and configured for water passage connection to the overflow tube;

c. a rim around the outlet;

d. a cleaner chamber in the housing for receiving toilet bowl cleaner material, the cleaner chamber having a bottom;

e. a water inlet chamber within the housing for receiving substantially all of the water from the water inlet tube and configured so that water entering the water inlet chamber can pass over the rim into the outlet;

f. one or more cleaner chamber passages to the cleaner chamber for a portion of the water flowing into the water inlet chamber to pass into the cleaner chamber and for water containing cleaner to pass out of the cleaner chamber for passage to the outlet; and

wherein the rim is configured so that between flushes the cleaner chamber is less than ½ full with water, and wherein the housing has a bottom with a space between the bottom of the housing and the bottom of the cleaner chamber, and wherein there are openings in the bottom wall of the cleaner chamber for drainage of water and cleansing material into the space.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein the rim is configured so that between flushes the cleaner chamber is less than ¼ full with water.

12. The device of claim 10 comprising a barrier in the cleaner chamber proximate to at least one passage.

13. The device of claim 10 wherein the least elevated portion of the rim is below the height of the bottom of all of the cleaner chamber passages.

14. A device for dispensing toilet bowl cleaner from a toilet tank to the toilet bowl of a toilet, the toilet tank having a water inlet tube and an overflow tube, the device comprising:

a. a housing;

b. an outlet from the housing and configured for water passage connection to the overflow tube;

c. a rim around the outlet;

d. a cleaner chamber in the housing for receiving toilet bowl cleaner material, the cleaner chamber having a bottom;

e. a water inlet chamber within the housing for receiving substantially all of the water from the water inlet tube and configured so that water entering the water inlet chamber can pass over the rim into the outlet;

f. one or more cleaner chamber passages to the cleaner chamber for a portion of the water flowing into the water inlet chamber to pass into the cleaner chamber and for water containing cleaner to pass out of the cleaner chamber for passage to the outlet; and

g. a barrier in the cleaner chamber proximate to at least one passage;

wherein the housing has a bottom with a space between the bottom of the housing and the bottom of the cleaner chamber, and wherein there are openings in the bottom wall of the cleaner chamber for drainage of water and cleansing material into the space.

15. The device of claim 14 wherein the least elevated portion of the rim is below the height of the bottom of all of the cleaner chamber passages.

16. The device of claim 14 formed from first and second components, wherein the first component fits into the second component.

17. The device of claim 1 installed in a toilet with a cake of toilet bowl cleaner in the cleaner chamber.

18. The device of claim 4 wherein the first component comprises the cleaner chamber and the second component has the outlet and the water inlet chamber.

19. The device of claim 18 wherein the first component can be separated from the second component while leaving the second component installed in a toilet.

20. The device of claim 1 comprising a plurality of water inlet chambers.

21. A device for dispensing toilet bowl cleaner from a toilet tank to a toilet bowl of a toilet, the toilet tank having a water inlet tube and an overflow tube, the device comprising:

a. a housing;

b. an outlet for water flow from the device and configured for water passage connection to the overflow tube;

c. a rim around the outlet;

d. a cleaner chamber in the housing for receiving toilet bowl cleaner, the cleaner chamber having a bottom;

e. a water inlet chamber within the housing for receiving substantially all of the water from the water inlet tube and configured so that water entering the water inlet chamber can pass over the rim to the outlet;

f. one or more cleaner chamber passages to the cleaner chamber for a portion of the water flowing into the water inlet chamber to pass into the cleaner chamber and for water containing cleaner to pass out of the cleaner chamber for passage to the outlet;

g. at least one baffle in the cleaner chamber; and

wherein the least elevated portion of the rim is no more than 10 mm higher than the bottom of all of the cleaner chamber passages.

22. The device of claim 21 comprising a barrier in the cleaner chamber proximate to at least one passage.

23. The device of claim 21 wherein the least elevated portion of the rim is below the height of the bottom of all of the cleaner chamber passages.

24. The device of claim 21 wherein the housing has a bottom with a space between the bottom of the housing and the bottom of the cleaner chamber, and wherein there are openings in the bottom of the cleaner chamber for drainage of water and cleansing material into the space.

25. The device of claim 21 formed from first and second components, wherein the first component fits into the second component.

26. The device of claim 21 wherein the rim is configured so that between flushes the cleaner chamber is less than ½ full with water.

27. The device of claim 26 wherein the rim is configured so that between flushes the cleaner chamber is less than ¼ full with water.

28. The device of claim 21 comprising a water loading chamber between the water inlet chamber and the cleaner chamber passages and in liquid communication with the water inlet chamber and the passages.

29. The device of claim 27 wherein the loading chamber is below the cleaner chamber.

30. The device of claim 21 wherein the chamber passages comprising a plurality of openings in the chamber bottom.

Continuity (2)
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