Device with multiple toilet care action
A device with multiple toilet care action is provided with a reservoir for an active substance and suspension means for suspending the device from the rim of a toilet bowl such, that with every flushing operation, an active substance is dispensed to the flushing water in the toilet bowl. The reservoir is provided with at least two compartments for such an active substance. In a particular embodiment, in the compartments, active liquids have been disposed. In this situation, the device is provided with a holder, a bottle with said compartments detachably connected to the holder and a liquid collecting element which, when the device is suspended from the rim of a toilet bowl, is located in the path of the flushing water in the toilet bowl for adding thereto with each flushing operation an active liquid, the contents of the compartments being in constant communication with the liquid collecting element.
1. A device with multiple toilet care action, provided with a reservoir for an active substance and suspension means for suspending the device from the rim of a toilet bowl such that with every flushing operation an active substance is imparted to the flushing water in the toilet bowl, wherein the reservoir is provided with at least two compartments for an active substance, and wherein the reservoir is provided with a solid-retaining compartment having disposed therein a block of an active substance which, when the device is suspended from the rim of the toilet bowl, is also located in the path of the flushing water in the toilet bowl for adding to the toilet bowl, with each flushing operation, an amount of the active substance dissolved in the flushing water.
2. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the block is formed and disposed such that during the greatest part of its service life, during flushing operations, it only partly comes into contact with the flushing water.
3. A device according to claim 2 , wherein the block is composed and disposed such that during the greatest part of the service life of the block, the part of it coming into contact with the flushing water, is constant.
4. A device according to claim 3 , wherein the block is beam-shaped and is vertically disposed in the solid-retaining compartment.
5. A device according to claim 4 , wherein the solid-retaining compartment is disposed between two liquid compartments.
6. A device according to claim 5 , further comprising a liquid collecting element which, when the device is suspended from the rim of the toilet bowl, is located in the part of the flushing water in the toilet bowl for adding thereto with each flushing operation an active liquid, wherein the contents of the liquid compartments are in a constant communication with the liquid collecting element;
wherein the solid-retaining compartment is provided with a discharge opening which is located substantially at the same height as the liquid collecting element.
7. A rim-mounted active substance dispenser for toilet bowls comprising:
a reservoir, the reservoir including at least two compartments each compartment capable of being filled with an active liquid and having an air space in the volume not occupied by the active liquid;
at least one connecting element disposed between the at least two compartments, the connecting element equalizing the pressure in the at least two air spaces; and
a bracket which fastens the dispenser to the rim of a toilet bowl, so that a portion of the at least one active liquid is dispensed into the bowl water when the toilet is flushed.
8. The dispenser of claim 7 , further comprising:
a liquid collecting element disposed in the path of the toilet bowl water, the liquid collecting element being constantly liquidly connected to the at least two compartments, wherein the liquid collecting element imparts an amount of the at least one active liquid into the toilet bowl water during each flushing operation.
9. The dispenser of claim 8 , further comprising:
a holder; and
a bottle which houses the at least two compartments, the bottle detachably connected to the holder.
10. The dispenser of claim 9 , wherein the connecting element seals off each of the at least two compartments before the bottle is attached to the holder.
11. The dispenser of claim 10 , the connecting element further comprising a release which connects the at least two air spaces when the bottle is attached to the holder.
12. The dispenser of claim 11 , wherein:
the reservoir includes only two compartments;
the dispenser includes only one connecting element;
the connecting element comprises two open, tubular elements, each disposed in one of the two compartments, the two tubular elements having lower ends in communication with each other and upper ends that terminate in a common air space; and
the release comprises two rod-shaped elements, wherein the rod-shaped elements extend through and seal the two tubular elements before the bottle is attached to the holder, and connect the air spaces when the bottle is attached to the holder.
13. The dispenser of claim 9 , wherein the bottle houses the reservoir, and the each of the at least two compartments houses a different active liquid.
14. The dispenser of claim 8 , the reservoir further comprising a solid-retaining compartment capable of housing an active solid, so that a portion of the active solid is dispensed into the bowl water when the toilet is flushed.
15. The dispenser of claim 14 , wherein the solid-retaining compartment is disposed such that an active solid housed in the solid-retaining compartment is brought only partly into contact with the bowl water during each flushing operation.
16. The dispenser of claim 15 , wherein the solid-retaining compartment is disposed such that an active solid housed in the solid-retaining compartment contacts the bowl water only at the bottom of the active solid.
17. The dispenser of claim 16 , further comprising an active solid, the active solid being beam-shaped, vertically disposed and housed in the solid-retaining compartment.
18. The dispenser of claim 14 , wherein the solid-retaining compartment is disposed between the at least two compartments.
19. The dispenser of claim 14 , wherein the solid-retaining compartment further comprises a discharge element which is located substantially at the same height as the liquid collecting element.
20. A rim-mounted active substance dispenser for toilet bowls, comprising:
a reservoir, the reservoir including at least two compartments, each compartment capable of being filled with an active liquid and having an air space in the volume not occupied by the active liquid;
a liquid collecting element disposed in the path of the toilet bowl water, the liquid collecting element being constantly liquidly connected to the at least two compartments, wherein the liquid collecting element imparts an amount of the at least one active liquid into the toilet bowl water during each flushing operation; and
a bracket which fastens the dispenser to the rim of a toilet bowl, so that a portion of the at least one active liquid is dispensed into the bowl water when the toilet is flushed.