Automatic toilet bowl cleaner

• US 5,611,465 A
• Filed: 03/20/1995
• Issued: 03/18/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aling Shu, Lee, Kuo-Chou, Tsang-Chang Hwang
• Original Assignee: Aling Shu, Lee, Kuo-Chou, Tsang-Chang Hwang
• Inventors: Lee, Kuo-Chou, Shu, Aling, Hwang, Tsang-Chang
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory L.
• Application Number:
  US08/407,362
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 222/214, 222/638, 222/651, 222/646, 4/226.1, 4/224, 4/223
• US Class Current: 222/214
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 9/005 Devices adding disinfecting or deodorising agents to the bowl
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 9/031 Devices connected to or dispensing into the flushing pipe

Abstract

A toilet bowl is automatically cleaned by a device having an automatic liquid soap dispenser and a guided flow tube. The dispenser is provided with a timer-activated device, and the guided flow tube is connected to the water supply connection of the toilet bowl. The liquid soap is squeezed through the guided flow tube into the water supply connection, thereby allowing the water to be mixed with the liquid soap for flushing and cleaning the toilet bowl.

Claims

1. An automatic toilet bowl cleaner comprising:

a) a soap dispenser including a base, a housing connected to the base for movement between open and dosed positions, a holding base mounted to the base and containing a driver means, a soap storage bag disposed within the housing and including a flexible feeding tube engageable by the driver means for dispensing soap therefrom;

b) a timer means disposed within the holding base for activating the driver means at predetermined intervals of time, the timer means including a timer, a circuit means and means for adjusting the predetermined time intervals for activating the driver means; and

c) a guided flow tube having first and second ends, an L-shaped coupling connecting the first end of the flow tube to the flexible feeding tube for receiving soap therefrom and the second end for connection to a water supply line of a toilet bowl, whereby soap dispensed from the flexible feeding tube through the flow tube is mixed with the water from the water supply line to clean the toilet bowl.

2. The automatic toilet bowl cleaner of claim 1 wherein the L-shaped coupling includes two threaded ends, the flexible feeding tube and the first end of the flow tube each includes a threaded coupling disposed in threaded engagement with the threaded ends of the L-shaped coupling.