Drain treatment product and method of use
First Claim
1. An aqueous soluble drain sanitizing article for dispensing a chemical sanitizing agent for sanitizing running and standing drainage, said drain sanitizing article comprising an aqueous soluble sanitizing bar, said bar comprising (a) an effective amount of an antimicrobial sanitizer, and (b) an effective amount of hardener, said sanitizing bar having an interior wall, said interior wall defining an opening in said drain sanitizing article wherein when said drain sanitizing article is placed into a drain, said drain sanitizing article allows for the passage of drainage over the article and through said drain sanitizing article opening into the drain.
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Abstract
A drain sanitizing article (9) for reducing microbiological activity in drain runoff areas having a housing (10), the housing having an inner wall (16) defining an inner opening (18) in the housing, an outer wall (12), and a bottom wall (14) defining a central cavity (15) in the housing (10), a tear strip (20) for destructibly removing the housing outer wall and a portion of the bottom wall (14), a handle (30) spanning the inner opening (18) of the housing (10) and joined to the inner wall (16) of said housing (10); and a chemical sanitizing agent (40).
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- 1. An aqueous soluble drain sanitizing article for dispensing a chemical sanitizing agent for sanitizing running and standing drainage, said drain sanitizing article comprising an aqueous soluble sanitizing bar, said bar comprising (a) an effective amount of an antimicrobial sanitizer, and (b) an effective amount of hardener, said sanitizing bar having an interior wall, said interior wall defining an opening in said drain sanitizing article wherein when said drain sanitizing article is placed into a drain, said drain sanitizing article allows for the passage of drainage over the article and through said drain sanitizing article opening into the drain.
- 19. An aqueous soluble article for dispensing a chemical sanitizing agent for sanitizing running and standing aqueous drainage, said drain sanitizing article comprising a solid circular bar having an outer wall and an inner wall, said inner wall defining an opening in said bar wherein when said drain sanitizing article is placed into a drain comprising a drain trap and a drain pipe, said solid circular bar outer wall lies adjacent to said drain trap and said bar inner wall lies adjacent said drain pipe allowing for the passage of drainage over the article into the drain, said article comprising (a) from about 5 wt-% to 80 wt-% of an antimicrobial sanitizer, said sanitizer selected from the group consisting of an n-alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, an organic encapsulated chlorine releasing agent, an inorganic chlorine source, a phenol source, an aldehyde, an iodophor and mixtures thereof, and (b) from about 20 wt-% to 95 wt-% of a hardener, said hardener selected from the group consisting of an alkyl amide, a nonionic surfactant, a water soluble starch, urea, and mixtures thereof.
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