Toilet tool cleaning system

• US 9,464,424 B1
• Filed: 04/03/2014
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wiltshire, Michael
• Original Assignee: Wiltshire, Michael
• Inventors: Wiltshire, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Durand, Paul R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Klotz, William R
• Application Number:
  US14/244,894
• Time in Patent Office: 922 Days
• Field of Search: 432/1, 434/1, 466/1, 206/209, 206/361, 206/581, 321/31, 321/206, 422/300, 422/301
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 11/10 Hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl , seat or cover, e.g. toilet brushes cleaning devices without flushing A47K17/00; mechanical devices for cleaning toilet bowls E03D
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 17/00 Other equipment , e.g. separate apparatus for deodorising, disinfecting or cleaning devices without flushing for toilet bowls, seats or covers; Holders for toilet brushesportable urinating aids A61F5/4556; devices for receiving spittle A61J19/00 ; disinfecting apparatus for medical, surgical or hygienic purposes A61L; cleaning devices with flushing for toilet bowls, seats or covers E03D9/00; for emptying or cleaning chamber-pots, bed pans, bed urinals or the like E03D11/025
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/308 by means of a pumping device
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 11/11 Bowls combined with a reservoir, e.g. containing apparatus for disinfecting or for disintegrating
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 9/00 Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl A47K11/10; seats or covers for closets A47K13/00; body supports, other than seats for closets A47K17/02; devices for preventing contamination of drinking-water pipes E03C1/10 ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells cleaning, disinfecting or deodorising the seat A47K13/30
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 9/005 Devices adding disinfecting or deodorising agents to the bowl
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 9/038 Passive dispensers, i.e. without moving parts

Abstract

A toilet tool cleansing system employs a mixing eductor that disperses a disinfectant solution into a water stream that is sprayed onto the tool and thereafter collected and discharged into a toilet via a drain eductor. The cleansing system includes plumbing and a valve adapted to be in fluid communication with an existing water supply source. A housing receives the toilet tool. The housing has at least one spray nozzle in fluid communication with the mixing eductor for dispensing the water and disinfectant on the tool. The drain eductor propels waste liquids from the system into a toilet bowl.

Claims

1. A toilet tool cleansing system comprising:

a first housing for containing at least a substantial portion of a toilet tool, said first housing having a top end and a bottom end and including

a door, the door being movable from a closed position to an open position, and in the open position the door providing a first opening in the first housing for insertion and removal of the toilet tool, and in the closed position the door covering the first opening;

at least one liquid spray nozzle in the first housing aimed at a portion of the first housing where the toilet tool is contained;

a water supply line fluidly coupled to the at least one liquid spray nozzle;

a valve in fluid communication with the water supply line, the valve controlling water supply to the at least one liquid spray nozzle

a drain port in the first housing, said drain port comprising a drain eductor and said valve controlling water supply to the at least one liquid spray nozzle also controlling water supply to the drain eductor; and

a drain line extending from the drain port to a toilet bowl, and said drain eductor propelling water through the drain line to the toilet bowl, the first housing being at a height below the toilet bowl.

2. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 1, the valve being a three way valve having an off position, a position that supplies water to the spray nozzles and a position that supplies water to the drain eductor.

3. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 1, the at least one liquid spray nozzle comprising a first nozzle and a second nozzle.

4. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 3, the at least one liquid spray nozzle comprising a first nozzle and a second nozzle, each of the first nozzle and the second nozzle being fluidly coupled to the water supply line, and the first nozzle being aimed to spray in a first direction and the second nozzle being aimed to spray in a second direction.

5. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 4, the first nozzle being above the second nozzle and the first direction being downwardly, and the second direction being upwardly, and at least a portion of the toilet tool being disposed between the first and second nozzle.

6. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 5, further comprising a ledge in the first housing adjacent to the bottom end of the first housing, the ledge supporting the toilet tool in an elevated position in the first housing above the second nozzle and below the first nozzle.

7. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 5, the bottom end of the first housing comprising a funnel-shaped receptacle having a conical mouth leading to a tubular outlet comprising the drain port.

8. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 1, further comprising a hinge attaching the door to the first housing, said door being able to pivot on the hinge from a closed position to an open position.

9. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 1, further comprising a liquid substance introduction eductor fluidly coupled to the water supply line and disposed between the valve and at least one liquid spray nozzle.

10. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 9, further comprising a liquid container removably coupled to the liquid substance eductor, said liquid container containing a liquid disinfectant, and a tube extending from the liquid substance eductor into the liquid container.

11. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 10, the liquid substance eductor comprising an eductor port in which water flowing through the water supply line draws in liquid disinfectant from the liquid container.

12. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 10, the liquid bottle being replaceable.

13. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 10, the liquid bottle being refillable.

14. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 1, the toilet tool comprising a toilet plunger.

15. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 1, the toilet tool comprising a toilet brush.

16. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 1, the first housing being at a height below the toilet bowl, the drain eductor causing flow from the drain port through the drain line to the toilet bowl.

17. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 16, the first housing being attached to a wall adjacent to a toilet bowl.

18. The toilet tool cleansing system according to claim 17, further comprising a toilet water supply line supplying water to the toilet bowl, the toilet tool cleansing system further comprising a coupling fluidly connecting the water supply line of the toilet tool cleansing system to the toilet water supply line.