Toilet balls with flushing water distributor

• US 8,181,282 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2011
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dial Corporation (Henkel AG & Co KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Henkel AG & Co KGaA
• Inventors: Butter-Jentsch, Ralph, Muehlhausen, Hans-Georg
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): Younkins, Karen L
• Application Number:
  US12/987,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20110099698A1
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 422/71, 423/1
• US Class Current: 4/231
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 2009/024 using a solid substance
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 2009/026 using a gel-form substance
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 9/022 consisting of solid substances introduced in the bowl or the supply line
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 9/032 Devices connected to or dispensing into the bowl

Abstract

Toilet basket (1) for receiving solid or gelled preparations having at least one container (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) for receiving at least one preparation (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d), the container (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) positionable below the toilet rim so that flushing water can flow over it when the toilet is flushed, and at least one inlet opening (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) and one outlet opening (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) shaped in the container wall (7) for the flushing water; a holder (2) for mounting the toilet basket (1) on the bowl rim; a flushing water distributing element (8) arranged and configured on the toilet basket (1) so that the flushing water distributing element (8) is impinged upon by flushing water upon flushing, and an equalized delivery of flushing water into the inlet opening (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) of the container (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) is produced.

Claims

1. Toilet basket for receiving solid or gelled preparations comprising:

at least one container for receiving at least one preparation, the container being positionable on a toilet below a toilet bowl rim so that flushing water can flow over it when the toilet is flushed, the at least one container having one or more inlet openings and one or more outlet openings in a container wall for the flushing water,

a holder for mounting the toilet basket onto the toilet bowl rim, and

a flushing water distributing element arranged below the one or more inlet openings and configured on the toilet basket so that the flushing water distributing element is impinged upon by flushing water when the toilet is flushed, thereby producing an equalized delivery of flushing water into the one or more inlet openings of the at least one container.

2. Toilet basket according to claim 1, wherein when the toilet basket is installed in the toilet, the one or more inlet openings are located outside the flushing water stream.

3. Toilet basket according to claim 1, wherein the at least one container further comprises at least two containers and the toilet basket prevents an exchange of flushing water that has entered between the containers.

4. Toilet basket according to claim 1, wherein the at least one container is in substantially ball-like shape.

5. Toilet basket according to claim 1, wherein the at least one solid preparation is in substantially ball-like shapes.

6. Toilet basket according to claim 1, wherein the one or more inlet openings are in the shape of a slit.

7. Toilet basket for receiving liquid preparations comprising:

at least one container for receiving at least one preparation, the at least one container having at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening,

a preparation distributing element in the shape of a plate having an impingement region over which flushing liquid flows during a flushing operation,

wherein an interior of the at least one container is in continuous communication with the at least one preparation distributing element via the at least one outlet opening, with interposition of an arrangement that prevents free flow of an active-substance fluid,

a holder for mounting the toilet basket onto a toilet bowl rim, and

a flushing water distributing element arranged below the at least one inlet opening and configured on the toilet basket so that the flushing water distributing element is impinged upon by flushing water upon flushing and an equalized delivery of flushing water onto the preparation distributing element is produced.

8. Toilet basket according to claim 7, wherein the flushing water distributing element is a plate, chute, ramp, or trough.

9. Toilet basket according to claim 7, wherein at least two containers are arranged on the toilet basket.

10. Toilet basket according to claim 9, wherein the flushing water distributing element is provided in shared fashion for the at least two containers.

11. Toilet basket according to claim 7, wherein more than one container is provided on the toilet basket, each container receiving either the same preparation or preparations differing from one another.

12. Toilet basket according to claim 9, wherein the containers are integrally connected to one another.

13. Toilet basket according to claim 9, wherein the containers are connected to one another via a non-water-conveying strut.

14. Toilet basket according to claim 7, wherein the holder comprises at least one spring element.

15. Toilet basket according to claim 7, wherein the holder comprises at least two spring elements so that when the toilet basket is installed in a toilet, one spring element has a substantially vertical spring travel and one spring element has a substantially horizontal spring travel.

16. Toilet basket according to claim 11, wherein preparations differing from one another are stored in the more than one container.

17. Toilet basket according to claim 7, further comprising spacing elements in at least one container for spacing the preparation away from the outlet opening.

18. Toilet basket according to claim 7, wherein the flushing water distributing element (8) is integral with the at least one container.

19. Toilet basket according to claim 7, wherein the distributing element has a length corresponding substantially to a length of the toilet basket.

20. Toilet basket according to claim 7, wherein the toilet basket is elastic so that, when installed, the toilet basket can follow a contour of a toilet bowl.