Chemical Holder Suspended In Bowl Patents (Class 4/231)
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Patent number: 12221780Abstract: Substance dispenser (1) for temporarily placement on a flush bowl (100), comprising a flexible connecting part (21) including a layer of film material (20) defining a first surface, in particular a rear surface. The first surface is provided with a first adhesive (31) for temporary connecting said connecting part to a rim of the flush bowl. The substance dispenser further comprises a handle part (22), connected to the connecting part (21) at or near a first end region of said connecting part, for handling the substance dispenser (1) during placement on the flush bowl (100) and for handling the substance dispenser (1) during removal from the flush bowl (100). Further, the substance dispenser comprises a substance holder (50) holding a substance. In particular, the substance may comprise a cleaning agent, disinfectant, air freshener, and/or a descaling agent. The substance holder (50) is connected to the connecting part (21) at or near a second end region of said connecting part.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Toilet Tapes B.V.Inventor: Oskar Anthoni De Waal
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Patent number: 12129639Abstract: Provided is a chemical solution supply device for which an installation location can be easily ensured and which can stably supply a chemical solution. The chemical solution supply device includes a container having an inner space in which a chemical solution to be supplied to a toilet bowl is accommodated, and a guide member that is attached to an upper portion of a side wall portion defining a water flow space in which washing water for washing the toilet bowl flows, and has a guide surface in which one or a plurality of grooves for guiding the chemical solution sent out from the inner space to the water flow space are formed.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kaoru Kasakawa, Kouji Nakatani, Yuji Nakayama
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Patent number: 11913211Abstract: A toilet that includes a tank configured to hold water from a water supply; a reservoir fluidly connected to the tank and configured to hold a cleaning compound comprising a chemical compound and water from the water supply; and an actuator configured to control a flush cycle of the toilet upon a first activation, the actuator including at least one nozzle fluidly connected to the reservoir and configured to discharge an amount of the cleaning compound external to the tank upon at least one of the first activation or a second activation.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Michael Luettgen, William Kuru, Clayton Garrels, Peter W. Denzin
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Patent number: 11821191Abstract: A extended-time release method includes the following steps: mixing water with the toilet cleaner to form an initial solution when water enters a bowl; starting release of the initial solution while water level in the bowl returns to normal; and continuing release of the initial solution after the water level in the bowl returns to normal, in which a mixed liquid of the initial solution and the water in the bowl is referred to as a primary solution; in the above method, the volume of the initial solution is not less than 10 ml; and the content of the effective ingredients of the toilet cleaner in the primary solution is not less than 2 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: GUANGZHOU BLUE MOON INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhanqiu Lai, Lili Hu, Cancan Wang
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Patent number: 11041292Abstract: A urine splatter suppression device and related method are provided. The device can include a base that engages a rim of a toilet, an arm including a corresponding recess and/or projection that engages a base recess and/or a base projection so that the arm is removably supported by the base adjacent the rim, and a deflection plate is joined with the arm and angled between 60 degrees and 90 degrees inclusive relative to the arm and extending transversely inward toward the longitudinal axis of the toilet from the side rim of the toilet. Multiple fingers can extend upward from the deflection plate. The device can be configured so a stream of liquid impinging the plate and/or fingers from above the toilet is dissipated to impair splatter of the stream to an area outside the toilet. A related method of use also is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Splash Guard LLCInventor: Brandon E. Herbert
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Patent number: 10947712Abstract: A refillable, stand-alone in-cistern device that is activated only by the rising and falling of the water in the cistern that will delay the introduction of a concentrated dose of liquid cleansing agent into the last part of the flush cycle of the toilet, thereby delivering a wide range of improved cleaning and deodorising consumer benefits. The invention only requires securement in any convenient position inside the cistern wall and requires no other customer installation maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventor: Howard Oliver Britz
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Patent number: 10669704Abstract: A toilet basket for receiving solid or gelled preparations having at least one container for receiving at least one preparation, the container positionable below the toilet rim so that flushing water can flow over it when the toilet is flushed, and at least one inlet opening and one outlet opening shaped in the container wall for the flushing water. A holder for mounting the toilet basket on the bowl rim; a flushing water distributing element arranged 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 into the inlet opening of the container is produced.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Ralph Butter-Jentsch, Hans-Georg Muehlhausen
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Patent number: 10344462Abstract: A dispenser system for treating a toilet, the dispenser system comprising: a tray (402) having a rim at least partially surrounding a plurality of compartments (404) housing a treatment composition, each compartment (404) having a first side configured to be closed to flushing water and a second side configured to be open to flushing water, the second side defining an aperture for receiving the treatment composition; and a hanger (406) configured to suspend the tray (402) from a toilet bowl rim; and a cover coupled to the rim for sealing the aperture of each compartment and configured to be removed by a user prior to use.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Douglas A. Soller, Katherine Therese Rodriguez, Steven A. Zach, Brandon C. Loss, Marina J. Maller, Christina L. Gola, Cathal L. Fahy
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Patent number: 10196803Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Hans-Georg Muehlhausen, Ralph Butter-Jentsch
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Patent number: 10070758Abstract: A soap grip for a bar of soap provides a flexible fabric gripping body that extends through a medial portion of a bar of soap so as to extend from a first end and a second end thereof, the gripping body provides finger holes extending outwardly from the ends of the bar of soap to allow for secure gripping of the bar of soap while bathing.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Inventor: James W. Healy
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Patent number: 10000931Abstract: An apparatus for mold remediation on a building roof. A porous, stretchable tube includes two opposing folding end elements. Many mold remediation particles are contained within the tube. The porous, stretchable tube is made of a weather resistant material having multiple material openings so as to allow moisture to penetrate to the mold remediation particles while being sized smaller than the mold remediation particles so as to retain them in the tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventor: Daniel T. Daugherty
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Patent number: 9955830Abstract: The device for holding male genitalia adjacent a toilet seat is an apparatus that may be installed temporarily on the front, inside edge of a toilet seat. When installed on a toilet seat, the apparatus provides support for a user's penis while the user is seated on the toilet. In so doing, the apparatus prevents the user's genitalia from touching water in the toilet or the toilet itself. The apparatus is easily installed by sliding U-shaped clips onto the front of the toilet seat.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Inventors: Constance Harris, Shakia Burton
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Patent number: 9926695Abstract: The invention relates to a toilet cleaner for receiving solid or gel preparations, comprising a plurality of containers for receiving at least one preparation. The containers can be positioned below the toilet rim such that flushing water can flow over the containers when the toilet is flushed, and at least one inlet opening and outlet opening are formed in each container wall for the flushing water. A flushing water conducting element is arranged and configured on the toilet cleaner such that flushing water is supplied to the flushing water conducting element when the toilet is flushed and the flushing water is conducted to the inlet opening of the container. The inlet openings are asymmetrical relative to the vertical axis V of the containers and are arranged at an angle of incidence ? of 1°-60° relative to the longitudinal central axis M.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Detlef Lehmann, Hans-Georg Muehlhausen
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Patent number: 9366016Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Ralph Butter-Jentsch, Hans-Georg Muehlhausen
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Patent number: 9334640Abstract: The present invention relates to improved toilet dispensing devices for use in conjunction with a sanitary appliance particularly a toilet.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLC.Inventors: Diane Joyce Burt, Dalmacio T. Jugarap
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Patent number: 9068330Abstract: A bathroom device with a single use dissolvable functional head with a plunger head or a cleaning head is described. The bathroom device may include an elongated handle coupled at a first end to the to the single use dissolvable functional head. The device may also include a single use dissolvable sleeve covering a portion of the elongated handle and a release mechanism for releasing the single use dissolvable functional head from the first end of the elongated handle. The single use dissolvable sleeve may be configured to slide off the elongated handle when the single use dissolvable functional head has been released. A method of using the bathroom device is also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Inventor: Larry D. Schultz
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Patent number: 9003572Abstract: An improved hanger 19 for a lavatory treatment device 10 which comprises: a top plate portion 20 which from an approximate midpoint 21, depends a downwardly extending stalk 22, wherein the top plate portion 20 includes a left arm section 20A section and a right arm section 20B which extends outwardly from the midpoint 21 and in a forward direction with respect to the stalk 22, wherein the left arm section 20A and the right arm section 20B are preferably essentially symmetrical about the midpoint 21 and are angled forwardly with respect to the stalk 22, and at the ends of each of the left arm section 20A section and a right arm section 20B are each a downwardly extending to grip arm, 23A, 23B, which grip arms 23A, 23B are parallel and spaced part from one another, and also each is located forward of the stalk 22.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLCInventors: Stella Louise Knorr, Sasha Miu, Adrian Charles Ian Scott-Murphy, Saravanabhavan Selvalingam
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Patent number: 8966674Abstract: Cageless toilet dispensing devices for use in conjunction with a sanitary appliance particularly a toilet, and methods for their use.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2009Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLCInventors: Robert Zhong Lu, Dana Moseson
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Publication number: 20140298577Abstract: Self-adhesive lavatory treatment compositions comprise an adhesion promoter based on a fatty alcohol polyglycol ether as may be represented by the following structural formula (I): R—O—?CH2—CH2—O?nH??(I) within which, R is an C12-C24 aliphatic mono- or poly-alkene moiety, and n has a value of from 1 to 50, an organic solvent constituent, a surfactant, and water.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Diane Joyce Burt, Priscila Mira Luciano
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Patent number: 8776277Abstract: The present invention relates to improved toilet dispensing devices for use in conjunction with a sanitary appliance, particularly a toilet.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLCInventor: Hui-Lian Leo
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Patent number: 8695124Abstract: A toilet chemical dispenser includes a housing defining an accommodation chamber and a first opening, a cover plate covering the first opening and having a water outlet port. a flow-guide plate upwardly outwardly extended from the cover plate and defining with the cover plate a predetermined contained angle, a chemical box accommodated in the accommodation chamber of the housing and having a second opening facing the first opening and the water outlet port of the cover plate, and a mounting device having its one connected to the housing and its other end thereof for fastening to the top edge of the bowl of a toilet.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Inventor: Jin-Yang Hsu
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Patent number: 8685304Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a lavatory dispensing device useful for the delivery of at least one treatment composition, preferably a cleaning composition and/or a sanitizing composition to a sanitary appliance.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLCInventors: Nevin Arora, Christopher King, Robert Zhong Lu, Tri Nguyen, Dana Phieff, Steven Wu
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Publication number: 20140068848Abstract: A urinal deodoriser cartridge assembly (100) is provided. The assembly comprises an outer body (200) sized for placement in a urinal, and an insert (300) configured for insertion into and removable retention within, the outer body (200), and to retain a deodorising block (110). The assembly (100) is adapted to permit contact between urinal liquids and the deodorising block (110) by a base of the insert (300) being positionable to contact a surface of the urinal. A device configured for placement in a urinal, and for retaining a urinal deodoriser cartridge (100) assembly is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventor: Boon Lye Paul Neo
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Publication number: 20140059752Abstract: An apparatus for applying a cleaning substance to a bathroom surface to be cleaned includes a body that is dissolvable in water, the body having an elongate, distally-facing wall defining a cavity for releasably retaining the cleaning substance until the body is dislodged by flowing water. For toilet surface applications, the apparatus includes a cleaning substance and a body that is dissolvable in water. The body has a distally-facing cavity for releasably retaining the cleaning substance and a proximally-extending gripping mechanism to permit the user to grip the body and then press the cleaning substance against the toilet surface. The body is configured to release the cleaning substance to permit the body to be dislodged. A method for applying a cleaning substance includes the following steps: employing the water dissolvable body to apply the cleaning substance to the toilet bowl; and removing the body thereby leaving the cleaning substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Phoebe Leppla, Rachel Robinette
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Patent number: 8615820Abstract: The present invention relates to a cageless lavatory dispensing device comprising a hanger (10) and a compressed solid block (50). The hanger (10) has a hook end (20) for suspending the dispensing device to a sanitary-appliance, and the compressed solid block (50) comprises at least one chemical agent. A process for delivering a treatment composition to a sanitary appliance is also disclosed. Said process comprises the steps of: providing and suspending a cageless lavatory dispensing device within the sanitary appliance; periodically flushing water about the exterior of the compressed block to elute at least one chemical constituent to form a treatment composition with said water, which treatment composition provides cleaning and/or sanitizing and/or disinfecting benefit to the sanitary appliance.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLCInventors: Nevin Arora, Christopher Brian King, Robert Zhong Lu, Tri Nguyen, Dana Moseson, Steven Wu
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Patent number: 8616796Abstract: A household device. One household device comprises a rod and a chamber extending from the rod, the chamber is configured to contain one dispensing element, the one dispensing element is configured for dispensing materials that are dissolvable in water. The chamber further includes at least one opening configured to allow the dispensing material to contact water and thereby dispense the dispensing material when in contact with water. The household device additionally includes one mounting clip attached to at least one of the rod and the chamber. The mounting clip is configured for mounting the rod and chamber to a household implement that periodically fills with water.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Inventor: Naftali Lobl
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Patent number: 8603257Abstract: An automatic toilet bowl treatment device, wherein said device comprises: a fluid reservoir, a pump means, a hanger means, and a fluid spray means wherein the entire device is configured so that it can be suspended from, preferably wholly suspended from, a part of a toilet bowl and in particular, a part of the toilet bowl rim. The device is used for the automatic treatment of a lavatory appliance, preferably a toilet bowl and especially preferably the interior surfaces of a toilet bowl which process comprises operating the device to provide a quantity of a treatment composition at periodic intervals to one or more interior surfaces of the lavatory appliance, and preferably to one or more of the interior surfaces of a toilet bowl.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLCInventors: Diane Joyce Burt, Wu Jin, Christopher King, Alexander W Mayes, Pawel Rudzinski, Jacobus Simon Petrus Van Diepen
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Patent number: 8551259Abstract: The invention relates to a holder for an active ingredient comprising a fixing portion for mechanical fixing under a toilet bowl rim, and a receiving portion joined to the fixing portion for receiving an active ingredient. One problem of such known holders is that they are troublesome to fix to the toilet bowl and to remove again therefrom. This disadvantage is overcome according to the invention by at least parts of the fixing portion being formed from a biodegradable, preferably water-soluble material.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Symrise AGInventor: Jörn Wiedemann
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Patent number: 8510872Abstract: Toilet flusher (1) comprising a power source (3), a control unit (4), and at least one first container (9) containing a first preparation (10), wherein the first container can be coupled to the toilet flusher (1), wherein at least the first preparation (10) has a viscosity less than 3,000 mPas, and wherein a pump (6) and/or a dispensing element (43) is configured so that when the pump (6) is idle or the dispensing element (43) is in the closed position, the preparation (10) is prevented from freely flowing into the surrounding area.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Hans-Georg Mühlhausen, Frank Pessel, Ralph Butter-Jentsch, Matthias Lueken
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Publication number: 20130104304Abstract: A toilet bowl treatment composition dispensing device, comprising a hanger and a treatment composition block. The hanger (20) comprises an elongate body portion (21) having a first end and a second end; a hook portion (22) at the first end for suspending the hanger (20) from a rim of a toilet bowl; and a block supporting portion (23) at the second end, the block supporting portion (23) having at least one finger (25) projecting from a surface of the supporting portion. Wherein the hook portion (22) and the at least one finger (25) project from one of the same longitudinal side of the body portion (21), and opposite longitudinal sides of the body portion (21), and the treatment composition block (10) is retained on the supporting portion (23) by said at least one finger inserted into a surface of said treatment composition block.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventors: Brian Wilson, Matthew Stevenson, Trevor Payne
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Patent number: 8429767Abstract: A release device, such as a toilet freshener that releases at least one preparation into the interior of a toilet bowl, comprises a dispenser, at least one container connected to the dispenser for storing at least one preparation, a release element for releasing preparation, a line connecting the release element and the container in communicating manner, a sensor unit capable of detecting vibrations, and a fastening means for detachably fixing the dispenser to the rim of a toilet bowl. In a preferred embodiment, the fastening means rests at least in part on the toilet bowl and is configured to pick up vibrations, such as structure-borne noise, from the toilet bowl and transmit them to the sensor unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Henkel AG & CO. KGaAInventor: Daniel Frey
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Patent number: 8424122Abstract: The application relates to a release device, in particular toilet freshener, for releasing at least one preparation into the interior of a toilet bowl comprising a dispenser, at least one container connected to the dispenser for storing at least one preparation, a release element for releasing preparation, in particular into the interior of a toilet bowl, the release element being connected in communicating manner to the container via a line and the bottom of the container being arranged above the release orifice of the release element in the direction of gravity, such that a difference in level ?h is formed between the bottom of the container and the release orifice of the release element.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Henkel AG & Co., KGaAInventor: Daniel Frey
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Patent number: 8402570Abstract: A toilet freshener for releasing a preparation into a toilet bowl includes a dispenser, at least one container couplable with the dispenser for storing the preparation, a release element for releasing preparation into the toilet bowl and connected in communicating manner to the container via a line so that the bottom of the container is arranged above the release orifice of the release element in the direction of gravity, such that a difference in level is formed between the bottom of the container and the release orifice of the release element, and a pin connected to the line, which interacts with the couplable container such that, during coupling of the container with the dispenser, the pin displaces a volume of preparation in the container, whereby a pressure is produced in the container, which pressure conveys the preparation over the difference in level into the line.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventor: Daniel Frey
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Publication number: 20120266370Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Ralph Butter-Jentsch, Hans-Georg Muchlhausen
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Publication number: 20120266369Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Ralph Butter-Jentsch, Hans-Georg Muehlhausen
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Publication number: 20120266368Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Ralph Butter-Jentsch, Hans-Georg Muehlhausen
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Patent number: 8291524Abstract: A clip for mounting a fluid delivery device adjacent a wall of an enclosure is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes a base, a hook configured to support the base adjacent the wall, means for attaching a fluid delivery device to the base, and means for rotating the base. Additionally, a method for attaching a clip for mounting a fluid delivery device adjacent a toilet bowl is disclosed. The method includes securing a hook to a rim, engaging a tab of a base to an underside of the rim at an interface, and rotating the base in response to the interface to substantially engage the tab of the base with the underside of the rim.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: S.C, Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Stephen B. Leonard, Allen D. Miller, Michael M. Sawalski, Timothy R. Ordiway, Linda M. Madore, Jeffrey L. Crull, Steven Merrill Harrington, Wai Yin Shum
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Patent number: 8277715Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a lavatory dispensing device useful for the delivery of at least one treatment composition, preferably a cleaning composition and/or a sanitizing composition to a sanitary appliance.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLCInventors: Nevin Arora, Christopher King, Robert Zhong Lu, Tri Nguyen, Dana Pheiff, Steven Wu
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Patent number: 8266729Abstract: The dispenser for a W.C. bowl comprises a support means (40) having a support (41, 42) for containing a first active substance in liquid or solid form and provided with at least one exit aperture (3) for said active substance; and hooking means (43) for supporting said support (41, 42) below the rim (21) of the W.C. bowl (20), in a position exposed to the action of the flushing water flow. According to the invention, at least one pocket (5) is provided, shaped to be associated with the outside of the support means (40), within said pocket (5) there being defined a chamber (6) comprising a perfuming substance or other active substance. Preferably, said perfuming substance is in the form of granules formed of absorbent plastic material. Alternatively, said perfuming substance is liquid and contained in an enclosure with an osmotic membrane.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2005Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Re.Le.Vi—S.p.A.Inventor: Fabio Pagani
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Patent number: 8256038Abstract: A urinal block for use in a conventional water-based urinal where the water has been shut off, the block includes a first block portion that makes up about forty percent to sixty percent of the urinal block and has a first portion composition substantially similar to a conventional, non-paradichlorobenzene block used in water-based urinals for deodorizing during each flush, a second block portion that makes up about forty to sixty percent of the urinal block and has a second portion composition of a blended mixture of a non-paradichlorobenzene block portion, an odor counteractant gel, and a bacterial culture gel, and a liquid-pervious and liquid-insoluble layer covering at least the second block portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Inventor: Jay D. Hunter
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Patent number: 8197739Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a lavatory dispensing device useful for the delivery of at least one treatment composition, preferably a cleaning composition and/or a sanitizing composition to a sanitary appliance.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser LLCInventor: Robert Zhong Lu
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Patent number: 8181282Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Ralph Butter-Jentsch, Hans-Georg Muehlhausen
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Publication number: 20120073036Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable-volume metering pump automatic dispenser of sanitary products for toilet water cisterns, made up of a reservoir and of an auxiliary reservoir, and in which: the reservoir contains a sanitary product and an adjustable-volume metering pump of a membrane-pump version is mounted by a sealed assembly in its lower part, and each time the toilet is used, the auxiliary reservoir releases the dose of sanitary product into the water at the end of the flush and then receives from the adjustable-volume metering pump a new dose of sanitary product required for the next use of the toilet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventor: JEAN-PIERRE RIZZO
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Patent number: 8015629Abstract: A device useful for the delivery of a treatment composition, and a fragrancing effect to a sanitary appliance, especially a toilet bowl.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Inc.Inventors: Lamson Nguyen, Jeanne Marie Weller
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Patent number: 7979923Abstract: A urinal deodorizer set includes a support frame member, which has an upright board, a sloping flow guide board disposed at the top side of the upright board, and first diversion boards perpendicularly extended from the upright board and the sloping flow guide board, a holder frame member, which has an outer upright board, an arched bottom board, two sideboards, and second diversion boards perpendicularly extended from the outer upright boards and respectively abutted against the first diversion boards and defining with the first diversion boards an accommodation space, a deodorizer block accommodated in the accommodation space, and an anchoring member provided at the support frame member for securing the urinal deodorizer set to the vertical wall of a urinal to let flushing water run through the urinal deodorizer in mixing with the deodorizer block to achieve effective cleaning of the vertical and bottom walls of the urinal.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Inventor: Johnson J. Y. Hsu
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Publication number: 20110099698Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Ralph Butter-Jentsch, Hans-Georg Muehlhausen
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Patent number: 7921479Abstract: A system for conserving water in a conventional water-based urinal where the water has been shut off, the block includes a first block portion that makes up about forty percent to sixty percent of the urinal block and has a first portion composition substantially similar to a conventional, non-paradichlorobenzene block used in water-based urinals for deodorizing during each flush, and a second block portion that makes up about forty to sixty percent of the urinal block and has a second portion composition of a blended mixture of a non-paradichlorobenzene block portion, an odor counteractant gel, and a bacterial culture gel.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2008Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Inventor: Jay D. Hunter
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Patent number: 7908680Abstract: A multi-function canister, mountable within a urinal chamber, is held in place by a spring clip that is insertable in one of the flush apertures at the top of the chamber, and which biases the canister against the chamber rear wall. The canister includes an onboard fragrance tablet that continually dispenses an odor-counteracting aroma. The canister also includes a reservoir filled with a solid compound, a dissolved portion of which is released into the chamber with each flush by water flowing from the aperture in which the spring clip is installed. A deflector tray limits the amount of water flowing into the reservoir. The dissolved portion inhibits the formation of potassium phosphate scale (urine calculus) on the surfaces of the urinal chamber and drainage pipes. The solid compound may be sulfamic acid. The canister may also include a grill which covers and protects the fragrance tablet.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Inventor: Hiromi Akitsu
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Patent number: 7832025Abstract: A dispenser for releasing a treatment composition into the bowl of a toilet, and a fragrance into the surrounding room, comprises a solid block of a treatment composition in a housing. A block of gel material impregnated with the fragrance fills an opening in a front wall of the housing and is exposed to the housing interior.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Jeyes Group LimitedInventors: Peter Virica, Neil Papworth, Brian Wilson
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Publication number: 20100212074Abstract: An article or a device comprising a delivery means which includes a non-liquid lavatory treatment material which includes a first air treatment constituent in its composition, and wherein the device also includes an air treatment means particularly where the air treatment means is used to treat the ambient environment in the near vicinity, or in the in the proximity of the lavatory appliance with which the article or device is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Diane Joyce Burt, Jeanne Marie Weller