EP2066213A2 - Tête de brosse de toilettes à usage unique - Google Patents

Tête de brosse de toilettes à usage unique

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EP2066213A2
EP2066213A2 EP08719689A EP08719689A EP2066213A2 EP 2066213 A2 EP2066213 A2 EP 2066213A2 EP 08719689 A EP08719689 A EP 08719689A EP 08719689 A EP08719689 A EP 08719689A EP 2066213 A2 EP2066213 A2 EP 2066213A2
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Prior art keywords
brush head
head assembly
pad
cleaning
film
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English (en)
Inventor
Maggie V. Berger
Peter H. Laurence
Carl G. Rippl
Susan M. Trefethren
Chris J. Uecker
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Kimberly Clark Worldwide Inc
Kimberly Clark Corp
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Kimberly Clark Worldwide Inc
Kimberly Clark Corp
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K11/00—Closets without flushing; Urinals without flushing; Chamber pots; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets
    • A47K11/10—Hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl, seat or cover, e.g. toilet brushes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D65/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/46—Applications of disintegrable, dissolvable or edible materials

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  • Toilet brushes are typically used to swirl cleaning chemicals around a toilet bowl and then to scrub the sides of the bowl with those chemicals and water, so as to assist in removing grime along the bowl sides.
  • Such brushes usually have brush bristles that are permanently affixed to the handle of the brush.
  • the disposable brush heads that were impregnated with a concentrated cleaning composition were not easy to handle because direct contact with the cleaning composition can cause skin irritation in some individuals.
  • the heads may be small enough to be considered “flushable,” the brush heads are relatively compact as compared to a wad of toilet paper, and may cause problems in certain waste systems, such as a sensitive septic system. This problem may be exacerbated by any extra structures (such as cardboard bands) used to hold brush head parts together.
  • disposable brush heads are formed from highly water-degradable material. Unfortunately, this may begin to fall apart before the cleaning process is completed, particularly when aggressive scrubbing is attempted. Further, such material may be so flexible that it is difficult to transmit scrubbing force from the handle to the brush head portion.
  • a disposable brush head assembly suitable to be held by a toilet-bowl cleaning device includes a pad, a cleaning compound, and a water-soluble film configured to contain the pad and the cleaning compound.
  • a disposable brush head assembly suitable to be held by a toilet bowl cleaning device, includes a stack of a plurality of layers of a substrate.
  • a water-soluble film is configured to contain the stack and cleaning compound granules, the film having a plurality of apertures therein. The apertures are small enough to contain the cleaning compound granules.
  • a toilet cleaning assembly which includes a handle and a disposable, flushable, pad that may be selectively attached to the handle.
  • the pad is made from a folded strip of material.
  • a cleaning compound Further included is a cleaning compound, and a water-soluble film configured to contain the pad and the cleaning compound.
  • FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of one embodiment of a brush head assembly of the present invention, with a dissolvable wrapper.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of another embodiment of the dissolvable wrapper similar to that shown in FIG 1 , with the exception that the wrapper has apertures through a surface thereof.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of yet another embodiment of the dissolvable wrapper similar to that shown in FIG 1, with the exception that the wrapper has indicia on a surface thereof.
  • FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of a view of yet another embodiment of the dissolvable wrapper similar to that shown in FIG 1 , with the exception that the wrapper is constructed from a flat sheet that has been wrapped about the brush head.
  • FIG. 5 is a rear elevation of a further embodiment of the dissolvable wrapper similar to that shown in FIG 1 , with the exception that at least a portion of the wrapper is constructed from a shrink wrap.
  • FIG. 6 is a rear elevation of one embodiment of the brush head pad as depicted in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 7 is a plan view of the brush head pad as seen in FIG. 6.
  • FIG. 8 is an exploded end-elevation of the brush head pad shown in FIG. 6.
  • FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of the brush head assembly shown in FIG. 4, attached to one embodiment of a handle.
  • FIG. 10 is a front perspective view of an alternative embodiment of a partially constructed brush head pad.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic view of one embodiment of a mesh material covering the brush head assembly shown in FIG. 4, the mesh material having a honeycomb pattern.
  • FIG. 1 IA is an enlarged view of the mesh material shown in FIG. 11.
  • FIG. 12 is a cut-away view of another embodiment of a mesh material covering the brush head assembly pad, as shown in FIG. 1.
  • meltblown fibers means fibers of a polymeric material which are generally formed by extruding a molten thermoplastic material through a plurality of fine, usually circular, die capillaries as molten threads or filaments into converging high velocity, usually hot, gas (e.g. air) streams which attenuate the filaments of molten thermoplastic material to reduce their diameter. Thereafter, the meltblown fibers may be carried by the high velocity gas stream and are deposited on a collecting surface to form a web of randomly dispersed meltblown fibers. Meltblown fibers may be continuous or discontinuous and are generally tacky when deposited onto a collecting surface.
  • low or minimal air flow is used to reduce fiber attenuation and, in some embodiments, to permit neighboring filaments of molten polymer to coalesce (e.g., to adhere along the respective sides of the strands), becoming joined at least in part along the proximate sides of the neighboring strands to form fibers that are multif ⁇ lamentary aggregate fibers (i.e. an aggregate fiber formed of two or more polymer strands further defined herein).
  • the term "cellulosic” is meant to include any material having cellulose as a significant constituent, and specifically comprising about 20 percent or more by weight of cellulose or cellulose derivatives, and more specifically about 50 percent or more by weight of cellulose or cellulose derivatives.
  • the term includes cotton, typical wood pulps, nonwoody cellulosic fibers, cellulose acetate, cellulose triacetate, rayon, viscose fibers, thermomechanical wood pulp, chemical wood pulp, debonded chemical wood pulp, lyocell and other fibers formed from solutions of cellulose in NMMO, milkweed, or bacterial cellulose, lyocell, and may be viscose, rayon, and the like. Fibers that have not been spun or regenerated from solution may be used exclusively, if desired, or at least about 80% of the web may be free of spun fibers or fibers generated from a cellulose solution.
  • flushable generally refers to an articles designed such that its size and manufacture facilitate flushing in conventional sewer and septic systems.
  • the present invention provides a toilet brush head assembly that is disposable and replaceable.
  • a brush head assembly 10 and its primary components, a brush head pad, referred to as pad 12, and a wrapper 14.
  • Cleaning compounds may be added to the brush head assembly 10, such as within the wrapper 14.
  • Optional abrasives may be further added to the brush head assembly 10.
  • a strip of sheet material may be folded in an accordion- like manner to create the pad 12.
  • the folds form edges 52.
  • Edges 52 may lie in the proximity of a common plane so that when the pad is compressed in z-direction 53, the edges 52 together form a surface.
  • the pad then takes on the appearance that it is formed from a rectilinear block of sheets.
  • the pad 12 includes cleaning region 60 that is opposite a clamp region 62.
  • the cleaning region 60 is the portion of pad 12 that will be used for cleaning.
  • the clamp region 62 is the portion of pad 12 that is clamped between the jaws 102 of the cleaning tool 100.
  • the clamp region 62 is separated by the cleaning region 60 by an imaginary line in the x-direction 68.
  • the rectilinear block of sheets defining pad 12 may have other shapes if the sheet material is cut prior to being folded, or the pad 12 is die cut or otherwise altered in shape after being formed.
  • the pad by have rounded corners, in particular, at corners 58 (FIG.
  • the pad 12 is constructed from a strip of sheet material 50 that is rolled in the direction of its longitudinal axis. This results in a cylindrical-shaped pad 12.
  • there is a cleaning region 60 which is the portion of pad 12 that will be used for cleaning.
  • a clamp region 62 is the portion of pad 12 that is clamped between the jaws 102 of a cleaning tool (not shown).
  • pad 12 is constructed from a stack of separate sheets, and constructed to form a pad 12 similar to that seen in FIGS. 6 and 7, minus the folds 52.
  • pad 12 is constructed from a stack of separate sheets, and constructed to form a pad 12 similar to that seen in FIGS. 6 and 7, minus the folds 52.
  • Yet another alternative approach, also not specifically shown, is to take shorter pieces of the water-degradable material to create multiple folded over pieces. The separate folded over pieces could then be stacked in a manner similar to that seen in FIGS. 6 and 7.
  • These alternative approaches may have certain advantages that may merit the likely higher cost of production relative to the switchback or folded construction.
  • the single or shorter folded over sheets will already be split into multiple separate pieces, thereby expediting water-dispersability.
  • the pad is a stack of layers that may or may not include folded edges.
  • the overall pad 12 will unfold or fall apart after being flushed (unless the user purposefully stirs the pad 12 in the toilet water after releasing it from the holder 100).
  • the stack remain unbonded or free (e.g. not press bonded, stitched or stapled to create a compressed portion) so that the opening of the stack is not inhibited. This can help prevent potential plumbing clogs prior to after the brush head assembly 10 has been flushed down a toilet.
  • pad 12 is held together by the wrapper 14.
  • pad 12 is held together by the jaws of handle 100.
  • the sheet or pad may be cut to form slits 54 in area that will define the cleaning region 60 of pad 12.
  • the slits 54 define fingers 56 that are free to move in all directions, allowing the fingers 56 to fan out.
  • slits 54 extend laterally from the cleaning edge 60 to the clamp region 62.
  • the clamp region 62 may be sized such that there are no fingers 56 disposed between jaws 102 when the pad 12 is in use.
  • the length (measured in y-direction 66) of fingers 56 may have a width of about 2.54 cm to about 8 cm.
  • the fingers 56 have a width as measured in the x-direction 68 of about 3 mm to about 9 mm.
  • the fingers have a width of about 4 mm to about 7 mm.
  • slits 54 may be aligned so that the section of the sheet 50 between each folded edge 52 is approximately identical. After folding the pad, the fingers 56 may then be approximately aligned. It is further contemplated that the pad could be slitted using a cutting technique capable of going through all the layers of pad 12.
  • Pad 12 may be made from a variety of sheet materials. Most desirably, the material is considered to be "water degradable,” meaning that the material tends, with the degree of mechanical agitation typical in residential plumbing systems, to structurally separate in water into pieces (preferably numerous pieces less than 2.54 cm in less than about one day or less, or less than about 30 minutes.) Sheet materials appropriate for pad 12 include nonwoven fibrous webs having about 90 to 100 % cellulosic pulp fibers.
  • pad 12 is formed from a sheet material that has desirable abrasive properties.
  • the sheet may include an abrasive layer of meltspun web, such as may be formed using a water soluble polymer material or a melamine.
  • microbeads of metal, glass, carbon, mica, quartz or other minerals, plastic such as acrylic or phenolic may be applied to the sheet material as a spray or ink.
  • the sheet material may have abrasive particles formed within the web, such as the microbeads, meltblown fibers, and the like.
  • the abrasiveness of a sheet may be enhanced by a plurality of elevated and depressed regions due to nonuniform basis weight, nonuniform thickness, or due to the three-dimensional topography of an underlying fibrous web such as a textured wetlaid tissue web.
  • Pad 12 desirably has a thickness of about 1 centimeter to about 3 centimeters. However, for some plumbing systems, it may be more desirable to have a thickness of about 1 centimeter to about 2.25 centimeters.
  • the number of layers of sheet material 50 making up pad depends on the basis weight of the sheet material 50 and the amount of compression applied to the pad 12.
  • each single brush head 12 is enclosed in a film that forms a wrapper 14.
  • Wrapper 14 may take the form of a wrap sheet (FIGS. 4 and 9) or a pouch (FIGS. 1-3 and 5).
  • the wrapper 14 allows the consumer to manipulate the brush head into a handle device 100 without having to touch any cleaning chemicals that may be associated with the pad 12 and/or contained within wrapper 14.
  • the wrapper 14 has a continuous surface, or a non-continuous surface that includes apertures. Further the wrapper 14 may include indicia, as described below.
  • Wrapper 14 is made from a water soluble film material such as polyvinyl alcohol.
  • the film is a polyvinyl alcohol with a degree of hydrolysis from about 80% to about 90%, though other types of polyvinyl alcohol may be used.
  • this film has a thickness of about .7 to about 3 mils.
  • the film has a thickness of about .75 to about 2.3 mils.
  • the film has a thickness of about .75 to about 1.5 mils.
  • wrapper 14 Other water-soluble films from which the wrapper 14 may be made include hard and soft gelatins, hydroxpropylmethylcellulose, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, sugar, sugar derivatives, starch, starch derivatives, and polymerized ethylene and acrylic acid, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene oxide and ethylene-co-acrylic, or polycaprolactone.
  • the wrapper film may be opaque or translucent, and may be tinted with color, if desired.
  • the pad 12 is surrounded by a wrapper 14 in the form of a pouch.
  • the pouch may be formed from a tube stock, as is known in the art of packaging, either formed separately or formed about the pad 12 from a sheet stock. Once a pad 12 is surrounded by wrapper 14, each end 74 thereof is sealed with a thermal, pressure, or ultrasonic sealing apparatus as is known in the art (see FIG. 2).
  • the pad 12 is surrounded by a wrapper 14 in the form of a heat-shrink style wrapper.
  • the pouch may be formed from by placing the pad 12 between two sheets of heat shrinkable film, and then heated so that the sheets conform to the pad shape as is known in the art.
  • the pad 12 is surrounded by a wrapper 14 in the form of a sheet.
  • the sheet is wrapped about the pad 12 so that a seam 80 is formed.
  • a pair of flaps 82 and 84 are formed by tucking the sides 86 inward toward the pad 12. Flaps 82 and 84 are also folded inward toward the pad so that they overlap. Seam 80 and flaps 82 and 84 are at least partially, if not fully bonded together, so that wrapper 14 remains intact about pad 12, at least until it has been wetted.
  • a water soluble adhesive such as casein or starch based adhesives may be used to seal seam 80 and flaps 82, 84.
  • the pad 12 is only partially surrounded by a wrapper 14 in the form of a pouch or sheet. Rather than completely surround the pad 12 as described in the previous embodiment, the clamp region 62 remains uncovered by wrapper 14. The purpose of this is to prevent any possible sticking of wrapper 14 to the cleaning handle clamp. Further, wetting of pad 12 maybe facilitated.
  • the open end of partial wrapper 14 would be adhesively connected to pad 12.
  • cleaning compound may be disposed between the wrapper 14 and pad 12, or impregnated into pad 12. Regardless of the wrapper embodiment, desirably, the wrapper 14 surrounds the pad 12 with a friction fit to preserve the structural integrity of the pad 12 prior to being clamped in handle 100.
  • the pad may be compressed just before wrapper 14 is applied, and then allowed to expand so that the friction fit is achieved.
  • the wrapper 14 may have a sliding fit with respect to pad 12, or even a loose fit. These fits may be more appropriate when the layers of the pad adhere together after being impregnated with a cleaning compound.
  • wrapper 14 has several apertures 86 for the purpose of wetting the brush head 12 more quickly, and thereby degrading the wrapper more quickly.
  • an array of apertures 86 may be placed one or more surfaces and regions of wrapper 14.
  • the wrapper may have up to about thirty apertures having a generally round shape and ranging from about .5 mm to about 2 mm in diameter or width.
  • the apertures are slitted holes.
  • the wrapper 14 includes indicia 88, visible from an exterior surface.
  • the indicia 88 may be purely aesthetic, or may be used to impart information.
  • the indicia 88 may be printed, adhered, or otherwise disposed on the surface.
  • messages, statements, or copy may be used to impart information about the brush head assembly 10, or may help facilitate or establish an association in the mind of a user of the component one or more mental states, psychological states, or states of well being.
  • the communication, statements, or copy may include various alphanumeric strings, including, for example: “clean,” “fresh,” “hygiene,” “convenient,” or “disposable,” derivatives or combinations thereof, or other such words or statements indicating that the brush head assembly 10 is a fresh, sanitary way to clean a toilet.
  • indicia 88 Another piece of information that may be imparted by indicia 88 is the jaw placement.
  • an indicia (not shown) as to where a user is to place the jaws 102 of handle 100 may be disposed on the appropriate portion of wrapper 14 which overlaps clamping portion 62.
  • These indicia if disposed on the exterior surface 53 of wrapper 14, may be made from an ink containing a material that prevents the jaws 102 from sticking.
  • a hydrophobic ink such as a TEFLON or silicone-based ink may serve this purpose.
  • an indicia 88 in the form of an aesthetic design is placed on the wrapper 14.
  • a floral design may be used to imply freshness.
  • the present invention is not intended to be limited by this random example.
  • Indicia 88 ink may also serve as a fragrance, cleaning compound, and/or a dye to color the water in the toilet bowl.
  • the dye may be water soluble, and simply dissolve when exposed to water, thereby transferring its color to the toilet water.
  • the indicia 88 ink may include a fragrance.
  • the indicia 88 ink may include a cleaning compound that cleans by mechanical action (abrasion) or chemical action.
  • the ink may include abrasive material such as microbeads of metal, glass, carbon, mica, quartz or other minerals, plastic such as acrylic or phenolic, or cleaning materials such as surfactants.
  • the wrapper 14 includes a fragrance.
  • the film may be used to impart a fresh, clean fragrance to excite the user about the chore of cleaning a toilet, and/or to indicate the freshness that will result from using the brush head assembly 10 to clean the toilet.
  • Any indicia 88 may be coordinated with a fragrance used. For instance, lavender flowers may be depicted in indicia 88, and matched with a lavender fragranced wrapper 14. Fragrance may be applied to the wrapper film as a separate component, or may be incorporated into the wrapper film prior to extrusion.
  • a cleaning compound may be used in conjunction with the pad 12.
  • the cleaning compound may be a powder or granular material, or an anhydrous liquid (so as not to prematurely dissolve wrapper 14). Further, the cleaning compound may have anti-fungal and/or anti-bacterial properties.
  • the cleaning compound may be applied to the pad 12 or wrapper 14, disposed within the confines of wrapper 14, or all of the above. In addition, more than one type of cleaning compound may be used to signal different stages of the cleaning process. Each such feature is discussed more fully below.
  • a highly concentrated cleaning compound is injected between a number of sheet material sections located between folds 52 or disposed on the outer surfaces 53 of the pad 12 (see FIG. 7).
  • a cleaning compound for such impregnation or application contains surfactant (e.g. lauramide DEA; sodium lauryl sulfate; sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate), perfume, and various other ingredients such as dye and preservative.
  • surfactant e.g. lauramide DEA; sodium lauryl sulfate; sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate
  • perfume e.g. lauramide DEA; sodium lauryl sulfate; sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate
  • dye and preservative e.g. lauramide DEA
  • any anhydrous cleaning compound may be used, including compounds that have additional properties such as anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and/or anti-odor properties, e.g. chlorine bleach, oxygen bleach, enzymes, and the like.
  • brush head assembly 10 has a powdered, anhydrous liquid or granular cleaning compound inside the wrapper 14, along with the pad 12.
  • the cleaning compound may work its way into the pad 12, though this is not a necessary characteristic of the cleaning compound.
  • the compound is made from an anionic surfactant, such as dodecyl benzene sulfonate, an abrasive, such as calcium or sodium carbonate, dye, fragrance.
  • the compound may also contain perborate or percarbonate to provide oxygen bleaching capability. Further, the compound could contain enzymes for additional soil removal capability.
  • brush head assembly 10 has the cleaning compound disposed onto the inner surface (opposite surface 53) of the wrapper 14.
  • the concentrated cleaning compound may be spray-coated onto the inner surface of wrapper 14.
  • a foaming cleaning compound may be disposed within wrapper 14, and a colored cleaning compound may be impregnated between the layers making up pad 12.
  • the brush head assembly 10 will initially demonstrate a foaming action, followed by a coloring action. This way, the user will know that the pad 12 has been activated for two stages of cleaning.
  • first stage of cleaning may remove general grime
  • the second stage of cleaning may impart a fragrance to the immediate vicinity of the toilet being cleaned.
  • the foaming cleaning compound may be made from an acid source and a carbon dioxide source.
  • Suitable acid sources herein are capable of providing solid organic, mineral or inorganic acids, and the sources are thereto desirably in the form of acids, salts or derivatives thereof or a mixture thereof.
  • organic acids may be used. It may be desireded that the acids are mono-, bi- or tri-protonic acids.
  • Such acids include mono- or polycarboxylic acids preferably citric acid, adipic acid, glutaric acid, 3 cetoglutaric acid, citramalic acid, tartaric acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, succinic acid, malonic acid.
  • Such acids may be used in their anhydrous forms.
  • Other acids include sulphonic acids such as toluenesulphonic acid.
  • a carbon dioxide source includes any material that can provide carbon dioxide when reacting with an acid source upon contact with water. The carbon dioxide source includes carbonate, bicarbonate and percarbonate salts or mixtures thereof.
  • a mesh wrap 90 could be disposed around the pad 12, or the brush head assembly 10 (see FIGS. 11 and 12).
  • the mesh wrap 90 is made from a water-soluble material, such as polyvinyl alcohol, or any other material that may be used to create wrapper 14.
  • the mesh has apertures 92 therein that are arranged into an array.
  • the array may be configured into a honeycomb pattern (as show), in rows, concentric circles, an aesthetic design, or even random pattern. In the embodiment shown in FIG.
  • the apertures are defined by rib portion 94, and range in size from about 1 mm to about 4 mm.
  • Each rib portion 94 may range in size from about 1 mm to about 3 mm.
  • the thickness of the mesh is desirably about 1 mil to about 8 mils, as measured at the thinnest section of each rib portion 94. In another embodiment, the thickness of the mesh is desirably about 2 mils to about 6 mils, as measured at the thinnest section of each rib portion 94. In yet another embodiment, the thickness of the mesh is desirably about 3 mils to about 4 mils, as measured at the thinnest section of each rib portion 94.
  • the wrapper 14 is made to be relatively abrasive to assist with scrubbing toilet grime from the bowl.
  • One way to make the wrapper 14 abrasive is to impart a texture on an outer surface, at least in the region of that covers the cleaning region 60 of pad 12.
  • the texture may be a mesh material that is bonded to at least of portion of the exterior surface of the wrapper 14, for example, to the portion overlapping the cleaning region 60.
  • the texture is created by adhesively bonding a gritty substance such as sodium bicarbonate, salt, silica, or pumice onto the exterior surface of the wrapper 14 (not shown). Any apertures located through the surface 53 of wrapper 14 (described above) may impart a texture to the wrapper 14, and thus, an abrasive quality, at least until the wrapper 14 dissolves.
  • Abrasive materials that may be added to the cleaning compound include: sodium bicarbonate, silica, pumice, and microbeads of metal, glass, carbon, mica, quartz or other minerals, plastic such as acrylic or phenolic.
  • included in cleaning compound is a relatively coarse polymer, such as ABX-30, available from Celanese. It may be desirable that the abrasive materials be water soluble, depending on the type of plumbing system in which the brush head assembly 10 is used.
  • the brush head could be altered in other ways.
  • the wrapper 14 and/or pad 12 could be impregnated with BITRIX or another known bittering agent that will cause a child to immediately spit out the brush head assembly 10 if the child tries to chew on it.
  • the aforementioned exemplary embodiment of the present invention 10 is attached to a handle, such as the handle 100 shown in FIG. 9.
  • the brush head assembly 10 is completely immersed into the water of a toilet bowl.
  • the user may start to rub the bowl with the brush head assembly, or just wait until the wrapper 10 has degraded to better expose pad 12.
  • the pad 12 may be rubbed against the toilet bowl interior to remove any grime or film.
  • the brush head assembly 10 may be released from the handle 100.
  • the pad 12 will either easily fall off into the toilet bowl water, or fall off after the user gently taps the handle 100 against the interior side of the toilet bowl.
  • the pad 12 may be flushed down the toilet where it will further degrade and disperse into smaller pieces.
  • the user may choose the dispose of the pad 12 in a waste can.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un ensemble tête de brosse de toilettes jetable qui peut être utilisé conjointement avec un manche ou baguette de nettoyage de toilettes. L'ensemble est un tampon de tête de brosse qui est disposé à l'intérieur d'un emballage soluble dans l'eau pour faciliter le traitement.
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