EP2091400A1 - Contenant de nettoyage - Google Patents

Contenant de nettoyage

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Publication number
EP2091400A1
EP2091400A1 EP07818155A EP07818155A EP2091400A1 EP 2091400 A1 EP2091400 A1 EP 2091400A1 EP 07818155 A EP07818155 A EP 07818155A EP 07818155 A EP07818155 A EP 07818155A EP 2091400 A1 EP2091400 A1 EP 2091400A1
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Prior art keywords
cleaning
container
main chamber
cleaning device
container according
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English (en)
Inventor
Ralf Jürgens
David Mcknight
Norbert Weis
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Carl Freudenberg KG
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Carl Freudenberg KG
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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
    • A47K17/00—Other sanitary equipment not covered by the other groups of this subclass ; Holders for toilet brushes
    • 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
    • B65D83/16—Actuating means
    • B65D83/26—Actuating means operating automatically, e.g. periodically
    • B65D83/267—Actuating means operating automatically, e.g. periodically by a separate device actuated by repeated, e.g. human, input, e.g. by a moving wing of a door or window, a ringing doorbell, a flushing toilet

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a cleaning container for a cleaning device, which has a handle and a cleaning head, in particular for a toilet brush, wherein the cleaning container has a main chamber for cleaning and storing the cleaning device and an associated with the main chamber via an opening auxiliary chamber with means for applying the cleaning device in the main chamber with a cleaning fluid.
  • a cleaning container of the generic type is known from DE 198 04 064 A1.
  • the known cleaning container for a toilet brush has a main chamber for storing and cleaning the toilet brush.
  • the main chamber is connected via an opening with a secondary chamber, in which there is a spray bottle or a dispenser with a disinfecting gas or a disinfecting liquid.
  • an opening mechanism for the spray bottle or the dispenser is provided, which either by hand, or by appropriate lever or Cam on the brush head or on the handle when inserting the toilet brush in the main chamber is actuated.
  • disinfecting liquid or a disinfecting gas exits the spray bottle or the dispenser and passes through the above-mentioned opening between the chambers to the brush head.
  • the actuation of the opening mechanism takes place against spring force, so that the spray bottle or the dispenser are only briefly in the open position. Due to the fact that the brush head is exposed to the disinfectant within the relatively limited space of the cleaning chamber, the brush head according to the document should already be free from bacterial contaminants within a few hours. As disinfectants customary for toilet cleaning funds should be applicable.
  • the invention is based on the object to further develop a cleaning container of the generic type so that a cleaning of the cleaning container is easily possible even after use with simple means and under hygienic conditions. This object is achieved with a cleaning container with all features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are described in the subclaims.
  • a cleaning container for a cleaning device which has a handle and a cleaning head, in particular for a toilet brush, wherein the cleaning container a main chamber chamber for cleaning and storing the cleaning device and connected to the main chamber via a passage opening additional chamber with a means for applying of the cleaning device in the
  • Main chamber comprising a cleaning fluid, provided that the main chamber and the secondary chamber are formed as separate container elements which are detachably connected to each other.
  • the container element with the main chamber is easily detached from the container element with the secondary chamber with the cleaning fluid and cleaned separately. Other parts do not have to be disassembled or removed. After cleaning, both container elements can be easily reconnected.
  • Another advantage of the cleaning container according to the invention is that the container element with the main chamber can be made geometrically very simple, for example in the manner of a pot, so that it is very easy to clean.
  • both container elements are connected to one another via a plug connection. Then both parts can be very easily solved with minimal effort from each other or connect again.
  • Container element with the means for applying the cleaning device formed with a cleaning fluid as a base body, on which the container element with the main chamber can be placed.
  • Such an arrangement can be designed not only visually very appealing, but in particular has the advantage that the container element to be cleaned can be lifted in a simple manner upwards. Also, a change of the container with the cleaning fluid is easily possible in this way.
  • the base container can be made wider than the container element with the main chamber, in order to ensure a secure and solid state of the entire cleaning container, without the optical impression suffers or the entire cleaning container fails to voluminous.
  • the container element with the main chamber is preferably sealable.
  • the sealing can take place, for example, by means of a cover element located on the handle of the cleaning device, which can be placed on top of its edge region when the cleaning device is inserted into the main chamber.
  • the cover element can either be integrally formed on the handle or separately manufactured and attached to this releasably or permanently. Furthermore, the sealing effect can still be increased by means of a sealing ring.
  • the main chamber can be sealed by means of two half-shell elements which are hinged to one another and are pivotable relative to one another on the upper peripheral region of the base body.
  • This embodiment has not only the advantage that it looks visually very appealing both in the open and in the closed state, but still the further advantage that the attachment of a lid member to the handle of the cleaning device is not required, making it easier to handle. Also, replacement with a cleaning device of not completely identical geometry is more likely than in the case of the integrated cover element described above.
  • means may be provided which lead to an automatic pivoting of the two half-shell elements in their sealing position when inserting the cleaning device.
  • Such devices are known to the person skilled in the art.
  • they can include lever elements.
  • the half-shell elements can be designed or arranged so that they alone to swing apart due to gravity when the pressure on the lever elements is eliminated.
  • the means for applying cleaning fluid to the cleaning device preferably comprise, as known in the art, a spray bottle, a cartridge or a dispenser with cleaning fluid.
  • the storage and targeted addition of the cleaning fluid is particularly simple in these cases.
  • the spray bottle or the cartridge or the dispenser must be arranged in a secondary chamber within the corresponding container element of the cleaning container so that the cleaning fluid can pass through the common passage opening into the main chamber to the cleaning device to be cleaned. Further restrictions with respect to the geometric arrangement do not exist.
  • the arrangement of the auxiliary chamber for example, both centric and not centric with respect to the main axis of the cleaning tank.
  • the cleaning head of the cleaning element as known from the prior art, applied from below with cleaning fluid in order to achieve the best possible cleaning result.
  • the addition of the cleaning fluid can be done in a simple manner by triggering the existing in spray bottles, cartridges or dispensers opening mechanisms, for example by depressing the head of the spray bottle or the cartridge or the dispenser.
  • an actuating mechanism for automatically actuating the spray bottle, the cartridge or the dispenser or other means for acting on the Cleaning device provided with cleaning fluid which is triggered, for example, by inserting the cleaning device in the cleaning container.
  • Such automatic operating mechanisms are known per se. They are usually based on that the cleaning container projections, levers or the like are provided, which are arranged so that when inserting the cleaning device in the cleaning container to trigger the opening mechanism, such as the spray bottle, the cartridge or the dispenser, in particular Depress the head of the spray bottle of the cartridge or the dispenser.
  • an automatic return mechanism for closing the spray bottle, the cartridge or the dispenser after brief discharge of cleaning fluid or another device for acting on the cleaning device with cleaning fluid is also advantageously provided.
  • Such return mechanisms are also known per se.
  • spring elements are used for this purpose, which counteract the movement for triggering the actuating mechanism.
  • a timer for actuating the opening mechanism is provided.
  • a regular room fragrance is also achieved as a side effect due to the non-hermetic sealing of the cleaning tank.
  • the cleaning container described above is intended to be used in particular in the field of sanitary applications, particularly preferably for cleaning toilet brushes.
  • the cleaning container according to the invention is suitable for hygienic cleaning and storage of all types of cleaning devices, which are characterized by a handle and a cleaning head, for example, for cleaning toothbrushes.
  • the cleaning container according to the invention can be used not only for cleaning brushes, in principle, it is also suitable for such cleaning equipment, in which the cleaning head is not formed as a brush, but as a molded body of a foam or a nonwoven fabric or the like.
  • drying accelerator included, d. H. for example, liquids that mix with water to form an azeotrope.
  • drying accelerators are alcohols, in particular ethanol or isopropyl alcohol.
  • the cleaning fluids which can be used in the context of the invention can comprise antibacterial / antimicrobial substances in a manner known per se, in particular quaternary ammonium salts, such as, for example, octyl decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, dioctyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium saccharinates, and Phenols, such as o-phenylphenol, o-benzyl-p-chlorophenol, triclosan, silver and silver salts, hydrogen peroxide, free or in bonded form, hypochlorites, chlorine, free and in bonded form.
  • the cleaning fluid may also contain additives to perfumes.
  • a particularly preferred cleaning agent contains:
  • Figure 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a cleaning container according to the invention according to a first preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a cleaning container 1 with a first container element 2 with a main chamber 3, in which a cleaning device 4 with a cleaning head 5 and a handle 6 is located.
  • the cleaning device 4 is a toilet brush without restricting the generality.
  • the bristles of the cleaning head 5 are designated.
  • the main chamber 3 is closed and sealed by means of a arranged on the handle 6 of the cleaning device 1 cover member 8 to the outside. An additional seal is still effected by the sealing ring 9, which rests on a stepped shoulder 10 in the inner region of the wall 11 of the container element 2.
  • the reference numeral 12 denotes a second container element in the figure.
  • This has an auxiliary chamber 13.
  • a spray bottle 15 with a cleaning fluid is arranged laterally in a hollow cylindrical holder 14.
  • the main chamber 3 and the auxiliary chamber 13 are connected to each other via an opening 16 at the level of the head 17 of the spray bottle 15.
  • a support element 18 with spring element 19 whose function will be discussed in more detail below.
  • the main chamber 3 and the auxiliary chamber 13 are formed according to the invention as a separate container elements 2, 12.
  • the container element 2 is inserted into the container element 12 in the illustrated embodiment.
  • the container element 2 is supported on the head 17 of the spray bottle 15 and on the support element 18 with spring element 19.
  • a plurality of support elements 18 distributed over the circumference of the container element 12 may be provided with spring elements 19.
  • the container element 12 has a slightly larger cross-sectional area than the main chamber 3 limiting container element 2 and thereby forms a kind of socket body for the container element 2, whereby a higher stability is achieved.
  • the container element 2 has in its lower region on its outer periphery on a horizontally outwardly extending screen 20 which serves to rest on the support elements 18 with the spring bodies 19 and on the head 17 of the spray bottle 15.
  • the screen 20 has an axial extent which serves as the actuating element 21 for the spray bottle 15.
  • Fig. 2 shows a further preferred embodiment of the invention. Identical parts are provided with the same reference numerals.
  • the auxiliary chamber for the spray bottle 15 formed by a centrally arranged hollow cylindrical receptacle 22 in the container element 12.
  • the hollow cylindrical receptacle 22 is adjoined at the top by a radial widening 23 for receiving the container element 2.
  • the passage opening 16 to the main chamber 3 of the container element 2 is located in the bottom of the container element 2 directly above the head 17 of the spray bottle 15, so that upon actuation of the opening mechanism for the spray bottle 15, the cleaning fluid is sprayed from below into the main chamber 3 with the cleaning head 5 ,
  • Radial widening 23 for insertion of the container element 2 are limited by an actuating element 24, which is insertable into a corresponding receptacle 26 in the container element 12 and against this against the force of a arranged on the bottom of the container member 12 spring element 27 in the vertical direction downwards. This arrangement allows, as described below, an automatic closing of the container 2 when inserting the cleaning device 4.
  • two half-shell elements 28a, 28b which are hinged to one another and are pivotable relative to one another on the upper peripheral region of the container element 12 are provided.
  • Container element 12 are articulated in the region of the radial extension of the inner wall 30 and on the actuating element 24.
  • the spring force of the spring element 27 and the weight of the cleaning device 4 are coordinated so that the insertion of the cleaning device 4 leads only to the closure of the container element 2, so that it only with further exercise of pressure on the handle 6 of the cleaning device 4 to a Triggering the opening mechanism of the spray bottle 15 comes.
  • This has the advantage that the cleaning device 4 can be stored in the closed container element 2 without automatically triggering the opening mechanism of the spray bottle 15.
  • the spray bottle 15 projects so far into the receptacle for the container element 2 in the region of the radial extension 23, that by further brief depression after insertion of the cleaning device 4 into the main chamber 3 and pivoting the half-shell elements 28a, 28b in its closed position of Spray head 17 is briefly depressed with the result that briefly cleaning fluid is sprayed upwards into the main chamber 3.
  • the bottom 31 of the container element 12 is increased in the region of the passage opening 16 in order to prevent leakage of liquid through the passage opening 16.

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Epidemiology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Non-Flushing Toilets (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
  • Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
  • Cleaning In General (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un contenant de nettoyage (1) pour un dispositif de nettoyage (4) doté d'une poignée (6) et d'une tête de nettoyage (5), notamment pour une brosse pour WC. Le contenant de nettoyage (1) comporte une chambre principale (3) pour nettoyer et conserver le dispositif de nettoyage (4) ainsi qu'une chambre secondaire (13) reliée à la chambre principale (3) par un orifice de passage (16), cette chambre secondaire comprenant un dispositif pour alimenter le dispositif de nettoyage (4) dans la chambre principale (3) en fluide de nettoyage. L'invention vise à créer une manipulation propre et simple notamment lors de la vidange et du nettoyage du contenant de nettoyage (1). À cet effet, la chambre principale (3) et la chambre secondaire (13) sont des éléments de contenant séparés (2, 12), reliés ensemble de manière libérable.
EP07818155A 2006-10-20 2007-09-14 Contenant de nettoyage Withdrawn EP2091400A1 (fr)

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US85325206P 2006-10-20 2006-10-20
DE102006050475A DE102006050475B4 (de) 2006-10-20 2006-10-20 Reinigungsbehälter
PCT/EP2007/008002 WO2008046482A1 (fr) 2006-10-20 2007-09-14 Contenant de nettoyage

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